The Guild of Pastoral Psychology
Events
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The Secret of Love in Alchemy
This is the first Guild visit to Brighton. In the year of our 80th anniversary, we are delighted to be hosting a day with Brenda Crowther on “The Secret of Love in Alchemy”. Brenda will give two talks, one in the morning and a second in the afternoon, with plenty…
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Jung’s insights on ‘The Symbolic Life’ through Maximus the Confessor’s concept of ‘divine logoi – as virtues’: a Christian Orthodox approach
Dr Grigorios Chrysostom Tympas has degrees in medicine (registered with the General Medical Council, UK) and theological studies, both from the Aristotle University of Thessalonika, as well as a PhD in Psychoanalytic Studies from the University of Essex. He has published books and papers focusing on the relationship between early…
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The Bell; the Messenger of Transformation
Jim Fitzgerald is a Jungian analyst with a private practice in London. Trained at the C.G.Jung Institute in Zurich, he is a member of The Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists and of The Guild of Analytical Psychologists. He is the author of four Papers published by us and a welcome…
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Guild AGM
MEMBERS ONLY The Annual General Meeting will start at 4.30pm following the talk by Jim Fitzgerald. We encourage members to come to the talk, enjoy tea and stay on for this important meeting.
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Residential Summer Conference
The Guild's annual Summer Conference is held at Worcester College, Oxford. Further details will follow in February 2019.
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The Imagination of God; Owen Barfield, Religion and the evolution of Consciousness
The Inkling, Owen Barfield, whom both C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien regarded as the most innovative of the celebrated Oxford group, argued that the experience of being human changes dramatically over periods of cultural time. Our consciousness shifts, and in the modern period it has evolved in a particularly striking…
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The emerging scientific understanding of unified reality, the human psyche, and Jung’s symbolic life
This is a one day conference in association with the C.G.Jung Club, London. In ‘The Symbolic Life’ Jung maintained that the human psyche needs reference to the Eternal and the perceived sanctity of symbolic rituals and sacraments, both for mental well-being and as a means of making sense of the…
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‘The artist…the sign-maker…the sacrament-maker’: an exploration of the work of David Jones, poet and visual artist
Called by T. S. Eliot one of ‘the most distinguished writers of his generation,’ David Jones was a writer and visual artist of extraordinary depth and vision. His vision of art and aesthetics was caught up in the local and the physical, and yet also expressed deeply his commitment to…
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Winter Celebration
Winter Celebration is when members and friends gather around mulled wine and mince pies to share stories, poems and songs celebrating the dark days of winter. This event is free on the door to all participants.