In this course, Craig Chalquist offers a guided tour through the Black Books. You will learn basic Jungian concepts as well as Jung’s private thoughts on psychology, mythology, and key figures in his life and time. You will gain a deeper understanding of Jung’s journey and how to apply these same methodologies and principles to your life today.
In this course you are also invited to converse with your Soul and to develop your own journal or ‘black book’. What does your ‘black book’ look like? What kind of images would you put in it? What might your active imaginations look like? What kind of dreams might you have?
Along the way, you will discover ideas and examples for creating your own journal that records your conversations with the Soul, and your Soul’s journey toward wholeness. You will learn to combine text, imagery, fiction, dreams, alchemy, and poetry into a personal collection that testifies to your sacred path of individuation.
Course Overview:
Class 1, 2, 3 A guided tour through the Black Books
Between 1913 and 1916, C. G. Jung underwent a visionary “confrontation with the unconscious” in which various figures rose in his imagination and taught him about himself. One of these figures was a Sophia-like figure who called herself Soul. Much of this inner journey is recorded in Jung’s famous Red Book (Liber Novus). The Red Book was an extract from Jung’s journals. Stretching all the way to 1932, these Black Books record in seven volumes Jung’s extended apprenticeship to Soul, the most prominent voice on his journey.
Class 4, 5, 6 Continuation of the guided tour and your own journey to wholeness