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.