Jules Cashford is a philosopher, mythologist, writer, lecturer, and Jungian analyst. She read philosophy at St. Andrews and did post-graduate research in literature at Cambridge on a Carnegie Fellowship, studying Tragedy, particularly in the novels of Joseph Conrad. She was a Supervisor in Tragedy and the Novel at Trinity College, Cambridge for some years. She trained as a Jungian Analyst with the Association of Jungian Analysts in London and is a member of the International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP) and a Fellow of the Temenos Academy. She lectured on Mythology at Birkbeck College of Extra-Mural Studies, University of London, in a course called 'Before Philosophy.' She now writes and lectures on Myth, Literature and Art, and works with the Gaia Foundation in London as a Trustee. Co-author of the landmark 'The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image' (Penguin, 1993), translator of 'The Homeric Hymns' (Penguin Classics, 2003), and author of 'The Moon: Symbol of Transformation' (2016), 'Gaia: Story of Origin to Universe Story' (2012), and 'The Mysteries of Osiris' (2010).
Training & lineage
- MA, Philosophy, University of St Andrews
- Post-graduate research in Literature, Cambridge University (Carnegie Fellowship)
Specialties
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