Post-Jungian Seminar on the Work of Edward Edinger   [Archived Catalog]
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JS 8850 - Post-Jungian Seminar on the Work of Edward Edinger


This seminar will study the seminal post-Jungian text by Edward Edinger, Ego and Archetype, as well as his book Transformation of Libido. Ego and Archetype presents the "individual's journey to psychological wholeness, known in analytical psychology as the process of individuation. Edinger traces the stages in this process and relates them to the search for meaning through encounters with symbolism in religion, myth, dreams, and art. For contemporary men and women, Edinger believes, the encounter with the self is equivalent to the discovery of God. The result of the dialogue between the ego and the archetypal image of God is an experience that dramatically changes the individual's worldview and makes possible a new and more meaningful way of life." Transformation of Libido: A Seminar on C.G. Jung's Symbols of Transformation describes the hazards to the ego and self and further explores Jung's ideas of the role of libido, or life energy, in the process of individuation. The class will work with the archetype of the pilgrimage as an expression of the unfolding of consciousness and transformation of libido in the journey along the ego-self axis. Each student will write and present a paper to the class with a short period of discussion following. March 11 & 12, 2016 1 credit(s)