Jung Mind, Beginner's Mind: Core Concepts for the Long Haul: A Course With Mark Napack

In honor of the 150th anniversary of C.G. Jung’s birth, this course will discuss Jung's core concepts and basic ideas -- in other words, the outlines of his living psychology. Prima facie, Jung's thought is immensely complex and even opaque. And yet, there is an elegant simplicity underlying it. In this course, we shall return to this useful simplicity. 

This anniversary journey will be assisted by one of the classic, systematic presentations of Jung's thought, The Psychology of C.G. Jung: An Introduction with Illustrations by Jolande Jacobi, herself analyzed by Jung. Jung wrote the Forward to this book, commending it as "a concise presentation of the elements of my psychological theory" and as "having succeeded in giving an account free from the ballast of technical particulars." Because of the book and its author's proximity to Jung himself, it breathes with the new energy of that first-generation Jungian world. We shall look at the outlines of Jung's dynamic thought with an eye towards their practical usefulness and living reality.

Class format: Presentation, with image, poetry, music, texts, and discussion. To facilitate its temenos quality, this course will not be recorded.

Reading (encouraged, not required): Jolande Jacobi, The Psychology of C.G. Jung: An Introduction with Illustrations. 
 

I. The Nature and Structure of the Psyche II. The Laws of the Psychic Processes and Forces III. The Practical Application of Jung's Theory, Part 1 IV. The Practical Application of Jung's Theory, Part 2

Mark Napack, M.A., S.T.L., M.S., L.C.P.C. studied archetypal patterns in comparative literature at Columbia University, after which he applied Jungian theory to the redemption motif in medieval theology for his thesis at Fordham University. He further studied Jung, psychology, and the history of religion at Loyola and Catholic universities. Currently, he is a senior candidate at the Jungian Psychoanalytic Association. A long-time graduate and college instructor, Mark has presented at international conferences, and his work has appeared in scholarly journals and books in English and French. Mark is a Jungian psychotherapist in North Bethesda, MD.