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Sun, Nov 01
|Virtual Lecture Series
Individuation and the Self: Psyche at Play with Jim Blalock (Three Sessions)
Join Jim as he unfolds, over three sessions, Jung's insight that the new is born not from the intellect but from the play instinct — tracing how the psyche's play with what it loves becomes the very work of individuation.
Time & Location
Nov 01, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Virtual Lecture Series
About the event
Sundays, November 1, 8 and 15, 2026 from 2 to 4 PM ET via Zoom This presentation will explore "Play" in its various manifestations that cohere around creating Sacred Space for Individuation to happen.
At mid-life, Jung suffered a descent into the unconscious. Swirling in that chaos, Jung surrendered to his internal guiding forces and found himself playing like a child because his inner child possessed a creative life which the adult Jung lacked. His inner child taught Jung how to play, and from that playing, his future theories on Individuation and the Self began to take shape.
Jung discovered that the creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect, but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The call to individuation is a call from the Self to play with its invisible unknowns. This is why Jung chose the archetype of the Child as the image of…
Tickets
Blalock // Play
$120.00
+$3.00 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00
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