Jungian psychology affords respect and significance to the spiritual aspects of psychic experience. Thomas Merton, Trappist writer, hermit, poet, mystic, and social critic, has been called "one of the foremost spiritual thinkers of the twentieth century" for his autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain and his works on spirituality such as New Seeds of Contemplation. This presentation will be a contribution to the bridge possible between Merton's work, which is rooted in contemplative practice, and Jungian psychology with its emphasis on the necessity of inner work moving towards individuation.
Don L. Troyer, M.D. , a graduate of Case Western Reserve University Medical School and a diplomate analyst of the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago, has practiced in Portage, Michigan for 19 years. A board-certified family physician, he is interested in the interface between psychology, spirituality and medicine. he lives in the country outside Three Rivers, Michigan with his wife and has three grown children.
Jung Society of Michigan
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C.G. Jung and Thomas Merton:
Towards a Contemplative Dialogue with Analytical Psychology
