Nancy Swift Furlotti, Ph.D. is a Jungian psychoanalyst in Aspen, Colorado.
She holds a degree in Spanish language and literature from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a degree in environmental design from the ArtCenter College in Pasadena. She later went on to earn a master’s degree in clinical psychology at Antioch University in Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. in psychology from Saybrook University.
Dr. Furlotti trained as a Jungian psychoanalyst at the Research and Training Center for Depth Psychology in Zürich, and at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, where she later served as president. She is a founding member and past president of the Philemon Foundation and was actively involved in the publication of The Red Book. She served on the board of the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS) for many years, including the time it went online and published The Book of Symbols.
She is a member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and the C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado, and serves on the boards of the Pacifica Graduate Institute, the Smithsonian National Asian Museum, and the Aspen Festival and School. She is also a member of the Mercurius Film Prize Committee in Switzerland where her current task is the involvement with the producer of the documentary film, There is Another Way, which looks at the Combatants For Peace – an organization of Israelis and Palestinians working together in Israel/Palestine for peace. The film is available to rent or buy through ReConsider.
Dr. Furlotti established and is involved with the Carl Jung Professorial Endowment in Analytical Psychology at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA, and the Erel Shalit Carlsberg Foundation Research Fellowship in Behavioral Neuroscience at Oxford University.
In 2021, she presented the annual Fay Lecture Series at the Jung Center Houston, which was the subject of our first interview in Episode 94. The lectures will be published as the book, The Splendor of the Maya: A Journey into the Shadows at the Dawn of Creation, by Texas A&M University Press on November 10th.
In 2022, she presented “Voices of Wisdom in Times of Crisis: Responding to the Cries of Nature” at the Eranos Conference, “Jung’s Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul in the 21st Century.” Her lecture, as well as the others from the conference, were published in Volume 5 of the book series Jung’s Red Book for Our Time. Also that year she presented the Zürich Lecture Series, “The Lasting Relevance and Vision of Erich Neumann,” at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zürich. It was later published as Eternal Echoes: Erich Neumann’s Timeless Relevance to Consciousness, Creativity, and Evil, Volume 10 in series by Chiron Publications.
Her company, Recollections LLC, is devoted to promoting and supporting the publication of material related to the early development of analytical psychology. Recollections provided support for the publication of Erich Neumann’s manuscripts Jacob and Esau, as well as The Roots of Jewish Consciousness, Vol. 1: Revelation and Apocalypse and Vol. 2: Hasidism, which have been published in English, Hebrew, and recently in German. She also participated in the publication of Dedicated to the Soul: The Writings and Drawings of Emma Jung, published by Princeton University Press on January 14th, and most recently, The Last Lectures: C.G. Jung, 1958, scheduled to be published by Chiron Publications on July 26th in honor of Jung’s 150th birthday.
I’ve asked Dr. Furlotti to join us again today to discuss her essay, “The Path to the Transcendent Function: Dreams, Visions and Psychedelics,” in the book, Psychedelics and Individuation: Essays by Jungian Analysts, edited by Jungian analysts Leslie Stein and Lionel Corbett, and published by Chiron Publications in late 2023.
This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. It’s 01:23:10 long and 80 MB. You can stream it right here inside your web browser (click the play button below) or on our YouTube channel.
SHOW NOTES
Dr. Erel Shalit The late Jungian analyst, author and lecturer
The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype by Erich Neumann, Ph.D.
Depth Psychology and a New Ethic by Eric Neumann, Ph.D., foreword by C.G. Jung
Answer to Job Extract from Vol. 11 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung
Analytical Psychology in Exile The Correspondence of C.G. Jung & Erich Neumann
C.G. Jung: Letters, Volume 2 (1951-1961)
The Swiss Beginnings of LSD House of Switzerland
The Red Book by C.G. Jung (currently 27% off)
(PAST) Psychedelics and Individuation: Conversations with Jungian Analysts Pacifica Graduate Institute, December 15th – 17th, 2023
BOOKS
The Splendor of the Maya: A Journey into the Shadows at the Dawn of Creation by Nancy Swift Furlotti, Ph.D., Fay Lecture Series Vol. 23 (Coming Nov. 10, 2025)
Eternal Echoes: Erich Neumann’s Timeless Relevance to Consciousness, Creativity, and Evil by Nancy Swift Furlotti, Ph.D., Zürich Lecture Series Vol. 10
A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of President Trump Includes her essay, “Narcissism in the Home”
Psychedelics and Individuation: Essays by Jungian Analysts Includes her essay, “The Path to the Transcendent Function: Dreams, Visions and Psychedelics”
Jung’s Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul under Postmodern Conditions, Vol. 1 Includes her essay, “Encounters with the Animal Soul: A Voice of Hope for Our Precarious World”
Jung’s Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul in the 21st Century, Vol. 5 Includes her essay, “Voices of Wisdom in Times of Crisis: Responding to the Cries of Nature”
The Dream and Its Amplification Includes her essay, “Wild Cats and Crowned Snakes: Archetypal Agents of Feminine Initiation,” and “The Amplified World of Dreams” with co-editor Erel Shalit, Ph.D.
The Human Soul (Lost) in Transition At the Dawn of a New Era by Erel Shalit, Ph.D. with contributions by Nancy Swift Furlotti, Ph.D.
LINKS
(VIDEO) ISAPZURICH: Zürich Lecture Series 2022 Murray Stein presents the 2022 Zürich Lecture Series speaker Nancy Swift Furlotti, Jul. 12, 2022
(VIDEO) Voices of Wisdom in Times of Crisis: Responding to the Cries of Nature 2022 Eranos Conference: Jung’s Red Book for Our Time, Nancy Swift Furlotti, Apr. 29, 2022
(VIDEO) Soulheal Indie Short with Nancy Swift Furlotti and James Hollis exploring the crises that men face, wounded from the absence of helpful fathers, living with fear and driven by shame. Currently available to stream On Demand for $2.25 (also in Spanish). Proceeds are donated to a charity whose mission aligns with that of the film.
(AUDIO) Speaking of Jung, Episode 94 Nancy Swift Furlotti on the Splendor of the Maya, Oct. 6, 2021
(AUDIO) Shrink Rap Radio Three episodes with Nancy Swift Furlotti