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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Gilgamesh – Being Human
The Epic of Gilamesh is the oldest recorded story in the world, originally carved in cuneiform script on twelve stone tablets. The talk explores Gilgamesh's journey, from its beginning in, and return to Uruk, and how he evolved psychologically from all he discovered and was obliged to accept, including his own…
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Scapegoats and the Kindness of Strangers
Child sexual abuse now seems to be widespread and it evokes primal responses in us all. Can a Jungian and depth psychology perspective shed any light on this behaviour and what has best practice revealed about working with those who perpetrate such acts? This day conference will allow us to explore…
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Christian Cosmology: a Spirituality of Integration?
Fr. Dominic Wright discusses whether or not Christian cosmology is a spirituality of integration. His talk includes substantial discussion of dance and Gnosticism, which he asserts need not contradict more orthodox Christian theology.
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Oxford Conference 2018 – The Still Point and the Turning World
The world around us seems to be spinning, sometimes uncontrollably so. How can we get to a place of healing and peace? For ourselves as individuals and collectively for humanity? Can we transform our experience and collective wisdom into new creative energies, or will we remain stuck in old destructive…
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Emergence of Feminine Wisdom and the End of Patriarchy
This talk was presented as part of the 2018 Oxford Conference.
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Orienting in the Dark: Dream Wisdom addressing our Collective Times
This talk was presented as part of the 2018 Oxford Conference.
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Moving Toward the Millionth Circle
This talk was presented as part of the 2018 Oxford Conference.
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Prayer for the World Soul: Experiences of Ash and Its Alchemical Mysteries
This talk was presented as part of the 2018 Oxford Conference.
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Unknowing in Practice
Psychotherapists often find that they don't know what is happening in a session. Are there resources in ancient and medieval philosophy and theology that can help the therapist to be aware of the many ways of unknowing? This talk will also look at some contemporary philosophical and theological ideas.Psychoanalysis can be…
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Where Did Jung’s Red Book Come From, and why does it matter?
The publication of Jung’s Red Book, Liber Novus in 2009 challenged the Jungian professional world to revise the various ways in which they have received and developed Jung’s thought and psychotherapeutic approach. In this talk, Liber Novus is put into the context of Jung’s life and work 1900 - 1920,…