The Psychology of Carl Jung

The Psychology of Carl Jung comes to The County Assembly Rooms on Wednesday 2 December, part of the Seed Talks in Lincoln collection. It's a talk that follows the life and ideas of Carl Jung, who spent his years as both scientist and seeker, worked with Freud and later split from him, and spent his life mapping a model of the psyche that reaches from the conscious ego down into roots shared with our earliest ancestors.

That map covers a lot of ground. The talk goes through Jung's core concepts: the shadow, the anima and animus, the self, the collective unconscious and individuation. It treats dreams as diagnostic tools, active imagination as 'dreaming awake' and synchronicity as the universe's way of leaving you a note. If you've heard these terms before but never quite got a handle on how they fit together, this is a good place to see them laid out in one go.

Dr Rachel Newsome leads the evening. She's a Jungian-based writer and teacher with a doctorate in applying Jungian psychoanalysis to creative writing, and she frames Jung's work as a way of finding meaning in a world that feels unmoored. She's the founder of 'Depth Writing With Dr Rachel', a holistic creative learning programme, and a former editor of the arts & culture magazine Dazed & Confused. The talk is followed by a Q&A, so there's time to ask questions once she's finished.

It's at The County Assembly Rooms, 76 Bailgate, Lincoln LN1 3AR. Doors open at 7:00 PM, the talk starts at 7:30 PM and runs for about two and a half hours. Tickets are £16.19.