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C.G. Jung Public Lectures,
Bristol

Next Lecture - June

Nemglan

June 13th 2026 10.30 am - 12.45 pm

Mark Nemglan

Initiatory landscapes as maps of personal transmutation

There is clear commonality between the organisation and alignment of ancient and indigenous places, and ritual, shamanic and mythic landscapes. But why do these geographies typically consist of an island incorporating a central place or axis mundi in the form of a primordial world-tree or grove, a cosmic hill or mountain, or temple, accompanied by life-giving rivers emerging as springs, flowing in specific directions?

Why are so many oriented to, and aligned with, the cardinal and intercardinal directions? And what role do celestial bodies, and the various deities assigned to specific directions, perform?

And lastly, what is their relationship to the initiatory trials of the archaic mystery religions of classical Greece and Rome, the rites of Egyptian kings, and the doctrine of metempsychosis, central to so many cultures and belief-systems?

This talk will explore these topics in depth, and apply their principles to an existing, real-world example in the form of the Glastonbury landscape which, once understood, reveals itself as a place of initiation in which personal transmutation and renewal can occur.

Mark Nemglan is an author, writer, researcher and esotericist, with an ongoing theoretical and practical interest in myth and mythopoesis, the British Mystery Tradition, and esoteric history. His book Avalon Working was published by Scarlet Imprint in 2024. He is currently researching the role of emerging mythologies as lived belief systems in an age of conspiracy and global collapse.

General information

Since the early eighties, the C.G. Jung Public Lectures have played an important part in establishing and maintaining Bristol's reputation as an acknowledged centre of interest in Depth Psychology.

The monthly lectures are on current issues and topics broadly related to the field of analytical psychology and are given by a variety of professional and established speakers. They are open to everybody with an interest in depth psychology, the therapies, philosophy, religion, mythology, life and the arts.

The aim is to provide a friendly, informal space for Jung's ideas and philosophy to reach a wider public. There is time for refreshment, socialising, and networking after the lecture followed by participative discussion with the speaker in the round.

 


A reduced-price bookstall is sometimes provided by Bookmark, Bristol. Their website includes a good selection
of Jungian and Analytical Psychology titles (also at reduced prices)!
Tel: (0117) 9672928  www.psychologicaltherapybooks.co.uk

 

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