ON-DEMAND COURSE

Originality

Jungian Psychology
TEACHER
Robert Bosnak
TOPIC
Jungian
Format
6 class course
DURATION
9 Hrs

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How to be original and how to become an original

Returning to one’s origin is the birth of vision, it is a longing described in various visionary traditions. Paradoxically our original spark is said to long for us as well, desiring to spark a wildfire of originality. It shatters what was built before and is an insult to our foundation of constancy. 

Course Description

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We are wired for stability. Homeostasis is our central principle; the earliest Western psychologists from Fechner to Freud tell us that constancy is our foundation. What we call ‘I’ is made of habits that keep us intact. Originality is a disruptive event frequently experienced first as destructive. It is the emergence of some sliver of authenticity that seems to be baked into us but covered over by a sauce of conventions. 

Returning to one’s origin is the birth of vision, it is a longing described in various visionary traditions. Paradoxically our original spark is said to long for us as well, desiring to spark a wildfire of originality. It shatters what was built before and is an insult to our foundation of constancy. 

The inner process of originality is frequently experienced as adversarial and threatening to habitual consciousness, our guardian of stability. This course will investigate how originality is often felt as alien and can be found in threatening (called ego-dystonic) forces in dreams and memories; marauding alien presences entering directly from the wilds of our origins. Connecting to the wild forces of true originality is no easy matter; we hide from them, desiring not to be disrupted. We experience them as our undoing.

Originality is different from being unique. We are all unique, our fingerprints tell us so. Being unique is no accomplishment, it’s a given. Visionary traditions show us that true originality is shattering and the work is to bring the original shattered sparks back into awareness. That’s why they call it an opus: it’s a piece of work (also in the sense of ‘you’re quite a piece of work!’) But if we find those sparks of origin and let ourselves be found by what makes us tick from the get-go, we may become this weird character called ‘a true original.’

This is an eminently practical course, because originality wants to be put to practical use. We will look to ancient history, philosophy, ritual, dreaming and the art of re-membering, to find clues how to start a conflagration that burns off the stale exterior of our encrusted existence. Bacchus will be the guardian spirit to these revels.

This program is ideal if you want to be able to

  • Learn more about yourself and what life asks from us to be an original human being.
  • Find the sparks of origin in your life to be an original and to become one.
  • Deal with the examination and analysis of concepts and how they relate to your everyday life.
  • Gain insights and practical tools that help you to be an original and to become one.
  • Allow yourself to be found by what makes you tick.
  • Relate to the invitations that come with being an original (i.e. the shattering of the foundation of constancy). 

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.
6 videos & 6 audio recordings
Companion Guide
Auto-generated Subtitles
Certificate of completion*
Available in English

ABout the teacher

Robert Bosnak

Robert Bosnak, PsyA, is a Jungian psychoanalyst who graduated from the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich in 1977. He pioneered the Embodied Imagination® method, that is being applied by practitioners worldwide. Robert Bosnak is a Core Faculty Member at Jung Platform.

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