Carl Jung called it “an acausal connecting principle” — but for Dan Ross, a Jungian analyst working in hospice care, synchronicity isn’t just theoretical. In this episode, Dan reveals what thirty years of end-of-life work taught him about Jung’s most misappropriated theory, its roots in Jung’s relationship with physicist Wolfgang Pauli, and why studying synchronicity […] The post Jung in the World | Synchronicity at the Deathbed: Jung and Meaning at the End of Life with Daniel Ross appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
This episode is the first part of the series Women’s Spirit: The Fire Within (the full series is available for purchase on our website). From the seminar description: Fire as a feminine aspect is the central image of this workshop by Jungian analyst and author Jean Shinoda Bolen. Fire takes many forms in our imagination, […] The post Institute Archive | Women’s Spirit: The Fire Within with Jean Shinoda Bolen appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
Jungian Analysts Judith Cooper and Daniel Ross discuss Elegy, the 2008 film directed by Isabel Coixet. Its screenplay is adapted by Nicholas Meyer from the 2001 novel The Dying Animal by Philip Roth. They discuss: In the intro Ben mentions the episode The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche and our new Self-Study CE Courses. Judith Cooper, PsyD is a clinical psychologist […] The post Healing Cinema | Elegy appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
This episode is the Saturday morning session of a weekend taught by Robert Moore called The Archetype of Sacrifice and the Regulation of Archetypal Energy. From the seminar description: This workshop links Jung’s alchemical studies and his examination of the archetype of sacrifice to more recent research into the nature and dynamics of grandiose energies […] The post Institute Archive | The Archetype of Sacrifice and the Regulation of Archetypal Energy with Robert Moore appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
This episode is the first in a new series called Healing Cinema. Judith Cooper, PsyD, and Daniel Ross, PMHNP, members of the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts, discuss films from an Jungian point of view. These informal discussions will be released in parallel with our other episodes (lectures from our archives and interviews by Patricia […] The post Healing Cinema: Gaslight appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
This episode I want to try something new. We see statistics that show how many people listen to this podcast, but that doesn’t show us who our listeners are. I’m curious about who listens to this podcast and I think some of you might be interested in what kind of community of listeners you’re a […] The post Why a Conscious Life Has a Positive End: An Interview with Dan Ross appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
with Dan Ross, RN, PMHNP In recognition of the current COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis affecting our healthcare system, we are sharing a recent seminar by Dan Ross, “Death Panels: Our Cultural Complex around Death”, in its entirety. This seminar was part of our public program series this year, and was recorded on February 28th, […] The post Death Panels: Our Cultural Complex Around Death appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
Thomas Moore will be visiting us in October to lead a two-day seminar (registration is open now). As an introduction to Moore’s perspective and voice, we are sharing the first hour of his previous workshop with us, Cultivating Soul, which included two parts: Part 1: Ageless SoulThomas Moore will speak about the themes of his […] The post Thomas Moore on Aging and the Soul appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
with Anthony Stevens, MD This episode is part one of the series The Archetypal Realities of Everyday Life. It was recorded in 1986. This seminar examines the ways in which the archetypes of the collective unconscious guide, form, and vitalize our daily existence. We can perceive this archetypal influence subjectively in consciousness and objectively in […] The post The Archetypal Realities of Everyday Life appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
with Murray Stein, PhD This episode is part one of the series Understanding the Meaning of Alchemy. It was recorded in 1992. During the last thirty years of his life, Jung turned to alchemy as a fundamental resource for depth psychology. In alchemy he found images and thoughts that were uniquely fitted to his perceptions […] The post Understanding the Meaning of Alchemy: Jung’s Metaphor for the Transformative Process appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
with Thomas Patrick Lavin, PhD This episode is the first session of the four-part series Jung’s Commentary on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. Using as a focal point Jung’s private notes from his 1939–1940 lectures on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, Dr. Thomas Patrick Lavin discusses the role of imaginal work in […] The post Jung’s Commentary on the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
with Ken James, PhD This episode is the first session of the four-part series The Path is the Goal: Walking the Way of Individuation. Jung called individuation the method by which a person becomes a separate unity or whole. In Jungian psychology, individuation has sometimes been called the goal of the analytic process. This terminology can […] The post Walking the Way of Individuation appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
with David Rosen, MD This episode is part one of the series Transforming Depression Through Symbolic Death and New Life: A Jungian Approach to Using the Creative Arts. While working extensively with patients suffering from depression, Jungian analyst and psychiatrist David Rosen uncovered helpful clues to understanding this widespread malady. When people feel grief and […] The post Transforming Depression Through Symbolic Death and New Life: Using the Creative Arts appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
with Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D. To be a crone is not a matter of age or appearance. Becoming a “crone” is a crowning inner achievement. “Crones Don’t Whine” is the first of thirteen defining qualities of the crone because whining blocks spiritual and psychological development. Crone qualities are those that can be taken to heart […] The post Crones Don’t Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women and Exceptional Men appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
Marriage, life’s greatest intimacy, paradoxically delivers both wounding and healing and challenges to the full our capacities for self-acceptance and self-giving. In this lecture, Dr. Stein examines the mysteries and dynamics of married life. Murray Stein, Ph.D. is a training analyst at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. His most recent publications […] The post Individuation in Marriage Through Wounding and Healing appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
with Lionel Corbett, MD This recording is the final segment of a series of lectures given by Lionel Corbett and includes a lengthy question and answer period. Themes include: The importance of the archetypes, primitive verses developed ego defenses, pre-egoic states, the storage of trauma in the body, and a discussion of the inner victim-perpetrator […] The post Jungian Views on Aging appeared first on C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago.
