The APT-Birmingham Public Lecture

A TREASURE BURIED IN THE FIELD: THE RELEVANCE OF THE NUMINOUS IN ANALYTIC THEORY AND PRACTICE

Katerina Sarafidou

Numinous experiences go beyond the limits of conventional understanding and confront us with an object of such power that words to explain it fail. The numinous marks the limits of reason together with a sense of what might lie beyond those limits. Such numinous experiences often arise in analysis and are described in texts, whether they are referred to as numinous, aesthetic, sublime, uncanny or other but the understanding of their nature, value and impact varies widely. This seminar will explore the role of numinous
experiences in psychoanalytic and Jungian thought, including as it has been elucidated through Jung’s Red Book. It will consider their role for psychological growth and their implications for clinical practice and the analytic attitude.

Katerina Sarafidou is an honorary member of the British Jungian Analytic Association and Head of Research at the MSc Psychodynamics of Human Development, run by Birkbeck College and the British Psychotherapy Foundation. She is carrying out academic research at the Warburg Institute and has done educational consultancy work on behalf of several psychoanalytic and Jungian trainings in England. She is one of the three founders of The Circle of Analytical Psychology, which offers a 2-year study on Jung’s Liber Novus.

APPLICATION DETAILS

APPLICATION DETAILS FOR MARCH, MAY AND JUNE 2024
These lectures will take place at St Paul’s Convent, 94 Selly Park Road, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7LL and via Zoom between 10.15am – 12.45pm
The fees for these lectures are £50 for WMIP members and £60 for non-WMIP members whether attending in person or via Zoom

Bookings should be made/confirmed as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please refer to the separate Booking Form.

PAYMENT DETAILS

Please make BACS payments as follows:

Bank: Barclays, Sort Code: 20-08-44, Account No: 03737950
Account Name: The Training in Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy
(Please use your name as a reference)

For further details and queries contact:

Sue Harford, Administrator to the Training Committee,
telephone: 07789 545908, email: aptc@wmip.org

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