Synchronicity and the Matter of God | Digestible Jung Workshop with Jungian analyst J. Gary Sparks
April 8, 2026 at 04:03AM
“Synchronicity and the Matter of God”
Audio recording of the “Digestible Jung” workshop led by (the now late) Jungian psychoanalyst J. Gary Sparks in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2011.
Throughout the “Digestible Jung” series we have examined the various ways Jung understood the guidance of the Self within the analytic process. The first formulation of the guiding capacity of the unconscious presented in Symbols of Transformation was further elaborated in Jung’s subsequent works. In his alchemical studies, for example in Mysterium Coniunctionis, he stresses the ego’s role in activating the positive influence of the unconscious by holding the tension of the opposites. In Aion he investigated the role of withdrawing projections on activating the healing power of the Self. In “Answer to Job” we found that the ego had to stand against the destructive aspects of the Self in order to bring forth its creative capacities. Jung’s “Psychology of the Transference” shows the role of erotic fire in bringing the Self to consciousness.
The thread common to this series of workshops has been the capacity of the Self to lead and guide a person’s growth into maturity. In the final workshop we will survey the implications of this inborn healing process to religion and science. ‘What does psychological healing have to do with God and religion?’ will be the first question we tackle. We will also consider the challenges Jung’s observations on our inner psychology put to contemporary science. Finally, an intuitive sketch concerning how Jung’s work may be paving the way for the unification of science and religion will bring the “Digestible Jung” workshops to a close.
References:
C.G. Jung, “On Synchronicity” (1951, CW 8) – https://amzn.to/3DDlUG7
C.G. Jung, “Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle” (1952, CW 8) – http://amzn.to/1OGIYhT
Selected Letters of C.G. Jung – https://amzn.to/4smR7AR
Edward Edinger, The New God-Image – https://amzn.to/3kqNT2m
Jung and Pauli, Atom and Archetype (1932-1958) – http://amzn.to/201agnP
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