Saturdays, June 6, 2026; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
VISIONS: NUMINOUS EXPERIENCES ON THE PATH OF INDIVIDUATION
This presentation will examine the phenomenon of waking visions as something that can move the individual towards a greater consciousness and sense of wholeness. Jung suggested that these "visions" contained unconscious material that was incubated over time, eventually finding expression in a form that contained both image and affect. We will examine some of the ways in which visions and other symbolic spontaneous phenomena can occur when the ego is struggling to assimilate challenging and often overwhelming emotional experiences, by providing an avenue by which these deep and often chaotic feelings can be contained and expressed, and brought to consciousness.
MARYBETH CARTER, PhD, is a Jungian analyst with a degree in religious studies with honors from Indiana University and in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she is now an adjunct faculty member. She is past chair of the International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) and serves on the board of the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. Marybeth’s interests are in the creative arts, transcendent states, and the process of individuation. Some of her published work includes “Crystalizing the Universe in Geometrical Figures: Diagrammatic Abstraction in the Creative Works of Hilma af Klint and C. G. Jung” and “Painting an Especially Bright Spirit: A Jungian Lens on the Art of Agnes Pelton,” all published in Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche. Her book The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis, co-edited with Stephen Farah, is published by Routledge and won the 2023 Gravida Award for Best Edited Book. Recently, Marybeth was Guest Editor of a special issue of Psychological Perspectives journal entitled, “Queer Jungian Voices.” Correspondence: Marybeth.Carter@msn.com.
Saturdays, June 6, 2026; 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
VISIONS: NUMINOUS EXPERIENCES ON THE PATH OF INDIVIDUATION
This presentation will examine the phenomenon of waking visions as something that can move the individual towards a greater consciousness and sense of wholeness. Jung suggested that these "visions" contained unconscious material that was incubated over time, eventually finding expression in a form that contained both image and affect. We will examine some of the ways in which visions and other symbolic spontaneous phenomena can occur when the ego is struggling to assimilate challenging and often overwhelming emotional experiences, by providing an avenue by which these deep and often chaotic feelings can be contained and expressed, and brought to consciousness.
MARYBETH CARTER, PhD, is a Jungian analyst with a degree in religious studies with honors from Indiana University and in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she is now an adjunct faculty member. She is past chair of the International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) and serves on the board of the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. Marybeth’s interests are in the creative arts, transcendent states, and the process of individuation. Some of her published work includes “Crystalizing the Universe in Geometrical Figures: Diagrammatic Abstraction in the Creative Works of Hilma af Klint and C. G. Jung” and “Painting an Especially Bright Spirit: A Jungian Lens on the Art of Agnes Pelton,” all published in Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche. Her book The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis, co-edited with Stephen Farah, is published by Routledge and won the 2023 Gravida Award for Best Edited Book. Recently, Marybeth was Guest Editor of a special issue of Psychological Perspectives journal entitled, “Queer Jungian Voices.” Correspondence: Marybeth.Carter@msn.com.
