Ruth Williams: Jungian Analyst - "Aspects of Soul and Spirit in Jungian analysis and the world"

This talk will be based on my new book entitled Exploring Spirituality from a Post-Jungian Perspective: Clinical and Personal Reflections (Routledge 2023).  I will focus on different perspectives including those from the “wood wide web” (ie communication through the roots of trees and fungi), indigenous cultures and our connection with animals.

Book Reviews: Exploring Spirituality from a Post-Jungian Perspective: Clinical and Personal Reflections

"I am overjoyed to find in Exploring Spirituality from a Post-Jungian Perspective: Clinical and Personal Reflections a uniquely welcoming voice and distilled wisdom. Whatever our religious or secular background, this book invites us to celebrate being human by becoming spiritual. Williams writes with the accessibility and experiential depth to include everyone with a questing spirit, whether familiar with Jungian psychology or not. Superbly grounded in the personal, this book is a deep dive into dimensions of being often labelled religious, mystical, esoteric, paranormal, or transpersonal. It shows us how to live more fulfilled lives in this troubled twenty first century. Buy it!"

Susan Rowland (PhD), Core Faculty, Pacifica Graduate Institute

"This important work captures the essence of a spiritual approach to the unconscious: continually grounding experience by reality testing, watching what your Shadow is doing, and having a sense of humour. Ruth explains this with clarity, vision and, above all, warmth of heart."

Dr Dale Mathers, IAAP member

"Ruth Williams has a feel for what matters, and in this set of engaging reflections on what spirituality means, or might mean, in the contemporary world, she homes in on a range of challenging but vital topics: ecological responsibility, the purpose of life, destiny, the ineffable, and many more. As a psychotherapist, Williams is far from unfamiliar with the darker side of life; but she also attends to the struggles involved in facing the light. Through a deft choice of anecdotes and vignettes drawn from spiritual traditions, popular culture, and above all her own personal and professional experience, she champions the pursuit of one’s individual path. And her vivid, personable style helps to make all the addressed issues emotionally as well as intellectually accessible. Exuding courage and generosity, this book should be helpful to a wide readership."

Professor Roderick Main, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex

 About the Author 

Ruth Williams is a Professional Member and Supervising Analyst of the Association of Jungian Analysts.  She is also an Integrative Psychotherapist.  She practices, teaches and supervises in a variety of settings nationally and internationally.  She is the author of Jung: The Basics (Routledge 2019) and Exploring Spirituality from a Post-Jungian Perspective: Clinical and Personal Reflections (Routledge 2023).  See www.RuthWilliams.org.uk.