Video Access:The Transcendent Function - Ken James

Video Access:The Transcendent Function – Ken James

Move with psyche toward who you really are

Carl Jung’s psychology makes sense of our confused experience of life. In these two outstanding lectures Ken James helps us make sense of Carl Jung.
These are two separate remastered lectures. Top-tier analyst Ken James defines basic Jungian terms with precision and humor. He makes the advanced concept of the transcendent function clear and accessible. Following James we can start to feel it moving in us.

 

These videos are now available on demand

$49.00

Carl Jung’s psychology reaches the deepest layers of the psyche. Ken James keeps us grounded, humble and good-humored as we go there.

Ken starts the first lecture by offering concise definitions of basic Jungian terms. These include complex, ego-complex, Self, personal unconscious, collective unconscious, archetypes, persona, and shadow. Then he moves in deeper to discuss the transcendent function.
The transcendent function is what makes us aware of what’s moving us. Complexes move us without our being aware of them consciously. The conversation between the ego complex and the Self is vital to individuation. The transcendent function is where that core conversation takes place.
Ken frankly reminds us that our complexes will never go away. It doesn’t matter how many workshops or courses we attend. Complexes can always be triggered. The purpose of analysis is to know where your complexes are. Knowing that can make us humbler and more compassionate.
Ken begins the second lecture discussing luck, fate, hazard and consciousness. Individuation is pulling together what’s divided in the psyche. That requires focusing on both the inner and outer world at the same time. That, in turn, makes luck, fate and hazard our companions rather than our enemies.
Archetypal roots organize our experience more than personal history. This means we control much less than we think we do. Thinking you know is the biggest barrier to true knowing. Ken shares examples we can all relate to of these human defenses.
Since each lecture stands alone, some themes are revisited. As with great music, the second hearing moves it deeper. Down to earth and sublime, Ken James brings it all together. Listen in with him and learn to turn toward wholeness.
These warm, scholarly and fun lectures will deepen your vision and lighten your load.
Enjoy a bonus Q&A section between Ken and the audience about what archetypes are and are not.
 
These lectures were originally presented at the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis and have been remastered by Jung Platform. The lectures are available now.

This program is ideal if you want to be able to

  • Learn Jung’s subtle concepts such as archetypes, complexes and the transcendent function, or you want to sharpen your knowledge of them.
  • Appreciate the importance of the dialogue between the ego and the Self and recognize different levels of consciousness.
  • Loosen the compulsion to get rid of your complexes.
  • Wish to develop more compassion for your complexity and other peoples’, too.
  • Have a feel for how the transcendent function moves in your life and have more realistic expectations for yourself and others.
  • Realize that we fall in and out of complexes all through our lives.

 

Ken James

Kenneth James, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Chicago, Illinois. He is the founder and director of The Soulwork Center, dedicated to facilitating the process of individuation according to the teachings of C.G. Jung and other contributors to the field of Analytical Psychology.

Dr. James received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University and a Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago. Along the way, he studied voice at the American Conservatory of Music and learned a modality of music therapy at the Institute for Consciousness and Music in Baltimore, Maryland. He also completed four years of post-doctoral study in theology and scripture at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He has taken lay ordination in Zen Buddhism and has studied the Kabbalah with a Lubavitcher rabbi in Chicago.

Ken’s studies of the Tarot began at an early age. He was introduced to the notion of divination by an elderly aunt from Scotland who read tea leaves. Coincidentally, he purchased his first Tarot deck in his late teens from a Scottish woman in a store on State Street in his home town of Chicago. Formal study of the Tarot, as well as astrological studies, were continued at The Astrologer’s Medium, an esoteric store that operated in Chicago during the 70s and 80s of the previous century.

Dr. James has led workshops around the world on the relationship between divination and synchronicity, and on the use of the Tarot to explore the unconscious. The synthesis of Jungian thought, clinical practice, and the numinous has been a strong motif throughout his career.