THE RED BOOK CLUB
The Red Book Club is a free online bookclub and speaker program with a focus on the unconscious. Books include those on Jungian depth psychology, mythology, alchemy, art and the imagination. After reading each book there is opportunity to meet for a group online zoom discussion. As part of the program guest authors, academics and artists are invited to speak about a particular book or subject.
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Guest speakers to date have included Jennifer Higgie (author of The Other Side), Amy Hale (author of Ithell Colquhoun - Genius of the Fern Loved Gulley), Stephen Ellcock (author of UnderWorlds and the Cosmic Dance), Cary Mountain (author of Descent and Rising), Gary Bobroff (Jungian speaker, author and founder of Jungian Online), Patrick Harpur (author of books including Daimonic Reality: A Field Guide to the Otherworld), New York sculptor, painter and art critic Ann McCoy, and scholar Danny Scopelliti.
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The book club is open to anyone interested in the subject areas - no obligation to read every month, just join in when a book or speaker grabs your interest. If you would like to join click the link below.​​
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UPCOMING BOOKS & MEETINGS
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The Gift
By Lewis Hyde
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First published in America in 1979, The Gift is a modern classic. This inspiring examination of the 'gift economy' is even more relevant now than when it originally appeared. It's a brilliantly argued defence of the place of creativity in our increasingly market-orientated society.
The Gift asks what it means to create in a world that often measures value in purely commercial terms. As artists, writers, and makers, we often grapple with this tension between creativity and commerce — and The Gift offers a thoughtful, poetic exploration of that conflict. Hyde draws on anthropology, folklore, and philosophy to argue that true art belongs to the realm of the gift, not the marketplace, and he invites us to consider how generosity, exchange, and meaning weave through creative life.
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Zoom meeting date
Monday 7th July
8pm UK time
PAST BOOKS & SPEAKERS
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