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SUMMARY:An Armchair Guide to Jung and God
DESCRIPTION:The Armchair Guide to Jung and God \n\n\n\nPresented by Mark Vernon \n\n\n\nWhat did Carl Jung really think about God\, religion\, and the inner life? \n\n\n\nIn this thought-provoking 9-session course\, Mark Vernon brings Jung’s most powerful ideas to life—exploring the unconscious\, symbols\, synchronicity\, and spiritual experience in a way that’s accessible\, challenging\, and deeply relevant to modern seekers. \n\n\n\nCourse Format\n\n\n\nThe course includes 9 sessions: \n\n\n\n\n6 one-hour recorded lectures\n\n\n\n3 live group conversation and Q&A sessions\n\n\n\n\nBeginning April 10\, two recorded lectures will be released each week for you to view at your own pace. These talks provide the foundation for deeper reflection and discussion. \n\n\n\nThe weekly live group conversations are an opportunity to: \n\n\n\n\nReflect on the week’s two lectures\n\n\n\nAsk questions\n\n\n\nExplore your own responses and insights\n\n\n\nLearn from the perspectives of others\n\n\n\n\nLive Group Conversation Dates: \n\n\n\nWednesdays: April 15\, 22\, 2910am PDT/1pm EDT/6pm BST/7pm CEST \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCarl Jung was born in 1875\, just over 150 years ago. His impact upon psychology is immense\, with notions such as extroversion and introversion\, archetypes and synchronicities. But what lies at the heart of his psychology and how compatible is it with theistic convictions? \n\n\n\nThe course will examine the fundamentals of Jung’s depth psychology\, paying particular attention to its significance for religious belief. Jung felt that psychoanalysis had emerged to fill a vacuum in the western world\, with churches losing the ability to address the pressing issues of inner life. \n\n\n\nWhy is this important? \n\n\n\nHe endured a substantial crisis in the earlier part of his life\, known now in his so-called Red Book\, in which he describes encounters with various entities and the zeitgeist. He strove to bring the insights he gained to the wider world\, in various phases of work\, including personality types and alchemical concepts. He also engaged with other thinkers such as Nietzsche and Darwin and\, of course\, Freud. \n\n\n\nIn other words\, Jung wanted to make a difference and\, by any measure\, he has. But his ideas about religion\, and Christianity in particular\, are contested. Towards the end of his life\, he described not believing in God but knowing of God’s existence. He also disagreed with the classical conception of God held in traditions including the Christian. So what can be made of his work now? \n\n\n\nWho Is This Series For? \n\n\n\nThis course will appeal to: \n\n\n\n\nStudents and practitioners of psychotherapy and depth psychology\n\n\n\nReligious professionals interested in psychological flourishing and how Jung might inform their work.\n\n\n\nThose considering psychotherapy or spiritual direction as a second career\n\n\n\nPeople who enjoy reading about spirituality and have a spiritual practice\n\n\n\nAnyone who enjoys reflecting on religious questions and the inner life\n\n\n\n\nHow will this presentation differ? \n\n\n\nAssuming no prior knowledge\, this course will return to basics\, which is\, in fact\, the best way to make an assessment of Jung’s insights. There will be plenty of opportunity for QnA and discussion.  \n\n\n\nLecture Titles\n\n\n\nLecture 1A Call From The UnconsciousAn outline of Jung’s life and how he came to see his vocation. \n\n\n\nLecture 2After The Split With FreudJung’s own analytical psychology in outline. \n\n\n\nLecture 3The Spiritual Problem of TodayHow Jung understood psychotherapy to be a response to a modern crisis. \n\n\n\nLecture 4The Failure of ReligionJung had a sharp critique of the failures of Christianity.  \n\n\n\nLecture 5The Fabric of RealityPhenomena like synchronicities suggested a complete metaphysic to Jung. \n\n\n\nLecture 6Jung and GodAn exploration of Jung’s theology: its genius and constraints. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Mark Vernon is a psychotherapist\, teacher\, podcaster and writer of journalistic articles as well as books. He has a PhD in ancient Greek philosophy\, and degrees in theology and physics. His books include Carl Jung: How To Believe\, A Secret History of Christianity: Jesus\, the Last Inkling and the Evolution of Consciousness; Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey and most recently Awake! William Blake and the Power of the Imagination.  \n\n\n\nHe teaches with a variety of informal adult education projects\, both online and in-person\, covering the mystical traditions of theistic traditions and the interface between science and religion. He was recently Philosophy in Residence at Broughton Sanctuary and is a contributor to the BBC\, particularly on programmes such as the Moral Maze and Thought for the Day. He has a regular column in the Idler magazine and is also a director of the Realisation Festival\, a gathering that brings together ideas and music to resource the soul for our times. He used to be a priest in the Church of England and lives in south London. For more see www.markvernon.com
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