Although the prominence of Greco-Roman mythology and literature in Jung\u2019s works is widely acknowledged, it has received surprisingly little critical and systematic attention throughout the years.<\/p>\n
The recent publication of Jung\u2019s Red Book<\/em> and Black Books<\/em>, however, provides a new opportunity for scholars to explore Jung\u2019s complex and wide-ranging relationship with the ancient world. One of the Red Book<\/em>\u2019s most intriguing figures in this regard is certainly Philemon, a benevolent peasant from Phrygia turned suspicious gatekeeper of magical wisdom. Jung\u2019s refiguration of Philemon in the Red Book<\/em> illustrates his engagement not only with the models from Ovid\u2019s Metamorphoses<\/em> and Goethe\u2019s Faust<\/em>, but also with Greco-Egyptian magical, alchemical and Hermetic writings, as well as classical scholarship dedicated to them.<\/p>\n This seminar intends to investigate how Jung\u2019s ever-changing relationship with Philemon relates both to Jung\u2019s psychological research prior to his first encounter with this figure and to the path it followed afterwards, especially in relation to the archetype of the \u2018wise old man\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Although the prominence of Greco-Roman mythology and literature in Jung\u2019s works is widely acknowledged, it has received surprisingly little critical and systematic attention throughout the years. The recent publication of Jung\u2019s Red Book and Black Books, however, provides a new opportunity for scholars to explore Jung\u2019s complex and wide-ranging relationship with the ancient world. One […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":109336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[542],"mec_speaker":[2928],"class_list":["post-109335","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-webinar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n