{"id":125450,"date":"2026-03-24T16:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/?post_type=mec-events&#038;p=125450"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:38:04","slug":"surrender-to-ultimate-reality-an-exploration-of-mysticism-in-world-religions","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/surrender-to-ultimate-reality-an-exploration-of-mysticism-in-world-religions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSurrender to Ultimate Reality\u201d: An Exploration of Mysticism in World Religions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"element-item 03 English Public MA TC DC col-md-6 col-md-12\" data-category=\"Category\" data-sortnumber=\"10\">\n<div class=\"sort-internal-padding\">\n<div id=\"stacks_out_7797\" class=\"stacks_out\">\n<div id=\"stacks_in_7797\" class=\"stacks_in com_elixir_stacks_foundryColumns_stack\">\n<div class=\"row equal\">\n<div class=\"foundry_column foundry_column_two col-xs-12 col-md-7 col-lg-7 \">\n<div class=\"inner_column_content\">\n<div id=\"stacks_out_7802\" class=\"stacks_out\">\n<div id=\"stacks_in_7802\" class=\"stacks_in com_elixir_stacks_foundryParagraph_stack\">\n<p class=\"foundry-paragraph-override theme_style theme_style text-xs-left\">This lecture offers an introduction to mysticism, with examples from Christianity and other world religions. Evelyn Underhill\u2019s classical definition of mysticism implies a \u201csurrender&#8230; to ultimate Reality&#8230; from an instinct of love\u201d (<em>Mysticism<\/em>, 1911).<br \/>\nJung wrote his major work\u00a0<em>Mysterium Coniunctionis<\/em>\u00a0about the alchemical union, the \u201ccentral mystical experience of enlightenment &#8230; aptly symbolized by Light in most of the numerous forms of mysticism\u201d (<em>CW<\/em>\u00a0XI, \u00a7828). What does this mean for the relevance of mysticism to Jungian psychology?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"collapsable-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text-xs-left\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"element-item 04 English Public MA TC DC col-md-6 col-md-12\" data-category=\"Category\" data-sortnumber=\"10\">\n<div class=\"sort-internal-padding\">\n<div id=\"stacks_out_7905\" class=\"stacks_out\">\n<div id=\"stacks_in_7905\" class=\"stacks_in com_elixir_stacks_foundryAnchor_stack\">\n<div id=\"07-04-1000\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"stacks_out_7907\" class=\"stacks_out\">\n<div id=\"stacks_in_7907\" class=\"stacks_in com_elixir_stacks_foundryColumns_stack\">\n<div class=\"row equal\">\n<div class=\"foundry_column foundry_column_one col-xs-12 col-md-5 col-lg-5 \">\n<div class=\"inner_column_content\">\n<div id=\"stacks_out_7914\" class=\"stacks_out\">\n<div id=\"stacks_in_7914\" class=\"stacks_in com_elixir_stacks_foundryGroup_stack\">\n<div class=\"foundry-group\">\n<div id=\"stacks_out_7916\" class=\"stacks_out\">\n<div id=\"stacks_in_7916\" class=\"stacks_in com_elixir_stacks_foundryBlockLabel_stack\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This lecture offers an introduction to mysticism, with examples from Christianity and other world religions. 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