The Legacy of C. G. Jung’s Buddha: The Meeting of Buddhism and Western Psychology ~ A Presentation by Dr. Oliver Knox
27 October 2024 | 7 PM GMT* | 3 PM EDT
This talk explores the intellectual history and reception of Jung’s depth-psychological interpretations of Buddhism. In modern culture, psychology has become one of the most prevalent frameworks through which to interpret Buddhism. Buddhist meditative practices are, prima facie, considered to be psychological techniques and popular commentators and authors on Buddhism frequently describe its doctrines and meditative practices as forms of noetic science. The psychologization of Buddhism, familiar to many today, does not have a homogenous history. Rather, Buddhism’s transmutation into a (supposedly) psychological tradition has taken many forms, from Buddhism as an ethical psychology to Buddhism as ‘mindfulness’. Scholars of Buddhism have referred to the significance of Jung’s depth-psychological interpretations in the history of the reception of Buddhism in the west during the mid-twentieth century and beyond. Yet there have been, to date, few studies detailing the context of Jung’s encounter with Buddhism and the legacy of his interpretation of it. I shall discuss Jung’s engagement with Buddhism, which developed out of his more general conception of ‘Eastern thought’ and the mutually fructifying impact of his collaboration with contemporary Indologists
Dr. Oliver Knox is a training candidate at the Society of Analytical Psychology. He is the author of (forthcoming) The Legacy of Jung’s Buddha: From Eranos to Esalen.
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What is the Aurora Consurgens? ~ A Presentation by Professor Aksel Haaning.
24 November 2024 | 7 PM GMT | 2 PM EST*
The third volume of the original edition of Mysterium Coniunctionis contained Marie-Louise von Franz’s work, Aurora Consurgens: A Document Attributed to Thomas Aquinas on the Problem of Opposites in Alchemy. This was included in the German edition of Jung’s Collected Works, but not in the English edition. The talk presents the text and address the question, “How did C.G. Jung discover the text? Why and when was it decided for publication?” It will also touch upon the collaboration between Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz, book history, editions and translations. Further, we will try to move a bit into the content of the text – the Medieval context (and von Franz’s interpretation), Jung’s study of alchemy and Hermetic Philosophy — and finally address the question of its contemporary relevance for Jung History and our understanding of connections between the unconscious and nature.
Aksel Haaning is Professor emeritus in history of philosophy and Science Studies Roskilde University (Denmark), guest lecturer at the C. G. Jung Institute Küsnacht, Zürich, and author of several books on medieval philosophy, and the monograph, Jung: En stemme fra dybet [Jung: A Voice from the Depth].
→ This public webinar will be free for all who have donated $50 or more since 2024. To register, send an email to info@philemonfoundation.org. For others, webinar tickets are $30.
→ Important: Please endeavour to book in advance—last-minute registrations cannot be guaranteed. Ticket purchases do not confer donor status. For copyright reasons, no recordings are made.*Don’t forget: Clocks in the US are set back first Sunday in November.
