DREAMS OF WHOLENESS

A COURSE OF INTRODUCTORY LECTURES

ON RELIGION, PSYCHOLOGY AND PERSONAL GROWTH

by Stephen Palmquist

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    CONTENTS

    (Page numbers refer to the printed version of this book.)

    Preface . . . . iv

    STAGE ONE: THE EGG
    RECALLING DREAMS

    Week I. The "Whole Person"
    Lecture 1. Who Am I? . . . . 2
    Lecture 2. Recalling Dreams and Setting the Text . . . . 9
    Lecture 3. Some Common Questions on Dreams . . . . 17

    Week II. Psychology's Origins
    Lecture 4. Religion and the Spirit . . . . 26
    Lecture 5. Philosophy and the Soul . . . . 33
    Lecture 6. Science and the Body . . . . 40

    Week III. Freud's Legacy
    Lecture 7. Psychoanalysis and Sex . . . . 50
    Lecture 8. The Origin and Structure of the Psyche . . . . 56
    Lecture 9. The Principle of Wish-Fulfillment . . . . 64

    STAGE TWO: THE CATERPILLAR
    INTERPRETING DREAMS

    Week IV. From Freud to Jung
    Lecture 10. Psychoanalysis vs. Psychosynthesis . . . . 74
    Lecture 11. Soul-Loving Stories and Symbols . . . . 80
    Lecture 12. The Principle of Compensation . . . . 86

    Week V. The Psychologist's Stone
    Lecture 13. Encountering the Unconscious . . . . 94
    Lecture 14. The Amplification Cycle . . . . 100
    Lecture 15. Dream Series and Life Stages . . . . 107

    Week VI. Anatomy of the Psyche
    Lecture 16. The Ego and its Personas . . . . 115
    Lecture 17. Facing the Shadow . . . . 120
    Lecture 18. Integrating the Anima/Animus . . . . 127

    STAGE THREE: THE COCOON
    BECOMING THE DREAM

    Week VII. The Archetype of Wholeness
    Lecture 19. Approaching the Self . . . . 138
    Lecture 20. The Archetypes as a Family Tree . . . . 144
    Lecture 21. Transformation: Alchemy and the Self . . . . 152

    Week VIII. Psychological Types
    Lecture 22. Four Levels of Attitude Adaptation . . . . 161
    Lecture 23. Balancing the Personality . . . . 169
    Lecture 24. Spirituality and Prayer Types . . . . 177

    Week IX. Naming Personal Evil
    Lecture 25. Dealing with the Devil's Disease . . . . 187
    Lecture 26. Religion and the "Dark Side" of God . . . . 194
    Lecture 27. Therapy's Aim: From Evil to Love . . . . 202

    STAGE FOUR: THE BUTTERFLY
    ENJOYING THE DREAM

    Week X. Psychology of Love
    Lecture 28. The Art of Unifying Opposites . . . . 211
    Lecture 29. The Ideal Lover: An Impossible Dream? . . . . 218
    Lecture 30. Therapeutic Friendship . . . . 226

    Week XI. Psychology of Religion
    Lecture 31. Freud on Psycho-Historical Origins . . . . 236
    Lecture 32. Jung's Religious Reformation . . . . 242
    Lecture 33. Quaternity and Christian Critique . . . . 250

    Week XII. The "Whole Person"
    Lecture 34. Heaven and Wholeness in Nature . . . . 259
    Lecture 35. Forgiveness: Quest for the Self in God . . . . 266
    Lecture 36. Am I Who I Am? . . . . 273

    Bibliography . . . . 282
    Glossary . . . . 285

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