Speaker: Fiann Paul, M.Arch, CGeog, Hon.MM
Event: Spring Conference of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA)
Date: Thursday, 23 April 2026
Time: 07:00 pm - 08:00 pm
Location: Embassy Suites, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Description:
This conference presentation will introduce the mission and work of the International Jungian Psychedelic Association (IJPA), an organization created to place analytical psychology in meaningful dialogue with the rapidly expanding field of psychedelic research and practice. As the current renaissance is predominantly shaped by biomedical and neuroscientific perspectives, the talk highlights the importance of a depth-psychological approach grounded in symbolic understanding and ethical responsibility when engaging with non-ordinary states.

Fiann Paul will present the association’s vision, structure, and academic as well as clinical objectives, including its faculty model, educational initiatives, and commitment to rigorous Jungian scholarship within contemporary psychedelic discourse. Attention will also be given to the growing number of analysts and candidates encountering psychedelic material in clinical settings, and to the ways this phenomenon is challenging and expanding prevailing conceptions of psyche, symbol, and psychological transformation.

Conceived as a collegial and dialogical contribution rather than a commercial presentation, the session aims to foster thoughtful discussion about how analytical psychology can help shape the future development of this emerging field.