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John Michael Greer ([personal profile] ecosophia) wrote 2023-08-07 06:53 pm (UTC)

Re: Defunct Traditions and Jungian Psychology

1) To the best of my knowledge, yes, the OAG is long since defunct -- which is unfortunate, as it had a good system. Since it's defunct, you have every right to pick it up and reawaken the egregor -- in fact, you may find that it's eager to work with you. As for the self-ordination rite, the usual approach in situations like this is to do the self-ordination and then find someone in the independent sacramental movement who can give you an ordination with valid lineage -- there are plenty of these.

2) The difficulty here is that it's very, very difficult to make a living as an old-fashioned psychoanalyst these days. Most insurance companies won't pay for that kind of therapy any more -- they've been sucked into the pharmaceutical model, and it doesn't help that too many psychoanalysts got into the maintenance model of treatment, which means that you keep the patient sick as long as possible to get maximum income. Learning Jungian psychology is a very worthwhile activity but if your goal is finding a new way to make a living this may not be your best bet.

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