Murray Stein at his office in Zürich, Switzerland, Nov. 25, 2015. Photo by Laura London. Please do not use without written permission. (I took this photo after a long and complicated journey from Chicago to Zürich. Please stop using it without my pe… — Murray Stein at his office in Zürich, Switzerland, Nov. 25, 2015. Photo by Laura London. Please do not use without written permission. (I took this photo after a long and complicated journey from Chicago to Zürich. Please stop using it without my permission.)

Murray W. Stein, II is a Jungian analyst and author in private practice in Zürich, Switzerland.

He earned a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School at Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Religion and Psychological Studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School. He trained as a Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich and later co-founded the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago where he worked as a training analyst.

Dr. Stein served as president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) from 2001-2004, and as president of the International School of Analytical Psychology (ISAP Zürich) from 2008-2012, where he currently works as a training and supervising analyst.

NEW IN 2023

The Shadow & the Problem of Evil: Five Examinations ~ Nov. 3, 2023 ~ Edited by Murray Stein, this long-awaited book from Chiron Publications includes essays on the atom bomb, paranoia, and the ecological crisis.

Murray Stein: On his Collected Writings ~ Oct. 29, 2023 ~ Short video of Dr. Stein discussing his book series from Chiron Publications. Produced by Blue Salamandra Films.

Map of the Soul: The Self ~ Oct. 16, 2023 ~ Blue Salamandra Films presents Murray Stein in conversation with Diane Stanley, directed by Luis Moris (Ep. 90). “Diane comes to Zurich to meet with Dr. Murray Stein to speak about a dream she had. The conversation reveals how the Self has been expressing itself through Diane and her artistic works. This is a conversation about the inner and autonomous drive of the unconscious psyche.”

Birthday Celebration for Murray Stein ~ Sept. 2, 2023 ~ Watch the replay of the online event celebrating Dr. Stein’s 80th birthday! Chiron Publications launched the new book, Individuation Psychology: Essays in Honor of Murray Stein. Contributors to the book offered reflections on Dr. Stein’s long career and profound impact on analytical psychology. Includes Speaking of Jung guests Steven Buser, Henry Abramovitch, John Beebe, Ann Casement, Nancy Furlotti, and Roderick Main, upcoming guests Paul Bishop, Joseph Cambray, and Linda Carter, as well as our host Laura London.

Episode 122: Murray Stein at 80 ~ Jul. 26, 2023 ~ Dr. Stein joined Laura via video on C.G. Jung’s 148th birthday to discuss the latest volume of his Collected Writings on the problem of evil, the festschrift for his upcoming 80th birthday, a new book on the evil and the shadow (including an essay by Jungian analyst Valery Appleby on the atom bomb), the Jung family home and museum, and the upcoming conference on psychedelics and individuation. Was The Red Book influenced by psychedelics? You’ll find out on this very special video edition!

My Lunch with Thomas ~ May 12, 2023 ~ Murray Stein and Henry Abramovitch are traveling together on a train from Zürich to Ascona, Switzerland. Their conversation revolves around the perplexing story of a relationship that began with a lunch at a Zürich restaurant that led to a surprising outburst of creativity and ended in a climax that may have been mysteriously forecast in a dream. Produced by Ep. 90 guest Luis Moris.

EPISODES WITH MURRAY STEIN

Episode 9: Nov. 25, 2015 ~ Our face-to-face meeting at his office in Zürich, Switzerland

Episode 42: Mar. 25, 2019 ~ Jung’s Map of the Soul: An Introduction

Episode 44: Apr. 14, 2019 ~ Map of the Soul: Persona by BTS

Episode 47: Aug. 7, 2019 ~ His play, The Analyst and the Rabbi, with co-author Henry Abramovitch, Ph.D.

Episode 49: Sept. 20, 2019 ~ Jung’s Red Book for Our Time

Episode 53: Jan. 12, 2020 ~ Interlude: Shadow by BTS

Episode 54: Feb. 7, 2020 ~ Outro: Ego by BTS

Episode 55: Feb. 26, 2020 ~ Map of the Soul: 7 by BTS

Episode 67: Jul. 19, 2020 ~ Map of the Soul: 7 ~ The Journey by BTS

Episode 77: Dec. 2, 2020 ~ The new album BE by BTS

Episode 92: Sept. 23, 2021 ~ BTS at the UN General Assembly

Episode 105: Mar. 3, 2022 ~ Psychological Types

Episode 111: Jun. 18. 2022 ~ The Way of What is to Come

Episode 122: Jul. 26, 2023 ~ Murray Stein at 80

THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF MURRAY STEIN

Volume 1: Individuation (Mar. 1, 2020)

Volume 2: Myth & Psychology (Sept. 15, 2020)

Volume 3: Transformations (May 1, 2021)

Volume 4: The Practice of Jungian Psychoanalysis (Mar. 15, 2022)

Volume 5: Analytical Psychology & Christianity (Mar. 31, 2023)

Volume 6: Analytical Psychology & Religion (Oct. 15, 2022)

Volume 7: The Problem of Evil (Jul. 1, 2023)

BOOKS BY MURRAY STEIN

Four Pillars of Jungian Psychoanalysis (Chiron, 2022)

In Midlife: A Jungian Perspective (Spring Publications, 1998)

Jung’s Map of the Soul: An Introduction (Open Court, 1998)

Jung’s Treatment of Christianity: The Psychotherapy of a Religious Tradition (Chiron, 1986)

Men Under Construction: Challenges & Prospects (Chiron, 2020)

Minding the Self: Jungian Meditations on Contemporary Spirituality (Routledge, 2014)

Outside Inside & All Around: And Other Essays in Jungian Psychology (Chiron, 2017)

Practicing Wholeness: Analytical Psychology & Jungian Thought (Chiron, 2014)

Solar Conscience Lunar Conscience: An Essay on the Psychological Foundations of Morality, Lawfulness, & the Sense of Justice (Chiron, 1993)

Soul: Treatment & Recovery The Selected Works of Murray Stein, 1973-2012 (Routledge, 2017)

Temporality, Shame, & the Problem of Evil in Jungian Psychology with Elena Caramazza, M.D. (Routledge, 2020)

The Analyst & The Rabbi with Henry Abramovitch, Ph.D. (Chiron, 2019)

The Bible as Dream: A Jungian Interpretation (Chiron, 2018)

The Mystery of Transformation (Chiron, 2022)

The Principle of Individuation: Toward the Development of Human Consciousness (Chiron, 2006)

Transformation: Emergence of the Self Fay Lecture Series, 1998 (Texas A&M University Press, 2004) Also available as a free PDF

MAP OF THE SOUL BOOK SERIES

Map of the Soul: Persona – Our Many Faces with Steven Buser, M.D. and Leonard Cruz, M.D. (Chiron, 2019)

Map of the Soul: Shadow – Our Hidden Self with Steven Buser, M.D., Leonard Cruz, M.D. and Sarah L. Stein, Ph.D. (Chiron, 2020)

Map of the Soul: Ego – I Am with Steven Buser, M.D. and Leonard Cruz, M.D. (Chiron, 2020)

Map of the Soul: 7 – Persona, Shadow, & Ego in the World of BTS with Steven Buser, M.D. and Leonard Cruz, M.D. (Chiron, 2020)

EDITED/CO-EDITED BY MURRAY STEIN

Gender & Soul in Psychotherapy with Nathan Schwartz-Salant, Ph.D. (Chiron, 2003)

Jung on Evil Encountering Jung Series (Princeton University Press, 1996)

Jung’s Challenge to Contemporary Religion with Robert L. Moore, Ph.D. (Chiron, 2013)

Jung’s Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul Under Postmodern Conditions (Vol. 1-4) with Thomas Arzt, Ph.D. (Chiron, 2019)

Jung’s Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul in the 21st Century An Eranos Symposium (Chiron, 2022)

Jungian Psychoanalysis: Working in the Spirt of Carl Jung (Open Court, 2010)

Mad Parts of Sane People in Analysis (Chiron Clinical Series, 2013)

Psyche’s Stories: Modern Jungian Interpretations of Fairy Tales (Vol. 1-3) with Lionel Corbett, M.D. (Chiron, 1995)

The Interactive Field in Analysis (Chiron Clinical Series, 1995)

The Shadow & the Problem of Evil: Five Examinations (Chiron, 2023)

Transference Countertransference with Nathan Schwartz-Salant, Ph.D. (Chiron Clinical Series, 1984)

DVDS

Jungians Speaking Interview by Jungian analyst Luis Moris; available from Chiron Publications

Thomas B. Kirsch in Conversation with Murray Stein in the Home of C.G. Jung Produced by Jungian analyst Luis Moris; available from Chiron Publications (A transcript of this interview is included in the book, A Jungian Legacy: Tom Kirsch, edited by Luis Moris.)