​Emotions: What can we learn about them from Jung?

​“There are situations in which a certain amount of emotion is natural and reasonable and if lacking one would feel the want of something, but to be just swayed, swept off one’s feet by emotions, is one of the symptoms of primitivity, or even a morbid symptom.”  C.G. Jung Visions Seminar p. 1253

Jung has a lot to say about personal emotions, collective emotions, destructive emotions, healing emotions, emotions that separate, emotions that unite, cosmic emotions, chaotic emotions, meaningful emotions. He explored emotions in depth, uncovering the ways in which emotions work in the psyche, both positively and negatively.

In this course we will look at Jung’s many surprising and challenging ideas about emotions as expressed in both his books and his seminars. We will discuss how emotions impact the “outer” dimensions of our daily lives at work and in relationships, and how emotions impact the way we live with our own “inner” experience of ourselves.