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Our brochure for the 2011-12 year has been printed for mailing to those who asked for it. If you would like a copy, do please contact the office. An electronic version is located here on this website. We hope you'll be please with the reduction of membership fees!
The Spring 2012 issue of our newsletter Chiron is located here.
If you feel so moved, we – the Public Programme Management Committee, consisting of analysts Robert Black, Jean Connon Unda, Caroline Duetz, Tim Pilgrim and Elisabeth Pomès – would also be glad to hear from you with reactions to what's been offered so far, any suggestions and your hopes for the future. We'd also be very happy to include in the newsletter your art, poetry and other creative offerings connected to the thought and worldview of C.G. Jung.
Featured public events
The Satyr
Seminar
Andrew Benedetto
Sat., May 5, 10-12:30pm
Third Floor, 223 St. Clair Ave. W.
This seminar will explore the half-man, half-goat/horse figure found in Western myth. Both the symbolism of the figure and specific characters will be discussed through both text and images to better understand what they might represent in the psyche.
$25 in advance; $30 at the door
Risky Business: A Jungian view of our relationship with nature
Seminar
Stephen Foster, Ph.D.
Fri., May. 11, 8-10pm
Seeley Hall, Trinity College
In this lecture Stephen Foster will expand on the core themes from his book Risky Business. For thousands of years humanity lived in harmony with nature, using its resources and living within the yearly solar cycle. With the advent of the industrial revolution and our ability to live independently of nature, and to manufacture goods and infrastructure on a mass scale, our relationship with the environment has changed. We can now generate wastes that will potentially impact us for thousands of years into the future, and this has also fundamentally changed how our psyche considers and relates to nature. Using myths and modern case histories, this lecture will show where Analytical Psychology can inform and guide this important relationship and offer opportunities for transformation.
$20 in advance; $25 at the door; Sustaining Members free - call office for ticket
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The Nature Archetype: Examining Our Relationship with the Nature Archetype Through Myth and Shadow
Seminar
Stephen Foster, Ph.D. & Nora Swan-Foster, MA
Sat., May. 12, 2-5pm
Third Floor, 223 St. Clair Ave. W.
In Jung’s archetypal theory, the Nature archetype presents in the psyche on two poles: an instinctual pole and a spiritual pole. The instinctual pole drives our human needs for sexuality, food and safety. The spiritual pole allows for a deeper connection to nature, creating numinous experiences that connect us to the Self. While working on environmental issues over the past 25 years, we have witnessed a full range of human experiences concerning nature. The psyche’s capacity to connect with environmental damage is suppressed by powerful protective influences, especially where our own shadow, and personal harmful effects on nature are concerned. This workshop will involve creating images and engaging with the unconscious in order to find a voice, image, or personal story that can inspire small but essential sparks of transformation that we may carry forward into our lives.
$30 in advance; $35 at the door