Initiation

Thomas Kirsch is a Jungian Analyst who trained at the San Francisco Jung Institute. He is author of The Jungians and has been president of the CG Jung Institute of San Francisco and of the International Association for Analytical Psychology.Virginia Beane Rutter is a Jungian Analyst who trained at both the Zurich and the San Francisco Jung Institute. She is the author of three books, including Woman Changing Woman, that bring art history, archaeology, and psychology to bear on the relevance of this archetype for modern men and women.Thomas Singer is a Jungian Analyst who trained at the San Francisco Jung Institute. He has written four books including The Vision Thing and The Cultural Complex.

• Preface. Introductions. Singer, Purpose of this Book. Kirsch, History of Initiation Scholarship. Beane Rutter, Women and Initiation. Structure of this Book. Part I: The Archetype of Initiation and Joe Henderson. Singer, In the Footsteps: The Story of an Initiatory Drawing by Dr Joseph Henderson. Russack, Sitting With the Old Master. Part II: The Archetype of Initiation in Clinical Practice. Beane Rutter, The Archetypal Paradox of Feminine Initiation in Analytic Work. Stein, Initiation as Surrender: A Twelve Year Analysis. Part III: The Archetype of Initiation in Culture. Stein, On Modern Initiation into the Spiritual – A Psychological View. Sherwood, The Traditional Plains Indian Vision Quest: Initiation and Individuation. Beebe, Hitchcock’s Rite of Passage: A Jungian Reading of ‘North by Northwest’. Part IV: The Archetype of Initiation in Aging and Death. De Shong Meador, Separation, Sorrow, and Initiation. Tresan, A Meditation on Death "Cast a Cold Eye".