Learn how Jung understood the creative process

Understanding the natural processes of the psyche can have profound implications for the creative individual.

One of the results of a well-integrated psyche is that considerable amounts of creative energy becomes available to us. From the Jungian perspective, when psychological energy is expressed through the creative impulse, it is a spontaneous product of the psyche. When this energy is blocked, it can lead to a host of psychological maladies. When the energy of the psyche is flowing freely, it can be expressed as a healing agent on both individual and cultural levels. Such creative energy may be expressed through the arts, the sciences, or any number of other cultural spheres. Those individuals who have been able to steward such creative energies in culturally generative ways have changed the world as we know it.
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In this course you'll learn how classical Jungian psychology understands the relationship between creativity and psychotherapy, as well as the connection between art, symbol, and the collective unconscious. The Jungian perspective combines the pursuit of aesthetics and the appreciation of beauty with an understanding of the symbols of the collective unconscious in a way that demonstrates how art and creative work can transform individuals as well as culture.

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Course curriculum

  • 2
    Module 1: Individuation and Creativity
  • 3
    Module 2: Jung, Art, and Active Imagination
  • 4
    Module 3: Jung, Art, and Aesthetics
  • 5
    Module 4: Art, Symbol, and the Collective Unconscious
  • 6
    Module 5: Jung, Music, and the Numinous
  • 7
    Module 6: Jung, Art, and Transformation
  • 8
    Module 7: Art and the Great Individual
  • 9
    Module 8: Art, Creativity, and Culture

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This course is an ideal resource for artists, musicians, therapists, and creative people of all types who would like to learn more about the methods of C.G. Jung and how he understood art, aesthetics, and the creative process.
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