with John Ensign, Ph.D. 

A recurrent theme throughout Jung’s life was his deep engagement with the Christian tradition and the Christ-image, which he saw as the primary symbol of the Self in Western culture. Surprisingly, this crucial dimension of his work is largely missing from contemporary Jungian discourse. By contrast, there is much interest in Jung within progressive Christian circle but little deep understanding of his thought and ways that it stands in tension w…

Heart Rhythm Meditation (HRM) is a collection of embodied practices that build resiliency and improve one’s physical, psychological (mental, emotional) and spiritual heath.  Daily HRM practice, results in reduced blood pressure, improved immune response, increased lung capacity, an increased ability to regulate your emotions, and increased capacity to focus on what matters to you in life. Central to HRM practices is embodiment: identification and activation of s…

“Emptiness” is a central idea in several spiritual traditions, where it usually refers to non-attachment and the unknown or mysterious dimension of all that we think and do.  Today people like to be more practical and focus on cleaning out the details of ordinary life, from a daily schedule to a clean house.  All kinds of emptiness are relevant and connected.  This course will explore the deep traditional ideas about emptiness in Zen Buddhism, Taoism and Christianity, and t…

Love, Imagination, and the Journey of the Soul

Sufism, the mystical path within the Islamic tradition, and depth psychotherapy, each gravitate around issues central to healing and human being – love, transformation, imagination, and the soul. Join four leading scholars, teachers, and analysts, at the intersection of these rich and diverse imaginal realms.

Rumi and the Secret of Being Human

Kabir Helminski

For Rumi, and the Sufi tradition in general, the “self,” our “I-…

This course weaves together interpersonal and Jungian analytic perspectives, informed by indigenous Andean shamanism, and contemporary scientific understanding of time in an exploration of a more expansive, vision of the world. It will provide different perspectives on experiences central to contemporary depth psychology – i.e., the subjective experience of time and trauma. The instructor will draw on her experience as a psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst a…

Transforming Our Images of God: C.G. Jung on the Self

C.G. Jung believed that the Self is an expression of the divine within the personality. He refers to it as the “God within,” or imago dei. In this series of lectures, Dr. Corbett will describe some of the ways in which the Self manifests itself symbolically, comparing the idea of the Self with a number of classical theistic images of God in Western religious traditions. In particular, Dr. Corbett will show how Jung’s id…