Carl Jung and Arnold Toynbee: Psychologist and Historian Unravel Our Time

with J. Gary Sparks

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October 26, 2019
9:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.

Swiss psychologist Carl Jung (1875-1961) and British historian Arnold Toynbee (1889-1975) both explore the importance of an individual’s psychological development for the health of nations. Jung’s understanding focuses on the role of the inner journey to the outer growth of a society, while Toynbee examines how the outer society develops in relation to the inner journey of its creative members. The complementary views of the two pioneers converge on the interdependence of the inner world of the individual and the outer health of the community. In theory, dreams, and practice, Saturday’s workshop will present how the two researchers’ complementary views are critically important for the crises of today’s unstable and suffering earth.

J. Gary Sparks is a Jungian analyst. He holds a diploma in analytical psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich. He is the author of At the Heart of Matter: Synchronicity and Jung’s Spiritual Testament (Inner City, 2010) and Valley of Diamonds: Adventures in Number and Time with Marie – Louise von Franz (Inner City, 2007). Since 1983 he has maintained an analytical practice in Indianapolis. He also lectures widely throughout the US and Canada. For more information about him see www.jgsparks.net.