DIVINING THE THAR DESERT: THE SEARCH FOR THE CREATIVE WELLSPRING A Jungian Roadmap into the Soul of Ancient Indian Civilization Guest Faculty Ashok Bedi M.D., Jungian Psychoanalyst and Ami Bedi, LPC NCC February 14 - 25, 2025 The C.G. Jung Foundation of New York and C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago are proud to sponsor the 18th educational tour of India in February 2025. This trip is an opportunity to see India through the lens of analytical psychology. Join us in this Jungian passage to the dream like, archetypal landscape of India, including a luxury tented retreat in the Thar Desert, Jaisalmer, a World Heritage site and part of the Silk Road. Jodhpur with its majestic Mehrangarh Fort was a flourishing trading town in its heyday. At the end we gather with Dr. Bedi at the beautiful Chhatrasagar retreat, a magical hideaway in the Rajasthani countryside, exploring rural life and the amazing bird sanctuary. Individuation implies becoming whole and the personal best version of ourselves. It is a journey around the world and in the deepest recesses of our Psyche, it is about wandering without getting lost. At some point in this soul journey, one must encounter the desert, both literally and in our psychic landscape. Jung encountered the desert in his dark night of the soul as chronicled in his Red Book. The wisdom of our depths speaks to us in the desert. The soul of a culture is archived in the myths, stories, songs, folklore and customs of its desert. The wellspring of the desert holds the memories of a civilization’s triumphs and tragedies. The Indian desert of Rajasthan is one such vessel of the archetypal soul of India with its guidance and cautions. […]