JP24 | Walking the Way of Individuation, with Ken James

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Jungianthology is a project of the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago: https://jungchicago.org/ This episode is the first session of the four-part series The Path is the Goal: Walking the Way of Individuation (https://jungchicago.org/store/index.p...)

Jung called individuation the method by which a person becomes a separate unity or whole. In Jungian psychology, individuation has sometimes been called the goal of the analytic process. This terminology can be misleading since individuation is not a product, but a process in which we are engaged throughout our lives. The mysterious process of individuation is the focus of this course. Engaging lecture and reflection on Jung’s Collected Works (https://www.amazon.com/Collected-Work...) provide an understanding of the nature of individuation as well as ways to enhance and foster that process. It was recorded in 1997.

A diagram is referenced is the talk which is probably this one (https://i2.wp.com/frithluton.com/wp-c.... Though not explicitly described as being between analyst and analysand, the structure is essentially the same.

Ken James, PhD (https://jungchicago.org/store/index.p...) is director of Student Services at the Laboratory School, University of Chicago. His areas of expertise include dream work and psychoanalysis, archetypal dimensions of analytic practice, divination and synchronicity, hypnosis as a therapeutic medium, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. He has done post-doctoral work in music therapy and theology, and uses these disciplines to inform his work as a Jungian analyst. For more information visit http://www.soulworkcenter.org/.

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Music by Michael Chapman
Edited and produced by Benjamin Law