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<\/a>with Murray Stein, PhD<\/p>\n

This episode is part one of the series The Jungian Psyche: A Deeper Look at Analytical Psychology<\/a>. The course, recorded in 1991, offers a careful exploration of some of Jung\u2019s key theoretical texts. Aimed at giving the advanced student of analytical psychology a greater appreciation of the details of Jung\u2019s theoretical model of the psyche, the class proceeds in a systematic fashion through the basic concepts and considers how they interrelate to form a whole. Suggested readings from Jung\u2019s Collected Works are announced at the start of each class section.\u00a0During this talk Dr. Stein discusses Jung’s Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and Psychological Types<\/a><\/em>, the theory, historical use, and emergence of the term ego, and the theory of complexes.<\/p>\n

\"stein_murray\"<\/a>Murray Stein, PhD<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a training analyst at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. His most recent publications include The Principle of Individuation, Jung\u2019s Map of the Soul, and The Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis (Editor of the Jungian sections, with Ross Skelton as General Editor). He lectures internationally on topics related to Analytical Psychology and its applications in the contemporary world. Dr. Stein is a graduate of Yale University (B.A. and M.Div.), the University of Chicago (Ph.D., in Religion and Psychological Studies), and the C.G. Jung Institut-Zurich. He is a founding member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts. He has been the president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (2001-4), and is presently a member of the Swiss Society for Analytical Psychology and President of the International School of Analytical Psychology, Zurich.<\/p>\n

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