LECTURES, COURSES, WORKSHOP
The Basic Principles of Analytical Psychology
3. Individuation and the Self
Sat. June 1, 2024 10am – 12pm (Online via Zoom)
Daniel Hansen
Part III of the Jung Foundation’s three-part series on the fundamentals of analytical psychology, exploring Jung’s Complexes, Individuation and the Self, considers how Jung’s perspective is not only an invitation to a deeper appreciation of a person’s experience of the sacred but also a re-valuing of organized religion.
Jung said, “Protestant clergymen of today were insufficiently equipped to cope with the urgent psychic needs of our age. It is indeed high time for the clergyman and the psychotherapist to join forces to meet the great spiritual truth” (1932).
The main aim of this lecture is to explore the collaborative possibilities between pastoral (theological) perspectives and depth psychological understandings of the individuation process (personal maturation) and the Self (God), and to do so with respect to Christian formation.
This perspective is offered primarily in response to the current challenges of contemporary Protestantism regarding reclaiming or re-imagining what it is, how it functions, and how it might move into the future.
References to two versions of the fairy tale of the frog and the princess assist in amplifying such a relational process of soul nurturing through self-realization and greater community awareness.
Daniel A. “Dan” Hansen is a church musician, ordained minister (pastor), and Jungian analyst (OAJA) in private practice in Renfrew, just west of Ottawa, Canada.
Since graduating from Emanuel College (of Victoria University in the University of Toronto) with a Master of Divinity (1990), Dan has continued to work with individuals and congregations regarding church life and spirituality. Dan obtained a doctorate in theology from Boston University School of Theology (1998). As an ordained minister for over twenty-five years, he has served faith communities in the provinces of Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Ontario.
Having recently graduated with the certificate ‘Conflict Management and Congregational Leadership' (Conrad Grebel University College, affiliated with the University of Waterloo), he continues to be focused on personal and organizational health and wholeness, especially the process of individuation and spiritual formation.
Dan is passionate about stories and films, including fairy tales. Along with attention to the unconscious, he believes they can help us to understand and experience our relationship to the Self in powerful ways, and thus to live more fully in today’s world.