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A Day of Inquiry: Surfaces, Depths, & the Soul
at Andover Newton Theological School

October 22, 2010

Co-sponsored by the C. G. Jung Institute Boston

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What hold does the language of “soul” have in a hurried culture like ours, one shaped by the pressures of saturation and the experience of depletion? This day of inquiry brings two leading psychologists into conversation with those interested in the pressing questions that will shape this gathering. What relationship does the reality of the soul have to ordinary experience? How do we find our way in the confusions and complexities of our lives toward healing and wholeness?

The morning session, led by Dr. James Hollis, takes Dante’s journey “in a dark wood” as a point of departure, examining “shadows” as places of discovery and transformation, occasions for discerning the meaning of the soul’s pain and power. The afternoon session, led by Dr. Lionel Corbett, considers what Dante describes as of life “under the stars” to explore the experience of the numinous and how this dimension of our lives leads us toward integration and a more expansive life in the world.

This program will be held in conjunction with an exhibition in the Meetinghouse on the Andover Newton campus of drawings and paintings of Dante’s Divine Comedy by artist Thomas Duff. Participants will be invited to explore these images during the day, and Mr. Duff will be present to participate in discussions.

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Dr. James Hollis holds a A.B. from Manchester College and a Ph.D. from Drew University. He taught in colleges and universities for many years before retraining as a Jungian analyst at the Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland. He is a licensed Jungian analyst in private practice in Houston, Texas, where he served as executive director of the Jung Educational Center of Houston from 1997-2008. Author of more than a dozen books, he is also director of the Jungian Studies program of Saybrook Graduate School of San Francisco.

Dr. Lionel Corbett, M.D., trained in medicine and psychiatry in England and as a Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. His primary interests are in the religious function of the psyche, especially the way in which personal religious experience is relevant to individual psychology, and in the development of psychotherapy as a spiritual practice. Dr. Corbett is a core faculty member of Pacifica Graduate Institute, in Santa Barbara, California, where he teaches depth psychology.

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PLEASE NOTE: This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.

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