Many people know that Carl Jung was very open to the mystical and metaphysical and that had an impact on his model of Psychology.  What most people aren’t aware of is that certain elements of Alchemy, especially imagery and language had an impact on even Freud in the development of Psychology and Psychotherapy.

Below is a talk I gave on how Alchemy served as a model for the development of early Psychology and Psychotherapy.

 Here are the timings of the subjects covered in this talk:

1:00 Review and Intro
3:00 Rich Imagery vs a Grid
6:10 Newton, Alchemy, Jung and Freud
8:30 What makes a model?
9:40 Maslow’s Model and the Brain
13:00 What makes Alchemy a good Model for Psychology?
13:14 Therapy and Perceptual Positions
17:30 Alchemical Process and Scales of Transformation and Growth
19:00 Modeling What Works
19:45 Resonance and Imact for Creating Change
21:30 The Language of Alchemy Adopted by Psychology
22:55 Separation
26:10 Fusion
34:40 Condensation
36:00 Fixation
41:00 Projection
46:10 Sublimation
52:50 Choosing the Best Model for You

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