- Booking is now open for the following online events:
The Eleusinian Mysteries
Webinar Film Showing with Q&A
Thursday 5th May 2022
Start time: 7:30pm End time: 9:30pm
Kindle a Light of Meaning in Cosmic Darkness
Location: Oxford Quaker Meeting House, 43 St Giles',
Oxford OX1 3LW & Online
Saturday 21st May 2022
Start time: 11:00am End time: 4:00pm
Conference & Webinar Refreshments included, Tea, Coffee & Biscuits
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- Booking will open soon for the following events:
Jung the Mystic
Webinar with Gary Lachman
Location: Worcester College, Oxford
The Way of the Heart Residential Summer Conference 2022
With Robert Mercurio and Giulia Valerio
Friday 26th August 2022 - Sunday 28th August 2022
For regular updates please do keep an eye on the Guild Events page
Some background to these events
Jung was a great advocate of people gathering in a social setting to discuss the challenges of the human condition against the backdrop of Analytical Psychology – the discipline which encapsulates his work. Many of his writings were the product of such in-depth discussions with colleagues and friends from various disciplines.
The spiritual nature of the human person is a subject that Jung engaged deeply with, in contrast to many of his contemporaries who avoided the matter entirely. It is against that backdrop that the Guild of Pastoral Psychology was founded in 1937 with Jung as its Patron. The Guild continues to attract members from across the globe.
The Guild of Pastoral Psychology provides a friendly social setting and offers a rich forum for anyone interested in exploring the relationship between spirituality and depth psychology, with particular reference to the writings of Carl Gustav Jung.
Jung and many of his colleagues spoke at Guild meetings in those early years. Well known key figures in the Jungian world such as: Michael Fordham, Gerhard Adler, Barbara Hannah, Vera von der Heydt, Marie-Louise von Franz, James Hillman, Irene Champernowne and Toni Wolff are just some examples. In more recent times the Guild has hosted presentations from eminent Jungian scholars, the likes of; Paul Bishop, Jean Shinoda Bolen, George Bright, Jim Fitzgerald, John Hill, James Hillman, James Kirsch, Susan Roland, David Tacey, Ann Ulanov and Donald Kalsched among others.
The Guild’s Papers, based on those lectures have achieved international recognition over the years. One of the benefits of membership is online access to the Guild's extensive archive of 350 papers dating back to the 1930's and in excess of 600 recordings dating from the 1970’s which are available free for members to download. Other benefits of membership are; discounts on events, many of which are now available to attend online; the Guild Newsletter and copies of Guild papers as soon as they are published.
Covid 19 has marked a new development in the long history of the Guild. Talks, webinars, and conferences are now available to attend online meaning that members and non-members can now attend events from the comfort of their own home irrespective of location.
The current aim is to let people know what we offer. We welcome new members and want to spread the word about forthcoming events.
Please do pass on this notice to anyone who you think may be interested.
Thank you
