DREAMS OF WHOLENESS

A COURSE OF INTRODUCTORY LECTURES

ON RELIGION, PSYCHOLOGY AND PERSONAL GROWTH

By Stephen Palmquist

(stevepq@hkbu.edu.hk)

Copyright 1997

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LIST OF LECTURES

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

List of Figures

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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Dedicated to four friends:

TLCL and CLHK, MSOM and CCWE

-and to all the students in my

PHIL 2690 and RP1070 classes

at Hong Kong Baptist University

who have contributed with their dreams

to making these lectures what they are today.

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"Self-Discovery is ... like climbing Mount Qomolangma-

it can be very dangerous." - Tong Kin

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