AfternoonTarot Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) TT&M Book Club Welcome to our reading and discussion of the first chapter of Man and His Symbols, conceived and edited by Carl Jung! The book is available for free online here. Description: “The different sections in this book speak for themselves... Jung's own chapter introduces the reader to the unconscious, to the archetypes and symbols that form its language and to the dreams by which it communicates. Dr. Henderson in the following chapter illustrates the appearance of several archetypal patterns in ancient mythology, folk legend, and primitive ritual. Dr. von Franz, in the chapter entitled "The Process of Individuation," describes the process by which the conscious and the unconscious within the individual learn to know, respect, and accommodate one another. In a certain sense this chapter contains not only the crux of the whole book, but perhaps the essence of Jung's philosophy of life: Man becomes whole, integrated, calm, fertile, and happy when (and only when) the process of individuation is complete, when the conscious and the unconscious have learned to live in peace and to compliment one another. Mrs. Jaffe, like Dr. Henderson, is concerned with demonstrating, in the familiar fabric of the conscious, man's recurring interest in - almost obsession with - the symbols of the unconscious. They have for him a profoundly significant, almost a nourishing and sustaining, inner attraction - whether they occur in the myths and fairy tales that Dr. Henderson analyzes or in the visual arts, which, as Mrs. Jaffe shows, satisfy and delight us by a constant appeal to the unconscious.” - Amazon Reading Schedule: (On Sunday of each week, I’ll create a thread for the following week’s discussion.) Before August 18th - obtain book, review syllabus, read Introduction, pages 9-15 (optional) August 18-24 Week 1 - The Importance of Dreams, pages 20 - 31 August 25-31 Week 2 - Past and Future in the Unconscious, pages 32 - 38 September 1-7 Week 3 - The Function of Dreams, pages 39 - 54 September 8-14 Week 4 - The Analysis of Dreams, pages 55 - 66 September 15 - 21 Week 5 - The Archetype in Dream Symbolism, pages 67-73 September 22 - 28 Week 6 - The Archetype in Dream Symbolism, continued, pages 74 -82 September 29 - October 5 - Week 7 - The Soul of Man, pages 83 - 92 October 6 - 12 - Week 8 - The Role of Symbols and Healing the Split, pages 93 - 103 Some Ideas for Weekly Discussion: Your reflections on the reading. What stood out to you? What surprised you? What did you disagree with? What did you relate to? Anything “quotable?” In what ways does the reading relate to Tarot and the practice of Tarot? Share examples of symbols from art, popular culture, cultural artifacts, dreams, etc. Anything else you’d like to discuss. Additional Resources: The Jung Lexicon by Daryl Sharp Mary K. Greer’s blog post on Jung and Tarot Speaking of Jung, a podcast by Laura London Nine Card Open Face Spread (Jung and Tarot) by Benebel Wen (Please feel free to send me additional resources and I’ll add them here.) The first thread starts here. Edited October 6, 2019 by AfternoonTarot Link to Thread.
Starlight Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 Thank you for the additional resources, @AfternoonTarot. I don't know if this fits with the topic, but Benebel Wen covered Jung and a tarot spread in one of her Sightsee The Tarot episodes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc0xnKPRN6w
AnomalyTempest Posted August 13, 2019 Posted August 13, 2019 Oh boy! I'm excited for this. Thanks for the extra resources. I've read the intro already and am chomping at the bit to get started so the other links and info will be fun to look into while we wait to get started. 😄
AfternoonTarot Posted August 14, 2019 Posted August 14, 2019 21 hours ago, Starlight said: Thank you for the additional resources, @AfternoonTarot. I don't know if this fits with the topic, but Benebel Wen covered Jung and a tarot spread in one of her Sightsee The Tarot episodes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc0xnKPRN6w Great resource, thank you @Starlight! I’ve added it to the list. In the video, Benebel talks about unconscious and examining the symbolism of the cards - very relevant to our reading. One of the books she references in the video Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey by Sallie Nichols (and where the spread came from) is an excellent book. Sallie gives many examples of Tarot symbolism examined through a Jungian lens.
AfternoonTarot Posted August 14, 2019 Posted August 14, 2019 15 hours ago, AnomalyTempest said: Oh boy! I'm excited for this. Thanks for the extra resources. I've read the intro already and am chomping at the bit to get started so the other links and info will be fun to look into while we wait to get started. 😄 Awesome! So glad you’ll be joining in!
AfternoonTarot Posted August 18, 2019 Posted August 18, 2019 I would like to invite anyone who is interested to drop by our Book Club threads and join in the discussion at any time. There is no formal sign-up, so follow along and join in as your schedule permits.
Starlight Posted August 18, 2019 Posted August 18, 2019 Thank you for posting that, @AfternoonTarot. I didn't realise there was a new thread started for our week 1 reading. I'm heading over there now. 🙂
Esk Posted August 19, 2019 Posted August 19, 2019 How funny! I begun the introduction of this book last week. I've recently discovered Jung works and wanted to read more. I chose this one because... it's short (the french publication I get is only about the chapter written by Jung). I may come up from time to time and I'll certainly read all your comments 😀. I hope I'll be able to join the conversation but I admit I don't have much time to read and I'm late on my schedule about pretty much everything. I also wanted to thank you @AfternoonTarot and @Starlight for the interesting resources you have shared about Jung and tarot ! 😀
AfternoonTarot Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 On 8/18/2019 at 8:17 AM, Starlight said: Thank you for posting that, @AfternoonTarot. I didn't realise there was a new thread started for our week 1 reading. I'm heading over there now. 🙂 You’re welcome. See ya there!
AfternoonTarot Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 On 8/19/2019 at 12:16 PM, Esk said: How funny! I begun the introduction of this book last week. I've recently discovered Jung works and wanted to read more. I chose this one because... it's short (the french publication I get is only about the chapter written by Jung). I may come up from time to time and I'll certainly read all your comments 😀. I hope I'll be able to join the conversation but I admit I don't have much time to read and I'm late on my schedule about pretty much everything. I also wanted to thank you @AfternoonTarot and @Starlight for the interesting resources you have shared about Jung and tarot ! 😀 Sure, join in at any time as your schedule permits. It’s very informal. 😀
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