3/15/2008 Jung Society of Washington Bud Harris

What: Workshop
Who: Bud Harris
When:Saturday
Fees: $50.00, members in advance; $75.00, general; $40.00, seniors over 65 and full-time students

During this workshop we will explore some of the most important and specific exercises in the mystical journey and how in each stage of spiritual development Jungian psychology brings them into a focus that can change our lives.Each of us will be invited to respond personally and to discuss in small groups a series of questions or observations that mark the path of individuation and mysticism. We will seek to amplify and understand the personal and collective forces that have molded our lives and created our scripts, and the ways we can free ourselves from these influences and allow the potentials we have formerly curtailed to flourish with new life and transform us. The mystics call this process "awakening," "purification," and "illumination." Jungians call it the journey into individual consciousness. We must learn that thinking about ourselves in a profound way is not only not selfish, it is the discipline that makes us a vessel for the expression of divine creativity. To help us in this process, we will look into the lives of the mystics and their stories.The highest form of unity impels us to become fierce participants in life, following in the footsteps of people who have shaken the foundation of convention and progressed far enough in their development of consciousness to realize their ego must be transformed from a position of "I want" to "I serve" the highest values of the Divine within themselves.Each participant should bring pencil and paper in order to write their reflections upon the discussion topics. We will conclude by exploring how we can live our lives as authentically as the mystics lived theirs. For this program, we intend to offer CEUs for Social Workers.
Bud Harris, Ph.D., is a Zurich-trained Jungian analyst practicing in Asheville, North Carolina. Formerly a businessman, he now has over thirty years experience as a practicing psychotherapist, psychologist, and Jungian analyst. He has lectured widely and written a number of articles. His books include: The Emasculation of the Unicorn: The Loss and Rebuilding of Manhood; The Father Quest: Rediscovering an Elemental Psychic Force; Like Gold through Fire: Understanding the Transforming Power of Suffering (co-authored with his wife, Jungian analyst Dr. Massimilla Harris), and Sacred Selfishness: A guide to Living a Life of Substance. His new book, The Fire and the Rose: The Wedding of Spirituality and Sexuality, was published in September 2007. More information is available at budharris.com http://www.budharris.com/