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\u00a0<\/strong>Compulsion is the great mystery of human life \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

-C.G. Jung<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Great mysteries of human life can be really scary. Great mysteries of human life never get fully solved.\u00a0\u00a0Great mysteries can be dangerous and baffling. For Jung to claim that compulsion is THE great mystery of human life is daunting, not least because compulsions can be forces of creativity or of destruction.\u00a0\u00a0Compulsions arise and engulf, with sweetness or suffering, love\u00a0or hate \u2014 or both at the same time.<\/p>\n

In this lecture, we will explore the individuating possibilities that undergird all compulsions, and we will wonder together what can help us out of entrapping compulsions and addictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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