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Satya Byock

(Online Lecture)

Jung’s Visions: What He Saw Before and After the Two World Wars

Friday, January 16th, 2026

7:00 – 9:00 pm

There’s a section in Jung’s Red Book titled “The Three Prophecies,” written shortly before the outbreak of World War I. In these pages, Jung’s soul has plunged into the depths and delivers him “ancient things that pointed to the future.” The three things she brings him are: “The misery of war, the darkness of magic, and the gift of religion.”

Then Jung wrote: “War is obvious and everybody sees it. Magic is dark and no one sees it. Religion is still to come, but it will become evident. …What should I believe? What should I disbelieve? I saw and I shuddered.”

There were many times in Jung’s life when he had some kind of vision or prophecy. In this lecture, we’ll explore a variety of these events and pursue the larger guiding question: how does the unconscious serve as a source of information, support, and guidance during periods of collective disruption—such as our own?

Satya Doyle Byock is the director of The Salome Institute of Jungian Studies’ year-round program, author of Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood, and a psychotherapist in private practice. Her work has been featured on NPR, The BBC, The New York Times, The Guardian, Oprah Daily, Literary Hub, and many podcasts, including 10% Happier with Dan Harris, Apple News in Conversation, Pulling the Thread, and The Joseph Campbell Foundation Podcast. She is also the co-host of the thirty-episode podcast exploring Carl Jung’s Red Book. You can follow her writing and join her monthly gatherings via her Substack newsletter Self & Society at satyadoylebyock.substack.com