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In these late essays, Murray Stein reflects about familiar Jungian themes such as synchronicity, individuation, and symbol. These are definitely reflections for our turbulent times. He states that his general thesis is that all of humanity is connected – to one another, to nature and the cosmos.
Required Reading

  • Outside, Inside, and All Around: And Other Essays in Jungian Psychology by Murray Stein

Learning Objectives
By the end of this course students will be able to:

  1. To understand that dreams, reveries, and synchronicities offer breaches in the walls of ego consciousness.
  2. To perceive the necessity of failure in the crucible of individuation
  3. To realize that the experience of the Holy lies at the base of Jung’s psychology of religion and also of his approach to psychotherapy
  4. To see the connections between Jung’s psychological theory and the Chinese philosophy of polarities, Yang and Yin.

Sandy Cooper, the current President of the C. G. Jung Society of St. Louis board of directors, has had a lifelong interest in religion and spirituality. She was delighted to discover the deep interface between Christianity and the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung. She has an M.A. in English literature from Washington University in St. Louis. After teaching for eight years at the secondary and community college level, Sandy earned a Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies at Aquinas Institute of Theology. She served as a hospital chaplain until she became very involved with the C. G. Jung Society of St. Louis. Sandy describes the Society’s activities and community as life giving to her. She has enjoyed holding study groups and programs her home.

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