James Kirsch was one of the first generation analysts who had their primary analysis with Jung. He went on to found C.G. Jung Institutes in Berlin, Tel Aviv, London,and Los Angeles. In a relationship which spanned four decades and great distances, Jung and Kirsch carried on a correspondence covering such topics as the relationship between Jews and Christians, Nazism, anti-Semitism, clinical topics, synchronicity, organizational issues inherent in establishing Jungian organizations, and the challenges of difficult personalities. Tom Kirsch, himself an analyst, and James' son, will discuss highlights from these letters, giving us a glimpse of the struggles that the early pioneers experienced as they worked to establish a Jungian community in Southern California.
Course Objectives:
- Compare and contrast Kirsch and Jung's views on Nazism and anti-Semitism
- Compare and contrast Kirsch and Jung's views on clinical issues
- Describe some of the challenges which accompanied establishing Jungian training in Los Angeles
Tom Kirsch, MD., is a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst in private practice in San Francisco, and a faculty member of the San Francisco Jung Institute and the Stanford Medical Center. A former President of the C. G Jung Institute of San Francisco (1976-78), he has served as Vice-President of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (1977-89) as well as President (1989-1995). Author of The Jungians: A Comparative and Historical Perspective, he has also written numerous papers on dreams, the history of analytical psychology, and the analytic relationship. He is the son of two first generation Jungian analysts, James and Hilde Kirsch, who began their analytic work with Jung in 1929.
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