Jungian Psychology

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37246672012-01-12T21:51:21.198-06:00Jungian PsychologyRose F. Holt - Jungian Analyst Chicago, IL and St. Louis, MORose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.comBlogger981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-56348142801666274222012-01-12T21:51:00.000-06:002012-01-12T21:51:21.209-06:00READING JUNG STUDY GROUP - ONLINE

In March, 2012, the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis will begin a six-week course, an online Jung Readings Study Group which I will host. Participants will read and discuss Jung's Volume VII, Two Essays, in which he summaries well his approach to psychology and to psychotherapy. Our study group will be in a seminar format with opportunity for discussion both in live online meetings and in an

Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-50941685500640708462012-01-05T21:38:00.000-06:002012-01-05T21:44:53.507-06:00NEWS FROM THE ST. LOUIS JUNG SOCIETY

For detailed information, please visit the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis website at www.cgjungstl.org The St. Louis Jung Society is making available material from the November, 2011, JUNG IN THE HEARTLAND Conference. Presentations by Laurence Hillman, Robert Bosnak, and Lionel Corbett will be available for DVD purchase or for streaming from the internet soon. I attended all the conference

Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-30015106144632269852011-12-26T08:56:00.000-06:002011-12-26T09:01:18.698-06:00JONATHAN YOUNG IN ST. LOUIS APRIL 20-21, 2012

Jonathan Young will present on APRIL 20-21, 2012, in St. Louis: Lecture: The Inner Life of Fairy Tales - The Ugly DucklingFriday, April 20, 2012, 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. (2 Continuing Education Units) Location: First Congrational Church UCC, 6401 Wyden, Clayton Missouri 63105Fee: Friends - $15; Others $20; Full-time Students - $10Workshop Through the Dark Forest - to Find Strength in

Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-78619443575448792852011-12-03T21:40:00.001-06:002011-12-04T17:14:43.218-06:00DREAMS, DREAM INCUBATION, AND THE SANTA BARBARA HEALING SANCTUARY

Robert Bosnak, a renowned Jungian Analyst, presented at the Jung in the Heartland Conference during the second week of November, 2011. Dr. Bosnak, a Zurich-trained analyst, has developed a unique way of working with dreams, a process partially based on ways the Greeks utilized dreams in their practice of medicine. His techniques involve helping the patient make connection with the somatic

Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-76038569574545684722011-11-29T21:05:00.001-06:002011-11-29T21:22:45.139-06:00READINGS IN JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY

A friend of mine enrolled in a graduate program in psychology told me that the textbook for the personality theories class dedicated one page to Jungian Psychology. Although probably the most comprehensive theorists in his field, Jung gets little attention in academic circles because he is not adequately "scientific." Because my friend is primarily interested in Jung's theory and chose it as

Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-16280588312096904752011-11-27T22:12:00.001-06:002011-11-29T21:23:42.182-06:00"A DANGEROUS METHOD"

For an interesting interview with the director of "A Dangerous Method," the film about the controversial treatment of Sabina Spielrein by Jung and Freud, go to: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/11/dangerous-method-david-cronenberg-on-freud-jung-and-hysteria.html Much has been written about the relationship among this trinity of the early psychoanalytic movement. Sabina Spielrein

Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-67827042199653641462011-11-24T15:26:00.001-06:002011-11-29T21:25:27.358-06:00CONFERENCE - JUNG IN THE HEARTLAND

The C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis held its second Jung in the Heartland Conference, November 9-13, 2011, at Toddhall in Columbia, IL. Presenters included Laurence Hillman, Jenny Yates, Lionel Corbett, and Robert Bosnak. The theme of this conference was Portals to the Sacred II. Last year the Jung Society sponsored a writing contest. Winning entries were published in a book, Portals to

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You are invited to: A Gala Evening at Toddhall! A Gala Evening at Toddhall Jung in the Heartland: Portals to the Sacred IIFriday, November 11, 7-10 pmThis promises to be a fun, full evening, and it'sjust a half hour drive from St. Louis! Come for:- The release of the first C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis publication:Portals to the Sacred from a Jungian Perspective.- The

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STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS The question for this panel (of four St. Louis area Jungian Analysts) discussion, “What is rippling your waters?” is a good one for any of us to reflect on. It has surely provided a lot of reflection for me. The subject that has most gripped me in recent weeks has to do with states of consciousness. It is an extremely broad subject but one that lends itself to

Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-52610069614788465112011-10-15T20:36:00.002-05:002011-10-15T20:50:03.714-05:00MAJOR JUNGIAN CONFERENCE

The C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis is holding its second major conference from November 10 - November 13, 2011. For registration information, please visit www.cgjungstl.org Information about this major conference includes: Jung in the Heartland2011 Conference: Portals to the Sacred IINovember 10 - November 13, 2011 Program Descriptions - Workshops - Accommodations - Registration

Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-58540311248569808072011-09-14T19:58:00.001-05:002011-09-14T20:12:27.184-05:00TWO BOOKS OF VALUE

Jack Miles has written two books that are extremely valuable for amplifying our understanding of God and god-image. The books are GOD: A BIOGRAPHY (Random House, 1995) and CHRIST, A CRISIS IN THE LIFE OF GOD (Knopf, 2001). In the two books Miles treats the God presented as a personality who is telling his story as a way of expressing who and what he is--just as any human does when he/she

Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-18891991972194251222011-09-11T18:06:00.001-05:002011-09-14T20:06:17.280-05:00JUNG SOCIETY OF ST. LOUIS PROGRAM - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 3:00 - 5:00 PM

Here is a link to the St. Louisan website where there is a short video about sacrifice: http://stlouisan.com/2011/09/sacrifice-as-a-theme-in-psychotherapy/ There is information on the video about the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis program on Sunday, September 18, 3:00 to 5:00 pm, at the First Congregational Church UCC in Clayton, MO. There is more information and the opportunity to register

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Workshop: Sacrifice as a Theme in Psychotherapy Presented by Cheryl Lawler, M.S.W., L.C.S.W and Rose Holt, M.A. Sunday, September 18th, 2011, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. (2 CEUs) First Congregational Church UCC 6501 Wydown, Clayton, MO 63105 Fee: Friends - $30; Others $35; Full-time Students $17.50 The Jung Society is offering a third presentation in which two psychoanalysts, one from the

Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-69024700694608120582011-08-24T09:19:00.001-05:002011-09-14T20:08:51.389-05:00"SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER" ESSAY

The following is an essay to be published in the September-October issue of "The Pathfinder": Shall We Gather at the River? The C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis is preparing for its second Jung in the Heartland Conference, November 10-13, 2011. This year the theme is again “Portals to the Sacred.” [Visit www.cgjungstl.org for conference details.] In this essay, a precursor to the conference

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The C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis is bringing Jean Bolen, Jungian Analyst and author, to St. Louis on July 8 and 9, 2011. Dr. Bolen's topic on Friday evening will be "Trees and Tree People: Saving Ourselves, Saving Our Planet." Her topic for the Saturday workshop will be "Grail, Goddesses, Circles, and the Sacred Feminine." For details about these events, visit www.cgjungstl.org

Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-21477057497903565782011-05-05T07:41:00.003-05:002011-09-14T20:09:36.125-05:00THE REDBOOK - A PERPLEXING GUIDE How Do We Make Sense of It?

This is a talk I gave at the Jung Institute of Chicago Founder's Day event at Loyola University on March 19, 2011: THE REDBOOK - A PERPLEXING GUIDE How Do We Make Sense of It? Jung began his RED BOOK journaling in December of 1913, less than a year before the outbreak of WWI. That war shook the world as none before. And that war marked only the beginning of a trying and turbulent century--

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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.The C.G. Jung Society of Saint Louis PresentsCheryl Lawler, M.S.W., L.C.S.W and Rose Holt, M.A. Workshop: Sacrifice as a Theme in Psychotherapy”Sunday, April 3, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. (2 CEUs) First Congregational Church UCC 6501 Wydown, Clayton, MO 63105 Fee: Friends - $30; Others $35; Full-time Students $17.50Full and Part-time Student Scholarships are available.

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C.G. Jung's THE RED BOOK is an astonishing work. In his autobiographical MEMORIES DREAMS REFLECTIONS, Jung describes his "confrontation with the unconscious." In THE RED BOOK he recorded that confrontation in great detail, first in the actual experiences, then in his reflections about the experiences, and then in the understanding he gleaned. Over a period of sixteen years he illustrated the

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A TASTE OF JUNGThe C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis is offering a five week course on various facets of Jungian Psychology during October, 2010. The classes will meet Sunday afternoons from 2:30 to 4:30, and each will be taught by a different area Jungian Analyst. I will teach on October 24. Dates are October 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31. Location is the First Congregational Church UCC at 6501 Wydown

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The C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis is sponsoring a writing contest this Fall. Detailed information about the contest are posted on the Society's website, www.cgjungstl.org Deadline for entries is October 15, 2010.

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We have examined Jungian concepts of personality types, complex, persona, shadow, anima/animus, personal unconscious, and collective unconscious. Now we will consider how these psychic components interact. First, a brief review:Personality typology has to do with characteristic ways an individual meets the world—extraverted/ introverted, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judging/

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TALK FOR "THE LEGACIES OF FREUD AND JUNG" PROGRAM Many people have examined the relationship between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, especially people in the Jungian community. For a few years the two of them carried on a voluminous correspondence which was published in 1974 in the Freud/Jung Letters. Though Jung came to have serious doubts about some of Freud’s theories, he never failed to

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Boris Matthews and I are offering the three-part online course through the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. See details below. For more information, please contact either Dr. Matthews or me at the addresses listed. To register, please go to www.jungchicago.org. JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY—THE ESSENTIALS A Three-Part Online Course Presented by Rose F. Holt, M.A., and Boris L. Matthews, Ph.D.May 3,

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EXPLORING JUNG’S “ANSWER TO JOB”An Online Course Presented By Rose F. Holt, M.A., and Boris L. Matthews, Ph.D.November 9th, 2009 through December 14th, 2009“The book does not pretend to be anything but the voice or question of a single individual who hopes or expects to meet with thoughtfulness in the public.”~ C.G. Jung"Answer to Job" is the most controversial of Jung’s works. It is also the one

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INVISIBLE REALITY Jung [C.G. Jung, 1875 – 1961, Swiss Psychiatrist, Founder of Analytical Psychology] writes, “What is real is that which has real effects.” In our rigid three-dimensional conscious constructs, we tend to define reality as that which is concrete and tangible, excluding anything of a spiritual nature. Yet, the spiritual has real effects. Even a cursory self-reflection will

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During his "confrontation with the unconscious" and later, Jung wrote and painted in his "Red Book." After long negotiations with the Jung heirs and much work to copy, translate, and footnote, the Philemon Foundation is publishing this seminal work. There is a very solid and balanced article about Jung, his work, the book, and the process of its release to the public in the "New York Times."

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"Only what is really oneself has the power to heal." C.G. Jung, VOL. 7, Para. 258

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"The Entombment" Artist: Mercedes McVey"During the assimilation of the unconscious the personality passes through many transformations." C.G. Jung, VOL. 8, Para. 423

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The C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis is hosting a major conference at our first "Jung in the Heartland" event, November 19-22, 2009. The theme of the conference is "Portals to the Sacred" with major presentations by Carl Greer, Sylvia Perera, James Hollis, and Lionel Corbett. The conference setting is Toddhall Retreat Center in Columbia, IL, just 45 minutes from the St. Louis, MO, international

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For the last session of a course on dreams, I offered some questions for reflection and discussion. Here are the questions and some possible responses to them. If any Reader wishes to comment on a question or a response, please click on the "comments" icon and do so. SOME QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION1. Why do you think dreams are important? Dreams are an important way unconscious contents reach

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ON THE TOPIC OF DREAMS“It is always as if we were observing through a slit so that we only see a particular moment; all the rest is dark and we are not aware of it at that moment. The area of the unconscious is enormous and always continuous, while the area of consciousness is a restricted field of momentary vision.” [Jung, Analytical Psychology: its theory and Practice, p. 8]“Man (sic) as we

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C.G. JUNGJUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY – A DEEPER LOOKAn Online CoursePresented by Rose F. Holt, M.A., and Boris L. Matthews, Ph.D.From January 26, 2009, through March 20, 2009This course will cover fundamentals topics of Jungian Psychology—archetypes and myths, dreams and dream interpretation, persona, shadow, complex, typology, anima/animus, Self, and individuation. It is designed for people who have

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The Chicago Jung Institute website has been down for a few weeks. Because of the delay in registrations the down time caused, Boris Matthews and I have changed the dates for our Short Course on Dreams. Following is more detail about the course:A SHORT COURSE ON DREAMSAn Online CoursePresented by Rose F. Holt, M.A., and Boris L. Matthews, Ph.D.From January 22, through March 05, 2009Dreams have

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The Jung Institute of Chicago has decided to go to a weekend format for its analyst training program. Because the institute website has been down for some time, this change in format has not been broadly announced. The Institute will probably slip the February 1, 2009, application deadline into March or April. Part of the rationale for shifting from a weekly academic program to a

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Boris Matthews and I will be offering an online course, A Short Course on Dreams, through the Jung Institute of Chicago. Following is the announcement that will appear soon on the Institute's website, www.jungchicago.orgA SHORT COURSE ON DREAMSAn Online CoursePresented by Rose F. Holt, M.A., and Boris L. Matthews, Ph.D.From December 08, 2008, through January 15, 2009Dreams have been important

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“Shadow Cornered” by C.G. JungC.G. JUNG – GUIDE TO THE INNER LIFEBy Rose F. Holt, Jungian Psychoanalyst C.G. Jung (1875-1961)”One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was a lot of things—psychiatrist, theologian, historian, anthropologist—but above all else, he was an explorer. He explored first his

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Information about the next online course, Alchemy and Psychotherapy, is posted on the Jung Institute of Chicago website, www.jungchicago.org and on the St. Louis Jung Society website, www.cgjungstl.org [Links to both sites are provided on the left side of your screen.] You can read detailed information about the course on those two sites and also enroll in one of them if you wish. If you have

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There is a site http://psychology.suite101.com/article.cfm/what_is_the_shadow where you can read short, clear, and concise essays about basic Jungian ideas. The author will be posting a number of these essays on the site in the coming weeks. The first one is on shadow.

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Boris Matthews and I will be offering a new online course (including five live web seminars) beginning in September, 2008. The subject of this course will be the relationship between alchemy and psychotherapy that C.G. Jung discovered and used to corroborate his psychological theories. Participants need only high-speed internet access and a webcam to join in. The course will include readings,

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The C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis is very pleased to host Lionel Corbett, M.D., for a lecture and workshop on July 18 and 19, 2008. The Society anticipates that both events will be sold out, so do register soon if you are interested. The website address where you can see more information or register online is: www.cgjungstl.orgJuly 18th and 19th“Psyche & the Sacred: Spirituality Beyond

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THE GOAL Here is Jung writing about the goal of the work, study, and analysis we do on our journeys: "This (referring to the work of alchemists) recalls the impressive opening sentence of Ignatius Loyola's 'Foundation': 'Man was created to praise, do reverence to, and serve God our Lord, and thereby to save his soul.'" (Paragraph 252) "Accordingly, if we divest the opening

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Boris Matthews and I are enjoying this new mode of teaching/learning through courses on the internet. In our current offering, "A Deeper Look into Jungian Psychology," we have added web seminars in which course participants join together online in front of webcameras to discuss readings, reflections, questions, etc. These seminars add greatly to the less-personal discussion forums.Boris and I

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Online CourseA DEEPER LOOK INTO JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGYFacilitated by Rose F. Holt, M.A., and Boris Matthews, Ph.D.March 24, 2008, through May 19, 2008Jung’s ideas fascinate us, touch us, and ultimately can lead to discovery of sound and lasting meaning for our lives. Many people discover Jung through references in literature, various university studies, Jung’s own writings, or affiliation with a Jung

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Some Thoughts about Persona, Shadow, and AnimusJung speaks often of a consciousness "contaminated with unconscious contents. " I think he means that we have unconscious scripts, ideas, images, that affect our vision. What we see is often distorted by what we are looking through. It is as if we all wear eyeglasses that alter our perceptions—for better or worse. Is there something like an

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JUNG ON THE DEFINITION OF RELIGIONIn a lengthy letter to Pastor Tanner dated 12 February 1959, Jung explains his psychological definition for the word religion.First he provides a definition the ancients used: religio derived from relegere or religere, “to ponder, to take account of, to observe (e.g., in prayer).” Then he gives the definition the Church Fathers used: religio from religare, “to

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Fundamentals of Jungian PsychologyTaught by Rose F. Holt and Boris Matthews Online Course Class limit of 25 Friends, $110.00; All others, $120.00 (16 CEUs) [Friends refers to members of the C.G. Jung Society of Saint Louis. See website link below.] Readings: All required

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Sponsored by the C. G. Jung Society of St. LouisPresented by Analysts Boris Matthews, Ph.D., and Rose F. Holt, M.A.An on-line class in Fundamentals of Jungian (Analytical) Psychology with 16 CEU's for licensed counselors, psychologists, social workers, and chaplains will start in mid-January, 2007. This course will be appropriate for people who are new to Jung's work as well as people who wish to

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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS1. What was your process for determining this was the therapy you would use?I once went to a five-day program at Notre Dame University where I heard a Jungian Analyst talk about dreams. That exposure led me to understand that there is a whole lot in the human psyche accessible only through image and symbol. This analyst was an extremely learned and interesting

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ONLY THE SHADOW KNOWSI don’t know which is more disappointing, the news about Senator Larry Craig or some of the reactions to that news. The shock wakes of scandal that have engulfed the GOP in recent years shouldn’t surprise us. It is a well known psychological fact that the repressed parts of our individual personality (our shadow) must be contained, projected, or acted out in some fashion. In

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EMPOWERMENT OF FEMININE VALUES In our class last session, we read and discussed The Odyssey. It quickly became apparent that Odysseus struggle to return home may be a quintessential masculine psychological and developmental story, but it didn’t resonate with the women in the class. And Penelope’s passive role as the long-suffering and take-a-perennial-backseat wife didn’t resonate either. I

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The following extensive quotation is an excellent discussion of complexes, both from a theological and psychological perspective. In another section of this paper, Doran expresses significant disagreement with Jung over issues Jung raised in Answer to Job. The entire article, while difficult, is worth the effort. I selected this excerpt to add to our understanding of a basic Jungian concept—the

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Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, in conjunction with the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis, will offer a one-hour graduate-level course, "Fundamentals of Jungian Psychology," this Fall. The core of the course will be a Friday lecture and a Saturday workshop on "Shadow Work" October 5-7, 2007, in St. Louis led by James Hollis. I will facilitate a two week on-line discussion prior to the

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JUNGIAN READING OF THE ODYSSEY, Robert Fagles, trans.INTRODUCTION to First ClassThe word “Odyssey,” according to Webster, means: “a series of adventurous journeys usually marked by many changes of fortune.” In Jungian terms, the story can be understood as the ego’s individuation once a certain stage of development has been reached. We can liken it to the Biblical story of the Israelites. It

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Our local Jung Society in St. Louis is extremely pleased to host Robert Moore in the Spring, March 30 and 31, 2007, for a Friday evening lecture and Saturday workshop. Details of the Moore event will be posted on the St. Louis Jung Society website (link on the left side of this page) soon. We urge everyone to sign up early as we expect a full house for this exciting event.Here is a wonderful

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C.G. Jung in 1949

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On September 15, 2006, the Saint Louis Jung Society hosted a panel discussion of four local Jungian Analysts--Sheldon Culver, Shirley, Fontenot, Ellen Sheire, and myself. My contribution to the forum follows:STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESSPresentation for Analysts Panel Discussion - September 15, 2006The question for this panel discussion, “What is rippling your waters?” is a good one for any of us to

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I will be presenting a Study Group, "Introduction to Jungian Psychology," for the C.G. Jung Society of Saint Louis this Fall. The course will meet on eight Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. Meeting dates are: September 7, 21; October 12, 26; November 9, 30; December 14, 21. We will be exploring fundamental concepts of Jungian Psychology. Our text, which will be provided to participants, will be a

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Rod Johnson, a writer and artist, who attended the last Jung Society "Jung Readings" Course on the subject of complexes, has captured the essence of parental complexes in his succinct poem, "Our Favorite Ghosts." Rod's poem:Ghosts are with us all the time, hanging around,Sometimes their presence is obvious, even obnoxious,Like when I get bombastic with my wifeWho then smiling says, "Who let J.T.

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Pat Spear, a friend with a long-time interest in Jung, read my blog essay, "The Ego as Complex," and very kindly sent me her thoughts on the subject of complex. Following is Pat's commentary:In The Essential Jung Storr wrote that Jung seemed to link the complexes with unconscious personalities. He quotes Jung as saying that complexes can have us. Every constellation of a complex postulates a

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THE EGO AS COMPLEXAccording to Jung, consciousness AND the personal unconscious are made up of various complexes, one of which is the ego/shaow complex. The ego complex is somewhat different from other complexes in that the ego complex is the center of consciousness. The shadow part of the complex resides in the unconscious and consists of all those qualities not admitted to consciousnes, their

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For anyone interested in further training/education in Jungian Psychology, there will be an Open House at the Chicago Jung Institute at which attendees can meet like-minded people, explore available programs and have questions answered.Following is the announcement/invitation:The C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago announces AN OPEN HOUSE RECEPTION for the CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAM and the ANALYST

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INTENTIONALITY AND THE COMPLEXIn a paper Jung wrote in 1911 for delivery at an Austrailasian Medical Congress, he describes some of his research into the phenomenon of the complex. [“On the Doctrine of the Complexes,” C.W., Vol. 2, pp. 598-604] In this early paper, he makes some interesting statements.Explaining that complexes touch on very sensitive areas of the patient’s psyche, areas he/she is

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Reflections on Jung's "Answer to Job"There is an account in fiction that might help us understand what Jung is getting at in his "Answer to Job." In considering this topic, we would do well to remember that when we talk about "God" that we are really talking about our images and ideas about God. GOD is precisely what we do not know because whatever the entity God is, that entity is far beyond our

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INTRODUCTION TO READINGS COURSEJUNG’S ANSWER TO JOBFebruary 3, 2005In this course, we are going to take up one of Jung’s most controversial works, his Answer to Job. First, some background. Jung wrote Answer in 1951. On May 29, 1951, Jung wrote to Aniela Jaffe’: "So it goes all the time: memories rise up and disappear again, as it suits them. In this way I have landed the great whale; I mean "

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SYLLABUS - JUNG READINGS COURSE"Answer to Job"Winter- Spring, 2005Text: C.G. Jung, "Answer to Job," in Vol. 11, Psychology and Religion, of The Collected Works, pp. 357-470, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J. ["Answer to Job" is also available as a single publication and in The Portable Jung, Edited by Joseph Campbell.]Class 1 - February 3 Introduction to CourseReading: "Prefatory Note,"

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INTRODUCTION TO COURSE: EXPLORING JUNG’S MYSTERIUM CONIUNCTIONIS St. Louis Jung Society, Fall 2004 September 23, 2004WHY STUDY THIS DIFFICULT WORK?First, you must accept some underlying assumptions—or at least entertain certain hypotheses.1. The Unconscious is real. It exists. It influences and affects everyone's everyday life. It is a living phenomenon—the teeming, ever-creative source of life.2

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Analytical Meaning of SacrificeIf, as Jung tells us, we worship as divine the life energies that flow through us, (1991, 83) then the release or the harnessing of new energies will be experienced as an incarnational event. For the individual who has been gripped by his/her own inner, autonomous energies, the one whose ego has entered into a cooperative relationship with those energies,

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There is a new biography of C.G. Jung just recently published. It is JUNG, A BIOGRAPHY by Deirdre Bair, published by Little, Brown in November, 2003. I recommend the book highly. It is available from the Chicago Jung Institute Bookstore with a nice discount for members. Click the link to the left of this page for the Chicago Institute web site.

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Following is the syllabus for the next "Readings in Jung's Psychology" Course. For information about registration, click onto the link to the St. Louis Jung Society on the left side of this page.SYLLABUSREADINGS IN JUNG'S PSYCHOLOGYWinter 2004Presenter: Rose F. HoltClass Meeting Time and Dates: Eight Thursdays, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. January 8, 22; February 5, 19; March 4, 25; April 15, 29. 2004.

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A Review of Rapture Encaged by Rose F. HoltRapture Encaged: The Suppression of the Feminine in Western Culture by Ruth Anthony El Saffar, Routledge, 1994.I read Rapture Encaged, The Suppression of the Feminine in Western Culture when it was first published in the spring of 1994. Impressed with the author's ability to articulate questions that had lived wordlessly in me for some time, I reread the

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C.G. JUNG READINGS CLASS – FALL 2003 Rose F. Holt, Presenter To enroll in this class, contact the St. Louis Jung Society by e-mail @ www.cgjungstl@aol.com, by phone at (314) 533-6809, or through the St. Louis Society website link on the left of this page. Enrollment will be limited to ten. Class Meeting Time and Dates: Seven Thursdays, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. September 11, 25; October 9, 23;

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A Review of The New God-Image by Rose F. Holt The New God-Image: A Study of Jung’s Key Letters Concerning the Evolution of the Western God-Image by Edward F. Edinger. Chiron Publications, 1996. Jung once remarked that his life’s work has been to encircle the “central fire” with a series of mirrors but that necessarily there were gaps where the mirrors met. In The New God-Image, Edward F.

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Readings Class May 22, 2003 Our class met for its eighth and final session on Thursday, May 22. We devoted the two hours to a review and summation of the material we read and discussed. Our general conclusions were: 1. Reading Jung is difficult, rewarding, and satisfying; and we could reread everything from the eight weeks with interest and enthusiasm. 2. We have entertained and discussed

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A key concept of Jungian Psychology is that of the "Self." Jung writes: "The self, in its efforts at self-realization, reaches out beyond the ego-personality on all sides; because of its all-emcompassing nature it is brighter and darker than the ego, and accordingly confronts it with problems which it would like to avoid. Either one's moral courage fails, or one's insight, or both, until in

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Jung writes of two kinds of thinking. The first kind is linear, learned, goal-oriented, directed and the kind of thinking we strive for in our consciousness. The second kind of thinking is circular; often disorienting and confusing to consciousness, not directed by consciousness; more given over to play and fantasy, and is the very basis of creativity. This second kind of thinking relies on

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Notes for February 20 Class - "Readings in Jung's Analytical Psychology" In considering the relationship between the conscious mind and the unconscious, we might well begin with this quote from Jung: "The conscious mind moreover is characterized by a certain narrowness. It can hold only a few simultaneous contents at a given moment. All the rest is unconscious at the time, and we only

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C.G. JUNG SOCIETY OF SAINT LOUIS Program: Readings in Jung’s Analytical Psychology Presented by Rose Holt This group will read and discuss the following selections from C. G. Jung’s works: “On the Nature of the Psyche,” “Relations between the Ego and the Unconscious,” “Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious,” and “On the Nature of Dreams.” These readings provide a conceptual foundation that

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Jung, writing on the mechanism of projection:"As events in wartime have clearly shown, our mentality is distinguished by the shameless naivete' with which we judge our enemy, and in the judgment we pronounce upon him we unwittingly reveal our own defects; we simply accuse our enemy of our own unadmitted faults. We see everything in the other, we criticize and condemn the other, we even want to

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EGO, SELF, MEANING, AND VALUE Recently on National Public Radio I heard a writer talking about the importance of St. Augustine’s CONFESSIONS. He said this book represents the first time anyone took himself so seriously, looked so deeply into his own thoughts and experiences, and attempted to share what he found. The CONFESSIONS marked a new dimension in the human project, a new way of

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When you work with your dreams, "it's amazing the information you get that is different from your everyday perception, information that gives you a different way of walking through life. You don't have to go on in the same old way any more. I used to go strictly with my feelings that were raging around, would get stuck in them. Now I find that if I cann go over them, process them those feelings

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ON DREAMS Almost everyone has, at one time in his/her life, had an impressive dream that stays in the memory. Whether you declare the dream meaningless or not, the memory lingers and is evoked by particular peoples, places, and experiences. The mere fact that the dream continues to occupy psychic space is an indicator that it has some kind of effect and that the effect is a lasting one even if

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". . . the psyche is the most tremendous fact of human life. Indeed, it is the mother of all human facts, of civilization and of its destroyer, war." [C.G. Jung COLLECTED WORKS, Vol. 9i., Para 206] Never in modern life has an understanding of psyche and of one's relationship to psyche been more important. It is a hubris of ego-consciousness that it believes it is self-made. All evidence

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One of C.G. Jung's fundamental contributions to the fields of psychology and epistemology is his concept of archetypes. For Jung, an archetype is a pattern of behavior. You can liken this concept to that of the structure of a crystal. While the crystalline structure predetermines the architecture of the actual crystal, until the crystal is given real form in matter, the pattern exists only as

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Above all, trust in the slow work of God.We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay.We should like to skip the intermediate stages.We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new.And yet it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instabilityAnd that it may take a very long time. [PierreTeilhard de

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No one has any obligations to a concept; that is what is so agreeable about conceptuality--it promises protection from experience. The spirit does not dwell in concepts, but in deeds and in facts. [MDR, p. 144]

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Certainly the ego and its will have a great part to play in life; but what the ego wills is subject in the highest degree to the interference, in ways of which the ego is usually unaware, of the autonomy and numinosity of archetypal processes. Practical consideration of these processes is the essence of religion, insofar as religion can be approached from a psychological point of view. [C.G.

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This (the unification of the divided components of the personality within the psyche of the individual) would form a counterbalance to the progressive dichotomy and psychic dissociation of collective man. It is of supreme importance that this (unification) process should take place consciously, otherwise the psychic consequences of mass-mindedness will harden and become permanent. For, if the

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ROSE F. HOLT, Jungian Analyst Offices: Chicago (773) 293 -4606 St. Louis (314) 726-2032 ] Voice Mail: [314 740-6207] e-mail: roseholt@aol.com

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For a fictional account of a Jungian analysis, see Robertson Davies' THE MANTICORE.

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C.G. Jung: The Self is the principle and archetype of orientation and meaning. Therein lies its healing function.

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C.G. JUNG "The energy of the central point, (the Self), is manifested in the almost irresistible compulsion and urge to become what one is, just as every organism is driven to assume the form that is characteristic of its nature, no matter what the circumstances." [COLLECTED WORKS, Vol. 9i, Para. 634]

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Complex - An unconscious psychic content made up of associated ideas and images clustered around a central core. The core is an archetypal image. When constellated, affects emerge which upset the psychic balance and interfere with the customary functioning of the ego. Every complex has an archetypal core, and the core consists of a pair of opposites. If we identify with one part of the complex

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ROSE F. HOLT, Jungian Analyst Offices: Chicago, IL (773) 293-4606 St. Louis, MO (314) 726-2032 Voice Mail: [314 740-6207] e-mail: roseholt@aol.com Unconscious - The source of those factors that influence and impact our lives in unknown ways. Jung distinguished between the personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. The former consists of those behaviors, attitudes,

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Jungian Analysis is a particular approach to psychotherapy that works to harmonize conscious and unconscious factors so that the individual becomes more or less reconciled to his/her own complexities. Jung's view of the psyche is that beyond the personal levels of the psyche, there are active factors that seek recognition by ego consciousness. Unrecognized and split off, these factors cause

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ROSE F. HOLT, Jungian Analyst Offices: Chicago, IL (773) 293-4606 St. Louis, MO (314) 726-2032 Voice Mail: [314 740-6207] e-mail: roseholt@aol.com Analytical (Jungian) Psychology is based upon the work of C.G. Jung (1875-1961), a Swiss psychiatrist who spent his life working to understand and to "map" the human psyche. He demonstrated that the psyche, like the body, is fairly uniform in

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