Jung Society Melbourne Podcast

In today’s talk David invites us to consider the fundamentals of our assumptions about consciousness noting our long Western tradition of locating soul or rationality in the human mind and ignoring larger forces or consciousness present in the Earth. David explores Jung’s  idea that while the human psyche certainly has an impact on the world, the soul of the world, that is, the collective unconsci...

In today’s talk David explores the spiritual side of wellbeing. Taking us from the healing arts of Ancient Greece to the present day, he describes what is missing in modern medicine. He suggests that healing must include paying attention to both the Ego and the Self, that is, the spiritual dimension of our being.  

In an exploration of the Greek and Roman goddess of the hearth and flame, Joy Norton describes a wise woman archetype of the Self. She brings our attention to Vesta’s qualities of stillness, focusing and reflection, and how vital it is that we invite Vesta into our busy everyday living.  Please see relevant images on our Facebook page.

Today’s talk Individuation as a Homecoming to Self is the first part in a series entitled Jung’s Depth Psychology: Developing a Relationship with Mystery given by David Tacey to the Jung Society of Melbourne. In this talk, David explores key Jungian concepts such as the Ego, Self, archetypes and the unconscious all toward understanding the process of individuation . David eloquently describes our...

Join us as we listen to Rodney Ravenswood’s wide-ranging talk on the power and reality of archetypal energies in our personal and cultural lives. Taking inspiration from Jung’s famous inscription “Called or not, God is present”, Rodney weaves an intriguing path through many manifestations of the symbolic life from 1960s and 70s musical lyrics to The Da Vinci Code. 

Today we’ll be listening to a talk given by recently retired Jungian analyst, speech pathologist and academic Gillian Clezy. Having worked in Australia, Britain, the USA, Hong Kong and mainland China, Gillian grew up in Turkey and Egypt and has a wonderfully rich academic as well as lived experience of the development of language. Exploring parallels between the development of language from infanc...

Listen to analyst Patrick Jansen speak about the many overlapping insights and experiences gained from guided Buddhist practice and Jungian psychology on our way to wholeness and compassion.  

Mary Duffy, a Melbourne artist and art therapist takes us on a powerful journey into Jung’s famous Red Book. A collection of encounters with the figures and contents of his inner psyche, and written commentaries and explorations of these, the Red Book, in combination with the context of Jung’s life during its generation from 1913 until 1929, provides us with the foundations of active imagination,...

An architect and analyst explore the power of symbolism inherent in domestic and public buildings. With a focus on classical Greek architecture, Jung’s house at Bollingen and personal dreams, they describe the ways architecture holds vital information about the personal, cultural and collective unconscious. 

Jungian analyst Margaret Becher takes us on a journey with the fairy tale The Girl with No Hands. Through her lived experience, synchronicities, dreams, poetry and literature, Margaret explores the way her evolving relationship with a negative animus ultimately brought her into an experience of Selfhood. 

Join us as analyst Kevin Toohey dives into the symbolism and knowledge found in the fairy tale of the Frog Princess . Fairy tales can serve as rich guides on how to be with, accept and understand our unconscious. The Russian fairy tale of the Frog Princess provides an insight and instruction for men on how to respect and integrate their Anima or feminine qualities. 

Evelynne Joffe is the Director of the Institute of Esoteric Studies in Melbourne and in today’s talk she takes us on a journey through history, illuminating the many ways in which Judaism has retained the feminine face of God even as it appears to honour a particularly masculine deity. Evelynne evocatively conveys how both images of the mother and father God within need to be active if we are to b...

Join us as we listen to world renowned author and Jungian analyst Robert A. Johnson as he takes us through two myths, the Greek story of Oedipus and the Indian story of Nala and Damayanti (from the Mahabharata ) in order to understand what constitutes the feminine in our psyche. He describes how, in our predominantly patriarchal society, we might retrieve our feminine from the unconscious for a be...

Exploring the spiritual experiences and hopes of colonial white Australians, Dr Veronica Brady talks about our migrant past, initial hopes for a Great Southern Land, the false myth of the noble pioneer and our abuse of Aboriginal people. She describes how in Australia the old all-powerful God is dead, but in his place, we might turn to Spirit, the God who suffers, dies and hopes, and fits well wit...

Mary Symes talk on Ariadne and the Bull takes us on an in-depth journey through the myth. She explores the psychological tensions and tasks the myth requires women to attend to if we are to find a fruitful and meaningful union between our feminine and masculine energies. For relevant imagery, please look at our Facebook page. 

Brian Clark’s Reclaiming Eros includes descriptions and explorations of the many iterations of Eros, covering the god’s evolution and his modern faces. Brian draws our attention to the ways in which the energies of Eros bring the opposites of love and isolation together, giving rise to authentic experiences of intimacy and love that always include awareness of loss and separation. For relevant ima...

In Where Did the Gods Go? Peter invites us to explore Jung’s ideas of the Self archetype or the 'God Within'. While religion once helped to contain and structure this urge, today we need to find other ways of engaging with this archetypal energy. Peter goes on to describe what Jung calls numinous experiences and the benefits for the Self of attending to these.   

Professor Chris Mackie talks about The Symbolic Descent in Greek Myth . In his exploration of two stories (Priam retrieving his son Hector’s body from Achilles, and Jason retrieving the Golden Fleece) Chris draws our attention to powerful themes of love and courage. As our very human heroes embark on quests that bring them face to face with death, Chris also describes the very different heroic qua...

Lorraine Walker is a Jungian analyst now living and working in Shepparton. We hope you enjoy Lorraine’s exploration of inflation in today’s talk where she beautifully describes the dangers and benefits inherent in coming into contact with powerful archetypes.   

Listen to Dr Claire French speak about Jungian psychology and the its understanding and portrayal of the feminine. As a renowned lecturer she’s given many talks to the Society and if you enjoy today’s talk, make sure to check out her autobiography, My Upside Down World scheduled for release late 2020. WARNING: Please note, Claire directly quotes from New Woman, New Earth: Sex Ideologies and Human...

Enjoy Terence McBride’s talk on the “Archetype of the Wounded Healer” exploring ancient rites of healing and the Jungian therapeutic approach. Please note – as slides were referenced during this talk, we have included relevant images on our C.G Jung Society Melbourne Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/JungSocietyMelbourne/

Join us as we listen to Patrick Jansen eloquently describe the Jungian process of analysis including what it feels like to explore dreams, get in contact with the unconscious and the benefits of this kind of psychological work.  

Dr David Tacey is Emeritus professor of literature at La Trobe University and a specialist in Jungian ideas. Today David explores a Jungian perspective on the move from formal religion to modern spirituality and the intriguing relationship between spirituality and Jung’s process of individuation.  

Delve into the core concepts of Jungian psychology with analyst Annette Lowe as she describes a Jungian map of the psyche and provides a glimpse into the times and experiences that shaped Carl Jung’s life and innovations. Please check out our Facebook page to view the visual map of the psyche provided by Annette.