On Death and Dying in the Black Books
The Black Books presents not only Jung’s confrontation with ‘the unconscious’, but also his encounter with the Dead. This talk follows Jung’s I Down into The Underworld and Hell and shows how this resulted in a new understanding o four relation to the Dead, which reconfigured Jung’s conception of human development.
A Cosmological Development in Time: The Individuation Process in the Light of Jung’s Black Books
Jung developed an original use for the term “individuation” in the period covered by his Black Book entries, 1913 –1932. The term has since been used very widely both in the field of psychotherapy and more generally and has suffered from “linguistic drift” in which its meaning has broadened and diversified considerably to the point of near-meaninglessness. Jung’s Black Books record the experiences out of which he fashioned his concept of individuation. In this presentation I will try to re-establish what Jung meant by individuation and how this might inform the contemporary practice of psychotherapy.
Timetable:
10.15am – 11.15am Jung’s “Book of the Dead”: On Death and Dying in the Black Books
11.15am – 11.45am Coffee Break
11.45am – 12.45pm A Cosmological Development in Time: The Individuation Process in the
Light of Jung’s Black Books
12.45pm – 1.45pm Lunch Break
1.45pm – 2.30pm Discussion Groups
2.30pm – 3.15pm Plenary Session
3.15pm – 3.30pm Farewell and Thanks
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