a virtual event Presented by Southern Arizona Friends of Jung
The Many faces of Jung in India
Oct 31st 10am MST/PHX via zoom
Carl Jung’s links with India, his actual journey of 1937-38, and the evolution of Jungian work in India encloses a complex trajectory, in which synchronicity, encounter of the Other, India’s colonial past and German Romanticism play central roles. The Jung-India relation surfaces points of unity between the two, as well as gaps and differences that Jung experienced between Indian thought and analytical psychology.
This seminar will explore Jung’s relationship with India, and nearly seventy-five years after his journey to India, the author’s own journey with Jung, the theme of cultural crossings, and the experience of encountering the Other. The author will share how her initiation into the Jungian field and individuation path shaped her work in Jungian studies, in which synergies and differences between two traditions, ancient and modern were explored and transformed.
Learning objectives:
The program has the following learning goals:
- Participants are introduced to ‘Jung in India’ and the author’s initiation journey
- Participants have a comprehensive view of Jung’s history with India and current work
- Gain an understanding about cultural crossings and their psychological outcomes
- Gain an orientation about the notion of Cultural Other in journeys across borders.
About the presenter:
Sulagna Sengupta is a Jungian scholar, author, teacher and coach who works in India and internationally. Sulagna did her doctoral studies at the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK, and received her Jungian coaching accreditation from C.G. Jung Center, Zurich. She has taught at the (ISAP), Zurich, Pacifica Graduate Institute, USA, in Jungian societies in London, Boston, Brazil, South Africa, Geneva and Zurich, and researched at the Jung archives at Harvard and ETH, Zurich. She has been involved with Jungian study and practice since 2005. Her first book ‘Jung in India’ (2013) has been republished in 2025 by Peter Lang, Zurich. Sulagna’s second book ‘Animus, Psyche and Culture: A Jungian Revision’ has won the 2025 IAJS (International Association of Jungian Studies) book award in the applied category. Sulagna has a coaching practice in Bangalore, where she lives with her family. She is currently working on her third book, a Jungian interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Her website is: https://jung-india.org
Fee $25 (members) $30 (non-members) $20 (students)
3 CEU’s $20
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