Archetypes form the central theory of Analytical Psychology. Over his lifetime and in his published works Jung defined archetypes in many different ways. We will compare these definitions in an attempt to understand this core Jungian concept.

=== Basic Jung ===

We will look at the interrelationship between archetypes and complexes and their role in analysis.
=== Basic Jung ===

We look at paintings and try to answer questions such as: What is special about archetypal images? What is the impact of archetypal motifs – father, mother, child, hero, anima, witch, wise old man – on us psychologically? We finally examine why we need archetypal images and what Jung meant when he said: “Without a doubt, archetypal images determine our fate”.
=== Basic Jung ===

Many religions symbolize the divine through sacred images. They also invoke divine presence with sound, music, scent and ritual movement. There is a danger, however, that the material manifestations of the divine are taken as the Ultimate itself. Jungian psychology maintains a clear distinction between archetypal image and archetype per se. Examples will be given to show how this may be applied to various religious traditions.
=== Basic Jung ===

We explore how wisdom is understood and manifested in archetypal images of Eastern and Western cultures.
=== Basic Jung ===

An example of Jung and Freud’s personal (archetypal) complexes usurped by cultural complexes.=== Basic Jung ===

We shall explore liminal areas to appreciate the inner spiritual potential of the idol and the outer human potential of the icon. It is hoped that this approach is less likely to activate a splitting process. Can idols of the soul become icons of divinity? Seeing the divine in all things?

Some Jungian concepts, e.g. the unconscious, consciousness and complexes are comparable with the psychoanalytic (Freudian) terms, or terms used by the Schema Therapy School. The course will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the Jungian approach as compared with others.
=== Basic Jung ===

The notion of archetype helps us to better understand the wide range of psychological patterns, which express themselves in the lives of our patients. When we think in terms of archetypes, the chances are that we are able to perceive the qualities and potentials of the individual patient and also the mythological connotations.

=== Basic Jung ===

This lecture series is the theoretical counterpart of seminar 01 24. It is meant for those who are unable to attend the seminar but who are interested in acquiring a theoretical knowledge of Jung’s typology. It is also a prerequisite for participants of the seminar.

Drawing on a variety of sources, we will consider the challenges and opportunities inherent in living 20-30 years past ‘retirement’, including the conundrum of ageing: soul, spirit and body age differently.

This course will address following themes:
crises and collapse of environment as reflective of shadow; collective shadow in fairy tale, myth and reality; suffering and initiation; limits of growth, humility and numinous in relation to “spirit of matter”; collective narcissism; wounding and individuation.
What do Jungians have to offer in a world of hurt? What does individuation mean – and require – in environments of polarising degradation, disintegration and extinctions?

Two recent studies using fMRI scans while conducting the Word Association Experiment have corroborated Jung’s concept of the constellation of the feeling-toned complex.
We shall look at these results and compare them with Jung’s original theory.

Abstinence is a core concept in Freudian psychoanalysis, yet it has undergone many crucial changes, from the surgical hand of Freud to the playful intersubjectivity of today. In the lecture we shall look at the transformation of the concept and its meaning for Analytical Psychology.

Drawing on a variety of sources, we will consider the challenges and opportunities inherent in living 20-30 years past ‘retirement’, including the conundrum of ageing: soul, spirit and body age differently.

This course will address following themes:
crises and collapse of environment as reflective of shadow; collective shadow in fairy tale, myth and reality; suffering and initiation; limits of growth, humility and numinous in relation to “spirit of matter”; collective narcissism; wounding and individuation.
What do Jungians have to offer in a world of hurt? What does individuation mean – and require – in environments of polarising degradation, disintegration and extinctions?

We explore the power of meditative practice as a gateway to presence.
I will discuss the relevance of presence for our work and provide an introduction with guided meditation as a tool to train the mind and foster awareness.

Dr van den Berg-Cook will combine her expertise in analytical psychology and biochemistry/physiology to show how biology and psyche mirror each other when one compares archetypal products of the psyche to basic patterns of organization in living systems.

This lecture series is the theoretical counterpart of seminar 01 24. It is meant for those who are unable to attend the seminar but who are interested in acquiring a theoretical knowledge of Jung’s typology. It is also a prerequisite for participants of the seminar.

Learn more about the Analytical Psychology of C.G. Jung with ISAP Zurich.
Erfahren Sie mehr über die Analytische Psychologie von C.G. Jung mit ISAP Zurich.

This lecture will offer a description of the Dignity Therapy interview and its use today in palliative care in Canton Zürich. Which threads come together at the end of life from a Jungian point of view?
With case material.

This course will address following themes:
crises and collapse of environment as reflective of shadow; collective shadow in fairy tale, myth and reality; suffering and initiation; limits of growth, humility and numinous in relation to “spirit of matter”; collective narcissism; wounding and individuation.
What do Jungians have to offer in a world of hurt? What does individuation mean – and require – in environments of polarising degradation, disintegration and extinctions?

We shall explore liminal areas to appreciate the inner spiritual potential of the idol and the outer human potential of the icon. It is hoped that this approach is less likely to activate a splitting process. Can idols of the soul become icons of divinity? Seeing the divine in all things?

In this lecture we will hear the first written dream in cuneiform, and then have a closer look to the significance of dreams through the centuries until the scientific approach of our time.

Exploring the relational dynamics, including love, ambition, power, pain, shame, resentment and revenge, found in four archetypal marriages in Greek myth. We will examine how the dynamics portrayed may serve as a mirror for understanding interpersonal difficulties we encounter today.

This lecture series is the theoretical counterpart of seminar 01 24. It is meant for those who are unable to attend the seminar but who are interested in acquiring a theoretical knowledge of Jung’s typology. It is also a prerequisite for participants of the seminar.

Exploring the relational dynamics, including love, ambition, power, pain, shame, resentment and revenge, found in four archetypal marriages in Greek myth. We will examine how the dynamics portrayed may serve as a mirror for understanding interpersonal difficulties we encounter today.

Using images and metaphors provided by the landscape, we will learn how psyche takes on dimension and gains ground. The proposition is that meeting and laying claim to wide, open ground is a marker of psychological unfolding and the individuation process.
Participants are encouraged to take an intentional wander in advance of the lecture as well as review Aion CW 9ii §257 and Mysterium Coniunctionis CW 14 §776-779.

Baptism, an initiation of Spirit was seen as the entrance of soul into the mysteries of God, which put into reverse the awful downward pull of mind and matter. It was through the rites of initiation that the uninitiated gained deliverance from the world of matter and entered into the worlds of freedom and immortality.

Exploring the relational dynamics, including love, ambition, power, pain, shame, resentment and revenge, found in four archetypal marriages in Greek myth. We will examine how the dynamics portrayed may serve as a mirror for understanding interpersonal difficulties we encounter today.

Jung’s essay on the Mother Archetype is juxtaposed with the theory developed in the book The Dead Mother from French psychoanalyst Andre Green. Both Jung and Green describe attachment situations where the psyche becomes narrowed and fragmented, affecting experiences of self and other, connection and individuation.
The presentation illustrates some of the emotionally complex and internally deadening space that can transfer from a mother to her child.

Exploring the relational dynamics, including love, ambition, power, pain, shame, resentment and revenge, found in four archetypal marriages in Greek myth. We will examine how the dynamics portrayed may serve as a mirror for understanding interpersonal difficulties we encounter today.

Jung coined the term father complex and described it as feeling toned and shaped by the experiences with the personal father. When too powerful, one disappears into the complex. The “father imago” that lives within leaves no space to attach, just a gap and emptiness.
A daughter with an absent father learns to be inhibited, with her emotional development arrested, and adulthood feigned rather than realized, without a sense of identity or authority. With clinical examples and dreams.

This lecture series is the theoretical counterpart of seminar 01 24. It is meant for those who are unable to attend the seminar but who are interested in acquiring a theoretical knowledge of Jung’s typology. It is also a prerequisite for participants of the seminar.

In the lecture pictures from an analysand will be discussed, which give visual expression of typical tendencies and challenges in the life of a puer. Interpretations of these pictures will show the practical use of visual material in analysis.

Train the eye to see symbolic expression of psychic processes in images and learn to express this in words.
Requested readings:
– Abt, Th. Introduction to Picture Interpretation According to C.G. Jung. Zurich: Living Human Heritage Publications, 2005. HA5

– Riedel, I. Bilder in Therapie, Kunst und Religion. Stuttgart: Kreuz, 1988/2005. PA-Ri3
– Briendl, L. Bilder als Sprache der Seele: Sich selbst entdecken durch Malen und Gestalten. Düsseldorf: Patmos Verlag, 2008. PA198

We shall discuss what the sibling situation does to our psychic development. (Being an only child is also a sibling situation!) We shall address it as “our first socialisation”, between the siblings in regard to the child-parents relationships and what effects this has on our later life.
Ich und meine Geschwister – meine Geschwister und ich
Wir werden diskutieren, wie sich die Geschwistersituation auf unsere psychische Entwicklung auswirkt. (Einzelkind sein, ist auch eine Geschwistersituation!) Wir werden das Thema als “unsere erste Sozialisierung” diskutieren – zwischen den Geschwistern und bezogen auf die Eltern-Kinder- Beziehungen und wie dies unser späteres Leben prägt.

This lecture series is the theoretical counterpart of seminar 01 24. It is meant for those who are unable to attend the seminar but who are interested in acquiring a theoretical knowledge of Jung’s typology. It is also a prerequisite for participants of the seminar.

hroughout history, music has been a ubiquitous part of human cultural activity, often closely linked to experiences of the numinous and the sacred. This module explores understandings of the nature of music in a range of cultural contexts, especially as a manifestation of the archetypal realm and of an underlying cosmic order. The lectures will be illustrated with examples drawn from Ancient Greek and Chinese philosophical writings as well as myths and fairy tales.

In the wake of the death of “the Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin we can take a look at what it is in soul music that so well expresses and attends to the longings of soul, allowing yet bringing some release and satisfaction to the restless soul in turbulent times, in the turmoil, torment and strife experienced within and without.

An introductory course presenting the basic concepts of Jungian psychology; consciousness, personal and collective unconscious, complex, archetype and the historic setting in which Jung conceived them.

=== Interlude ===
Showing and discussion of my documentary film “Spirits of the Rocks”.
The Bushpeople and their rock paintings reconnect us with our past, the world of hunters and gatherers. A history of repression and destruction of the early man without as well as within.

=== Interlude ===
The Simpleton is the hero of many fairy tales. He also appears in classical literature and has become since a few decades a recurrent figure in cinema. It is as if the theme were particularly constellated for our time. The first part of the seminar will present archetypal patterns characteristic of simpleton stories. In the second part students will be invited to do an active imagination aiming at internalizing the different figures involved in a simpleton story and giving it a meaning in their individual psyche.

=== Interlude ===
Showing and discussion of my documentary film “Spirits of the Rocks”.
The Bushpeople and their rock paintings reconnect us with our past, the world of hunters and gatherers. A history of repression and destruction of the early man without as well as within.

=== Interlude ===
Jung`s fascination with alchemical symbolism and the unconscious provides us with the tools to understand our own psychological processes. A path is opened to transform the dark night of soul into a meaningful, enlightening experience. In order to accomplish this, the ego must undergo its own death and rebirth.