Tag Archives: C. G. Jung

Open Seminar – Myth and the Physical World

CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIESUniversity of EssexOPEN SEMINAR Myth and the Physical World:The Case of Wolfgang Pauli Professor Roderick MainUniversity of Essex Thursday 16 May 20247.30 – 9.00 pm (BST)Online All welcome To register for this free Zoom event, please email: … Continue reading

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Open Seminar: The Alchemical Oedipus: Re-Visioning the Myth

CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIESUniversity of EssexOPEN SEMINAR The Alchemical Oedipus:Re-Visioning the Myth Reginald AjuonumaUniversity of Essex Thursday 14 December 20237.30 – 9.00 pm (GMT)Online All welcome To register for this Zoom event, please email: pps@essex.ac.uk before 11.30 am on the … Continue reading

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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

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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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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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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

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Thursday 19 February: The Spirit Mercurius

This week Prof. Roderick Main introduces a discussion of “The Spirit Mercurius”, a Jungian reading of the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale “The Spirit in the Bottle”. Click the link to see our poster: P-The Spirit Mercurius Myth Reading Group Thursday … Continue reading

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Thursday 13 November: Philemon and Baucis

Join us for a discussion of the myth of Philemon and Baucis in Ovid, Goethe and Jung. Click on the link to see our poster:P-Philemon and Baucis Myth Reading Group Thursday 13 November 2014 1-2 p.m. Room 5B.332 Texts: Ovid. … Continue reading

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