Past course
Weekend Seminars with Prof Toshio Kawai
Overview
A weekend of seminars with Prof Toshio Kawai — bringing Japanese dreams, myths, and fairy tales into dialogue with Jungian thought, a close reading of Jung's Transcendent Function, and a clinical group supervision on dreams.
Reading materials were provided to participants in advance.
About the speaker
Toshio Kawai
Prof Toshio Kawai, Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University, is a senior Jungian analyst (AJAJ), Director of the Kokoro Research Center, and served as President of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) from 2019 to 2022.
Programme
What this course covered
Session 1Concluded
Dreams, Myths, and Fairy Tales from Japan (full day)
Dreams, Myths, and Fairy Tales from Japan (Hayao Kawai). Readings: “Interpenetration: Dreams in Medieval Japan” (Ch. 1) and “The Interpretation of Fairy Tales” by Marie-Louise von Franz (Ch. 1–3). Afternoon: a comparative discussion of the works of Marie-Louise von Franz and Hayao Kawai.
Session 1Concluded
Dreams, Myths, and Fairy Tales from Japan (full day)
Dreams, Myths, and Fairy Tales from Japan (Hayao Kawai). Readings: “Interpenetration: Dreams in Medieval Japan” (Ch. 1) and “The Interpretation of Fairy Tales” by Marie-Louise von Franz (Ch. 1–3). Afternoon: a comparative discussion of the works of Marie-Louise von Franz and Hayao Kawai.
Session 2Concluded
Reading Seminar: The Transcendent Function
A close reading seminar on Jung's “The Transcendent Function” (CW8, provided).
Session 2Concluded
Reading Seminar: The Transcendent Function
A close reading seminar on Jung's “The Transcendent Function” (CW8, provided).
Session 3Concluded
Clinical Group Supervision (Dreams) — members only
Clinical group supervision focused on dreams. Open to CAPS members (D, R, J) only.
Session 3Concluded
Clinical Group Supervision (Dreams) — members only
Clinical group supervision focused on dreams. Open to CAPS members (D, R, J) only.
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