Jung on Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises: Lectures Delivered at ETH Zurich, Volume 7: 1939–1940 (Philemon Foundation Series, 26)

Jung’s lectures on the psychology of Jesuit spiritual practice―unabridged in English for the first time Between 1933 and 1941, C. G. Jung delivered a series of public lectures at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. Intended for a general audience, these lectures addressed a broad range of topics, from yoga and meditation to dream analysis and the psychology of alchemy. Here for the first time are Jung’s complete lectures on Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises , delivered in the winter of 1939–1940. These illuminating lectures are the culmination of Jung’s investigation into traditional forms of meditation and their parallels to his psychotherapeutic method of active imagination. Jung presents Loyola’s exercises as the prime example of a Christian practice comparable to yoga and Eastern meditation, and gives a psychological interpretation of the visions depicted in the saint’s autobiographical writings. Offering a unique opportunity to encounter the brilliant psychologist as he shares his ideas with the general public, the lectures reflect Jung’s increasingly positive engagement with Roman Catholicism, a development that would lead to his fruitful collaborations after the war with eminent Catholic theologians such as Victor White, Bruno de Jésus-Marie, and Hugo Rahner. Featuring an authoritative introduction by Martin Liebscher along with explanations of Jungian concepts and psychological terminology, this splendid book provides an invaluable window on the evolution of Jung’s thought and a vital key to understanding his later work. Cover Contents General Introduction: Ernst Falzeder, Martin Liebscher, and Sonu Shamdasani Editorial Guidelines Acknowledgments Chronology Introduction to Volume 7 / Martin Liebscher Translator’s Note The Lectures on The Exercitia Spiritualia of Ignatius of Loyola (Announced as “The Process of Individuation”) Consisting of The Second half of The Summer Semester 1939, The Winter semester 1939/40, and Lecture 3 of The Winter semester 1940/41: Summer Semester 1939 Lecture 8. 16 June 1939 Lecture 9. 23 June 1939 Lecture 10. 30 June 1939 Lecture 11. 7 July 1939 Winter Semester 1939/40 Lecture 1. 3 November 1939 Lecture 2. 10 November 1939 Lecture 3. 17 November 1939 Lecture 4. 24 November 1939 Lecture 5. 1 December 1939 Lecture 6. 8 December 1939 Lecture 7. 15 December 1939 Lecture 8. 12 January 1940 Lecture 9. 19 January 1940 Lecture 10. 26 January 1940 Lecture 11. 2 February 1940 Lecture 12. 9 February 1940 Lecture 13. 16 February 1940 Lecture 14. 23 February 1940 Lecture 15. 1 March 1940 Lecture 16. 8 March 1940 Winter Semester 1940/41 Lecture 3. 22 November 1940 Abbreviations Bibliography Index