The Jungian Masters Series – Erich Neumann

The Jungian Masters Series revisits and reconsiders the work of seminal figures in the history of Jungian scholarship and research: Erich Neumann, Marie-Louise von Franz, Michael Fordham, and James Hillman. Four visionary scholars and clinicians who “dreamed the dream on” and who each made an invaluable contribution to depth psychology and our understanding of the psyche. 

Erich Neumann

Erich Neumann (1905 – 1960) was a German psychologist, philosopher, writer, and prominent student of Carl Gustav Jung. Neumann contributed to the field of developmental psychology and the psychology of consciousness and creativity. He had a theoretical and philosophical approach to analysis, contrasting with the more clinical concern in England and the United States. His most enduring contributions to Jungian thought are The Origins and History of Consciousness (1949), The Great Mother (1955) and Depth Psychology and a New Ethic (1963). Neumann further developed his studies in feminine archetypes in his Art and the Creative Unconscious, The Fear of the Feminine, and Amor and Psyche. Neumann also wrote poetry, a novel called The Beginning (Der Anfang), and in 1932 conducted a critical study of Franz Kafka’s works at a time when Kafka was still a minor figure in the literary world.

Course details: 3 pre-recorded lectures available on registration with all relevant reading materials. One live lecture (23 April 2023) and one live student seminar (29 April 2023): both at 12 noon New York, 4 pm London. Live lectures will be recorded for students who are unable to attend.