Jung and the Unconscious

Join us for an exciting, inspirational, and educational class as we explore some basics of Jung’s work and his teachings about the personal and collective unconscious.

Carl Jung was the radical and inspirational Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist who founded analytic psychology. His work has been influential in psychiatry and in the study of religion, literature, and related fields. He developed a characteristic and unique way of understanding the human psyche and its functioning. Certain of his concepts have entered everyday language, such as introversion and extroversion, complex, archetype, etc. He differed from Freud in his study of the unconscious because he explored spirituality and mysticism.

Week 1 (May 17): More about Carl Jung and why is he important? Exploring Archetypes, Ego & Self, and Active Imagination

Week 2 (May 24): The Shadow Knows, the Opposite Sex Within (Amima/Animus), Meeting the Self

Week 3 (May 31): Synchronicity, UFO’s and the Unconscious, and A Theory of Types (segway into Week 4 class)

Week 4 (June 7): Special Class!! Introduction to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

An Introduction to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

with Rebecca Thompson
June 7 - 6:30-8:30 PM

The fourth class in this series will be taught by virtual Prayer Chaplain, congregant, and fabulous Organizational Developmental Consultant, Rebecca Thompson. She will provide Myers-Briggs tests for us to take and will explain this amazing system which has its roots in the work of Carl Jung.

What is the MBTI?

The MBTI is a personality instrument that is used in a variety of settings including team building, career development, conflict management, and relationship counseling. It is useful in helping to understand our own behaviors and preferences and those of others, to improve relationships and effectiveness in our interactions.

The MBTI instrument contains 93 questions and produces a report to identify which of sixteen different personality types best describes you. Your personality type represents your preferences in four separate categories, with each category composed of two opposite poles.

The four categories describe key areas that combine to form the basis of a person’s personality as follows:

• Where you focus your attention—Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I)
• The way you take in information—Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)
• The way you make decisions—Thinking (T) or Feeling (F)
• How you deal with the outer world—Judging (J) or Perceiving (P)

How do I take the instrument?

Soon after registration, you will be provided with a link that will take you to the questionnaire. It will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. After you have completed it, your facilitator, Rebecca Thompson, will process your report and send it to you by email 1-2 days prior to the class. During the class, you will receive a detailed explanation of your report. (Because Rebecca has been teaching this for many years, she is able to provide these reports for us without charge!)

What will happen in the class?

The class objectives are as follows:

• Begin to build an understanding and appreciation of your own personality preferences and those of others.
• Learn some techniques for communicating effectively with individuals with other personality preferences.
• Discuss which spiritual practices may appeal to different personality preference groups.

Confidentiality: Your personality preferences will not be shared with anyone unless you choose to do so. It is enriching to the group if everyone chooses to share their type, but it is not required – it’s your information.

There are no right or wrong personality types! All types have gifts and strengths that we bring to the world. It is my hope that through putting language to our differences and similarities, we begin to build understanding and appreciation for ourselves and those around us.