Jan Bauer, Jungian Analyst

Money's Mysteries

Money's Mysteries: An exploration of the meaning and the psychology of money in a world which has reduced it to ‘just’ a dollar sign.

“Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man’s greatest source of joy and with death as his greatest source of anxiety.”  (John Galbraith)

What is it about money that so enthralls and worries us? Why does it have so much power in our lives and why do we generally find it so difficult to deal with?  As we shall see, money is mercurial. It belongs to everyone and to no one. We are all concerned with it, but few of us understand it. We think only that if we had more, all would be well with the world.

Yet money is more than ‘having’ and quantity. It is also a symbol of the past, of value and of connection between people. It is sometimes sacred, sometimes profane. It is truly polymorphous. The lecture will explore some of money’s myriad meanings and end by asking the question, “Why  is it that the world of money and  the world of psychology seem mutually exclusive?”