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The Diamond Heart – Jungian Psychology and the Christian Mystical Tradition
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Two towering figures thread their way through this book: St Teresa of Avila, the sixteenth century Spanish Carmelite saint, writer and reformer and C.G. Jung, the founder of modern depth psychology.
Through sharing fifteen key papers, chapters and talks written over nearly twenty-five years, the author draws on their writings to focus on, and explore, the interface and relationship between the Christian mystical tradition and Jungian depth psychology.
Praise for The Diamond Heart
“Julienne McLean, in The Diamond Heart: Jungian Psychology and the Christian Mystical Tradition, has accomplished a remarkable task. She articulates the heart of Christian contemplative and mystical experience in a manner possible only to one who is, herself, a devoted practitioner of that tradition—bringing it into dialogue with depth psychology, which is uniquely able to attest to the importance of such traditions for individual and collective well-being in the twenty-first century."
–Robert Isaac Skidmore, PhD, MDiv, Orthodox Priest, Professor in School of Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Southern Oregon University. Author of Edge of the Abyss: The Usefulness of Antichrist Terminology in the Era of Donald Trump
“Julienne takes the ‘bull by the horns’ and presents the fusion of the Jungian path with the transcendent mysteries in a refreshingly unembarrassed fashion. She states that one of the consequences of the deep spiritual hunger of our generation is to foster ‘an overwhelming need for the depth dimension of the Christian tradition.’ Those looking for this depth dimension need look no further, they will find it in this set of priceless essays–indeed, a ‘diamond of great price.’”
–Professor Peter Tyler, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Spirituality, St Mary’s University, London
Table of Contents
Section One
-Jungian Psychology and the Christian Mystical Tradition
-Acknowledgements
-Introduction
-Walking Towards Jerusalem – Tribute to Dr Gerhard Adler
-Opening the Heart, Approaching the Numinous
-Jung and the Christian Way
-C.G. Jung and Prayer
-St Teresa of Avila and Depth Psychology
-St Teresa of Avila and Self Knowledge
-God Enters through our Wounds
-Symbols of Transformation in Christian Spirituality
-Edges of Wisdom, Compassion and Living Waters Section Two
-Reflections on the Christian
-Mystical Tradition
-Introduction to the Christian Mystical Tradition
-The Threefold Way
-The Third Spiritual Alphabet, Guide of St Teresa: A Learning Hidden Deep in the Heart
-The Third Spiritual Alphabet, Guide of St Teresa: Exploring the Path of Recollection
-Introducing the Mystical Text “The Interior Castle”
-Mystical Theology and the Renewal of Contemplative Spiritual Practice
-Appendix
-Bibliography
-Index
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| | | About the Author
Julienne McLean practices as a psychologist, Jungian analyst and training supervisor in north London, as well as being a spiritual director and retreat conductor. She has been in private practice for nearly 30 years. She has had a lifelong involvement in the Christian contemplative tradition, with a particular interest in the relationship between modern depth psychology and theologia mystica.
She teaches on the Jungian Analytic Training for Qualified Psychotherapists, organized by A.J.A, London, at St Mary’s University, Strawberry Hill, London and Sarum College, Salisbury, where she is a Visiting Scholar in Christian Spirituality. Since 2018, she has been involved with the Centre for Applied Carmelite Spirituality (www.oxcacs.org), teaching and tutoring on the Carmelite Spiritual Direction Training Programme. She has published many papers and is the author of Towards Mystical Union (St Pauls, 2003, 2013, 2017) a modern commentary on St Teresa’s classic text on prayer The Interior Castle.
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