While the Jungian approach to spirituality departs from specific religious beliefs and practices and does not privilege any in particular, it retains an attitude of respect for the variety of experiences of the numinous and for all God images. Spirituality is a central feature of the individuation process. The essays in this volume of The Collected Writings of Murray Stein are dedicated to reflecting on and expanding this core principle.
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Volume 7 of the Collected Writings of Murray Stein brings together the author’s writings on moral conscience and the problem of evil as developed in the works of C.G. Jung and other psychologists and philosophers. Included are reflections on the nature of evil and the source of evil, the importance of becoming conscious of what Jung called “the shadow” aspect of the personality, and the role of the individuation process for containment of shadow enactments.
Analytical Psychology and Christianity is the fifth volume of the Collected Writings of Murray Stein and explores Jung’s personal relationship to his own religious tradition, namely Christianity. Jung wrestled intensely with Christian rituals, theology, and personal practice. These topics preoccupied Jung for much of his life. In this volume, Murray Stein illuminates Jung’s relationship with Christianity and how he strove to restore its transcendent symbols. Jung and Stein offer guidance for Christianity to flourish into the 21st Century and beyond.
Volume 6 of the Collected Writings of Murray Stein continues where Volume 5 left off, namely the archetypal exploration of religion in general and Christianity in particular. It begins with the question of what it might look like if we interpreted the Christian Bible as if it were a dream. Characters in the dream include a father-hero archetype called Yahweh, a satanic shadow brother, multiple anima figures and a servant-king that brings completion. Volume 6 goes on to explore concepts of Heaven and Hell, the reality of the soul, synchronicity and the divine, and the psychology of the God image. Dr. Stein is at his best as he brings forth the convergence of psychology and religion.
The Collected Writings of Murray Stein Volume 4 – The Practice of Jungian Psychoanalysis by Murray Stein The Practice of Jungian Psychoanalysis is the 4th volume in The Collected Writings of Murray Stein. It includes works by the author with special relevance to analytic practice. Among them are the Ghost Ranch papers from 1983-1992, essays on transference and types […]
The Practice of Jungian Psychoanalysis is the fourth volume in The Collected Writings of Murray Stein. It is an extraordinarily practical volume, indispensable for Jungian analysts, Jungian psychotherapists or students hoping to sharpen their analytical skills. Topics include the goals of analysis, transference, countertransference, dream interpretation, individuation, active imagination, sibling rivalry and envy, the symbolic attitude, the faith of the analyst, and even the problem of sleepiness during sessions. The volume concludes with Dr. Stein reviewing the “4 Pillars of Jungian psychoanalysis.” Volume 4 is truly the “nuts and bolts” of Jungian analytical practice.
