Since the publication of Jung’s Red Book, a significant amount of material on the dead has come to light and points to the possibility that when Jung referred to ‘the dead’ in his personal material he was, in fact, referring to the literal dead as a separate category of psychic experience. In this presentation, Dr. Stephens introduces material from Jung’s Memories, Dreams, Reflections, and the Red Book, to raise questions about how Jung experienced the dead during his initial encounters with his visionary material. Dr. Stephens will question some previously held assumptions about visionary encounters within the therapeutic technique known as ‘active imagination’ as well as raising the Jung's own questions about psychological inheritance and the work we do on behalf of our ancestors.

Stephani Stephens, PhD is a lecturer at the University of Canberra in the discipline of Counselling. Between 2004 and 2013, she served on the Executive Committee of the International Association of Jungian Studies. She is the author of C.G. Jung and the Dead; Visions, Active Imagination and the Unconscious Terrain (Routledge, 2019) and is the 2018 recipient of the Frances P. Bolton Fellowship.

 Date: 13th March 2020
Time: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Venue: Mitchell Theatre Level 1 Sydney Mechanics' School
of Arts, 280 Pitt St, Sydney
Cost: Members $15 Non-Members $25 Non-Member
Concession $20

*Psychotherapists and other practitioners can obtain credit for Professional Development hours recognised by PACFA and ACA for this presentation.