As we head into the long, dark nights of Winter, we, like our people in the past, draw ourselves closer to the fire and tell stories in the flickering light. The stories for this lecture are those of chivalry, heroism, the royal court of Arthur, damsels in distress, Merlin’s trickery and tales of valour. In…
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In this lecture I cover the links between stress and hypertension. The literature demonstrates that acute stress is not a primary aetiological factor in the development of hypertension, however, chronic stress is a more likely factor. After a short section on the sympathetic nervous system and catecholamines, I explain Cannon’s Fight or Flight approach to
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In this single lecture I review the core issues involved in dream interpretation and link it to the semester lecture material on the ongoing course on the neurobiology of sleep that the University of Victoria class has already been provided by the Department of Psychology’s Dr. Kenneth Leslie. Critical in this lecture is the notion
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In this lecture I review a Jungian approach to the interpretation of images as well as a brief overview of the photograph as art. Understanding how Jung’s work has been used to interpret art (film, literature, pictures) is critical to our experience of images. After reviewing the specifics of the techniques of image interpretation, I
In this lecture we’ll watch the movie “Pan’s Labyrinth” first. Then I will give an overview of core concepts involved in a Jungian approach to film interpretation with particular emphasis on the difference between a symbol and a sign, and the nature of psychic reality in fairy tales and film. Once this work is completed,
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In this lecture I will review the central diagnostic structures involved in Affective Disorders. The prevalent forms of Affective Disorders will be examined and current models of understanding will be introduced. An emphasis will be placed on effective self-management of these states. The Jungian approach to seeing these disorders as attempts by the psyche to
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I am interested in exploring how the New Age movement has embraced Jung with such intensity, yet has missed the central understanding of the individuation process. This is particularly so in the mis-reading of Jung, noticeably with respect to the notion of archetypes, the role of the unconscious, the interpretation of symbols, and the place of the ego in Analytical Psychology. The
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The Jung Society is extremely grateful to have five distinguished speakers address the question “Where is God?” in this panel discussion. On the panel is an Islamic scholar, a Jewish scholar, an Anglican priest, and a Catholic priest. The facilitator, Dr. Dirk Evers is a senior Jungian Psychoanalyst whose doctorate was earned in Theological Ethics.
The Jungian community has not addressed the issue of suicide with the same rigour as it has the common clinical precursors of suicide, severe affective disorders. Jung made scant mention of suicide in his essays. Of the 32 paragraphs on suicide in the Collected Works, there are less than a dozen paragraphs which rely on a basic (simplistic) theme to
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The purpose of this nine session course is to introduce Jungian psychology to interested people. Jung’s work covers a vast area of the social sciences, notwithstanding psychology, yet is often quite challenging to integrate. By the end of this course you will have a good working knowledge of all of the core concepts of Jungian
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