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Autumn Conference 2021: Metamorphosis of Being – Body and Soul
Metamorphosis of Being – Body and Soul Talk 1 with Q&A: concerning Alexander Technique Saturday 23rd October 2021 11:00 - 13:00 BST (10:00 - 12:00 UTC) Keith Silvester writes: The process of psychological and emotional change cannot be divorced from the body. The problem is that the body can get…
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The Archetype of the Heart: a symbol of transformation
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.” So the fox says in Saint- Exupéry’s ‘Le Petit Prince.’ This profound truth has long been recognised by the world’s wisdom traditions and the mystical philosophies of the East. How helpful is it to follow the archetype of the…
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Summer Conference 2021 with Donald Kalsched
Transformations of Imagination in the Healing of our Personal and Collective Trauma Talk 1: Democracy and Autocracy in the Individual and the Collective: Reflections on Psychological Factors at Play in our Polarized World Friday 27th August, 17:00 to 19:15 BST (16:00 to 18:15 UTC, 12:00 to 14:15 EST) In this…
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“Too Humble is Half Proud” (Yiddish Saying)
A psychological, Jewish and personal perspective on some of the paradoxes that surround the concept of humility. Rabbi Howard Cooper's talk is built around nine quotations (ten if you include the title of the talk); these were available on printed sheets during the lecture and are reproduced here in a…
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Jung and the Recovery of the Religious Attitude and Function:
Theological reflections on a natural process of transformation. Photo by nibras al-riyami on UnsplashJung believed that regaining one’s religious attitude was an important part of the task of individuation. In this talk I offer some theological reflections on this process. First, I provide a sketch of Jung’s understanding of…
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Architecture of the Self: Towers of Nietzsche and Jung
Drawing by Hans Olde from the photographic series, The Ill Nietzsche, late 1899The influence of Nietzsche on Jung’s ideas and Jung’s personal development is well documented. Unknown to many, however, is their common interest in architecture and the built environment, and the role this plays in their respective ideas about…
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Boundary and Identity in Irish Myth
Photo: Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara, Ireland, by Matteo Paonessa on Unsplash By examining various stories from the Irish mythic tradition we can gain some insight into the structure of both the normal and neurotic psyche, and into the significance of boundaries in the creation of a true sense of identity, in line…
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Redeeming the Feminine: Symbols from the Jewish Kabbalah
Mandala mosaic, Masada, Israel (c.37 BCE) “The feminine principle brings up the healing compensation by becoming active” Marie-Louise von Franz (1999)The Kabbalah is the Jewish mystical tradition that traces its roots back to the BCE era. It is considered the compendium of the divine nature of the universe and our…
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The Passionate Body: AIDS and Archetype
The unapproachable intensity of early death tied to physical passions: this is the archetypal narrative of the experience of HIV/AIDS as it exists in the ego, in the imagination, in the body, and in politics. The passionate body is a generating focus – the body that desires, that is erotic…
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Seven Sermons to the Dead
Alan Mulhern discusses Jung's mystical and Gnostic text, published privately and anonymously as being "written by Basilides of Alexandria, the city where East and West meet." The text also forms the final part of the Red Book. Alan has recorded a short podcast about the Seven Sermons. This may be a…