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Spiritus contra Spiritum: The Depth Psychology of Alcoholism: The Spiritual Dimensions of Alcoholism

January 17, 1986 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST

lecture:

Alcoholism, like any other disease, has four major aspects: the physical, the psychological, the sociological, and the spiritual. This lecture will address these four pillars upon which the disease of alcoholism rests, emphasizing alcoholism as a disease of the spirit, and will discuss Jung’s understanding of this aspect of the disease. Bill Wilson, the co-founder of AA, considered Jung to be a major guiding influence in the foundation of the AA fellowship. Their correspondence and its significance for the future of AA will be discussed. We will ask the question: What role does religious experience play in the recovering process of the alcoholic?

Related Workshop: Spiritus contra Spiritum: The Depth Psychology of Alcoholism:The Alcoholic Seen Through the Prism of the Eternal Adolescent Complex

THOMAS PATRICK LAVIN, PH.D., holds three awards from the United States Army for his work in drug and rehabilitation in Germany and in this country. In addition to his Ph.D. degrees in both Clinical Psychology and in Moral Theology from the University of Innsbruck, Austria, he is a diplomate of the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich. A Senior Analyst and Faculty member of the C.G. Jung Institute, Chicago, Dr. Lavin is in private practice in Wilmette, Illinois.

Details

Date:
January 17, 1986
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PST
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Venue

First United Methodist Church, room unknown
Portland, OR United States + Google Map
We offer Continuing Education Credit through NASW. The fee for lecture CEU credit is $5 for 2 hours. To obtain CEU credit, add the CEU to your shopping cart when registering..
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