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“One most not imagine for a moment that the alchemists always understood one another. They themselves complain about the obscurity of the texts, and occasionally betray their inability to understand even their own symbols and symbolic figures” C.G. Jung

Obsession. There is no other way to describe Jung’s interest in the alchemical art. But what drove it? And what has willful fantasy to do with it? Join to find out more.

“It is not possible to live too long amid infantile surroundings, or in the bosom of the family, without endangering one’s psychic health. Life calls forth to independence, and anyone who does not head this call because of childish laziness or timidity is threatened with neurosis” C.G. Jung

Jung as a therapist often experienced the influences that family has on the formation of a child, but those influence are not as obvious as one might think. Join to learn more about Jung’s view on all aspects of family and who influences who and how the collective is closer than one thinks.

“Of the essence of things, of absolute being, we know nothing. But we experience various effects: from ‘outside’ by way of the senses, from ‘inside’ by way of fantasy” C.G.Jung

How does the the fragile consciousness persist and orient in the endless chaos of the world? According to Jung, it does this utilizing the four functions of sensation, thinking, feeling and intuition to experience the world outside (extraversion) and the world within (introversion). And everybody has their most favorite way, giving them a “type”. Join this event to learn more about Jung’s way to explain personality how consciousness grows.

“Consciousness, no matter how extensive it may be, must always remain the smaller circle within the greater circle of the unconscious, an island surrounded by the sea; and, like the sea itself, the unconscious yields an endless and self-replenishing abundance of living creatures, a wealth beyond our fathoming” C.G. Jung

The dynamics of our psyche shape our lives. We forget and repress things into the unconscious, but they re-emerge as fantasies or dreams. There is a lot of movement in the hidden parts of us and contents and images can move freely in either direction. Jung’s model of the psyche is extensive and intricate and this event’s purpose is give a better insight into it.

“It is only our ego-consciousness that has forever a new beginning and an early end. The unconscious psyche is not only immensely old, it is also capable of growing into an equally remote future. It’s mounds the human species and is just as much a part of it as the human body, which, though ephemeral in the individual, is collectively of immense age.” C.G. Jung

Consciousness has changed during the time of humanity. While it was fleeting in earlier times, it has become more stable through direct cultivation. This event will give an insight into the changes that have taken place on the top layer of our psyche, but with the primitive roots still firmly in place.

Jap, this will be it, an event just about the many many books available by Jung. C.G. Jung wrote and published an impressive body of work through out his life. I can say that I read almost all of the works that are commercially available. During this event I want to provide you with a quick rundown on all the books with a short description. A very good event to find out where to start on specific topics of interests.

“With the neurotic, the material produced is mainly of a personal origin. His thoughts and feelings resolve round his family and his social act, but in case of insanity the personal sphere is often completely swamped by collective representations” C.G. Jung

Carl Gustav Jung was a trained psychologist and practiced his whole life. His studies and experiments provided some of the foundations what modern psychology. For his entire professional he was concerned with the mental health of his patients. This event will be about his views what happens in the psyche when ordinary processes turn pathological.

PLEASE NOTE: This event is a purely intellectual investigation into Jung’s thoughts and opinions about these mental conditions. The event is not an instruction for neither diagnosis nor treatment. If you have the feeling to be personally affected in your psychological health, please consider contacting a certified professional. No piece of content of the event should be taken as medical advice.

“The primordial image, or archetype, is a figure - be it a daemon, a human being, or a process - that constantly recurs in the course of history and appears wherever creative fantasy is freely expressed.” - C.G. Jung

There are patterns deep inside the human psyche that are older than humans. They were experienced and codified by past cultures as mythology, stories and religion. These patterns of behavior are described by Jung as archetypes. Join this event to learn more about the foundation of the collective unconscious.

„All life is a loss of balance and a struggling back into balance“ - C.G.Jung

For Jung, a person‘s life, as well as the development of their consciousness, is best described with the movement of the sun during the day. Emerging barely in the beginning, moving upward to expand more and more until it reaches the middle point and it prepares its descent to disappear again.