Irish Society of Jungian Analysts (ISJA) in Conjunction with The Irish Analytical Psychology Association (IAPA) Presents live on Zoom – C.G. Jung, W.B. Yeats, and the Anima Mundi – Hugh McGovern, Jungian Analyst. What we can learn from a famous Swiss psychoanalyst, a great Irish poet and others to help reduce ecological destruction and climate change.
C.G. Jung, W.B. Yeats, and the Anima Mundi – Hugh McGovern, Jungian Analyst
Date: 5 June 2025
Time: 7:30pm – 9pm
Location: Online
Cost: €20 / €15 (students)
Register: isja.events@gmail.com
About the Event
This presentation will examine some of Jung’s and Yeats’s writings on the Anima Mundi or World Soul, and other similarities including their towers at Bollingen and near Gort. It will also include some material from their autobiographies. We will see how Jung’s understanding of the Anima Mundi changed over time; and that the alchemical worldview which influenced him and the magical worldview which influenced Yeats are quite different from the scientific worldview that is widely accepted today.
We will also consider the importance of the Anima Mundi for our own time, with reference to Jungians Lionel Corbett, James Hillman, and Mary-Jayne Rust; cultural historians Morris Berman and Richard Tarnas; scientist James Lovelock; writers Carolyn Merchant, Thomas Moore, and David Suzuki; and an Indigenous perspective. It is apparent that a loss of connection with the Anima Mundi for many humans is a major cause of environmental destruction and climate change, as the natural world has become “de-psychized” and perceived as a resource to be exploited by human beings for material gain.
Hugh McGovern, Ph.D., is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, and Chartered Psychologist specialising in psychotherapy, with the Psychological Society of Ireland. He practiced for many years in Dublin and in the West of Ireland as a Clinical Psychologist with the Irish health service. Hugh has a Diploma in Adult Psychoanalysis from the C. G. Jung Institute Zurich, a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology and a certificate in Neo-Jungian Studies and Contemporary Analytical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and also degrees in Psychology from Carleton University and the University of West Georgia. He now lives in Ottawa, Canada, and is planning to return to online practice in Dublin.
Important Note: This Event Will Not Be Recorded & Participants Are Advised To Attend The Live Event.
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Refund Policy: No Refunds
