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The Opus of Individuation
April 7, 2006 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PDT
Within the Jungian framework of understanding, living a symbolic life is equivalent to engaging consciously in the individuation process. The Friday evening lecture is entitled, consequently, “the Opus of Individuation.” This talk will focus on the two great movements of the individuation process, the analytic and the synthetic. The first has to do with “preparation,” or “clearing the ground” of complexes, identifications, and fixations, in order to make room for new psychological development. The second takes up the task of integrating elements of the collective unconscious into identity and behavior. The methods for doing this are primarily dream interpretation, and the practice of active imagination. The talk will include examples.
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Murray Stein, Ph.D. is a training Analyst at the International School of Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. He is a founding member of the Inter-Regional Society for Jungian Analysts (USA) and the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts. He was president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology from 2001 to 2004. He has written several books, including Jung’s Treatment of Christianity, In MidLife, Transformation – Emergence of the Self, and Jung’s Map of the Soul. He is the editor of Jungian Analysis (Open Court), and a publisher (Chiron Publications), where he has edited the Chiron Clinical Series.