THE HEARTLAND ASSOCIATION OF JUNGIAN ANALYSTS
SEMINARS SYLLABUS 2020-2021
The detailed syllabus for an upcoming weekend will be published approximately four weeks in advance of the seminar. Seminar topics and presenters for the current academic year are listed under the "Seminars Schedule" tab.
April 9-10, 2021
Jung’s Late-Life Thoughts about Religion and Psyche
Rose Holt and Sheldon Culver
Seminar Overview: C.G. Jung often stated that no one is cured unless he/she develops a religious attitude. He did not necessarily mean an attitude related to any particular religion or creed. Rather, he meant the individual needs a more or less conscious tie to the eternal values and patterns that lie in the unconscious. For many people a formal religious dogma is insufficient. For these people a personal experience of the numinous is a necessary condition for healing. In this seminar we will read, reflect on, and discuss letters Jung wrote in his later years that most clearly explain his thinking about the vital topics of psychology, religion, and religious experience.
Friday evening will offer a discussion of the film, “The Apostle.” Please view in advance of our meeting.
Required Reading
Edinger, Edward, The New God-Image: A Study of Jung’s Key Letters Concerning the Evolution of
the Western God-Image, Wilmette: Chiron, 1996. “Appendix: Selections from Jung’s Letters, pp.
121-199.
Recommended Reading
The New God-Image is recommended supplemental reading. However, our focus in this
discussion will be on our own understanding and interpretation of Jung’s late-life thought about an issue integral to Analytical Psychology.
Assignment
Candidates will select 1-3 key ideas from the letters and write a two-page discussion about them. Part of our weekend together will focus on the ideas contained in the papers.
Learning Objectives:
1. To analyze Jung’s late thought for strategies for working with clients who suffer wounding
from early religious experiences and/or who are alienated from the religious roots that
lie in the psyche.
2. To apply Jung’s views about the interconnectedness of religious experiences and
psychological approaches in the work to heal the splits that analysands experience in
their lives.
3. To compare one’s personal god-image with that of their youth and childhood so that it might become more conscious and adjusted.
4. To work effectively with transference/counter-transference dynamics in sensitive areas that one’s religious history and experience touch upon.
Sheldon Culver, M. Div., D. D. is an ordained minister with the United Church of Christ. She is a Senior Jungian Analyst who has practiced Jungian Analysis, pastoral counseling and spiritual direction in St. Louis, MO, for 40 years. She trained with the IRSJA, graduating in 1996, and is also a member of the IAAP. She, along with three other IRSJA graduates, founded the Heartland Association of Jungian Analysts (HAJA.) Sheldon serves as the HAJA Coordinator, chairs a Review Committee for IRSJA Candidates, and has been an analyst substitute on IRSJA Exam Committees. She has taught as adjunct faculty at Eden Theological Seminary and as faculty for the St. Louis/Kansas City seminars.
Rose F. Holt, M.A., is a Senior Jungian Analyst who practices in St. Louis, MO. She graduated from the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts Training Program in 2001, and is a member of the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts, the Inter Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, the Heartland Association of Jungian Analysts, and the International Association of Analytical Psychologists. She has served on various society training committees, has written many articles, taught many courses, and given numerous lectures and presentations on various facets of Jungian Psychology.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Sheldon Culver, the Seminar Coordinator, at im4shadow@sbcglobal.net or (636) 795-0750.
SEMINARS SYLLABUS 2020-2021
The detailed syllabus for an upcoming weekend will be published approximately four weeks in advance of the seminar. Seminar topics and presenters for the current academic year are listed under the "Seminars Schedule" tab.
April 9-10, 2021
Jung’s Late-Life Thoughts about Religion and Psyche
Rose Holt and Sheldon Culver
Seminar Overview: C.G. Jung often stated that no one is cured unless he/she develops a religious attitude. He did not necessarily mean an attitude related to any particular religion or creed. Rather, he meant the individual needs a more or less conscious tie to the eternal values and patterns that lie in the unconscious. For many people a formal religious dogma is insufficient. For these people a personal experience of the numinous is a necessary condition for healing. In this seminar we will read, reflect on, and discuss letters Jung wrote in his later years that most clearly explain his thinking about the vital topics of psychology, religion, and religious experience.
Friday evening will offer a discussion of the film, “The Apostle.” Please view in advance of our meeting.
Required Reading
Edinger, Edward, The New God-Image: A Study of Jung’s Key Letters Concerning the Evolution of
the Western God-Image, Wilmette: Chiron, 1996. “Appendix: Selections from Jung’s Letters, pp.
121-199.
Recommended Reading
The New God-Image is recommended supplemental reading. However, our focus in this
discussion will be on our own understanding and interpretation of Jung’s late-life thought about an issue integral to Analytical Psychology.
Assignment
Candidates will select 1-3 key ideas from the letters and write a two-page discussion about them. Part of our weekend together will focus on the ideas contained in the papers.
Learning Objectives:
1. To analyze Jung’s late thought for strategies for working with clients who suffer wounding
from early religious experiences and/or who are alienated from the religious roots that
lie in the psyche.
2. To apply Jung’s views about the interconnectedness of religious experiences and
psychological approaches in the work to heal the splits that analysands experience in
their lives.
3. To compare one’s personal god-image with that of their youth and childhood so that it might become more conscious and adjusted.
4. To work effectively with transference/counter-transference dynamics in sensitive areas that one’s religious history and experience touch upon.
Sheldon Culver, M. Div., D. D. is an ordained minister with the United Church of Christ. She is a Senior Jungian Analyst who has practiced Jungian Analysis, pastoral counseling and spiritual direction in St. Louis, MO, for 40 years. She trained with the IRSJA, graduating in 1996, and is also a member of the IAAP. She, along with three other IRSJA graduates, founded the Heartland Association of Jungian Analysts (HAJA.) Sheldon serves as the HAJA Coordinator, chairs a Review Committee for IRSJA Candidates, and has been an analyst substitute on IRSJA Exam Committees. She has taught as adjunct faculty at Eden Theological Seminary and as faculty for the St. Louis/Kansas City seminars.
Rose F. Holt, M.A., is a Senior Jungian Analyst who practices in St. Louis, MO. She graduated from the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts Training Program in 2001, and is a member of the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts, the Inter Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, the Heartland Association of Jungian Analysts, and the International Association of Analytical Psychologists. She has served on various society training committees, has written many articles, taught many courses, and given numerous lectures and presentations on various facets of Jungian Psychology.
If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Sheldon Culver, the Seminar Coordinator, at im4shadow@sbcglobal.net or (636) 795-0750.