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COMPLEXES: PATHWAYS TO THE SOULAshok Bedi, MD, Jungian Analyst
September 20-21, 2024
Friday night 7:30 PM-9 PM and Saturday 10 AM-4 PM.
Jung Society – Chapel Hill, North Carolina
https://www.jungnc.org/events
Complexes are the building blocks of the DNA of our Psyche. Embedded in the personal and
the collective unconscious, they are the sand grit around which the oyster of our personality
can gestate the pearls of new potentials. They help us harvest the gifts of the archetypes
that form the nucleus of the complexes. The first to use the term complexes was Breuer,
from whom both Jung and Freud borrowed the concept. Jung established the experimental
evidence for the complexes using his word association tests. This led to a transient
collaboration between Jung and Freud and Freud established the centrality of the Oedipus
complex as central dynamic of neurosis. This also led to the eventual breakup of their
collaboration when Jung proposed that there are infinite complexes, and they may have an
enriching impact on the personality if made conscious and assimilated in the Ego complex.
Complexes are the foundation of the psyche and form the matrix in which the archetypes,
alchemy, typology and individuation may blossom. Jung had his own complexes based on
the word association tests – we will explore these as well. A complex, well integrated with
the ego complex leads to individuation, a complex at war with the ego complex leads to
neurosis, a complex takeover of the personality leads to psychosis. Join me in exploring the
mystery and the mastery of the complexes.
Suggested Reading for participants who wish to take a deeper dive into the Complexes!
Jung, C. G. (1969). The structure and dynamics of the psyche, Volume 8 (2d -- ed. Vol. 20). Princeton,
N.J.: Princeton University Press., pages 92-106, paras 194-219
Jung, C. G. (1973). Experimental researches, Volume 2 (Vol. 20). Princeton, N.J.: Princeton
University Press, pages 439-482, 598-604
Dieckmann, H. (1999). Complexes: diagnosis and therapy in analytical psychology. Wilmette, IL:
Chiron Publications.
Goodheart, W. B. (1980). A Review by Willaim B.Goodheart. The San Francisco Jung Institute
Library Journal, 1(4), 1-39.
Hill, G. (1995). G. Hill, The Masculine and the Feminine. Gareth Hill calls this dissolving action a
“watery initiation.” Boston: Shambhala.
Jacobi, J. (1945). Complex, archetype, symbol; Attempt to clarify terms from the standpoint of
Jungian psychology. Schweiz Z Psychol Anwend, 4(3-4), 276-313. Retrieved from
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20280402
Jung, C. G. (1960). The psychogenesis of mental disease, Volume 3 (Vol. 3). London: Paul.
Jung, C. G. (1969). The structure and dynamics of the psyche, Volume 8 (2d -- ed. Vol. 20). Princeton,
N.J.: Princeton University Press.
Jung, C. G. (1973). Experimental researches, Volume 2 (Vol. 20). Princeton, N.J.: Princeton
University Press.
Perry, J. W. (1970). Emotions and Object Relations. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 15(1), 1-12a.
Psyche & the City: A Soul's Guide to the Modern Metropolis (Analytical Psychology & Contemporary
Culture) (2010). New Orleans, Louisiana: Spring Journal, Inc
Roesler, C. U., Tina van. (2018). Complexes and the Unconscious. In C. Roesler (Ed.), Research in
Analytical Psychology - Empirical Research (pp. 29-40). London and New York: Routledge - Taylor
and Francis Group.
Shalit, E. (2002). The complex: path of transformation from archetype to ego. Toronto: Inner City
Books.
Singer, T., & Kimbles, S. L. (2004). The cultural complex : contemporary Jungian perspectives on
psyche and society. Hove, East Sussex; New York: Brunner-Routledge.
Ashok Bedi MD – Jungian Analyst
Ashok Bedi, M.D. is a Jungian psychoanalyst and a
board-certified psychiatrist. He is a member of the
Royal College of psychiatrists of Great Britain, a
diplomat in Psychological Medicine at the Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons of England, a
Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric
Association. He is a Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin in
Milwaukee and a training analyst at the Carl G. Jung Institute of Chicago. His books include
In the Eye of the Storm- Staying Centered in Personal and Collective Crisis, The Spiritual
Paradox of Addiction, Crossing the Healing Zone, Awaken the Slumbering Goddess: The
Latent Code of the Hindu Goddess Archetypes, Retire Your Family Karma: Decode Your
Family Pattern and Find Your Soul Path and Path to the Soul. He is the liaison for the IAAP
for developing Jungian training programs in India and travels annually to India to teach,
train the consult with the Jungian Developing groups at several centers in India including
Ahmedabad and Mumbai. He leads the annual “A Jungian Encounter with the Soul of India”
study group to several centers in India under the auspices of the New York Jung Foundation
and the Carl Jung Institute of Chicago. His publications and upcoming programs may be
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Church of Reconciliation, 110 N Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-5817, United States,Chapel Hill, North Carolina
