{"id":127068,"date":"2026-06-02T11:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/?page_id=127068"},"modified":"2026-06-02T12:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T10:18:52","slug":"an-armchair-guide-to-jung-and-god","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/the-armchair-guides\/an-armchair-guide-to-jung-and-god\/","title":{"rendered":"An Armchair Guide to Jung and God"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Presented by Mark Vernon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>What did Carl Jung really think about God, religion, and the inner life?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">\n<p class=\"has-yellow-white-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" 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His impact upon psychology is immense, with notions such as extroversion and introversion, archetypes and synchronicities. But what lies at the heart of his psychology and how compatible is it with theistic convictions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The course will examine the fundamentals of Jung\u2019s depth psychology, paying particular attention to its significance for religious belief. Jung felt that psychoanalysis had emerged to fill a vacuum in the western world, with churches losing the ability to address the pressing issues of inner life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why is this important?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He endured a substantial crisis in the earlier part of his life, known now in his so-called Red Book, in which he describes encounters with various entities and the zeitgeist. He strove to bring the insights he gained to the wider world, in various phases of work, including personality types and alchemical concepts. He also engaged with other thinkers such as Nietzsche and Darwin and, of course, Freud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, Jung wanted to make a difference and, by any measure, he has. But his ideas about religion, and Christianity in particular, are contested. Towards the end of his life, he described not believing in God but knowing of God\u2019s existence. He also disagreed with the classical conception of God held in traditions including the Christian. So what can be made of his work now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who Is This Series For?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This course will appeal to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students and practitioners of psychotherapy and depth psychology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Religious professionals interested in psychological flourishing and how Jung might inform their work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Those considering psychotherapy or spiritual direction as a second career<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People who enjoy reading about spirituality and have a spiritual practice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anyone who enjoys reflecting on religious questions and the inner life<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lecture Titles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lecture 1<br><\/em><strong>A Call From The Unconscious<\/strong><br>An outline of Jung\u2019s life and how he came to see his vocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lecture 2<br><\/em><strong>After The Split With Freud<\/strong><br>Jung\u2019s own analytical psychology in outline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lecture 3<br><\/em><strong>The Spiritual Problem of Today<\/strong><br>How Jung understood psychotherapy to be a response to a modern crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lecture 4<br><\/em><strong>The Failure of Religion<\/strong><br>Jung had a sharp critique of the failures of Christianity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lecture 5<br><\/em><strong>The Fabric of Reality<\/strong><br>Phenomena like synchronicities suggested a complete metaphysic to Jung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lecture 6<br><\/em><strong>Jung and God<\/strong><br>An exploration of Jung\u2019s theology: its genius and constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c07a14f5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mark-Vernon-image-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20696\" style=\"width:240px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paricenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mark-Vernon-image-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/paricenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mark-Vernon-image-1-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/paricenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mark-Vernon-image-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/paricenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mark-Vernon-image-1-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/paricenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mark-Vernon-image-1.jpg 1617w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr Mark Vernon<\/strong> is a psychotherapist, teacher, podcaster and writer of journalistic articles as well as books. 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