Note: this event now to be held on 3rd Friday of April

Allan Guggenbühl, is a Psychologist & Jungian Psychotherapist in Zürich, and is one the most renowned child and adolescent psychologists of Switzerland. He will talk of the wisdom of Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul. Our Psyche knows more than we consciously realise! It might convey an answer to a personal problem or societal challenge, without us realising it.

This talk will explore how the nineteenth century came to realise that, like it or not, we are creatures composed of both light and darkness.

Eminent Jungian Scholar David Tacey will explore the contribution of Aboriginal Spirituality to the Australian nation.

In this presentation, Jungian Analyst and former President of the Melbourne Jung Society will focus specifically on the ego, its early development and the components of the ego complex, its drives, and its relation to the unconscious.

In his presentation, Jungian Analyst, Physicist and President of the SA Jung Society will investigate if we can return to the harmony of wholeness when life continually splits us apart, leaving us in an inner state of disturbed emotion in the face of outer confusion.

In this ground-breaking presentation, international Jungian Analyst Robert Bosnak explores the dimensions of the emerging relationship between Humanity and AI models like Chat GPT.

In his presentation, Brian will reflect on our disconnection from the wild and the necessity for its restoration

In his presentation, David will link the experience of beauty with the experience of soul and thus with the experience of depression which is soul telling the person that it is in need of attention and has the potential to express a particular energy.

Jungian Analyst Les Stein asks for those of us who seek individuation and spiritual growth, how are we to relate to our community

In his presentation, David will show us how the awakening of the indigenous archetype in the psyche can have positive as well as negative effects on the psychology of nations. 

In this event Craig and Miriam map the making of Persephone - telling how, a ‘force of nature’ gathered a human body by crossing the country, a long time ago. We tell what we learned from taking an unusual shift in perspective on this myth; then open discussion with Dr. Anne Noonan and others.

In her presentation, Kerrie will draw on Jungian and post-Jungian theories as well as her own clinical material to illustrate the difference between an individual who appears to be working through the process of individuation, and someone who has authentically engaged with their unconscious.

This event will be a celebration of the life and times of prominent Jungian Terence McBride, former President of the Sydney Jung Society.

In her presentation, Joanna will discuss the lineage of goddesses that now reveal themselves to us again as the balancing act of the dance of the feminine (‘anima’) and the masculine (‘animus’) as well as sexuality and spirituality.

In his presentation, former Sydney Jung Society president David Russell argues that that to engage with the dream experience, in a soulful manner, is to enhance our lived experience.

In his presentation prominent Jungian author and Jungian analyst Les Stein investigates whether contrary to Jung’s caution, Eastern spiritual practices can now be considered a useful and important adjunct to psychological growth.

In her presentation noted Jungian author Stephani Stephens will look at what possibly the dead were trying to teach Jung as well as what he felt were his obligations to them.

Our November panel discussion is titled Colonization and its Discontents and features eminent Jungians who will approach the topic of colonization in Australia and its effects from multiple perspectives, through the intimate lens of their personal and deeply heartfelt experiences and their extensive knowledge of relevant Jungian and post-Jungian concepts.

This presentation looks at the concept of the ‘lost child’ from a psychological and cultural perspective. Taking an interdisciplinary Jungian approach, Terrie re-evaluates this cyclic storytelling motif in history and on the screen, as the nucleus of a cultural complex – a group obsession that as Jung argued of all complexes, has us.

What attracts us to Jung’s work. What relationship with Jung do we feel? What sort of journey have we taken into Jung’s work and how has it affected us? Is there a possibility of turning the love of Jung into a career. These are questions that many of us have asked. Heather’s presentation offers us the opportunity to reflect on the questions in ourselves, by sharing some of the highs and lows of her own personal Jungian journey.

South Australian Jung Society President Robert Matthews guides our interpretation of the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tale, The Devil's Sooty Brother and along the way help us to better understand Jung’s unique approach to fairy tales.

Jungian Analyst and master story teller Craig San Roque and mythopoetic actress Miriam Pickard will tell a modern fable of Persephone’s suicide as metaphor on extinction melancholia, while noted author on environmental consciousness Sally Gillespie will give a response.

Former Jung Society President David Russell helps us to better understand the deeper psychological attitude is working-with-the-desire: what it looks like, how it manifests, and who (what mythic figure) is being represented..

Join Jung Society President Robert Dommett who takes up the challenge of tracing the underlying forces at work in the rise and fall of Great White Male leadership and guides us through how they captured the power of divine leadership and also finds the fatal lie that caused them to lose it, and with it their great bronze symbols of power.

Join Jungian Analyst Les Stein as he explores how the process of individuation occurs within society as a whole, as well as in the individual.

International Jungian Analyst Robert Bosnak returns to Sydney to draw on his experience in developing computer assisted therapy (Cathy) in the 1990s and in the current development of AI companions to treat the global epidemic of loneliness affecting millions of people which is as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes per day.

Join Jung Society President Robert Dommett who takes us on a journey to the Archetypal Roots of Surveillance Capitalism and reveals it to be a manifestation of modernity’s devious Soul that has profound implications for the evolution of consciousness and the future of humanity.

Former Jung Society President David Russell discusses the experience of childhood trauma and illustrates therapeutic approaches using the mythic story of the Handless Maiden.

Join psychotherapist Brendan McPhillips who will investigate the profound nature of psychological change that can potentially occur within the therapeutic process.

Join Jungian scholar and Zen Buddhism practitioner Brendon Stewart who explores the relationship of Jungian and Zen Buddhist principles and how we might apply then to better cope with the complexities and challenges of modern living.