Beginning in the years leading up to the Great War, both C. G. Jung and J. R. R. Tolkien independently began to undergo profound imaginal experiences. They had each stepped across a threshold and entered into another world, the realm of imagination, the world of fantasy. Jung recorded these initially spontaneous visionary experiences, which he […]

Time and Trauma in Analytical Psychology and Psychotherapy: The Wisdom of Andean Shamanism  This presentation will weave together interpersonal and Jungian analytic perspectives, informed by indigenous Andean shamanism, and contemporary scientific understanding of time in an exploration of a more expansive, vision of the world.  It will provide different perspectives on experiences central to contemporary […]

There is no clear image of enviable female elderhood in the contemporary cultural mythology of the West; it seems not to be an archetype we recognise any more. Older women are mostly ignored, encouraged to be inconspicuous, or held up as objects of derision and satire. But European myths and fairy tales contain a rich […]

Was wollen Träume uns mitteilen? Unsere nächtlichen Traumbilder sind oft faszinierend, manchmal auch kurios, beängstigend und immer wieder geheimnisvoll. Woher kommen die rätselhaften Botschaften? Welche Bedeutung haben sie für unsere Lebensrealität und für unseren Individuationsweg? Traumbilder können uns darauf aufmerksam machen, was im Leben gerade ansteht und welche Teile unserer Persönlichkeit nach außen drängen und gelebt […]

Life is a wild and mysterious process. And so is the process of deepening our awareness of ourselves and living more authentically. Carl Jung developed a model of the psyche which includes the notions of Self and individuation. The Self is the deep inclusive center of our whole being (both conscious and unconscious), and individuation […]