The APT-Birmingham Public Lecture

Saturday 7th November 2026
(In-Person only)

VII SERMONS TO THE DEAD AS THE CORNERSTONE OF JUNG’S INDIVIDUATION PROCESS:
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXT AND ITS CLINICAL RELEVANCE

Speaker: Katerina Sarafidou

Katerina Sarafidou

The VII Sermons to the Dead appears in the closing chapters of the Red Book and presents a cosmological framework that underpins the entire undertaking of Jung’s Liber Novus. It provides the foundation of Jung’s notion of individuation and reveals the full nature and purpose of the individuation process. It is the formulation of Jung’s own myth which he set out to discover when he embarked on his experimentation with the inner figures in 1913, and then documented in his Black Book diaries. These lectures will give an overview of the VII Sermons in the context of the Red Book and Black Books. They will explore the role of its text in individuation, and its implications for the work of analytical psychotherapy.

Katerina Sarafidou is the Head of Research and former Director of the MSc Psychodynamics of Human Development run by Birkbeck College and the British Psychotherapy Foundation. She is an honorary member of the British Jungian Analytic Association and one of three founders of The Circle of Analytical Psychology, which offers a 2-year course on Jung’s Liber Novus.

APPLICATION DETAILS

This event will take place in-person only at St Paul’s Convent, 94 Selly Park Road, Selly Park, Birmingham B29 7LL and will be held between 10.15am and 3pm.

WMIP Members: £95 (or £105 solidarity*)
Non-WMIP Members: £105 (or £115 solidarity*)
Trainee psychotherapist and other full-time trainees’ fee: £47.50 (or £57.50 solidarity*)
(proof of student/trainee membership is required)

Refreshments and a buffet lunch are included

Please refer to the application form for further details on reduced fees offered

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

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