The Collected Writings of Murray Stein: Volume 1: Individuation

by Murray Stein

Dr. Murray Stein's prolific career has produced a substantial body of writings, lectures, and interviews. His writings, captured in these volumes, span a wide domain of topics including Christianity, individuation, midlife, the practice of analytical psychology, and topics in contemporary society. His deep understanding of analytical psychology is much more than an academic discourse, but rather a deeply personal study of Jung that spans nearly half a century. Volume 1 contains one of the core elements of Dr. Stein's lifelong teaching, namely the concept of individuation. The process of individuation fosters the fulfillment of our unconscious potential as called forth by the archetypal Self. In many ways, it is the meaning of one's life journey. It encompasses the entire lifetime and includes both our psychosocial as well as spiritual development. Concepts of transformation, failure, midlife, mythological figures, and liminality are central to his writings on individuation. Our journey culminates as we approach alchemical union through the Unus Mundus. Table of Contents The TwoFold Movement of Individuation Numinous Experience in the Alchemy of Individuation A Tale of Initiation and Full Individuation Deconstructing Bewitchment The Struggle with the Complexes, Personal and Cultural Finding a Space for Individuation The Ethics of The Individuation of Ethics Midway on Our Life's Psychological Transformation at Midlife A Way to Wisdom? Moments of Meaning - Synchronicity and Individuation On the Role of Failure in the Individuation Process Individuation in Organizational Life Helping Tradition to Individuate Individuation and the Politics of Nations Where East Meets In the House of Individuation Psychological Individuation and Enlightenment References Index

350 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2020

About the author

Not to be confused with other Analytical/Jungian Psychologist Murray B. Stein

Dr. Stein is a graduate of Yale University (B.A. and M.Div.), the University of Chicago (Ph.D.), and the C.G. Jung Institut-Zurich (Diploma). He is a founding member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and of the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts. He has been the president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (2001-4), and the President of The International School of Analytical Psychology-Zurich (2008-2012).

He is a training analyst at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. His most recent publications include The Principle of Individuation, Jung’s Map of the Soul and Jungian Psychoanalysis (editor). He lectures internationally on topics related to Analytical Psychology and its applications in the contemporary world.