In the opening of session three of the Jung Platform's course on James Hillman's book, Alchemical Psychology, Pat Berry and Robert Bosnak offered some thoughts on the class as they envision it. Robert spoke for the need of slowness in entering into the material. Pat said that not seeing the audience was difficult for her …
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Class Notes – Session One
As many of you know, I recently signed up for the Jung Platform's course on James Hillman's book, Alchemical Psychology. This past Thursday was our first session. The online class presents a live conversation between Jungian Analysts Patricia Berry and Robert Bosnak. The audience was given time at the end of the session for questions and comments. I've …
Alchemical Psychology – the Introduction
In my previous posts on James Hillman's book, Alchemical Psychology, I wrote briefly about the relationship between the colors of the alchemy and their correlation through the stages of the soul's journey as one begins a work of a psychological nature. The links to those posts can be found on the Index page of this blog. After …
The Jung Platform
I found a wonderful resource for online classes and archived lectures available for purchase that features a diverse group of Jungians. The website is called the Jung Platform and can be found here: http://www.jungplatform.com/ They are going to feature an online class on Hillman's Alchemical Psychology book starting on January 9. Details are here: http://www.jungplatform.com/2013/11/course-on-alchemy-embodying-james-hillmans-alchemical-psychology/ …
Alchemical Psychology – Part V, Yellow
We start off the chapter on yellow with a brief mention that many alchemists did not include the stage of yellow, especially in the later years of alchemy's heyday, but moved directly from white to red. Hillman, who was himself trained as a Jungian analyst, suggests that Jung included the yellow because he was fond …
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