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My soul, where are you? – C.G. Jung
This question was the starting point of C.G. Jung’s endeavor that would become known as his “confrontation with the unconscious.” The question arose from a psychological crisis marking a turning point in Jung’s life.
On his journey into the realm of the unconscious he had to let himself drop down far into the depths of his soul, where he wandered through inner landscapes, engaging in dialogues with the beings he encountered. Jung recorded these experiences in writing. He then transferred his notes in revised form into The Red Book. He also expanded upon them in separate works.
His writings were accompanied by visual documents of his inner experiences, including sketches, drawings, paintings, and wooden and stone sculptures. Following this visual testimony from approximately 1915 until the end of the 1920s, this presentation draws attention to the links between Jung’s own experience and the central concepts and ideas of Analytical Psychology that emerged from it.
Denise Rudin, Diplomate Jungian Analyst, initially trained and worked as a crafts teacher and later studied Anthropology and History at the University of Basel, graduating with a Master’s degree in African Studies. She then continued postgraduate studies at the Research and Training Centre for Depth Psychology According to C.G. Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz in Zurich.
The examination of her own dreams has occupied her for more than thirty years. Besides her private practice, she currently works at the Museum Haus C.G. Jung in Küsnacht, Switzerland and is part of a team responsible for a community for psychologically impaired people.
Learning objectives:
- Explain how inner processes are initiated, supported and mirrored by the unconscious, especially around important turning points in a life’s journey.
- Appreciate how the visual documents that resulted from Jung’s encounters with the unconscious are important links to the central concepts of Analytical Psychology.