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Jung Institute of Chicago. The structure remains the same; each session will involve reading the\u00a0<em>Liber Novus<\/em>\u00a0followed by discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of these seminars is to try to understand what Jung is bringing forth in this work which has been described as a poetic expression of Jung\u2019s visionary experiences though at the same time taking note of the fact that Jung refused to consider this book a work of art. It is neither art nor science nor philosophy. Sonu Shamdasani at the very beginning of\u00a0<em>The Red Book, Liber Novus<\/em>\u00a0reminds us of what Jung said to Aniela Jaff\u00e9 in 1957, and included in\u00a0<em>Memories, Dreams, Reflections.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe years of which I have spoken to you, when I pursued my inner images, were the most important time of my life. Everything else is to be derived from this\u2026 My entire life consisted of elaborating what had burst forth from the unconscious and flooded me like an enigmatic stream and threatened to break me. That was the stuff and material for more than only one life. Everything later was only the outer classification, the scientific elaboration, and the integration into life. But the numinous beginning, which contained everything, was then.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some participants describe the experience of this seminar as \u201cpsychoactive.\u201d You do not need to have participated in previous series to join this one.<\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><b>Monthly Saturdays, 9am-12pm<br \/>\nNorth American Central Time<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b>For each session, read the corresponding pages to prepare<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oct 17<\/td>\n<td>The Magician Pages 395-420<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nov 21<\/td>\n<td>The Magician Pages 420-440<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dec 19<\/td>\n<td>The Magician Pages 440-458<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jan 16<\/td>\n<td>Scrutinies Pages 461-483<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Feb 27<\/td>\n<td>Scrutinies Pages 483-505<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mar 20<\/td>\n<td>Scrutinies Pages 505-528<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Apr 17<\/td>\n<td>Scrutinies Pages 528-536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>May 22<\/td>\n<td>Scrutinies Pages 537-553<br \/>\n<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Appendix C pages 577-582<\/span><br \/>\n<em>This session will meet in-person in Chicago, but Zoom will be available for those who cannot meet in-person<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will be the third series of seminars on Jung\u2019s\u00a0The Red Book\u00a0and will focus on the closing chapter of the\u00a0Liber Secundus, \u201cThe Magician\u201d and the final book in the\u00a0Liber Novus, \u201cThe Scrutinies.\u201d George Bright, Boris Matthews, and Daniel Ross will return for the 2026-2027 completion of our series which has been offered through the C.G. 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