Imaginal Psychology

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Imagination is essential to the psyche, bound up with perception, memory, and creativity, but too often dismissed as insubstantial or unreal. This course will examine imagination as an irreducible phenomenon through both scientific and spiritual frameworks. The topic will be approached through multiple lenses, including, history, philosophy, culture, and religion, with particular emphasis on depth psychology and neuroscience. PRIORITY REGISTRATION TO RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS