The aim of the seminar is to study in detail the Chapter IV in Mysterium Coniunctionis, CW 14 §349-543. Why did Jung devote so much of this book to the subject of the King and Queen in Alchemy. We will discuss the symbol of King and Queen. Why is it still relevant today in 21st century psychology for the treatment of psychological illness, the maturation and transformation of the human personality and an understanding of the structure and workings of the Collective Unconscious. Reading in detail some of the paragraphs and discussing their significance will hopefully assist our clinical work.

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Gillian Kind is a Senior Training Jungian Analyst, living in Fulham, London.  She is a member of IGAP, GAP and the UKCP. She is interested in the overlap of psychiatry, psychology and religion.

‍Nan Parry is a Jungian Analyst and Training Supervisor with GAP.  She read Modern and Medieval Languages atJesus College, Cambridge, where she was awarded a Foundation Scholarship.  She then worked as a journalist and editorbefore taking her MA in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies at the University ofEssex.  After completing her trainingwith GAP, she set up her private practice in Central London, where she sees amixture of private patients, trainees and supervisees. She has taught widely onthe GAP Diploma Course, Foundation Course and as Honorary Lecturer on theJungian MA at the University of Essex.

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Jung, C.G. Collected Works, Vol.5., Symbols of Transformation

Jung, C.G. Collected Works, Vol.14.,Mysterium Coniunctionis, §§349-543

Jung, C.G. Collected Works, Vol.16., Psychology of the Transference

Edinger, E. Mysterium Lectures, Inner City Books

von Franz, M.L any of her fairy-tale books with references to King and Queen

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