Speaking of Jung, Ep. 114: Jungian analyst J. Gary Sparks on Aurora Consurgens

Returning to the podcast is Zürich-trained Jungian analyst, author, and lecturer J. Gary Sparks in Indianapolis, Indiana. He holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Bucknell University, a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, and a Diploma in Analytical Psychology (the degree of a Jungian Analyst) from the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich. His thesis advisor was Jung’s closest student and collaborator, Marie-Louise von Franz, Ph.D. and his training analysts included Jung’s grandson, Dieter Baumann, M.D. and Jung’s close friend and confidante, C.A. Meier, M.D. Mr. Sparks has been a lecturer and seminar presenter at the C.G. Jung Foundation of Ontario, Canada, and a teacher for the analyst training program at the Research & Training Centre for Depth Psychology According to C.G. Jung & Marie-Louise von Franz in Zürich. He has particularly enjoyed presenting online to the Cambridge Jungian Circle (where he learned that Jung’s cook became a UK Jungian analyst). Beginning next month, he will be presenting for the new Jung at Heart series, a certificate program for non-clinicians offered by the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles (https://ift.tt/qpemgCh). Currently, he is in private practice in Indianapolis where he also conducts a variety of study groups. Mr. Sparks has joined me for three previous episodes, each centered around one of his books: Episode 2 on At the Heart of Matter: Synchronicity & Jung’s Spiritual Testament, Episode 28 on Valley of Diamonds: Adventures in Number & Time with Marie-Louise von Franz, and Episode 35 on his most recent book, Carl Jung & Arnold Toynbee: The Social Meaning of Inner Work. In addition to his three books, he is the editor of Edward Edinger’s, Ego & Self: The Old Testament Prophets, and co-editor with Daryl Sharp of Edinger’s Science of the Soul: A Jungian Perspective. He maintains two websites – jgsparks.net and jungandpauli.net – both filled with information, audio downloads, and PDF documents. Mr. Sparks returns today to discuss the latest volume of the Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz, scheduled to be released this Friday by Chiron Publications. Aurora Consurgens: A Document Attributed to Thomas Aquinas on the Problem of Opposites in Alchemy – A Companion Work to C.G. Jung’s Mysterium Coniunctionis is Volume 7 in the series (https://amzn.to/3dNnvvJ). You can learn more about von Franz’s Collected Works on Speaking of Jung’s special page in our Blog section (https://ift.tt/3OiTvtk). FULL SHOW NOTES + AUDIO DOWNLOAD https://ift.tt/tjN7wWz ✦ ✦ ✦ PREVIOUS EPISODES WITH J. GARY SPARKS Ep. 2 on At the Heart of Matter: Synchronicity & Jung’s Spiritual Testament – https://youtu.be/WYG4x9PFgfk Ep. 28 on Valley of Diamonds: Adventures in Number & Time with Marie-Louise von Franz – https://youtu.be/lyXlsz4iZmQ Ep. 35 on Carl Jung & Arnold Toynbee: The Social Meaning of Inner Work – https://youtu.be/5VbpVHSt0cw Video of Mr. Sparks with Jung & Freud Action Figures – https://youtu.be/EFbYNBBbyB8 ✦ ✦ ✦ BOOKS BY J. GARY SPARKS At the Heart of Matter: Synchronicity & Jung’s Spiritual Testament – http://amzn.to/1VPt2Sc Valley of Diamonds: Adventures in Number & Time with Marie- Louise von Franz – http://amzn.to/1Qx7xjm Carl Jung & Arnold Toynbee: The Social Meaning of Inner Work – http://amzn.to/2B5VSoC (Affiliate Links) ✦ ✦ ✦ SPEAKING OF JUNG: Website – https://speakingofjung.com​​​ Episodes – https://ift.tt/MbVfoCL Apple Podcasts – https://ift.tt/P4vT7Nx Spotify – https://ift.tt/O7EQ3G5 CONNECT: Subscribe to this YouTube channel Twitter – https://twitter.com/jungianLaura Instagram – https://ift.tt/AuQeRx0 Facebook – https://ift.tt/cZQfPOB ✦ ✦ ✦

From: Jungian Directory