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The Carl Jung Circle Center is a learning center for Jungian and Depth Psychology as it applies to a person’s individuation process, creativity and spirituality, to the well-being of communities and institutions, and to the tending of our culture and our planet.
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The Carl Jung Circle Center is a learning center for Jungian and Depth Psychology as it applies to a person’s individuation process, creativity and spirituality, to the well-being of communities and institutions, and to the tending of our culture and our planet.
This S is our endeavors to deepen the professional growth of our practitioners, and contribute to the growth of knowledge of Jungian Psychology. We have our internal Study Sessions, our Certificate Course, and our ground-breaking Conferences. We also support Research that explore the Filipino Psyche, and related fields in Jungian Psychology.
This S is the creation of safe spaces, soul spaces, to nourish the community. This includes bonding with our community, taking care of our Jung Library, and other activities that enhance our relationships with each other.
The Jung Library
The Jung Library is envisioned to be a soul space. To think. To read. To be in silence. To write. To study. To be enlightened. To be inspired. To be immersed in wisdom. To individuate.
The Jung Library was launched in July 26, 2007, which was also the 132nd birthday of Carl Jung.
The library supports the individuation journey of participants of The Carl Jung Circle Center's workshops. It is also meant for the further development of psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors and those in the healing profession, as well as students in psychology. And lastly, it is meant for individuals who wish to do soul work by reflecting on the aha! wisdom of these books.
The JUNG Library was initiated by the Friends of Jung Society - the mother and "humus" group, and The Carl Jung Circle Center - a broad Jungian-oriented community of professionals, individuals and groups. Its original location as at the RMY Consultancy office in Reposo, Makati.
The Library houses the private collection of intially eight individuals who generously loaned their books to the library. These are: Lizanne Alcarazen, Alex Tee, Rose Marie Yenko, Dr. Dido Gustilo, Ramon Abola (from the collection of his late wife, Marlene Abola), Elaine Lim, Dr. Rene Samaniego and Len Fernandez. It also houses the archive (notes, papers, a feew books) of the late Filipina Jungian Analyst, Dr. Eliza Baja.
In recent years, Dr. Ruth Hill and Dr. Garett Hill donated valuable Jungian journals. AJ Sagmit also loaned a vast number of his Jungian Books.
The books in the Library include the works of Carl Jung, other known Jungian Analysts such as Marie Louise von Franz, Barbara Hannah, and Edward Edinger, and other contemporary Jungian Analysts and authors - Jean Shinoda Bolen, June singer, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Marion Woodman, Carole Pearson, Daryl Sharp, Kathrin Asper, Verena Kast, Robert Johnson, Joseph Campbell, Jean Houston, Robert Bly, James Hillman, Thomas Moore, Robert Moore, Ira Progoff, Murray Stein and many others.
The library is likewise building up its collection of books from the faculty of the PACIFICA Graduate Institute. These books have been sourced from Jung Institutes and universities abroad, from bookshops - local, foreign and second-hand, from assiduous searches on the net, from friends and other local collectors. Included in this collection are books on myths, fairy tales, art therapy, and other psychology books. These books and materials are precious. Thank you to these collectors!
These four tracks interface with our four content foci which are the following: the INDIVIDUATION PROCESS, CREATIVITY AND SPIRITUALITY, the WELL-BEING OF THE ORGANIZATION, and WORKING WITH EARTH.
About Carl Gustav Jung
Carl Gustav Jung, was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst whose life work involved exploring his unconscious side. He was the son of a pastor, Paul Jung and a medium , Emilie Preiswerk. As a young boy , being a loner, he encountered visions, and was deeply reflective and intelligent. He noted early on that he had a two distinct personalities inside of him. This did not disturb him. Instead, it fueled his hunger for learning about the two.
After university, he made contact with Sigmund Freud , who was a popular scientist and analyst at that time. He wrote to Sigmund to say that he admired him and that he agreed with his theories. The two met and talked for 13 hours straight, on all topics and about life in general. They developed a close friendship and colleageship, Freud even considering Jung to be his successor as head of the Psychological association.
But Jung eventually found himself not agreeing with Freud on all his theories. He had different views . This led to a “falling-out “ between them. The break however, triggered a deep search for meaning within Jung, which he later described as INDIVIDUATION, the journey toward one’s Self.
Because Jung was no longer connected to Freud, he was able to explore his own ideas and theories about a lot of things. He developed most importantly the theory of the collective unconscious. He also delved, researched and wrote about such concepts as personality types (introversion, extroversion), archetypal energies (persona, shadow), anima and animus (feminine and masculine), sychronicity, active imagination, dream interpretation, among others.
He was very much interested in the mystical, the spiritual, history, art, paranormal, culture, the sciences, personal experience and integrated all these when treating his patients and especially when he wrote his many books and papers. It is because of this that his theories and work are still relevant today in many fields and influences people from many walks of life.
SOURCES :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung
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