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Nearly a century ago, when Freud and Jung witnessed the rise of fascism in Europe, they turned their keen depth psychological eye to cultural nigredo in works such as\u00a0Civilization and its Discontents<\/em>\u00a0and \u201cWotan.\u201d Jungians can follow their example by writing our way through today\u2019s social, cultural, and political nigredo. Indeed, darkness is a writer\u2019s friend.<\/p>\n

Friday evening\u2019s lecture describes how creative writing practice can thrive in the dark; indeed, it is nourished by the slow, somber, ruminative processes characteristic of\u00a0nigredo<\/em>. Jung described the creative process as the unconscious activation of an archetypal image, which is entwined with the artist\u2019s fate. In the darkness of nigredo, the daimon, guiding spirit or genius of creative work can emerge with special poignance and clarity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThe daimon motivates. It protects. It invents and persists with a stubborn fidelity,\u201d says Hillman in\u00a0The Soul\u2019s Code<\/em>, and often forces \u201cdeviance and oddity upon its keeper.\u201d At a time when political leaders actively repress deviance and oddity, the presence of the daimon empowers Jungians to continue counter-cultural work: in our creative practices, in our professional life, in our communities and in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly a century ago, when Freud and Jung witnessed the rise of fascism in Europe, they turned their keen depth psychological eye to cultural nigredo in works such as\u00a0Civilization and its Discontents\u00a0and \u201cWotan.\u201d Jungians can follow their example by writing our way through today\u2019s social, cultural, and political nigredo. Indeed, darkness is a writer\u2019s friend. 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