Zoom presentation and discussion led by Dr. Jerry Wright, D.Min.

Jungian analyst Dr. Jerry Wright will lead a discussion based on his newest book, A Mystical Path Less Traveled. Drawing on his personal journals, the Analytical Psychology of C.G. Jung, and on various mystical traditions, Dr. Wright will propose a psychological mysticism that preceded, and now replaces, the historical theological mysticism that has been dependent on theistic images of god. Such images are no longer meaningful for many people – or necessary. He will explore an alternative spiritual path that has the character of a grounded, embodied mysticism that honors the universal experiences of the numinous. Such a perspective could contribute to the healing of the deep divisions that tear at our cultural and political fabric, and which threaten our species and global nest.
The two-hour ZOOM event will include opportunity for questions and dialogue.

Jerry R. Wright, D.Min. is a Jungian psychoanalyst, teacher, and writer who lives in Flat Rock, North Carolina. He is a training analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. An experienced conference and retreat leader, he has also led pilgrimages to sacred sites in Iona, Scotland; Ireland; Peru; India; Vietnam; Thailand, Cambodia; and Laos. He is the author of A Mystical Path Less Traveled: A Jungian Psychological Perspective (Chiron, 2021) and Reimagining God and Religion, Essays for the Psychologically Minded (Chiron, 2018). Related works integrating Jungian psychology and religion/spirituality include his doctoral dissertation, Symbols for the Christ in the Gospel of John and the Archetypal Self in the Psychology of C. G. Jung, and his Jungian thesis, Archetypal Thin Places: Experiencing the Numinosum.

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