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Carl G. Jung: Memories, Dreams, Reflections
$285
Psychology wouldn’t be what it is today if it weren’t for Swiss psychologist C.G. Jung. Ever curious about the depths and machinations of the psyche, he developed an intellectual life and therapeutic practice based in a profound abiding with the human soul.
In his singular memoir Memories, Dreams, Reflections, written in his later years, we’re treated to a panoply of reminisces, revelations, and personal myths. We witness Jung’s weird and enchanted childhood, his work with and painful break from Freud, a cataclysmic and destined brush with madness, and the discovery of a new kind of psychotherapy, based in creativity, presence, and the possibility of personal and collective transformation.
We’ll discuss Jung’s spiritual journey and well as the creation of his psychology—including now mainstreamed conceptslike shadow, projection, synchronicity, individuation—and tread the vast archetypal and symbolic landscapes that he inhabited. We may come to contemplate how Jung’s discoveries reflect in our own dream worlds, and what living a symbolic life—so beautifully illustrated by this pivotal biographical statement—might mean for us.
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl G. Jung
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Jesse Carsten
Jesse Carsten, PhD (they/he) is a mythologist and multidisciplinary artist, poet, musician, and educator. They hold a doctorate in Mythology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and a BFA in creative writing and performance studies from the Art Institute of Chicago. Their doctoral thesis centered on the cosmic jazz composer Sun Ra's revolutionary personal mythos as embodied creative practice. Jesse has been composing music under the Half Shadow moniker for more than a decade, and self-publishes essays, chapbooks, and zines. Salt, a book of prose poems and photographic images was published, in collaboration with visual artist B. Ingrid Olsen, by Hassla Press, NYC in 2017.
