The Jungian and Archetypal Studies Specialization (DJA) is for students interested in exploring what Jung called archetypes: universal principles and organizing patterns that pre-condition and animate human experience from the depths of the collective unconscious, a dimension of the psyche common to each of us.

The program curriculum enables students to develop a comprehensive understanding of the process of psychological transformation C. G. Jung called “individuation,” which leads to the realization of a greater personality or what he termed “the Self.” This process was the focus of Jung’s study of religious and alchemical symbolism. Inspired by Jung’s understandings, James Hillman went on to develop archetypal psychology, which emphasizes the way mythic figures provide root metaphors for understanding the psyche. By engaging life with a mythopoetic vision, we can perceive the gods and goddesses as present to all things and take up the work Hillman called “soul-making.”

This rigorous, creative exploration of Jungian and archetypal psychology provides students with a range of theories, skills, and practices they can apply directly to their professional, personal, and creative lives, while addressing the collective challenges and opportunities at this moment in history. For those called to explore the personal and collective psyche, this program of study provides a unique opportunity to engage with, apply, and advance depth psychological theories and practices within the Jungian and archetypal traditions. Building on the work of C.G. Jung and James Hillman, students consider approaches to the psyche that foster healing, transformation, self-expression, creativity, and the development of consciousness.

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