ON-DEMAND COURSE

Gold from the Dark Woods

Jungian Psychology
TEACHER
James Hollis
TOPIC
Jungian Psychology
Format
5 Class Course
DURATION
6.5 hours

Payment options: Credit Card or PayPal.

Find your way out of the Dark Woods

Every now and then, we find ourselves in the deep dark woods. Old road maps that once guided us no longer show us where we are. We feel disoriented, lost, lonely and disconnected from meaning. Paradoxically, the continued defeat of our understanding of self and world is also a source of our growth. It presents an invitation for us to seriously revise or re-understand our purpose in life. 

This thought-provoking course with James Hollis tackles the question of how we can re-draw our maps and emerge with gold from these deep, dark woods. 

Course Description

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What is the Shadow and how is it a part of our personal lives and society at large? What is the function of the Shadow? How can we recognize it in ourselves and learn its impact on our daily lives? What is the benefit of integrating the Shadow parts of ourselves for our personal life’s journey?

In this course, our knowledgeable group of experts will shed light on the concept of the Shadow. You will learn about practical tools for shadow work that you can apply on your own. The speakers will go into the personal as well as collective Shadow, the Shadow in relationships, and how the Shadow manifests in dreams, among other topics. 

This course is interview-style. Machiel Klerk and Akke-Jeanne Klerk – Jung Platform founders and siblings – will be in conversation with experts. Each of the experts brings a unique perspective on the Shadow. Together, they offer a vivid depiction of the Shadow and its appearance in our everyday life. 

Note: The interviews of this program were recorded for the Jung Platform summit ‘Engage the Shadow’

This program is ideal if you want to be able to

  • Understand periods of spiritual crisis in your life better.
  • Acknowledge the stories you’re living and the stories you’d like to live.
  • Embrace the opportunities for growth presented to us in these dark woods.
  • Cultivate a greater sense of purpose and resilience in the face of life's challenges.
  • Learn to locate the guides that you can rely on to find your way out of the dark woods of life.

Class Descriptions

Class 1 – Spiritual Crises
Being in the dark woods is a time of spiritual crisis. In this class, Hollis helps us define a spiritual crisis. How do we know if we are experiencing one? What are the different forms of spiritual crisis? What can we do in the face of these crises? What opportunity do they bring us? Is there such a thing as meaningful or authentic suffering?

Class 2 – Your Story
Often, it is our encounters with crises and suffering that brings the stories in us up to the surface. This class encourages us to ask ourselves “What is my story?”. Where are our stories coming from? What do they say about us? What purpose have they served/are they serving? Are we living our own story or somebody else’s? Is our suffering showing us how and what we can change about the stories that have brought us so far?

Class 3 – Loving your Fate
The place where you’re wounded is often the place where you are most insightful. What happens to our understanding of suffering when we bring fate into the equation? Can we love our fate? Can we live a meaningful life in the face of it? What place does choice have here? Hollis dips into existentialism, essentialism and of course, Jung’s work to open up this most interesting idea of loving one’s fate.

Class 4 – Mortality and Death
One of the things that make our life matter is paradoxically our mortality. What is the connection between death or the denial of death and suffering? What does it mean when we say “the gift of mortality”? Do we see our choices, values and purpose in a different light when we bring into consideration our mortality? Hollis also breifly looks at sacrifice, suicide, near-death experiences & more.

Class 5 – Meaning of Life
Humanity has a soul. And there is a buried treasure in the field. In this class, Hollis ties up everything that has been discussed in the previous classes. What emerges from within when old maps can no longer be relied on? What are the risks we run into? What does healing from a period of loss of meaning look like? How do we emerge with gold from the deep, dark woods?

Course overview

What you will receive

*You will receive a certificate of completion, but it’s not from an official accrediting body. Please check if it will be accepted by the organization you wish to use it with.
5 audio & 5 video recordings 
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Certificate of completion*
Available in English

ABout the teacher

James hollis

James Hollis, Ph.D., is presently a licensed Jungian analyst in private practice in Washington, D.C. He is also a Core Faculty Member at Jung Platform since 2016, and one of the best Jungian teachers of our age.

Scholarships

We here at Jung Platform want to make these programs available to anyone. If you would love to participate yet can’t pay for the full course, then please send us an email at scholarships@jungplatform.com and describe why you feel you qualify for a scholarship, how much you can pay, and what you will do to help the Jung Platform promote this and other programs.

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