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Course meets on April 2nd, 9th and 16th, 2025
This program WILL NOT BE recorded.
In these times of unique planetary alignment, great change and disruption are taking place on Earth, potentially overwhelming us with a sense of terror, helplessness, and collapse. The tension of the opposites and the death/rebirth model can be found in several myths and fairytales with sisters working together to bring about transformation. These stories encourage and inspire us to find a collaborative relationship with the middle-way forward and to unearth new possibilities.
In this course, we will use the Nordic fairytale Tatterhood to explore the barren kingdom and the birth of the inner activist and the mystic. Tatterhood is a female figure who is born riding a goat and carrying a spoon. Although reportedly ugly and hooded, she emerges with unwavering energy, force, and determination that disappoints her mother, defies challenging figures, and disrupts social constructs. Despite her unconventionality, Tatterhood is faithfully companioned by her beautiful sister as they work together towards an unknown future and a surprising conclusion.
Throughout the course, we will actively consider several key figures and motifs that facilitate the movement of psychic energy, while acknowledging the role of trust, curiosity, and faith found in the pairing of the inner activist and the mystic. How might these two primary energies facilitate a becoming within the psyche so that the inner lands, with their various shadow figures, are redeemed through the generative energies of play and wonder? How might Tatterhood help us stir our psychic energy enough to leave behind old ideas, attitudes, and beliefs? Can Jung’s ideas about typology and alchemy provide useful metaphors and images? Through creative means, we will then listen to an inner knowing that supports a collaborative and relational possibility for the desired and necessary transformation.
Please bring the art materials of your choice (see supply list below for ideas), paper, and a journal for active imagination and spontaneous writing. No need to be an artist to participate. Each session will focus on specific elements from the tale, followed by prompts that will facilitate your own personal exploration of Tatterhood.
Suggested Supplies
Extra Supplies
NOTE: Supplies can be purchased at local art stores, or online through Jerry’s Artarama, Dick Blick, Cheap Joes, Utrecht, etc.
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Nora Swan-Foster has been a Jungian analyst and board-certified art therapist for more than 30 years. She is a training and supervising analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA) and on the faculty of the affiliated Memphis Atlanta Jung Seminar (MAJS). She has been on the graduate art therapy faculty at Naropa University for many years and is the former North American editor for the Journal of Analytical Psychology. Along with publishing several papers, she has two books: Jungian Art Therapy: Images, Dreams and Analytical Psychology and Art Therapy and Childbearing Issues: Birth, Death and Rebirth. Nora has a private practice in Boulder, Colorado, where she and her analyst husband currently share a home with two miniature schnauzers, Ruby and Jasper. |
Prices
Non-Members: $100.00
Individual Members: $75.00
Senior 65+ Members/Student Members: $65.00
DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM
Registration closes at 12:00pm EST the day before the program begins.
ZOOM LINKS: Zoom links can be found in your registration confirmation email. They will also be shared about 24 hours before the program start time. Registration closes before Zoom links are shared. If you do not receive your link 24 hours in advance, please reach out asap directly to support@jung.org
CANCELLATION: You may cancel your registration up to 1 week prior to the program.
By agreeing to enroll in an online program offered by the Jung Society of Washington, you are also agreeing to comply with our terms. This means that you cannot record (through internal or external devices) the audio, visuals (photos), or any videos of the program. The intellectual property belongs to the presenter, and we ask you not to violate this policy. Also, we highly value the anonymity of the content of the program, of the presenters, and of individuals present in the program, and hope that everyone can contribute to a respectful and trust-building online environment. Thank you!
