The Guild of Pastoral Psychology
Resources
The Guild has an archive of 350 papers dating back to the 1930s and 600 recordings dating from the 1970s. You can browse these using the search facilities below; they are free to download for Guild members.
Disclaimer: The Guild’s written and audio resources are for members’ personal and non-commercial use only. The views expressed in them are those of the authors; they may not necessarily be shared by Guild members, nor represent the collective opinion of the Guild.
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Archetypal Symbolism and the Cretaive Journey
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Oxford Conference 2011
All the talks from the Oxford Conference 2011, which took place at St Hilda’s College, Oxford between 26th and 29th August 2008. The talks are displayed in chronological order. Robert Mercurio’s paper covers the material from both his talks.
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Rabbinic and Pilgrimage Dreams and the Living Symbol of the Tzadik
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The Unknown God and the Inferior Function
Please note the material for this Guild paper was derived from two talks (all attached).
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How can we Heal the Moon?
Henry Abramovitch speaks about Healing Dreams as part of the pilgrimage process and about Rabbinic texts on personal and cosmic healing.
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You Came To Me Now I Come To You
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Working with Jung’s gift: the Living Symbol
Clare talks about psychic repair through attention to dreams & living images.
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The symbol of the double: an exploration of twinship in myth and psyche
It is an intriguing fact that life itself comes from the double helix of our DNA So we might say that the whole of the living world is dependent on the symbol of the double. The talk explores the symbol of the twin in myth, legend and psychological development. As…
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A New Anatomy of Spirituality: challenges for therapists and non-therapists alike
Andrew asserts that for any spirituality to work, it has to stay close to every-day life, the body, and political/social/cultural concerns. His ideas have been fashioned in the heat of the therapeutic encounter and have attracted interest beyond the clinical community. Topics include social and community activism, inequality in all…
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Trapped in the Body: some difficulties in working with chronic pain
Chronic pain is a widespread problem, and isolating for the sufferer. The isolation arises from beliefs the sufferer has about the pain, as well as the beliefs of those around them and health professionals. Brian explores some of the reasons for this, and some ways in which this can be…