What is the psyche? This fundamental question is related to other fundamental ones concerning the meaning of life, mind, and soul–and relationship, social and personal. These times have forced a shaking of foundations and the possibility of a quest for our own foundations.
In this course, we shall ask some basic questions. What is the nature of the psyche? What is it from Jung’s energic viewpoint? What is its eros? The discovery and proposal of the psyche–in its uniqueness–is arguably the contribution of C. G. Jung’s work. We will be supported in our exploration by two of Jung’s foundational essays, as well as the myth of Psyche and Eros, including its various interpretations (Von Franz, Neumann, Hillman).
