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\"\"<\/a>with Thomas Patrick Lavin, PhD<\/p>\n

This episode is the first session of the series\u00a0Christian Shamanism: Visions of Nikolas of Flue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A shaman is a person who has been forced by fate to take an inner, awe-filled journey which ultimately gives a new form to the person and to the culture. This journey demands sacrifice, isolation from the collective’s expectations, and a particular form of courage which is able to accept new forms of awareness and new forms of the divine.<\/p>\n

Every religious tradition has stories of persons who have walked the “shamanic path.” Some religious traditions have called shamans by different names: sage, saint, and Bodhisattva are but a few of these names. There is also the little-discussed Christian shamanic tradition in which C.G. Jung stands, both as a visionary and as a healer of souls. This course uses the writings of C.G. Jung<\/a> and Marie-Louise von Franz<\/a> as a basis for discussing the role of the shaman in general and the Christian shaman in particular. It was recorded in 1994.<\/p>\n

Thomas Patrick Lavin, PhD<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0a Z\u00fcrich-trained Jungian analyst who holds a PhD in clinical psychology and a PhD in theology. He was formerly chief clinical psychologist for the U.S. Army in Europe and is a founding member of the CG Jung Institute of Chicago. He is in private practice in Wilmette, Illinois, and consults internationally on typology, spirituality and addictions.<\/p>\n

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