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Tag Archives: C. G. Jung
Pegasus in Pindar, Kavanagh, and Jung
Professor Roderick Main (Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex) Pegasus in Pindar, Kavanagh, and Jung Myth Reading Group Thursday 7 February 2019 12.00 – 1.30 pm Room 5B.124 In this session we shall canter and swoop around … Continue reading
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Conference: Katabasis & Depth Psychology (London, July 2019)
Call for Papers — The Descent of the Soul: Katabasis and Depth Psychology Freud Museum, London, July 2019 Deadline for abstracts: 31 October 2018 extended to beginning of December 2018 This conference is organised by Leslie Gardner and several friends of … Continue reading
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Thursday 18 February: C. G. Jung’s Myth of Life after Death
In this session Professor Roderick Main continues his discussion of myths that were important in the life and work of Jung. Based on observation of his own and his patients’ dreams, as well as on hints from synchronistic experiences and … Continue reading
Thursday 11 February: Demeter and Persephone: A Jungian Interpretation
This week Joyce Tye will introduce a discussion of the myth of Demeter and Persephone, offering a Jungian interpretation. The underworld holds the deepest secrets and is a prime concern of the soul. For Carl G. Jung, myths provided not … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlives, C. G. Jung, Demeter, Greek mythology, Homeric Hymn, Persephone
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Thursday 19 November: Jungian Interpretations of Merlin
This week Prof. Roderick Main introduces a discussion of Merlin as interpreted by C. G. Jung and his associates. In this session we shall look at the legendary figure of Merlin as interpreted by C. G. Jung, Emma Jung, and … Continue reading
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Tagged C. G. Jung, depth psychology, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Merlin, Roderick Main
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Thursday 4 June: Myth, ecstasy, and objective cognition: the mystical visions of C. G. Jung
This week Prof. Roderick Main introduces a discussion of “Myth, ecstasy, and objective cognition: the mystical visions of C. G. Jung”. In this session, we shall look at the mystical visions C. G. Jung describes in Chapter X of Memories, … Continue reading
Thursday 21 February: Khepri the Ancient Egyptian Scarab Deity
Myth Reading Group Thursday 21 February 2013 5 – 6 p.m. Room 5A.118 Four texts: R. T. Rundle Clark on Khepri (Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt, pp. 40-1) [link expired] Jung, the scarab and synchronicity (‘On Synchronicity’ par. 982 … Continue reading
Tuesday 28 February: Jung’s Night Sea Journey
Myth Reading Group Tuesday 28 February 2012 5 – 6 p.m. Room 5B.330 This week’s text is a film: Nachtmeerfahrten: Eine Reise in die Psychologie von C. G. Jung, directed by Rüdiger Sünner, 2011. Roderick Main will introduce an excerpt … Continue reading
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