The Collected Writings of 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 Individuation: The Individuation of Ethics

Midway on Our Life's Journey: Psychological Transformation at Midlife

Betrayal: 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 West: In the House of Individuation

Psychological Individuation and Enlightenment

References

Index