The Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology is itself testimony to the affinities that exist between Quakerism and Jungian psychology. The Conference has been held annually for more than 50 years. Since its focus is on Jungian psychology, it would seem that the dialogue between Quakerism and Jungian psychology is potentially inexhaustible. The purpose of this statement is to explore these affinities and to identify differences. Depth Psychology and Religious Experience Let us begin by recollecting that the word religion springs from the Latin religlo, religare, which means literally to bind together in one sheaf.
Jungian psychology has much to say about wholeness.
Jungian psychology extends this quest to include incorporating the contents of the unconscious and integrating them with consciousness. It seeks to bind into one sheaf the whole of the personality. The ultimate source is presumably God. But the only accessible source is the unconscious. For Jung access to the unconscious was primarily through dreams and fantasy.