{"id":801,"date":"2017-11-30T13:58:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T19:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/?p=801"},"modified":"2025-03-18T00:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T05:11:51","slug":"a-psychological-approach-to-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/a-psychological-approach-to-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"A Psychological Approach to the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This lecture, “Origins: The Ego Once- and Twice-Born”, is part one of the series A Psychological Approach to the Bible I<\/a>. It was recorded in 1989.<\/p>\n

Jungian analyst Murray Stein leads a study of the Bible for its insight into psychological questions about the ego’s proper relation to the self, the ultimate aim of individuation in coniunctio, and encounters with the shadow. The set includes the following lectures:<\/p>\n

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        1.  Bondage vs. Freedom: Ego in Complex, Ego in Self<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1.  Good and Evil: The Problem of Shadow<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1.  Individuation: The Journey of Faith<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                \"stein_murray\"<\/a>Murray Stein, PhD<\/a><\/strong> is a training analyst at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. His most recent publications include The Principle of Individuation<\/a><\/em>, Jung\u2019s Map of the Soul<\/a><\/em>, and The Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis<\/a><\/em> (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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                \n                All Lectures by Murray Stein<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

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                \u00a9 1989 Murray Stein. This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>. You may share it, but please do not change it, sell it, or transcribe it.<\/span>
                \nMusic by Michael Chapman
                \nEdited and produced by Benjamin Law<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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