Jung’s encounter with the Taoist-alchemical text, The Secret of the Golden Flower, was an important event in the development of his psychology. On the one hand, it gave him confirmation for the method of active imagination that he had been developing, and it gave him confidence to begin to publish his findings about the process. […]

We hope you can join us starting on January 12, 2025 when Mary Marx will begin leading us through a discussion of David Miller’s book, The New Polytheism. David Miller is a well-loved teacher (Syracuse and Pacifica) and widely published author in religion, myth, depth psychology, and literary theory. According to Miller, monotheism wants everyone’s “explanation […]

The premise of this talk is that the role of the “outer” environment in the evolution of Jung’s sense of Self has been overlooked. That Jung dedicated an entire chapter of his “autobiography” to The Tower, indicates its pivotal role in his life and work, and yet the analysis of its evolution and interpretation found in MDR […]

“All projections are unconscious identifications with the object…From this enchainment he had to free the soul by means of the separation …” (Jung, Vol 14) ​ Dreams reveal the true nature and meaning of our life.  With the clarity of the new dawn, we may suddenly realize that we have found a way of life […]

With individuation Jung distinguished his psychology from Freud and others. Jung explained individuation in general terms, and in terms of specific schema. According to the outline of general terms there is an experience of the self that initiates the process of conscious individuation. Self is the totality of consciousness and the unconscious. One example of […]

In this archetypal psychological exploration of the goddesses Ananke, the Fates, and the Graces, we will consider how grace and receptivity to the archetypal necessity at work in the deep patterns of the psyche contributes to the discovery of meaning, which ultimately reveals the way our lives are lived in the lap of the gods. […]

Analyzing strengths and weaknesses in models of Substance Use Disorder (SUD), addiction, and treatment through case study: what the clinician should know Analytic/dynamic work generally assumes hidden, deeper forces manifest as visible symptoms, reliance on transference repetition and interpretation of core family constellation conflict, production of structural and, therefore, behavioral change through insight. Analytic/dynamic etiological […]