Between 1936 and 1940, C.G. Jung held a seminar focusing on childhood dreams with some of the prominent future psychological leaders of the twentieth century. His interest began in 1930 when he started to investigate the importance of childhood dreams. Jung’s summary of his dream analysis method is presented in the seminars and is a valuable introduction for those interested in the significance of childhood remembered dreams. The seminars also showed Jung as a teacher and supervisor along with a view of the spontaneity of his personal reactions.
The soul of a child revealed in early childhood dreams can point toward their teleological paths. Jung introduced his general schema for dream interpretation to follow the dramatic structure of Greek Mystery Drama. He considered the psyche and dreams as expressions of unconscious processes and discovered in addition to adults also gave insights into the psychology of childhood.
In this didactic and experiential class, participants will examine Jung’s monumental work entitled, Children’s Dreams: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936 – 1940, Princeton University Press: Princeton and Oxford 2008. Weekly reading assignments will be required to support and help explain the concepts presented by Jung and reinforced by the teacher. Participants will discuss the techniques presented and will also reflect and creatively engage childhood dreams brought to the class. This class will enable participants to analyze childhood dreams.
12 Tuesdays: 6:00 – 7:30 pm ET
September 9th – December 9 (excluding September 23 and October 7)
PLEASE NOTE: The book Children’s Dreams: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1940, will be used as the reading material for this course. Please have this book available for reading and discussion assignments.