C.G. Jung wrote extensively on Christian themes during the last 20 years of his life. This lecture will look at what he said and why he said what he did. His writings on the Trinity, the Mass, and Alchemy will be examined in light of his thought about psychotherapy. The material will explore more deeply Dr. Jung’s therapeutic techniques as they bear on the issue of how Jung took Christianity under his psychotherapeutic care. Were his efforts to heal Christianity useful or misguided? Can we glimpse his vision for a religious future in Western culture? Will following his vision lead us to abandon our own traditions?
Season: Fall 1985
Jung’s Treatment of Christianity
C.G. Jung wrote extensively on Christian themes during the last 20 years of his life. This lecture will look at what he said and why he said what he did. His writings on the Trinity, the Mass, and Alchemy will be examined in light of his thought about psychotherapy. The material will explore more deeply Dr. Jung’s therapeutic techniques as they bear on the issue of how Jung took Christianity under his psychotherapeutic care. Were his efforts to heal Christianity useful or misguided? Can we glimpse his vision for a religious future in Western culture? Will following his vision lead us to abandon our own traditions?
The Uses of Analytical Astrology in Analytical Psychology
This lecture will deal with the use of the chart as a guide to self-acceptance and the individuation process.
The Joy of Wisdom, the Wisdom of Joy
Learning “how to suffer and not to suffer” is a profound challenge: to face pain by finding a place of strength within, finding an inner guide that will help us to transcend our suffering. Although often imaged as the “senex”, the Wise Old Man, the guide may appear in other forms.
This participatory seminar traces an almost forgotten archetype in the psyche, that of “Hagia Sophia”, Holy Wisdom. Rediscovering and redeeming her is not only to find a deep source of comfort, but is one of the most delightful tasks of the New Age.
Recommended Reading: Psychology and Religion, (CW 11), Jung
The Way of the Snake
This lecture will focus on the use of dreams, visions and active imagination in analytical work. It will explore the myth and ritual of tribal people as an amplification of this process, and will center on the symbol of the snake as a powerful, transforming agent.
Shamanic Symbolism
In this workshop, Dr. Sandner will further discuss the role of shamanic symbols and practices in the direct experience of the healing process.
He will explore the possibility that by the lowering of ego controls and the gentle induction of altered states of consciousness, the intellectutal practice of analytical psychology can be deepened and invigorated.
Individuation: Tears and Joy
Each of us has had our “time of weeping” and our “time of rejoicing”. While we know there is no growth without pain, we much prefer the “times of rejoicing”. How does one use pain creatively?
Individuation: Tears and Joy
The subject introduced Friday night will be explored experientially. The participants should come prepared to write, model or draw (or not-at will). The morning will be for sharing personal materials and dreams. The afternoon will involive small group discussion of ideas that emerge from the previous talk and the morning’s work.
Wear comfortable clothes.