Jung, Kabbalah & the Spirit of Our Time
Unlocking Ancient Wisdom for Transformation
Online (Live & Recorded)
On Demand: 4 sessions, 2 hours each
8 Continuing Education Credits
Mystical traditions and ancient systems of psycho-spiritual development
for our current times…
To cope in stressful times, we need a strong psychological toolkit to understand ourselves, our culture, and our clients. Kabbalistic teachings and Jungian psychology offer complimentery ideas and practices.
Jung discovered the mystical tradition of Kabbalah late in life and quickly realized that it paralleled his own psychological theories. Kabbalah teaches that we live in four worlds of consciousness, and we come to know the Self by exploring spiritual archetypes. Dreams and their many interpretations also play a significant role in this intersection of Kabbalah and Jungian thought.
In this course, we will discover the 2,000-year-old teachings of Kabbalah through both experiential and theoretical learning. The basis of our study is derived from archetypal dimensions of Biblical stories and learning how to apply them as models of psychological growth. Our journey will uncover and develop the philosophical and psychological significance of Kabbalistic symbols within human nature.
Carl Jung expressed that the kabbalistic writings “anticipated my entire psychology in the eighteenth century.”
The practices of modern-day Kabbalistic tradition can inform the understanding and clinical application of Jungian analytical psychology. Throughout this course, we will draw from ancient biblical dreams and learn how depth psychology is an extension of Kabbalah's ancient teachings. Through Kabbalistic psychology, we are taught to pay closer attention to our actions, emotions, intellect, and spirit.
Who Is This For?
- World and life-learners
- Those with an interest in depth psychology
- Psychotherapists
- Mental health professionals
- Those with an interest in Kabbalah
- Those with an interest in spiritual growth
- Those with an interest in Jungian concepts
*No prior experience or knowledge required!
Learning Objectives
- Discuss and identify a Kabbalistic model of levels of consciousness, and its parallel to Jungian analytic psychology.
- Identify and discuss Jungian and Kabbalistic archetypes in dream interpretation and mythology.
- Discuss the concept of cultural complexes and how they function in our challenging times.
- Describe and explore the application and uses of storytelling and dreams in a group psycho-therapeutic setting.
- Discuss and identify archetypal dimensions of Biblical stories and learn to use them as models for psychological growth.
- Discuss the intersection of psychology and spirituality and learn to effectively apply psychological interpretations of Kabbalistic teachings in therapy.
What Will We Cover?
- Philosophy and psychology of Kabbalah.
- The complementary ideas of Jungian depth psychology and Kabbalah.
- Archetypes of Kabbalah.
- Cultural complexes, dreams, and biblical stories.
- Jacob’s dream of the ladder (Bibliodrama).
- Jung’s dream about WWI.
Lecturers
Dr. Leslee Brown, PhD
Dr. Brown is President and Director of Mind Body Passport Inc. designing and leading international trips for adult professionals, offering continuing education credits worldwide. Dr. Brown's interests are multi-faceted, engaging topics of psychology, culture, art, psychoanalysis, and social dreaming. She is passionate about weaving many disciplines and interests together and creating an atmosphere of growth and learning. Travel opens one’s mind and creates change bringing new perspectives on living life. She also served as The Director of International Seminars and Gastprofessor at Sigmund Freud University, Vienna. International psychology and developing “psychologists without borders” has become her focus. Dr. Brown has been in private practice for over twenty years, has been a research psychologist for The Neurologic Institute, and has served on faculty at UCLA Medical School teaching psychology and rapport building techniques to medical students. Dr. Brown was also an Assistant professor at The Chicago School and Director of Centers for International Studies. Leslee lives and works between Los Angeles and Paris.
Dr. Laura Duhan Kaplan
Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan is a Rabbi, author, and lecturer. Weaving a tapestry of ideas, insights, and voices, she brings existential, psychological, philosophical, and religious questions to life.
Professionally, she brings her gifts to the training of liberal clergy. She serves as Director of Inter-Religious Studies at the Vancouver School of Theology, and as an adjunct faculty member at ALEPH Ordination Programs.
She has been honored by her past employers with the titles Rabbi Emerita of Or Shalom Synagogue and Professor Emerita of Philosophy at UNC Charlotte. She received many teaching awards, including the Carnegie Foundation’s prestigious U.S. Professor of the Year Award.
She has studied philosophy, education, Jewish studies, spiritual direction, depth psychology, and Ayurvedic yoga. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Education (Claremont Graduate University, 1991), Rabbinic Ordination (ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal, 2005), and a Graduate Diploma in Spiritual Direction (Vancouver School of Theology, 2010).
Cost
Two monthly payments of $101
$199 pay in full
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Questions? Contact Dr. Leslee Brown at info@mindbodypassport.com
Mind Body Passport is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. Mind Body Passport maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Mind Body Passport Inc. is also recognized as a CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider. Certificate awarded upon successful completion.
***Mind Body Passport is committed to offering low-cost webinars during this time of crisis, to educate mental health professionals to better serve their communities. As a small business, I know finances are difficult and the events of the past few weeks are a tragic and deeply emotional time for us all. If you are in need and can not afford our seminars, please email us for financial assistance.
This post-licensure course will be at an appropriate instructional level for participants with a wide range of experience from beginner to advanced.
Continuing Education Credits: Once the online course is completed, we will send your post-course exam and evaluation form. Simply e-mail them back to us and get a minimum of 80% correct on your exam and we will send you your certificate and verification of attendance.