Individuation: The Collected Writings of Murray Stein, Volume 1 (Unabridged‪)‬

Dr. Murray Stein’s prolific career has produced a substantial body of writings, lectures, and interviews. His writings, captured in these volumes, span a wide domain of topics that include writings on Christianity, individuation, midlife, the practice of analytical psychology, and topics in contemporary society. His deep understanding of analytical psychology is much more than an academic discourse, but rather a deeply personal study of Jung that spans nearly half a century.

The unifying theme of the papers collected in this volume is the individuation process as outlined by C.G. Jung and adopted and extended by later generations of scholars and psychoanalysts working in the field of analytical psychology.

Individuation is a major contribution to developmental psychology and encompasses the entire lifetime, no matter its duration. The unique feature of this notion of human development is that it includes spiritual as well as psychosocial features. The essays in this volume explain and expand on Jung’s fundamental contributions.

Table of contents:

Individuation 
The twofold movement of individuation 
Numinous experience in the alchemy of individuation 
A tale of initiation and full individuation 
Deconstructing bewitchment 
The struggle with the complexes, personal and cultural 
Finding a space for individuation 
The ethics of individuation: the individuation of ethics 
Midway on our life’s journey: psychological
Transformation at midlife 
Betrayal: a way to wisdom? 
Moments of meaning - synchronicity and individuation 
On the role of failure in the individuation process 
Individuation in organizational life 
Helping tradition to individuate 
Individuation and the politics of nations 
Where East meets West: In the house of individuation 
Psychological individuation and enlightenment