Psychosocial Wednesdays, IAJS, Bion and Beyond
As we begin the year, several exciting event series are kicking off. Here’s a selection of notable opportunities to plan for in the coming months:
Psychosocial Wednesdays
On January 15, 2025, Psychosocial Wednesdays launches a new season with a digital salon featuring Pia Skogemann. She will share insights from her groundbreaking book, Waxing Femininity: Adult Female Development from the Perspective […]
Snake
The snake is said to be one of the first symbols depicted and also the most common of all symbols. Valiant, epiphanic and terrifying, snakes flare up out of the earth or from under leaf litter or rocks or the dark waters of rivers or the darkness of the psyche. The underworld realm of the […]
A very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our readers. While you may be stuffing your stockings and faces with festive treats, we will be stuffing our calendar with more programs to keep you occupied in the coming year. We wish you all happiness as you spend time with your favourite people, and with […]
The Mythopoetics of Climate Change
The ARAS webinar series, Gaia: Then and Now, is now fully complete, offering an exploration of humanity’s relationship with Earth through a mythopoetic lens. The webinars look at archetypal themes and symbolic stories, providing a fresh way to consider humanity’s role in the ecological crisis. Among the highlights of Season Two are Maryliz Smith’s Song of the Earth, a […]
IAJS 2024 Book Awards: Winning Books Announced
The International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) has announced the winners of the 2024 Book Awards.
In the Best Edited Book category, the award went to C. G. Jung Letters to Hedy Wyss 1936–1956, edited and accompanied by commentary from Andreas Schweizer, published by Daimon Verlag.
Michael Gellert’s Legacy of Darkness and Light: Our Cultural Icons and Their God […]
Jung Remembered by 24 of His Closest
Thanks to the generosity of the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, several interviews from the Remembering Jung video series are now available to the public on YouTube.
This remarkable collection, produced by Suzanne and George Wagner, presents candid interviews with twenty-four individuals who knew Jung personally, offering a warm-hearted, intimate look at his prodigious creativity and humanity.
The series, which includes […]
Politics in a Traumatized World: Dystopia and the Creative Imagination
In mid-October 2024, the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco hosted its seventh Presidency Conference, exploring the intersection of politics, psychology, and the human experience in the context of the US presidential election. This election year particularly the psychological was massively and profoundly central.
This year’s theme, Politics in a Traumatized World, addressed the emotional and […]
Self, Society, and Cinema
This issue of the Journal of Analytical Psychology explores a diverse array of topics at the intersection of Jungian thought, culture, and clinical practice. The editorial by Carolyn Bates and Dr. Arthur Niesser introduces the issue, which includes original articles, reviews, and interviews.
Key articles examine pressing contemporary themes, including Christopher Jerome Carter’s exploration of analytical […]
Beyond Jung 2024: Living Synchronicity – A Journey into Meaningful Coincidence
The Pari Center is hosting the inaugural Beyond Jung series, a groundbreaking exploration of the profound legacy of C. G. Jung. Titled Living Synchronicity, this event runs from November 30 to December 15, 2024, and consists of six live sessions, each led by distinguished experts in the field.
Curated and chaired by Professor Roderick Main, the series examines the concept of […]
Navigating Mourning, Identity, and the Environment in Modern Psychoanalysis
The latest issue of Psychoanalytic Dialogues (Volume 34, Issue 6) offers a rich exploration of contemporary psychoanalytic thought, focusing on themes of identity, relationality, mourning, and the pressing environmental crisis.
The issue opens with an editorial by Stephen Hartman, Amy Schwartz Cooney, Jack Foehl, and Lauren Levine.
Adam J. Rodríguez’s article, “Disallowing Multiplicity: Internalized Hierarchies, Dissociation, and Unformulated Bits of Self in […]
Announcing the IAJS 2024 Book Award Finalists
The International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) has announced their finalists for the 2024 Book Awards. These awards honor exceptional contributions to the field of Jungian and post-Jungian scholarship, recognizing works that advance understanding across theory, clinical practice, and applied research.
The 2024 IAJS Book Award Committee- Elizabeth Brodersen, Robin McCoy Brooks, Hallie B. Durchslag, Susan Schwartz, […]
The Power of Cultural Complexes in Israel
One lucky winner has received The Power of Cultural Complexes in Israel by Elana Lahk book for free! If you want to read the book click on the button below to buy it on Amazon.
Stay tuned in to our newsletter as the end of the year approaches for more giveaways.
Reflections from the JAP’s 16th International Conference
The Journal of Analytical Psychology’s 16th International Conference, titled “CROSSING BORDERS: Clinical, Theoretical, Cultural and Political Implications in our Changing World,” took place in April 2024 at Essex University. The theme reflected the challenges of shifting borders in identity, trauma, cultural beliefs, and clinical practices.
In “The Current Role of Analytical Psychology in Maintaining Fictitious Boundaries […]
Shadow and Politics
The mood in the world has darkened significantly this week. The result Presidential election in the USA seems to be an indication that anxiety and suspicion of the other are now the guiding instincts of the global political order. While the President-elect has promised to end wars and scale back American military support for many […]
Book Giveaway: A Neo-Jungian Exploration of Israeli Society
The new Jungian book imprint Jungianeum, the brainchild of Stefano Carpani, is celebrating the publication of their latest volume by Israeli Jungian analyst Elen Lakh titled The Power of Cultural Complexes in Israel.
This timely volume, born out of the October 7th catastrophe and its tragic aftermath, brings a Jungian perspective to the ongoing, intractable, tragedy of […]