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• JUNGIAN STUDIES READING SEMINAR, 2022-2023 Academic Year

  • Start
    Friday, September 09, 2022
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  • End
    Saturday, May 13, 2023
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  • Schedule
    10 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom, Eastern Time

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  REGISTRATION IS CLOSED

  Our Jungian Studies Reading Seminar is an(other) opportunity to study Jungian thought in depth, with a continuous cohort, over two years (or more). While some of the prior members of the Jung Studies Reading Seminar will be continuing with the program, the Jung Society opens up participation to new members for the next academic year program. Participation is open to anyone, regardless of background. 
  

  This year (fall 2022 - spring 2023), the seminar will be held over Zoom. The curriculum will focus on Jungian classics. 

  The seminar gathers monthly over the fall and spring to discuss assigned readings and material.  Licensed Jungian Analysts lead the seminar discussions. 

  At the end of the two year cycle, a certificate of completion will be conferred (attendance is required for at least 6 out of 8 sessions per year).

  SYLLABUS

  JSRS 2022-2023 Syllabus (as of Jan 2023).pdf
  

  TUITION
  

  $800 per semester, $1600 per year. Scholarships are available to those who need it.

  APPLYING

  If you are interested in applying, we kindly request a (one-page) letter of interest, including why you are interested in Carl Jung, what is your previous experience with Jung, and a resume. 

  For any questions, or to submit your application, please reach out to Morgan, at morgan@jung.org
  

  Thank you!

  
  

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• An Evening with Tim Lyons: Dreams, Visions, Psychedelics, and Non-Conforming Identities: Evolving Body Consciousness within an Autoimmune Culture

  • When
    Friday, March 24, 2023
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  WORKSHOP
  

  This program WILL NOT BE recorded.

  Registration closes at NOON EST. on March 23rd. 

  Zoom Links will be in your confirmation email.

  The often chaotic, unhealthy experience of living within our present inflammatory, autoimmune culture may be inducing a healing crisis that could open us to the highest levels of embodied health and individuation. In tonight’s program, we will explore how dreams, visions, and psychedelics, used adeptly, might be some of the best media through which we, as psychonauts, can embark on an odyssey to free ourselves from our attachment to the bad-object bio-psycho-social stressors.  In 1925 Jung recalled the nature of his own psychic voyage when he wrote, “It seemed to me I was living in an insane asylum of my own making.  I went about with all these fantastic figures: centaurs, nymphs, satyrs, gods and goddesses, as though they were patients and I was analyzing them.”  Now, a century later, if we embarked on such a quest, we would encounter an even greater variety of non-conforming identities, and, for some, the spirits of plant medicines and pharmaceuticals.

  Today we have an ever-expanding array of meditational healing practices available to us with the potential, guided by intentional awareness, to help us sail past our own shadowy Scylla and Charybdis.  We may even be able to ride the currents of our oft-traumatized neural pathways to the roots of energetic awareness itself.  Jung, by means of his prophetic visionary talents, opened the doors of numinous perception, accessed the archetypal worlds, and brought its denizens vividly to life without drugs.  In a letter to Father Victor White in 1954, Jung showed how keenly aware he was of the use of psychedelics in shamanic rituals and how skeptical of new psychedelic research.  Jung expressed concern that modern man could “pay very dearly” for this “Trojan Horse” sent by the gods.  Quoting Goethe’s poem, “I cannot get rid/of the spirits I bid,” he pointed to the danger of unwittingly playing the role of the sorcerer’s apprentice.  But then Jung also wrote, “I can only hope that the doctors will feed themselves thoroughly with mescalin, the alkaloid of divine grace, so that they learn for themselves its marvelous effect.”  These marvelous effects excited a new generation of doctors who had tested and fed themselves psychedelics while pioneering research in the 1950s.  This resulted in revelations of the vast potential for both healing and misuse that escalated experimentation within and outside the lab.

  In the same letter, Jung warned, “It is really the mistake of our age.  We think it is enough to discover new things, but we don’t realize that knowing more demands a corresponding development of morality.”  With this wisdom in mind, we can better prepare to set off on our own unique therapeutic journey of initiation by the collective unconscious.  This could lead us to an experience of unconditional healing within the life force itself.  If we can attain even a touch of this embodiment of our true essence, it can inoculate the immune system of our entire body consciousness.  Then we can meet our own revitalized holistic capacity for openness mirrored in our intimate and collective relationships in the outer world.      

  
  

  

  Timothy Lyons, LCSW, is a Jungian-oriented psychotherapist in private practice for individuals, couples and families in Capitol Hill, D.C. and Takoma Park, Maryland. He has a certificate for postgraduate studies from the Philadelphia Jung Institute and is a frequent presenter at the Jung Society of Washington. His postgraduate studies also include infant observation and art therapy. Tim’s work is further enhanced by his studies of Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism, yogic philosophies, Hatha yoga and Qi Gong. He has also completed teacher training in Trul Khor (Tibetan yoga). His earlier career as architect and editor includes writing for the Washington Post, and lecturing at the Smithsonian Institution. 
  

  https://timothy-lyons.com 

  
  

  ZOOM LINKS: Zoom links can be found in your registration confirmation email. If you sign up before 12:00pm EST (NOON) on Friday, the day before the program, you will receive you Zoom link by Friday at 4:00pm EST. If you do not receive your link 24 hours in advance, please reach out asap directly to support@jung.org. HOWEVER, if you sign up AFTER 12:00pm (NOON), the day before the program, you will receive your zoom link by 10:00am EST the day of the program.
  

  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!

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• WISEWOMAN FORUM: The Gifts of the Labyrinth: An Experiential Workshop with Druscilla French

  • When
    Sunday, March 26, 2023
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom, Eastern Time
  • Spaces left
    13

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  Discussion Group

  This program will NOT be recorded.

  FREE 

  with an option to donate to The Jung Society of Washington

  Our moral compasses are spinning, our “verities” are fraying, our narrative vessels have sprung leaks. In this dismantled mythic world is it possible to find clarity and purpose, even as moral ground is shifting seismically? Reason would tell us not. The ego resists, recommending fierce protection of reactionary positions. It is difficult to “ground” ourselves. We turn to the numinous for guidance.

  In this experiential workshop, we will consider the obstacles that obstruct our connection to the numinous. Using Jungian techniques of active imagination and visual thinking, we will interact with archetypal energies we identify in our psyches, seeking to befriend and calm in order to prepare for a meditative journey such as the labyrinth. 

  To enter a labyrinth is to willingly undertake a solitary journey in search of divine guidance. It requires the seeker to leave everyday concerns at the threshold, like a pair of sandy sneakers, and surrender control. Courage, tenacity, and mindfulness are essential. Within the labyrinth, the seeker is led to a deep connection with the psyche, and returned to the entrance, frequently transformed. The gifts of the labyrinth are clarity of vision and confidence that we have the power to manifest what we hold in our minds and hearts for the well-being of all. 

  NOTE: Please bring a real flower of your own choosing to this workshop. We will be using them in an experiential exercise.
  
  Druscilla French, Ph.D. is the originator of “Return to Center; Reignite Your Purpose” conducted at the largest labyrinth in the continental USA, created by Marty and Debi Kermeen, located in Lee Summit, Missouri. She holds degrees in English and Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and in Depth Psychology and Mythology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her background is in archetypal psychology, conflict resolution, women’s studies, and human potential. She is the author of three novels: Shadows on Samhain, Solstice on Ice, and Divining Women. The Labyrinthian Playbook is a work in progress.

  Contact wisewomanforum@gmail.com for more information and to join our email list.
  

  This group is independent of the Jung Society. They schedule their topics, provide their speakers and have done so since their inception many years ago. They provide a real service to the Jungian community, offering rich programs. 

  ZOOM LINKS: The Zoom link can be found in your registration confirmation email. The link will also be shared about 24 hours before the program start time. If you do not receive your link 24 hours in advance, please reach out to sundancitaz@gmail.com.

  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!
  

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• Eros: The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Course with Julie Bondanza

  • Start
    Monday, March 27, 2023
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  • End
    Monday, June 05, 2023
  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom, Eastern Time

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  COURSE
  

  Five Alternate Mondays

  This program WILL NOT BE recorded. 

  Registration closes at NOON EST. on March 26th. 

  Zoom Links will be in your confirmation email.

  This semester will explore Eros, which can bring us to ecstatic heights or to the depths of despair, in five plays and novels. We will begin with the classic, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. We will follow this with Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Enduring Love by Ian McEwan, and The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles. I’m still thinking of the fifth, either Hippolytus by Euripides or A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (both of which we have done in the past but are always worth a reread).

  * There will be no class on April 10, Easter Monday *

  
  

  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.
  

  

  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!

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• Joyce’s Ulysses: A Centennial Jungian Celebration: a course with Mark Napack

  • Start
    Thursday, March 30, 2023
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  • End
    Thursday, May 25, 2023
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom, Eastern Time

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  COURSE

  Five Alternate Thursdays

  This program WILL NOT BE recorded. 

  Registration closes at NOON EST. on March 29th. 

  You are a spiritual exercise, an ascetic discipline, an agonizing ritual, an arcane procedure, eighteen alchemical alembics piled on top of one another, where amino acids, poisonous fumes, and fire and ice, the homunculus of a new, universal consciousness is distilled! 

  - C.G.Jung, “ Ulysses: A Monologue,”  CW 15, par. 201

  James Joyce's Ulysses: there is nothing like it! When Sylvia Beach published Ulysses out of her Parisian bookstore, Shakespeare and Co., a century ago on February 2, 1922 (Joyce's 40th birthday), did she know what was being unleashed on the world? James Joyce likely did. Carl Jung certainly knew something significant had happened and expressed as much in his essay, "Ulysses: A Monologue" (in The Spirit in Man, Art, and Literature). Jung compares Ulysses to a transformative, psychological experience, akin to those expressed in alchemy.

  In this course, we shall enter the world of the psyche in Ulysses. Indeed, it is a profoundly psychological text. A neurologist, the first reviewer for The New York Times, stated, "I have learned more psychology and psychiatry from it than I did in 10 years at the Neurological Institute." In Ulysses, the inner world of the psyche is contained, laid bare, and released. On one ordinary day, June 16, 1904, mythopoetic patterns and archetypal dynamics, touching the core of human experience, are revealed. Ulysses is a world where language is psyche, and the psyche may discover itself through it. 

  Suggested Reading: James Joyce's Ulysses

  Class Format: Presentation and discussion, with passages being emailed to the class

  Week I. Introduction: Ulysses' Structure and Orientation

  Week II. Telemachia: Stephen Dedalus-Telemachus and the Lost Hero (Ulysses, Part I, Chapters 1 - 3)

  Week III. Odyssey: Leopold Bloom-Ulysses and Exile (Ulysses, Part II, Chapters 1 - 9)

  Week IV. Odyssey: The Journey through the Underworld (Ulysses, Part II, Chapters 10 - 12)

  Week V. Nostoi: Molly-Penelope and Sophia (Ulysses, Part III, Chapters, 1 - 3)

  
  

  Mark Napack, M.A., S.T.L., M.S., studied archetypal patterns in comparative literature at Columbia University, after which he applied Jungian theory to the redemption motif in medieval theology for his thesis at Fordham University.  He further studied Jung, psychology, and the history of religion at Loyola and Catholic Universities. A long-time graduate and college instructor, Mark has presented at international conferences and his work has appeared in scholarly journals and books in English and French. Mark Napack, LCPC, is also a Jungian-informed psychotherapist in North Bethesda, MD.
  

  

  ZOOM LINKS: Zoom links can be found in your registration confirmation email. If you sign up before 12:00pm EST (NOON) on Friday, the day before the program, you will receive you Zoom link by Friday at 4:00pm EST. If you do not receive your link 24 hours in advance, please reach out asap directly to support@jung.org. HOWEVER, if you sign up AFTER 12:00pm (NOON), the day before the program, you will receive your zoom link by 10:00am EST the day of the program.
  

  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!

  
  

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• The Heroine’s Journey in Everyone: A workshop with Erica Lorentz

  • When
    Saturday, April 01, 2023
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom, Eastern Time

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  WORKSHOP
  

  This program WILL NOT BE recorded.

  Registration closes at NOON EST. on March 31st. 

  Zoom Links will be in your confirmation email.

  The hero is king in our individualistic culture. Campbell popularized it. We all may need to be the hero at some point in our lives. But what about the heroine in all of us? Like the feminine in general, the heroine has been relegated to the cultural shadow, and it’s time she made her appearance again in our culture and our lives.

  To move forward and save our planet and our humanity, we must find a new way. The warrior archetype is one sided; patriarchal control is non-inclusive and destructive; greed and narcissism abound.

  Borrowing from the Iroquois, the heroine’s journey gives us a new perspective on how to challenge power and create democracy. Ghandi accessed it and brought it to the world stage. Martin Luther King and the women’s movement harnessed it here in the US. The heroine teaches us how to confront negative patriarchy and weave a social fabric that includes and listens to all.

  On a personal level, in order to become whole, we must find a healthy relationship to the feminine. The heroine’s journey shows us the path of initiation into the power of the Dark Feminine. This aspect must be redeemed to individuate, whether you are a man or woman. Indigenous cultures know this feminine way. It is an inner journey into the unconscious, as Jung illustrates in the Red Book. He followed his soul. In it is a different orientation to our body, our everyday life, and our relationships.

  The heroine’s journey will be given voice in my presentation on the Heroine’s journey in men and women. We will speak of it through history, neuroscience, fairytale, and myth. Come and begin your heroine’s journey with us.

  Erica Lorentz, M.Ed, LPC, Jungian Analyst (IAAP) is a training analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute of Boston where she has served on the Training Board. She has been an adjunct faculty at Antioch New England Graduate School of Professional Psychology, a training analyst with the Inter-regional Society of Jungian Analysts, and she has been featured on Pacifica Radio. One of Erica’s areas of expertise is working with the body in analysis. At the Ghost Ranch Jung conferences in New Mexico (1988-1991), she led Jungian Movement workshops for candidates and analysts. In 2014, she presented at the Creativity and Madness conference in Santa Fe, NM. Since 1986, she has lectured and taught workshops in the US and Canada. Presently, she is the president of the Jung Association of Western Massachusetts and has a private practice in Amherst, MA.

  ZOOM LINKS: Zoom links can be found in your registration confirmation email. If you sign up before 12:00pm EST (NOON) on Friday, the day before the program, you will receive you Zoom link by Friday at 4:00pm EST. If you do not receive your link 24 hours in advance, please reach out asap directly to support@jung.org. HOWEVER, if you sign up AFTER 12:00pm (NOON), the day before the program, you will receive your zoom link by 10:00am EST the day of the program.

  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!

  
  

   

   

  
  

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• The Art of Storytelling: Finding Meaning Through Visual Artwork: A Course with Kaitlin Staples-Vigo

  • Start
    Tuesday, April 04, 2023
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  • End
    Tuesday, April 25, 2023
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom, Eastern Time

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  COURSE
  

  Four Tuesdays

  This program WILL NOT BE recorded. 

  Registration closes at NOON EST. on April 3rd. 

  Zoom Links will be in your confirmation email.

  Join us for a four-week immersive art workshop where process artwork will be created, and stories will be told and heard. We will explore symbolic storytelling using process artwork, a single piece of art that is created over the course of multiple sessions. By the end of this workshop, you will have gained access to a visual method of storytelling that allows for a deeper relationship to unconscious creative content. Each participant will explore visual storytelling as an act of playfulness and creative stretching. Participants will be invited to share as little or as much of the stories they create as they’d like. Although led by an art therapist, this experience is not clinical in nature or intended as a therapeutic intervention. 

  Materials for the class

  Paper to write on; choose one of the following:

  • Canvas paper or canvas
  • Watercolor paper
  • Drawing paper
  • A box or surface that can be drawn on or glued/painted on

  Pen or pencil to write with; choose all that you desire:

  • Watercolor paint
  • Acrylic paint
  • Oil pastels
  • Chalk pastels 
  • Colored pencils
  • Collage materials, such as magazines and glue 

  
  

  Kaitlin Staples-Vigo, MA, ATR-BC, LPC, is a board-certified Registered Art Therapist, a Licensed Professional Counselor, and diligent student of Jung.  Kaitlin has a private practice both in Philadelphia and online, and she is an adjunct art therapy professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and at Marywood University in Scranton, PA. Kaitlin is also a founding member of Improv for Therapists, offering improv workshops for therapists in the Philadelphia area and beyond. Her website is  www.realhealingstudio.com.

  

  ZOOM LINKS: The Zoom link 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!

  
  

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• An Evening With Lori Pye: An Excursion into the Ecological Psyche

  • When
    Friday, April 21, 2023
  •  
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom

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  EVENING WITH
  

  This program WILL NOT BE recorded.

  Registration closes at 12:00pm EST the day before the program begins. 

  Zoom Links will be in your confirmation email.

  
  

  What is Ecological Psychology?
  During the first twenty minutes or so, I will provide a basic overview of ecological psychology (ecopsychology) and its educative approach to unearthing narratives underpinning destructive practices. We’ll briefly explore how humans are ecological and how the constructs of one’s narrative can be explored ecologically.
  

  How it Matters 
  I will use one of the ecological processes to demonstrate how it is also a psychological process plus ways to work with the process in exploring a narrative. The objective is to provide participants with a basic overview for how to change narrative and thus change behavior.

  
  

  Lori Pye, Ph.D., is the founder and president of Viridis Graduate Institute: Ecopsychology and Environmental Humanities. Dr. Pye has led numerous international conferences and founded marine conservation organizations involved in the co-development of the Eastern Pacific Biological Seascape Corridor from Costa Rica to the Galápagos Islands. She serves on the Editorial Board for Ecopsychology Journal. She lectures at the Kaweah Delta Mental Health Hospital (Psychiatric Residency Program), University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) in Ecopsychology and Environmental Ethics, and at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is the author of the forthcoming textbook, Fundamentals of Ecological Psychology(Routledge, 2023). For more information, visit www.viridis.edu

  

  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!

  
  

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• WISEWOMAN FORUM: Native People, My Ancestors, and Myself: The Ghosts that Guide Me: A Discussion with Karen Branan

  • When
    Saturday, April 29, 2023
  •  
    2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom, Eastern Time
  • Spaces left
    24

  Register

  

  Discussion Group

  This program will NOT be recorded.

  FREE 

  with an option to donate to The Jung Society of Washington

  Inspired by our WISEWOMAN FORUM: Book discussion of Crazy Brave: A Memoir by Joy Harjo, facilitated by Janice Derr, Karen Branan explored her ancestral history involving Native massacres. She found that her ancestor, General Elias Beall, drove Joy Harjo's great-grandfather and family (Muscogee Creek tribe) out of Georgia in 1836. She will reflect on the myths that drove these men and the country, and the mysterious ways and unconscious reasons that both she and her father were drawn to creative engagement with Native people. Wisewomen will be invited to add their insights to her exploration. Please join us! (Participation in last year’s Crazy Brave discussion is not required.)
  
  Karen Branan is a former investigative reporter, author of The Family Tree: A Lynching in Georgia, A Legacy of Secrets and My Search for the Truth. For many years she’s made retreats at The Apple Farm Community, doing inner work with counselors trained by Helen Luke.
  

  Contact wisewomanforum@gmail.com for more information and to join our email list.
  

  This group is independent of the Jung Society. They schedule their topics, provide their speakers and have done so since their inception many years ago. They provide a real service to the Jungian community, offering rich programs. 

  ZOOM LINKS: The Zoom link can be found in your registration confirmation email. The link will also be shared about 24 hours before the program start time. If you do not receive your link 24 hours in advance, please reach out to sundancitaz@gmail.com.

  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!
  

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• Listening to the Soul: Active Imagination, a workshop with Susan Tiberghien

  • When
    Saturday, May 06, 2023
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom, Eastern Time

  Register

  

  WORKSHOP

  This program WILL NOT BE recorded.

  Registration closes at NOON EST. on May 5th. 

  Zoom Links will be in your confirmation email.                             

  I did not know that I am your vessel, empty without you but brimming over with you.
  

                                                - C.G. Jung speaking to his soul, The Red Book, p. 237

  Soul is calling out to us. Are we listening? Our world is in turmoil. We hunger for moments of rest, for candlelight, Mozart, wildflowers, friendship. We long for soulfulness. 

  This workshop will have three parts, with handouts and time for reflection and writing. 

  Part 1: How do we see the soul?  From Plato to Meister Eckhart to C. G. Jung, we will look at how the soul has been understood and befriended. 

  Part 2: How do we listen to the soul?  We will turn to the practice of active imagination. C.G. Jung will guide us with excerpts from The Red Book. We will write our own active imaginations in our journals. Jung saw our journals as our chapels, “the silent places of the spirit.” 

  Part 3: How do we share the light of our soul?  Clarissa Pinkola Estes and Thomas Moore will encourage us as we take our place in the world.

   

  Susan Tiberghien, American writer living in Geneva, is the author of four memoirs, two writing books: One Year to a Writing Life and Writing Toward Wholeness, and most recently the 20th Anniversary Edition of Circling to the Center, An Invitation to Silent Prayer. For twenty years, she has been teaching at C.G. Jung Societies, the International Women’s Writing Guild, and writers’ centers and conferences in Europe and the U.S. She recently recorded three online master classes for the Jung Society of Washington. Susan founded and directed the Geneva Writers’ Group for 25 years. www.susantiberghien.com

  

  ZOOM LINKS: Zoom links can be found in your registration confirmation email. If you sign up before 12:00pm EST (NOON) on Friday, the day before the program, you will receive you Zoom link by Friday at 4:00pm EST. If you do not receive your link 24 hours in advance, please reach out asap directly to support@jung.org. HOWEVER, if you sign up AFTER 12:00pm (NOON), the day before the program, you will receive your zoom link by 10:00am EST the day of the program.

  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!

  
  

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• WISEWOMAN FORUM: The Cauldrons of the Soul: An Experiential Workshop with Sundance Metelsky

  • When
    Sunday, May 21, 2023
  •  
    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom, Eastern Time
  • Spaces left
    20

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  Discussion Group

  This program will NOT be recorded.

  FREE 

  with an option to donate to The Jung Society of Washington

  The cauldron is a sacred symbol of wholeness, mystery, magic, rebirth, and transformation. The ancient Celts have many stories where cauldrons figure prominently, including the goddess Cerridwen’s Cauldron of Transformation and the god The Dagda’s Cauldron of Plenty. The Cauldron of Poesy is an Irish text from the Middle Ages that describes three cauldrons that reside within each person: The Cauldron of Warming (associated with physical health), The Cauldron of Motion (associated with emotions/activity in the world), and The Cauldron of Knowledge/Wisdom (associated with spiritual knowledge/advanced poetry). The text provides some insights into what each cauldron regulates, their positions, and how they engage with each other. The cauldrons were meant to help poets and bards hone their craft and grow spiritually. Today, people work with these cauldrons to engage with their body, mind, and spirit, checking to see how each cauldron is doing and whether it needs to be turned. Yes, the cauldrons can be on their side or even upside-down! In this experiential workshop, we will learn about the three cauldrons of the soul and do a guided imagery visualization to engage with each cauldron and see how our own inner cauldrons are doing.
  
  Bring/Preparation:
  

  • A notebook/pen
  • Wear comfortable clothing
  • Be in a room that is quiet where you won’t be disturbed

  
  Sundance Metelsky learned about Carl Jung in the 1980s when she read the back cover of the Police’s album, Synchronicity. She continued exploring Jung in college and later with the Jung Society of Washington and the Philadelphia Association of Jungian Analysts’ Seminar. She has been walking the shamanic path since 1992 and is currently enrolled in the Foundation for Shamanic Studies’ 3-Year Program of Advanced Initiations and Shamanic Healing. She has a BA in English Literature with a Minor in Psychology from the University of Maryland, and an MA in Liberal Arts from St. John's College Graduate Institute. She has studied Celtic history and mythology for many years. Sundance enjoys diving the depths and creating art as part of her explorations.
  

  Contact wisewomanforum@gmail.com for more information and to join our email list.
  

  This group is independent of the Jung Society. They schedule their topics, provide their speakers and have done so since their inception many years ago. They provide a real service to the Jungian community, offering rich programs. 

  ZOOM LINKS: The Zoom link can be found in your registration confirmation email. The link will also be shared about 24 hours before the program start time. If you do not receive your link 24 hours in advance, please reach out to sundancitaz@gmail.com.

  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!
  

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