Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's midnight, so we can proceed with a new Magic Monday. Ask me anything about occultism and I'll do my best to answer it. With certain exceptions, any question received by midnight Monday Eastern time will get an answer. Please note:  Any question or comment received after then will not get an answer, and in fact will just be deleted. (I've been getting an increasing number of people trying to post after these are closed, so will have to draw a harder line than before.) If you're in a hurry, or suspect you may be the 143,916th person to ask a question, please check out the very rough version 1.0 of The Magic Monday FAQ here. Also: I will not be putting through or answering any more questions about practicing magic around children. I've answered those in simple declarative sentences in the FAQ. If you read the FAQ and don't think your question has been answered, read it again. If that doesn't help, consider remedial reading classes; yes, it really is as simple and straightforward as the FAQ says. 

The picture?  I'm working my way through photos of my lineage, focusing on the teachers whose work has influenced me and the teachers who influenced them in turn. I'm currently tracing my Martinist lineage. Along with Louis-Claude de St. Martin, last week's honoree, the inner circle of pupils of Martinez de Pasqually included this week's figure, Jean-Baptiste Willermoz. A very active Freemason, Willermoz played a central role in cleaning up the mess left by the implosion of the Strict Observance (the most important Templar order in 18th century Europe) and created a new order with its own rituals, the Rectified Rite, which survives to this day. Much of what became the ritual of Martinism came from Willermoz's hands.

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***This Magic Monday is now closed. See you next week!***

Comments

Re: Defunct Traditions and Jungian Psychology

[jprussell]

If I may piggyback on JMG's answer to #2 a bit, a few things to know if you plan to pursue this:

2a) Academic psychology (and therefore the programs that would be training you if you seek a Masters or PhD) has almost entirely rejected Jung as anything other than an interesting historical footnote. The most widely-taught methodology of talk therapy is "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" or its variants. CBT isn't incompatible with Jungian understandings, but just know that you're gonna have a tough time finding teachers that take Jung seriously if part of your goals are getting the more prestigious credentials associated with psychotherapeutic practice.

2b) Depending on what locality you're in, there are a variety of licenses offered for things that might generally be called "therapy," and these will tend to draw different clients. One rule of thumb that I've heard both physicians and regular folks recommend to those seeking a therapist is to seek one out with at least the same level of education, or higher. In other words, if someone has a Masters degree or PhD, they should seek out a therapist that holds an equivalent degree. What this means from the therapist side of things is that having a higher level degree usually lets you charge more and usually means you'll be dealing more with folks with PMC-type jobs, whereas if you get a Licensed Social Worker certification or the like, you'll be more likely to deal with working class and poorer folks, which will have impacts on what kinds of issues you help folks deal with and how much you can make.

2c) All that being said, those folks who do take Jung seriously and practice professionally tend to be very outspoken and willing to educate folks. You might consider doing a web search for "[your city] cg jung" and see what centers, institutes, or the like pop up. For example, my city has a "C.G. Jung Center" that hosts classes, has a library, keeps up a list of local therapists who use Jungian methods, and so forth.

Whatever you end up doing, good luck, and I hope some of this helps!
Jeff