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 Bat Spirit
Most early human cultures revered the bat. Not only were bats held sacred for the essential role they play in our ecosystem as pollinators, seed dispersers, and natural means of insect control, they were also appreciated for their uniqueness. Bats are the only mammals that possess the ability for sustained…
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Transcending the Male-Female Dichotomy – Quantum Style
The quote from Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas [saying 22] illustrates that: “When you make the inner as the outer and the outer as the inner, and the above as the below, and when you make the male and the female into a single one so that the male…
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SPRING GUILD DAY – Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination
Writer and psychotherapist Mark Vernon explores the profound, visionary world of William Blake in a talk and discussion. Drawing from his book, Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination, Vernon will compare and contrast Blake's radical vision with depth psychology. He will look at how Blake’s call to awaken the imagination…
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Paranoia and Projection of the Collective Shadow
After experiencing September 11 in New York, I started studying paranoia as a collective phenomenon. Among mental illness, only paranoia can literally make history, as it did through Hitler and Stalin. Paranoia can take hold of events directly because, unlike the rest of psychopathology, it is contagious. Its dynamics include…