Articles

GPP 380 CD

Henry Abramovitch

Origin of Violence & Restoration of Brotherhood

The origins of violence are analysed in terms of the brother stories of Genesis, beginning with the first literal murder, continuing with other "symbolic" murders and finding resolution in the reconciliation of brothers.

Henry Abramovitch is a Jungian analyst and past-President of the Israel Institute of Jungian Psychology, with a private practice in Jerusalem..

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When Unity and Brotherhood Disintegrate - Yugoslavia Reflections

When Unity and Brotherhood Disintegrate - Yugoslavia Reflections

The Speaker reflects on the nature of inter-ethnic violence attempting to move away from easy logical "explanations". He proposes instead a model of an ecological perspective to violence. He identifies two types of security: "primitive" (based on exclusion and sharp polarisation) and "differentiated" (based on appreciation and acceptance of differences). He argues that it is ineffective to attempt to stop violence by condemning, if we fail to appreciate the numinosity and powerfully "dark" attraction that violence has on us. Using Jungian ideas, he proposes new ways of grasping the complexity and paradoxes involved in this kind of violence.

Renos Papadopoulos is Professor of Analytical Psychology at the University of Essex, he is Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic and Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice. As consultant to the United Nations, he has worked with refugees and other survivors of political violence in many countries

GPP 331 CD

Ian Baker

Silence and Quit in Analysis and Relationships

Dr Ian Baker is a Jungian analyst who trained and works in Zurich. "It strikes me that we make people remember and remember and remember; there"s no chance of the wriggling out of this trip down memory lane, this dutiful memorising, this series of rebirths which never really takes place..."

Dr Ian Baker was a Jungian analyst who trained and worked in Zurich. His four lectures to the Guild are remarkable for his gentle and beautiful style of delivery. Ian Baker died in 2006.

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GPP 386 CD

Ian Baker

The Wound and the endless Quest.

Myth is a never-ending quest for meaning. The speaker considers the Grail legend, and particularly the wound received by the Fisher King, and its meaning for us. He also speaks at length about quests.

Dr Ian Baker was a Jungian analyst who trained and worked in Zurich. His four lectures to the Guild are remarkable for his gentle and beautiful style of delivery. Ian Baker died in 2006.

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GPP 259 CD

Dr Murray Cox

Studying by a Dark Lamp; Paradox, Psychosis, and Poiesis

Murray Cox leads us to the unexpected origin of the title of his lecture. He also explores themes from Shakespeare and discusses paradox, poetry“ poises: the calling into existence of that which was not there before “ and theology. He speaks about "therapeutic space" and gives numerous examples of the intuitive wisdom which has bubbled to the surface in his work with groups of psychotics and others. He describes the structure of the therapeutic process in terms of time depth and mutuality.

Dr Murray Cox was Consultant Psychiatrist a Broadmoor Hospital from 1970 until his death in 1997. He took forensic psychotherapy in a new direction, and is most celebrated for his book Shakespeare Comes to Broadmoor when he initiated the Royal Shakespeare Company"s visit to perform Hamlet in Broadmoor. In his book Mutative Metaphors in Psychotherapy he wrote: "The Aeolian Mode is an inspiration to all those who know that before the image stirs the surface it has touched the depths and can bring about healing and understanding."

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GPP 295 CD

Bishop Kenneth Cragg

As Muslims see Themselves - in the Light of their Qur'an

Kenneth Cragg was the Bishop of Jerusalem. When in 1991 he presented this talk, it had been almost 40 years since Islam had been the subject of a Guild lecture. Kenneth spoke Arabic fluently and understood the meaning of Qur'an “ as it is understood by Muslims “ through his love of that work, and through his intimate knowledge of many Muslim people and their culture. This pre-"9/11" talk is not loaded with the expectation of terrorism within Islam or with the exegesis of terrorism"s meaning, but explains its precepts clearly and concisely. He asks us to find and realise and celebrate the overlap" which Islam shares with Christianity.

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GPP 73 CD

Vera von der Heydt

Guilt

Baroness Vera von der Heydt was one of the best loved speakers to address the Guild, which she did many times.

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GPP 26 CD

Vera von der Heydt

Our Time and its Shadow

(see under Lawrence van der Post, below)

GPP 418 CD

Anne Maguire

Deus Absconditus

In Deus Absconditus Dr Maguire talks about the dark side of God, the absence of this from orthodox Christianity and the effect on the human soul (and on the soul of mankind) when this darkness is repressed.

Anne Maguire is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a consultant physician and dermatologist. She is a graduate of the C G Jung Institute, Zürich; she lectures at the Institute at the New Zentrum regularly and elsewhere in Europe and the USA. Her books include "The Fire and the Serpent", "The Meaning of the Sixth Senses", "The Seven Deadly Sins: the Dark Companions of the Soul" and "Skin Disease, a Message from the Soul".

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GPP 26 CD

Lawrence van der Post & Vera von der Heydt

Our Time and its Shadow (2 lectures)

Thirty years ago, at the Spring conference of 1976 the Guild made a recording of one of its lectures for the first time. It was an extremely important occasion, since the two speakers were Vera von der Heydt, who had represented, perhaps, the very essence of what the Guild stood for since its earliest days, and Sir Lawrence van der Post, one of the most renowned speakers ever to have spoken to the Guild. we are hoping to re-releasing this recording, completely remastered.

Unfortunately, this old and historic recording is not of the best sound quality.

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GPP 381 CD

Renos Papadopoulos

When Unity and Brotherhood Disintegrate - Yugoslavia Reflections

(see under Henry Abramovitch, above)

GPP 303 CD

Sir Laurens van der Post

Homer's Odyssey

Ithaca - the yearning for home. This is the story of the inner journey contained within the myth. Laurens van der Post was a soldier, a statesman, writer and a wonderful story teller. He was awarded the CBE in 1947 and received a knighthood in 1981. He died in 1996.

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GPP 163 CD

Prof Giles Quispel

The Gospel of Thomas and the Trial of Jesus

In the mid 1950s, Professor Quispel became the first scholar to read and translate a newly discovered text, which proved to be the first complete version of the Gospel of Thomas.

This Judeo-Christian text originated in Mesopotamia, part of the writings of an ancient branch of Christianity which later spread east across Asia, as far as China and India. It is a collection of secret sayings of the living Jesus", many of which have parallels in the canonical Gospels. Prof. Quispel discusses several of these in detail, enriching our knowledge of Jesus of Nazareth, and shedding light on the likely origins of this extraordinary document. He devotes part of the lecture to a remarkable prediction of Jesus" that He would destroy the Temple, and that it would never again be rebuilt. Prof Quispel also discusses certain aspects of Gnosticism (the Gospel of Thomas is not considered a Gnostic text), and shows parallels between the Gospel of Thomas and the writings of Carl Jung.

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GPP 109 CD

Molly Tuby

Alchemy and the Search

In this excellent introduction to alchemy the speaker draws a parallel between it and Jung"s individuation process, describing alchemists as "passionate and dedicated explorers whose psychic experiences were projected onto the materials in the vessel." The speaker expands the talk with two dreams, she looks at alchemy within an historic context and finally explores the "unus mundus" in which matter and spirit are united.

Molly Tuby was born in Alexandria and celebrates her 90th birthday on 27th March 2007. She is a past chair and honorary fellow of the Guild of Pastoral Psychology, a Jungian analyst, a Senior Analyst with The Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists, former editor of Harvest and president of the Analytical Psychologists club. She was inspirational within the Guild and initiated the Guild"s local groups. She has been loved for her to generous hospitality and excellent cooking and has cooked for Carl Jung.

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GPP 132 CD

Molly Tuby

The Shadow

This talk is deceptively simple. Through Jung's vital concept of the shadow Molly touches on the mechanism of projection and the experience of evil. She writes "experience shows that there is no possibility of contacting the deeper regions of the psyche without dealing first with the shadow. The shadow is a barrier to the true centre, to the Self."

Molly Tuby was born in Alexandria and celebrates her 90th birthday on 27th March 2007. She is a past chair and honorary fellow of the Guild of Pastoral Psychology, a Jungian analyst, a Senior Analyst with The Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists, former editor of Harvest and president of the Analytical Psychologists club. She was inspirational within the Guild and initiated the Guild"s local groups. She has been loved for her to generous hospitality and excellent cooking and has cooked for Carl Jung.

GPP 276 CD

Ann & Barry Ulanov

Animus and Anima (2 CD set)

Using dreams, analysis, poetry, literature, art and 20th Century music as examples Ann and Barry Ulanov focus our attention on the bridge between ego and self, the results on our lives when the bridge becomes broken and the profound effect of its restoration.

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GPP 293 CD

Ann & Barry Ulanov

Knowing Presence (2 CD set) Price

Ann is a Jungian analyst in private practice and Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor of Psychiatry and Religion at Union Theological Seminary, New York. Barry was MacIntosh Professor of English Emeritus at Barnard College and lecturer is psychology and religion at Union Seminary. He died in 2000.

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GPP 361 CD

Rowan Williams

The making of the Soul

To talk about the making of the soul... is to talk about how you move from itching and scratching to talking and thinking." Rowan Williams, now the Archbishop of Canterbury and the head of the Anglican Church, explores the meaning of "the soul" and its relationship to the self.

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