A working knowledge of Jung’s fundamental concepts and theories is essential for understanding Jungian thought and the analytic endeavor. This course will review Jung’s psychology, with an emphasis on capturing the complexity and dynamism of the psyche and leads to an integrated view of the psyche as a whole.
Students taking this course are looking to develop a foundational understanding of Jungian theory while also deepening their capacity to apply these concepts to their own experience or to the practice of psychotherapy. Persons interested in joining the Minnesota Seminar in Jungian Studies can consider this course as preparatory to the seminar. New members to the MJA community might use this course as a foundation for other MJA’s lectures and salons.
The Parts of the Whole:
Core concepts, internal structures, and their dynamic interactions will be reviewed, including attachment and personality formation, the emergence of the ego -Self relationship. Implications unique to a psychology of the Self and the individuation processes will be explored along with the development of internal structures such as ego, self, shadow, persona, animus/anima, archetype, complex, etc. Topographical
concepts such as consciousness, the unconscious, psychoid level,personal and the collective unconscious will also be discussed.
Suggested Reading: Stein, Murray, Jung’s Map of the Soul, Open Court , 1998.
