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Jung Reading Group

Established in 2008, this successful reading group is open to those with a shared interest in Jung. It aims to carry out a systematic reading of C.G. Jung’s original works and explore their significance in academic and clinical contexts, including taking into account post-Jungian perspectives in analytical psychology.

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The reading group is open to those with a shared interest in reading Jung’s works. Current participants include clinicians as well as graduates with academic backgrounds. Prior knowledge of subjects is not assumed, but the ability to openly engage with the reading material is an essential part of the group’s discussions.

In the academic year 2022-223, the group’s reading included Jung’s Introduction to the Secret of the Golden Flower and his commentaries on other Eastern Texts.
In the academic year 2023-2024, the group studied Jung’s seminars on active imagination, based on Ignatius of Loyola’s spiritual exercises.

In the coming academic year, the meetings of the group will take place online.

This group qualifies for CPD, and a certificate of attendance will be issued to participants at the end of the year.

The course takes place one evening per month (normally on a Thursday), from 8.00 pm to 9.30 pm. Katerina Sarafidou, the Jung Reading Group’s facilitator will introduce the selected material at the beginning of each session, placing it in the context of Jung’s wider work but also in its historical and philosophical context. This will then be followed by group discussion.

The dates for the academic year 2024-2025 are the following:

26 September 2024
24 October 2024
21 November 2024
12 December 2024
23 January 2025
27 February 2025
20 March 2025
24 April 2025
22 May 2025
19 June 2025

There are no fixed entry requirements for this course but participants are expected to have an interest in Jung’s work and the ability to engage openly with primary texts. Group members are typically Jungian analysts, trainees, psychotherapists and people from an academic background with an interest in Jung.

£436

On offer of a place, you will be invited to register and pay via debit card through a secured payment page.

Please note that the bpf will not be held responsible for travel/hotel expenses made or incurred in the unlikely event of this course either being cancelled or postponed. See our cancellation and refund policie s for more information.

For more information on the Jung reading group 2024-2025, please click here.

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To apply for this course, starting in September 2025, please download and complete the application form supplied and email it to Angelina Verduzco at [email protected]

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Alternatively, please print it and return it to Angelina Verduzco at 37 Mapesbury Road | London | NW2 4HJ.

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