In the writings of church fathers and in legend, Mary has occupied a critical role in the resurrection symbolism. Redeeming Mary Magdalene – The Feminine Side of the Death and Resurrection Archetype Two of her own dreams show how the figure of Mary Magdaleen encourages us to accept the paradox of personal and divine love. Laurel Howe gives beautiful expression to how the presence of this loving woman is an essential part of Christ's death and resurrection. It is, therefore all the more astonishing that in his decree 'Apostolorum Apostoal' of 2016, today's Pope Francis placed Mary Madgalenr among the apostels, thereby recognizing fully both the sensual and the spiritual nature of the love between her and the crucified and risen Christ. While there are many parallels between Mary Magdalene and the Near Eastern and ancient goddesses, the Christian concept, in contrast to them, clearly separates the physical from the spiritual aspects of eros 'by condemning one and glorifying the other'. The Church father Hippolytus of Rome (170-235 C.E.) saw her as such, thoug he excluded all her sensual-erotic aspects and understood Mary Magdalene's love to be of a purely spiritual nature. According to pope Gregor the Great (540-604 C.E.) Mary Magdalene was a prostitue, whereas in folklore she has always remained the Bride of Christ who understood on an emotional level what took place at the foot of the Cross and at Christ's tomb, and communicated this to the world. Laurel Howe (Denver, Colorado) looks at the very first wintess of Christ's death and reausrrection - Mary Magdalene - testifying to her deep love for the risen Christ at his empty tomb. Redeeming Mary Magdalene - The Feminine Side of the Death and Resurrection Archetype Research- and Training Centre for Depth Psychology according toįax +41 44 212 16 time: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday morning This living core in the objective psyche, which manifests itself in the life of the individual and also in the spirit of the age and contemporay civilization, forms the basis of our research at the Centre. Out of the situation of a neurosis or depression that one would wish to reject (as dung), there emerges the experience of the greater personality of the Self. Jung’s empirical research into real-life psychic experiences of the individual led him to the conclusion that this miracle of self-renewal actually takes place in the individuation process. The real dung beetle lays its egg in a globe of dung and rolls it backwards. The symbol dates back to ancient Egyptian wisdom and depicts the sun, the light of consciousness, as it sinks down every night into the depths of the underworld, there to renew itself. Our logo is a scarab which guides the new sun over the horizon – an image for the secret of self-renewal. Subjects that arise from this are the connections between individuation and collective renewal and between psyche and matter. Special emphasis is placed on research into alchemy. A major aspect of the study programme is the understanding of archetypal processes and how they find expression in all cultures and in all manifestations of the unconscious of modern man. The starting point is the pioneer work carried out by C.G. Is placed on research, which is an integral component of the programme. The Centre is open to interested parties from all academic spheres who are considering applying their own experience of the unconscious and depth psychology in their own special fields. The aims of the Centre are, on the one hand, to conduct in-depth research into the unconscious psyche and also to provide a training programme forĪnalysts. The idea was to set up a place in which the objective /autonomous psyche could be observed in all its aspects.

The Research and Training Centre in Depth Psychology was founded in Zurich in 1994.

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