The Guild of Pastoral Psychology
Resources
The Guild has an archive of 350 papers dating back to the 1930s and 600 recordings dating from the 1970s. You can browse these using the search facilities below; they are free to download for Guild members.
Disclaimer: The Guild’s written and audio resources are for members’ personal and non-commercial use only. The views expressed in them are those of the authors; they may not necessarily be shared by Guild members, nor represent the collective opinion of the Guild.
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The Hell Of Initiation
David Talks about Jung’s ambivalence about modernity. He takes a wide sweep of the influences which contribute to Jung’s ground-breaking concepts – especially that of the necessity of experiencing the dark forces of the psyche.
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Shadow Dancing with Maya
Through the power of stories, dreams and scriptures both East and West, Bill Ventimiglia takes the listener on a journey towards an understanding of what Jung meant by ‘the dark side of the Self’. This talk is about the now of our world and touches on the conflicts before and…
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The Challenge And Opportunity Of Radical Fundamentalism
This talk looks at the causes of fundamentalism and its violence. ‘The loss of our external locus of divinity in the West has become catastrophic ‘ The author also takes a hard and balanced look at the West’s affront to Muslims. It is a lecture which helps in trying to…
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After Tradition: Closer Encounters with the Sacred
We must experience our exile – its opposite is home coming. What are we coming home to? not back to the past but to the depth of our own being. Paradoxically, as we move further away, we move towards the mystical depths that give us life. This is the theme…
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In Search of Soul
The Guild of Pastoral Psychology’s 2007 Summer Conference was entitled In Search of Soul: the Realisation of the Self in Personal Life and in the World. This is the introductory lecture to that conference given by Bracha Newman, the Chair of the Guild at the time. It is, however, much…
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Oxford Conference 2007
All the talks from the Oxford Conference 2007, which took place at St Hilda's College, Oxford between 22nd and 25th August 2007. The recordings of the talks are displayed in the order in which they were delivered.
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Rediscovering the Margins: looking at life on the edge
Abstract David describes his own margins as an immigrant to the United Kingdom from his South African homeland. His lecture offers a brief introduction to that thinking which justifies a centralist culture: the centre that gives power, privilege and protection. A case is made for rediscovering the margins, in which…
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Hunger for Images
We are, in our modern world, bombarded by images, but images which increasingly seem to be stripped of their numinosity. Jung was deeply aware of our hunger for images, and in particular, religious images. But there has also been a deep-seated anxiety about image and idolatry – the confusion of…
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Out of our Minds
This fascinating talk goes well beyond a formal and academic discussion of dementia, but opens onto a unique and valuable area of experience often bypassed through our emphasis on independence and individualism. The speaker approaches dementia from her huge experience of working with people with Alzheimer’s and other conditions. She…
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Terror ,Trauma And Adversity-Activated Development