Canberra Jung Society Inc.

Friday 4th July 2025
"Carl Jung, Spirituality, and Time" With Robbie Tulip
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)
Carl Jung’s cyclic vision of time stands in sharp contrast to the linear progression of conventional modern thought.

Rather than viewing time as a one-way arrow, Jung recognised recurring patterns - deep structures reflected in myth, dream, and celestial motion - as manifestations of the collective unconscious.

He interpreted traditional supernatural religions not as literal truths, but as symbolic expressions of archetypes that recur across cultures and epochs. For Jung, the regular cycles of the Sun, Moon, and planets provided a cosmic architecture that grounded human spirituality in natural rhythms. This naturalistic framing of spiritual life - situated within both time and space - deeply informs my own studies.

Jung’s perspective invites us to approach spirituality not as something separate from the material world, but as integrally linked to it. His synthesis of psychology, cosmology, and myth underscores the importance of wholeness, reminding us that wellbeing emerges from the integration of physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of existence.

Robbie Tulip manages the ANU Chaplaincy. He has interests in climate change, religion, music and mythology. He chairs the ACT Churches’ Council and Christians for an Ethical Society, and works with the Healthy Planet Action Coalition on climate policy advocacy. He runs a weekly Pop Jam at Smith’s Alternative. Robbie has presented annual lectures to the Canberra Jung Society for a number of years. His talks, available on the Society website, discuss Carl Jung’s approaches to cosmology, religion and spirituality, the temporal structure of the solar system, and a new interpretation of Leonardo’s Last Supper.