Description
Part of the conference West Meets East in Jung’s Psychology: A Dialogue. Purchase the full symposium for 30% off the individual titles!
Topics: Dreams, the I Ching, Religion and Spirituality, Society and Culture.
Dreams, the I Ching, and the Psychoanalytic Process
Jung valued the I Ching as a method of exploring the unconscious involving the principle of synchronicity [as opposed to causality]. Jung’s “researches into the psychology of the unconscious processes long ago compelled [him] to look around for another principle of explanation, since the causality principle seemed . . . insufficient to explain certain remarkable manifestations of the unconscious.” Dennis Merritt has made use of the I Ching with his analysands for nearly forty years. He will present a case study of a man who had a series of dreams in which hexagrams that appeared in his dreams informed the structure of the analytic work.
PowerPoint: PowerPoint slides are edited into the videos.
Audio: This download includes an audio MP3 of each lecture that can be played on smartphones, tablets, and laptops for listening on the go.
Audio Quality: There were issues with the sound system in the room, so there is some background noise and echo that you may find distracting. The price of this item has been reduced by 30% because of this, but please listen to the audio in the sample to make sure you find it acceptable.
Sample
Learning Objectives
This video will help you describe how the I Ching can be used in the psychoanalytic process.
Dennis Merritt, PhD, LCSW has an MA in Humanistic Psychology, a PhD in Insect Pathology from UC-Berkeley, and is a graduate of the Zurich Jung Institute. He practices as a Jungian analyst, sandplay therapist, and ecopsychologist in Madison and Milwaukee, WI. He authored four volumes of The Dairy Farmer’s Guide to the Universe – Jung, Hermes, and Ecopsychology. (Website: EcoJung.com, Blog: JungianEcopsychology.com).
© 2014 Dennis Merritt
℗ 2014 CG Jung Institute of Chicago