JUNG'S APPROACH & a broad outline of the nature and history of alchemy
About the Presentation
European alchemy endured from early Christian times to the end of the 17th century. It was the forerunner of the science of chemistry but also an esoteric philosophy. The Swiss psychiatrist C.G. Jung collected and studied original alchemical texts, concluding that those who called themselves the "chemical philosophers" (as opposed to the charlatans) unconsciously intuited that the stages in alchemy were equivalent to stages in psychological transformation, while the goal of alchemy – "the gold", "the philosopher's stone" or the elixir of eternal life– was the equivalent to the goal of this transformation: the Self. Anne will explain Jung's approach and give a broad outline of the nature and history of alchemy.
About the Presenter
Anne has been studying Jungian psychology for many decades. She retired at the end of 2018 from her private practice as a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist. She was on the committee of the C.G. Jung Society of Queensland for 15 years, including a period as president. Anne has presented talks to the Theosophical Society in past years on topics such as "Jung's theory of Archetypes", "Jung and the East" and "Jung's Red Book".
