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Institute Archive | Excerpt: A Fresh Look at the Red Book with George Bright

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Show Notes

This episode is a short excerpt from the first session of our currently-running salon series, "A Fresh Look at The Red Book: Reading the Liber Novus with Jungian Psychoanalysts". The salon series runs from January through June, and registration remains open. Those who register will receive a link to videos of previous sessions to catch up.

George Bright will also be visiting the US in May for an in-person seminar, Where Did Jung's Red Book Come From and Why Does it Matter?. Join us for this rare opportunity.

George Bright was educated at Cambridge University and The London School of Economics. He is a Training & Supervising Analyst of the Society of Analytical Psychology and a co-founder of The Circle of Analytical Psychology, a London-based group engaged in the study of Jung’s Liber Novus and Black Books. He works in private practice in London. His 1997 paper Synchronicity as a basis of analytic attitude won the Michael Fordham Prize.

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