ON DREAMS AND THE EAST
Jung’s landmark seminar on the symbolism of yoga and its applications to dream analysisÂ
~ A Presentation by Giovanni Sorge
7 December 2025 | 7 pm GMT ( 2 pm EST | 11 am PST ) Approx: 1hr 30
→ This public webinar will be free for all who have donated $125 or more *since 2025*. To register, send an email to info@philemonfoundation.org. For others, webinar tickets are $40.
On Dreams and the East opens a window on Jung’s deepening exploration of Eastern thought and the comparative study of the individuation process at a critical juncture in his life and work.
The 1933 seminar commences with a presentation of the psychology of yoga by noted Indologist and linguist Heinrich Zimmer, whose collaboration in these talks reflects Jung’s growing engagement with the Hindu tradition, particularly Tantric yoga. Jung analyzes a series of dreams of a middle-aged male patient, focusing on mandalas and the centering process. He reflects on related motifs in alchemical symbolism, Navaho healing drawings, Mithraism, baptism symbolism, the foundation of Rome, ecclesiastic dances, and labyrinths, drawing connections with the symbolism of yoga and Tantra.
Giovanni Sorge is an editor at the Philemon Foundation and an independent researcher who has collaborated with the University of Zurich and with ETH Zurich. He specializes in the history of Jungian analytical psychology and of psychoanalysis and has written extensively on Jung.
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