Laura London | Festschrift for Murray Stein with Chiron publisher Dr. Steven Buser

Laura London's comments during the Festschrift for Jungian analyst Murray Stein, Ph.D.

On occasion of Dr. Stein's 80th birthday on Sept. 2, 2023, Chiron Publications launched the new book, 'Individuation Psychology: Essays in Honor of Murray Stein.'

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This Festschrift celebrates Murray Stein, a man whose life and influence within Analytical Psychology has spanned several continents, wildly different cultures, several sweeping societal shifts, and now enters his ninth decade. He was forged in an American crucible, strengthened in Europe, and eventually matured into a world-wide phenomenon.

These essays explore individuation in varied ways and reveal Dr. Stein's extensive impact on the world of Jungian psychoanalysis. An ambassador for post-Jungians, his own writings and the publication of others through his founding of Chiron Publications added valuable and novel insights about subjects as wide-ranging as Christianity, masculine psychology, and the practice of Jungian analysis.

The diverse topics contained in these essays reflect the fertile, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspective that has characterized Dr. Stein's unique blend of scholarship, personal warmth, and far-reaching vision. From the times of the Delphic Oracle psychotherapists have illuminated the inner landscape where psyche dwells. Dr. Stein has witnessed countless developments and challenges in the decades after Jung's death. His gentle, wise stewardship reflects what Guinid says about individuation, it is "a testimony of the inner process". And Dr. Stein's lifework succeeds at re-enchanting a world stripped of mystery and meaning by modernity as Roderick Main and Len Cruz observe.

After more than five decades of remarkable contributions, Murray Stein's lifework remains relevant and through his impact on the K-pop band BTS, he has appealed to a new generation of seekers after inner gold. This is a testament to a highly individuated man who fully demonstrates an ongoing individuation, and we are eager to see what his next decade will bring.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Includes essays by Speaking of Jung guests Steven Buser, Len Cruz, Roderick Main, John Beebe, Ann Casement, Henry Abramovitch, & Nancy Furlotti, as well as upcoming guests Joe Cambray, Paul Bishop, and Linda Carter.

▪️Introduction – Prima Materia: A Tale of Two Urinals (Steven Buser (Co-Editor), Ep. 55, 49, 78)

▪️Introduction – From Adherent to Individualist to Sage: Observations on C.G. Jung & Murray Stein (Len Cruz (Co-Editor), Ep. 78)

▪️CH 1 – Individuation Psychology: A Testament to “The Outer Reaches of Individuation” (Joe Cambray, Ep. 128)

▪️CH 2 – Individuation As Testimony of Inner Process (Magi Guindi)

▪️CH 3 – Individuation as Re-enchantment (Roderick Main, Ep. 117)

▪️CH 4 – In the Still World of the Heart (In des Herzens stille Welt): Reflections on Goethe & Individuation Psychology (Paul Bishop, Ep. 129)

▪️CH 5 – Active Imagination and Testament: A Window on the Other Side of Life (Chiara Tozzi)

▪️CH 6 – Seeking the Divine: Reflections on Steinbeck’s “To a God Unknown” (Robert Mercurio)

▪️CH 7 – An Interview with Murray Stein in Celebration of his 80th Birthday (Jan Wiener)

▪️CH 8 – Jung’s Dream of the Arab Prince (John Beebe, Ep. 109)

▪️CH 9 – “Love…can unite opposites & reverse the paradox”: The Individuation Process of the Medieval Mystic Hadewijch (Maria Grazia Calzà)

▪️CH 10 – Schopenhauer: The Grand Disabuser (Ann Casement, Ep. 51, 86)

▪️CH 11 – Individuation, Soul Making, & Cultural Complexes (Thomas Singer)

▪️CH 12 – Balancing: Weight, Wings, & Wind (Linda Carter, Ep. 127)

▪️CH 13 – Psychological Types & the Individuation of Unique Personality (James Johnson)

▪️CH 14 – Who is a Friend?: Friendship in the Process of Individuation (Henry Abramovitch, Ep. 47)

▪️CH 15 – The Transformative Plumbed Serpent of the Americas: Quetzalcoatl (Nancy Furlotti, Ep. 94)

▪️CH 16 – Individuation & Pre-Hispanic Mythology: A Tribute to Murray Stein (Patricia Michan)

▪️CH 17 – The Self & the Heart, Individuation Psychology & Chinese Culture (Heyong Shen)

▪️CH 18 – “Let it happen”: Wei Wu-Wei for Individuation (Ann Chia-Yi Li)

▪️CH 19 – Approaching Zen Buddhism via Individuation Psychology (Mari Yoshikawa)

▪️CH 20 – Individuation Theory & Practice: The Promising Emergence of a Nonbinary Transcendent “Third” Between Temporal Depth Psychology & Non-Temporal Dzogchen Psychology (Jim Manganiello)

📘 Individuation Psychology: Essays in Honor of Murray Stein (Affiliate Link) – https://amzn.to/47oKGUB

🗣️ Speaking of Jung: Interviews with Jungian Analysts – https://speakingofjung.com