Please note this course is a bi-weekly program that meets on Mondays.  

Dates are September 14th and 28th, October 12th and 26th, and November 9th, 2026.

7:30PM - 9:30PM EST

This program WILL NOT BE RECORDED.

As we approach the end of life, meaning and purpose are as important to us as they were when we were young. Jung believed that life is teleology, or that life is always striving for a goal. In youth, the goal is working toward achievement, relationship, individuation. It is a movement toward the summit.  

With the same intensity that the natural drive of the young is toward ascent, the natural drive of older people is descent; the natural goal is toward repose.  In Jung’s view, fear of death is as problematic for the elderly as fear of life is for the young.

In this group of novels, we will explore meaning and purpose in old age. We will read the following novels:

• September 14:  The Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry
• September 28:  Plainsong, by Kent Haruf
• October 12:  When the Cranes Fly South, by Lisa Ridzen
• October 26:  The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce
• November 9:  The History of Love, by Nicole Kraus

I’m looking forward to seeing you. 

Julie Bondanza, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and a diplomate Jungian analyst who trained at the C.G. Jung Institute of New York, where she was Director of Training, a job she also held with the Philadelphia Association of Jungian Analysts. She has taught extensively in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington, as well as for various Jung societies across the country. Presently she serves the board of the C.G. Jung Foundation of New York and continues to serve as its program chair, a post she has held for many years. Dr. Bondanza practices in Takoma Park and lives in Washington, D.C.

PRICES

Non-Member Price:  $134.00/ticket

Individual Member (Below 65):  $106.00/ticket

Senior 65+ Members/Student Members:  $89.00/ticket

DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM

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CANCELLATION: You may cancel your registration up to 1 week prior to the program.

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