The Guild of Pastoral Psychology
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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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Oxford Conference – “The Tree of Knowledge” NOW SOLD OUT
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of C.G.Jung's talk "The Symbolic Life" given to the Guild in 1939 The Oxford Conference this year will be hosting two classically trained Jungian analysts from Switzerland, Hansueli F. Etter and Jacqueline Dürmüller. This conference will…
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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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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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Where did Jung’s Red Book come from, and why does it matter?
The publication of Jung’s Red Book, Liber Novus in 2009 challenged the Jungian professional world to revise the various ways in which they have received and developed Jung’s thought and psychotherapeutic approach. In this talk, Liber Novus is put into the context of Jung’s life and work 1900 - 1920,…
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The Third Image: in film and psychotherapy
Some of the most powerful moments in psychotherapy are not consciously understood, instead they are felt. So too in the cinema our emotional responses are often strong and puzzling. This talk explores how the personal meanings we find in therapy and in films are psychologically illuminating and personally beneficial. Luke…
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Shamanic Journeys and Individuation
This talk will explore accounts given by initiates from different shamanic traditions. In conjunction with these accounts, dreams and symptoms of individuals arising during the process of Jungian analysis will be discussed, along with their potential for living a symbolic life. Sarah Halford, PhD, IAAP is a Jungian analyst living and practising in…
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Winter Celebration
An informal evening of poetry and reflections on the season of the year. This event is free both to Guild members and non-members - bring your friends!
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No Shore Too Far?
Meditations on the theme of death, bereavement and hope Jonathan writes; “The title of my book comes from my sense that in our efforts to extend boundaries of every sort - including that most mysterious boundary of all between what we call life and death - there is, in fact,…