Jung, a Swiss Liberal Protestant, and Ignatius Loyola, a Counter-Reformation Catholic Saint, might seem like odd bedfellows but as Jung saw, there are important connections between their visions of God and religious life. Jung lectured on Ignatius’s ‘Spiritual Exercises’ between 1933 and 1941, after recent engagement with Eastern forms of meditation. This Conference will discuss […]

From ancient Egypt, the imagery from the Nile Delta has transmitted African motifs, influenced alchemical engagements with change and transformation, and offered keen observations of the dynamics of life and nature. Across 5000 years, these images and stories emerge still in generative modern dreams. They address our common human experiences of living, dying and renewals, […]

The Lonely Man of Faith by Rabbi Professor Soloveitchik is the most important work of Jewish philosophy in the second half of the 20th century.  His reflections on the two facets of the human condition mirror Jung’s comments on his number 1 and number 2 personalities, and the on-going tension between them. In this talk we will […]

Listening to the call of the self is nowadays summoned not only by an inner, personal soul need, but by the very outer ecological crisis. Remarkably indeed, the ecological ‘sufficiency’ response required by the outer crisis, mirrors many elements of traditional spiritual practices and even religious vows. The ecological crisis is a psychic crisis for […]

In 1913, Jung followed his Soul into the unconscious. This journey was the Rosetta Stone for the rest of his research and work. His destiny was to redeem the embodied soul from vilification and exile for modern psychology. The body was relegated to the shadow. We will trace through neuroscience and history how and why […]