Change of venue for the upcoming Jung Society lecture

Posted on September 8, 2015 | Leave a comment
Please note: There has been a change of venue for the upcoming Jung Society lecture. For this lecture only, we will be meeting at the Messiah Lutheran Church at 1750 Colorado Blvd.
 
We are excited about this lecture: Dr. Charlotte Wolf will be speaking to us about the fairy tales of Franz Xaver von Schönwerth in a lecture titled: “Enchantment and Excitement: Adventures with Schönwerth.” Schönwerth was a contemporary of the Grimm brothers who collected original fairy tales from the Upper Palatinate region of his native Bavaria, and Charlotte Wolf has published the first English translation of a selection of these tales, titled: Original Bavarian Folktales: A Schönwerth Selection.
Please join us on September 11 at the Messiah Lutheran Church. Details are below and in the attached flyer.

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again” ~ C.S. Lewis

The C.G. Jung Society of Colorado
presents
Enchantment and Excitement: Adventures with Schönwerth
a lecture by M. Charlotte Wolf

September 11, 2015 at 7:15 pm.
Messiah Lutheran Church,
1750 Colorado Boulevard
Cost: free to members, $15 at the door,
$10 students and seniors

Widely known tales such as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” and “Rumpelstiltskin” collected by the Grimm Brothers in the early 19th century, have become part of everyday culture and shapers of identities in many Western countries. A contemporary of the Brothers Grimm, Franz Xaver von Schönwerth tirelessly collected the folklore, legends, and fairytales of “ordinary folk” in the Upper Palatinate region of his native Bavaria and published them in the 1850s in a three-volume scholarly work. The dual language book Original Bavarian Folktales: A Schönwerth Selection  by M. Charlotte Wolf is the first English-German edition of these tales. The stories are fascinating testimonies of the beliefs and lives of people in southeastern Germany in the 1800s and before. In this lecture, M. Charlotte Wolf will talk about Schönwerth and his work as a collector of stories as well as her personal connection to and work with these tales.

M. Charlotte Wolf, Ph.D., was born and raised in Germany, and has lived in the United States for almost twenty years. Her studies in these countries have resulted in a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies (Literature, Women’s Studies) and an M.A. in German. Highlights of her work as a translator include a collection of early to modern German crime stories, a collection of Bavarian folktales, a short story anthology, and a children’s book. She also holds a position as German teacher at a regional high school, where she is trying to instill a passion for German culture, language and literature in her students.

For further information, please contact The C.G. Jung Society of Colorado at (303) 575-1055
or go to https://jungsocietyofcolorado.wordpress.com

 

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C.G. JUNG SOCIETY OF COLORADO FALL 2015 LECTURE SERIES

Posted on July 9, 2015 | Leave a comment

C.G. JUNG SOCIETY OF COLORADO
FALL 2015 LECTURE SERIES

September 11 – Dr. M. Charlotte Wolf: Enchantment and Excitement: Adventures with Schönwerth. The dual language book Original Bavarian Folktales: A Schönwerth Selection by M. Charlotte Wolf is the first English-German edition of the tales that were tirelessly collected from “ordinary folk” by Franz Xaver von Schönwerth during the 1800’s. The stories are fascinating testimonies of the beliefs and lives of people in southeastern Germany in the 1800s and before. In this lecture, Dr. Wolf will talk about Schönwerth and his work as a collector of stories as well as her personal connection to and work with these tales.

October 16 – Dr. Ursula Wirtz, Jungian Analyst: Trauma and Beyond; the Mystery of Transformation. Dr. Wirtz is a Jungian Analyst from Zürich, Switzerland and author of the acclaimed book, Trauma and Beyond: the Mystery of Transformation. In her presentation, she will explore the trauma of violence as existence in extremis, which undermines one’s trust in the world and in oneself.

November 6 – Kaitryn Wertz, M.Ed., L.P.C., Jungian Analyst: Beyond Echo and Cassandra: Finding the Voice of Inner Authority. In this presentation, the Greek myths of Echo and Cassandra, lived by contemporary individuals and visible in Jungian analysis, will be used to illustrate the loss and recovery of the authentic inner voice. We will draw upon insights from Jungian psychology, as well as images from western alchemy and Kundalini yoga to explore how the voice of inner authority may develop.

December 4 – Dr. Mark Palmer, Psychologist and Jungian Training Candidate: Abandoning and Finding the Feminine in Grimms’ “The Twelve Huntsmen.” In this presentation, Dr. Palmer will take us through the process of loss and rediscovery of one’s connection to soul, as he interprets the beautiful fairy tale, “The Twelve Huntsmen.”

The C.G. Jung Society of Colorado
Phone: (303) 575-1055
jungsocietyofcolorado.wordpress.com
All lectures held at the Park Hill United Church of Christ,
2600 Leyden Street.

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April lecture: “Reflections on the Individuation Journey: a dialogue”

Posted on March 17, 2015 | Leave a comment

Reflections on the Individuation Journey: a dialogue

a lecture by Cindy Smock and Lara Newton

 
April 10th, 2015 at 7:15 p.m.
Park Hill Congregational (UCC) Church,
2600 Leyden Street 
Cost: free to members, $15 at the door,
$10 students and seniors

“Filling the conscious mind with ideal conceptions is a characteristic of Western theosophy, but not the confrontation with the shadow and the world of darkness. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” ~ C.G. Jung

In this presentation, two Jungian analysts share their life experiences and work over the years in this mysterious process we call individuation, a process of making the darkness conscious. We will explore the individuation process from personal, family and ancestral, as well as cultural and archetypal perspectives. The presentation will be in the format of a dialogue in which we share dreams, studies, personal experiences and observations, and also some speculation regarding collective phenomena as they relate to the individuation of humankind.

Lara Newton is a Jungian Analyst in private practice in Denver. She is President of the C.G. Jung Society of Colorado and Director of Training of the C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado. She is currently working on a book of fairytale interpretations.

Cindy Smock is a Jungian Analyst in private practice part-time in Denver. She also lives and ranches in the Gunnison area. She is on the Board of the C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado and a past member of the Board of the C.G. Jung Society of Colorado.

For further information, please contact The C.G. Jung Society of Colorado at (303) 575-1055
or go to https://jungsocietyofcolorado.wordpress.com

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Spring 2015 Lectures

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[download printable PDF schedule]

Recollection and Recollectivization:
The Transient Personality in Search of Memory
a lecture by Erel Shalit
February 13th, 2015 at 7:15 p.m.
Park Hill United Church of Christ,
2600 Leyden Street 
Cost: free to members, $15 at the door,
$10 students and seniors

On the dark, shadowy side of the postmodern condition, we stumble upon transiency and fragmentation, alienation and rootlessness. In this lecture, I will look at ‘the never guilty mass man’, of the post-modern condition, related to Erich Neumann’s concept of recollectivization. Particularly, we may observe the relationship between the individual and the fragmented group. In the condition of recollectivization, ego and consciousness are lost in the group, however, in a way strikingly different from the early state of oneness with the group.

Recollection serves as an antidote to recollectivization, and may show us “how we should act when the libido gets blocked.” A smell and a fragrance, a subtle taste “of a cake dipped in tea” (Proust), re-calling a childhood memory or forgotten times, and the recollection of ancient wisdom and the ancestors, may provide the individual and the group with an anchor across the boundaries of time. Thus, recollection is a central aspect of the conscious, explored life.

Erel Shalit is a Jungian psychoanalyst in Tel Aviv, past President of the Israel Society of Analytical Psychology, and founding Director of the Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy Program at Bar Ilan University. He is the author of several books, and chair of the forthcoming Jung Neumann Letters Conference, April 24-26, 2015.

[download printable PDF of flyer]

Borderlands of the Psyche: Perspectives on How Culture and Country meet Jungian Psychology
a lecture by Lourdes Albarrán and Christine Chao
March 6th, 2015 at 7:15 p.m.
Park Hill United Church of Christ,
2600 Leyden Street 
Cost: free to members, $15 at the door,
$10 students and seniors

The specific cultural traditions and backgrounds of a people are fueled by powerful symbols and myths that have the potential to bring profound riches to all of us. Both presenters of this lecture will address this topic and share their own experiences, illustrating the healing and enriching power that comes from the process of exploring the cultural dimensions of personal experience.

Lourdes Albarrán will talk about the powerful mythical dynamics of the Mexican divine “Feathered Serpent,” Quetzalcoatl and his brother God, Tezcatlipoca. She will address the psychological complexes in her culture that stem from the lived experience of this myth.

Like many mixed-race people, Christine Chao brings a lived struggle of the “tension-of-opposites” from her Chinese and European ancestors. She will address this experience through the concepts of Yin and Yang, looking at some of the pan-Asian psychological dynamics that operate across Asian cultures, including the “model minority” complex.

Lourdes Albarrán is a Jungian Analyst (2010) from Mexico who trained in Colorado, and she is a member of the C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado. She has international experience in training and teaching.

Christine Chao, Ph.D. is a Jungian Analyst and licensed clinical psychologist, in private practice. She is a past clinical director of the Asian Pacific Development Center where she continues to consult. 

[download printable PDF flyer ]

Reflections on the Individuation Journey: a dialogue
a lecture by Cindy Smock and Lara Newton
April 10th, 2015 at 7:15 p.m.
Park Hill United Church of Christ,
2600 Leyden Street  
Cost: free to members, $15 at the door,
$10 students and seniors

“Filling the conscious mind with ideal conceptions is a characteristic of Western theosophy, but not the confrontation with the shadow and the world of darkness. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” ~ C.G. Jung

In this presentation, two Jungian analysts share their life experiences and work over the years in this mysterious process we call individuation, a process of making the darkness conscious. We will explore the individuation process from personal, family and ancestral, as well as cultural and archetypal perspectives. The presentation will be in the format of a dialogue in which we share dreams, studies, personal experiences and observations, and also some speculation regarding collective phenomena as they relate to the individuation of humankind.

Lara Newton is a Jungian Analyst practicing in Denver. She is President of the C.G. Jung Society of Colorado and Director of Training of the C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado. She is currently working on a book of fairytale interpretations.

Cindy Smock is a Senior Jungian Analyst practicing in Denver. She is on the Board and is a Training Analyst for the C G Jung Institute of Colorado.

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Marriage as a Sacred Journey
a lecture by Roland Evans
May 1st, 2015 at 7:15 p.m.
Park Hill United Church of Christ,
2600 Leyden Street  
Cost: free to members, $15 at the door,
$10 students and seniors

Individuation is seldom an experience carried out alone and solely for our own individual benefit. As human beings, we flourish within loving, nurturing relationships—and it is often within relationship that we evolve psychologically and spiritually.

  • Marriage can be seen as the archetypal image of committed relationship, the container for our most intimate struggles, joyful delights and painful conflicts. Treading the sacred journey of marriage, we enjoy continual opportunities to practice selflessness, to open our hearts and encounter the deeper meaning of love. Through love of an individual we discover love for the Universal. That is the essence of individuation.

Using stories, examples and specific suggestions, this talk will explore marriage and intimate relationship as a path to inner growth and practical spirituality.

Roland Evans is a transpersonal psychotherapist, writer and teacher in Boulder, CO. Born in Ireland, he attended the Universities of Edinburgh and Pennsylvania, trained as a clinical psychologist in London and taught at Naropa University. He has worked with dreams from a Jungian perspective since 1979. He is author of Seeking Wholeness (2001) and coauthor with Jerry Ruhl of “Spirituality and Relationship in Later Life,” a chapter in Jung and Aging (2014).

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Fall 2014 Lectures

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Fall 2014 Lectures

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Spring 2014 Lectures

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Join us for an exciting Spring 2014 Lecture schedule. All lectures are located at:

First Divine Science Church,
14th Ave. and Williams St.
Cost: free to members,  $15 at the door,
$10 students and seniors

The Soul in Hell and its Liberation: Reflections on Clinical Depression in Light of Dante’s Divine Comedy
a lecture by Donald Kalsched : January 31st, 2014 at 7 p.m.

Trauma survivors often report that their lives are a “living Hell.”  This pathological situation is created by the psyche’s archetypal defenses and their depressive power over what one psychoanalyst called “the lost heart of the self.” Psychotherapy of this condition involves what the medieval theologians called a “Descendit ad Inferos“–a harrowing descent into the “under-world” to confront the un-remembered pain of the patient’s early life.  Dante’s Divine Comedy gives us a beautiful literary example of such a descent as Dante and his guide Virgil journey together into the realm of the “dark Lord” of Hades. In this slide-illustrated lecture Dr. Kalsched will show how depth psychotherapy in conjunction with affective neuro-science, and the findings of attachment theory all lead toward answers of the central question posed by both the clinical and literary material, vis.  how can the otherwise sealed crypt of Hell be opened and its occupants liberated?

Donald Kalsched, Ph.D. is a Jungian Analyst and clinical psychologist who practices in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is a member of the C. G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe and the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and lectures internationally on the subject of trauma. His most recent book is Trauma and the Soul: A Psycho-spiritual Approach to Human Development and its Interruption. He and his wife live in Albuquerque during the winter, and summer in Newfoundland, Canada.             

UFOs and the Emergence of the Cosmic Psyche
a lecture by Bernice Hill : February 28th, 2014 at 7 p.m.

Bernice Hill describes in her recently published book how she was drawn to explore the mysteries of UFOs and extraterrestrial visitation. The uninvited “allure” of this strange field was originally stirred by the dreams, and stories of her clients. The consistent message she heard was of ETs concern for our Earth which paralleled her own deep worry, which began much earlier when she worked in the Canadian Department of Defense studying the damaging effects of atomic radiation on living cells. A series of synchronicities deepened her adventure when at a UFO gathering she met a shaman sent out by the New Zealand grandmothers. They spoke of their ancient Prophecy in which we had entered the time of  “the great Purification.” Bernice felt “called” to take circles of women on pilgrimage to Peru, New Zealand, and Egypt. In her talk she will look at the larger UFO/ET picture through the lens of Jungian psychology.

Bernice Hill, Ph.D. is a Jungian Analyst in private practice for over thirty years in Boulder, Colorado. She is a senior training analyst with the C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado and a member of the International Association for Analytic Psychology. For many years she facilitated workshops based on the Holotropic Breathwork of Stan and Christina Grof. Her recently published book is “Emergence of the Cosmic Psyche: UFOs/ETs from the Perspective of Depth Psychology (Available through Amazon).

Inisfáil: Island of Destiny
a presentation by Clare Muireann Murphy : April 4th, 2014 at 7 p.m.

Workshop: April 5th, 2014, 10 am to 4:30 pm

Workshop cost: $75, $65 for members

Upon arrival at Inisfáil, the Irish gods burned their boats so they could never leave the island of their destiny. They fought fiercely against foes and prophecies to keep their land for themselves. Kings fall, battles rage and prophecies are fulfilled in this epic telling of the Mythological Cycle of tales from Irish Mythology.

Workshop: INTRODUCTION TO STORYTELLING: The art of powerful speaking (contact us for more details).

Clare Muireann Murphy is an international performer, storyteller, writer, public speaker and curiosist. She teaches at universities around the U.S. and Canada. She has played the Globe, Soho and Barbican Theatres, London. She is a regular panelist at the Conference of World Affairs, CU Boulder. Clare is a member of Talking Skull Ensemble, Storytelling Collective. She currently studies under Abbi Patrix, Maison du Contes, Paris. She lives in London, and works around Europe and the Americas.

Cosmic Affinities
a lecture by Jeffrey Kiehl : May 2nd, 2014 at 7 p.m.

“… wholeness … has always been characterized by certain cosmic affinities: the individual soul was thought to be of ‘heavenly’ origin, a particle of the world soul, and hence a microcosm, a reflection of the macrocosm.”

C.G. Jung (CW 10, par. 635)

Jung spent much of his career working with people who ultimately sought a sense of meaning in life. In today’s world of technological speed and parallel processing people search even more so for a felt sense of meaning in their lives. The age-old concept of cosmic affinity, in which we as individuals are connected to the cosmos, is central to finding a sense of being in this world. This presentation explores how our search for meaning evolved through the ages and the psychological implications of this development. Using images and Jung’s works we will explore our evolving cosmic affinities and how to create a deeper sense of meaning in life.

Jeffrey Kiehl, Ph.D., M.A., LPC is a Diplomate Jungian Analyst with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado. He is Vice-President of the C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado, a member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, and the International Association for Analytical Psychology. Over the past fifteen years, Jeffrey has lectured and given workshops both nationally and internationally on topics including: Jungian ecopsychology, film interpretation and alchemy.

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Fall 2013 LECTURES

Posted on September 28, 2013 | Comments Off on Fall 2013 LECTURES

Join us for an exciting Fall 2013 Lecture schedule. All lectures are located at:

First Divine Science Church,
14th Ave. and Williams St.
Cost: free to members,  $15 at the door,
$10 students and seniors

 

At 75: Archetypal Aspects of Aging

a lecture by Linda Leonard

September 6th, 2013 at 7 p.m.

 Where do we look for inspiration as we age in a culture bound to youth and materialism? What are the limitations of aging and the possibilities opened up? Approaching middle age and beyond, we begin to face questions regarding the aging experience. Linda Leonard will talk about stages that she  sees in the aging process, the tension of opposites between despair and hope, themes of loss and “identity theft”, and the transformation of serenity. In the presentation she will use film clips, images, music, and personal stories to illustrate these themes.

Linda Schierse Leonard, Ph.D. is a Jungian Analyst with a private practice in Boulder, Co.  She is the author of 6 books – some now in 18 languages.  Her books include, “The Wounded Woman: Healing the Father-Daughter Relationship; On the Way to the Wedding: Transforming the Love Relationship; Witness to the Fire: Creativity and the Veil of Addiction; Meeting the Madwoman: Empowering Feminine Spirit; Following the Reindeer Woman: The Path of Peace and Harmony; and The Call to Create: Celebrating Imagination.  Linda has a doctorate in philosophy and graduated from the C.G. Jung Institute in 1972.  She was the first Jungian Analyst in Colorado and is a Founding Member of the Inter-regional Society of Jungian Analysts.  She was an associate professor of philosophy at The University of Colorado, Denver, and  California State University, San Diego. 

 

Guanyin: Archetype of Liberation and Love

a lecture by Deborah Bowman 

October 4th, 2013 at 7 p.m.

Focusing on the qualities of selflessness central to Guanyin, we will explore her incarnation as the folk legend Miao-shan, and compare her to the Handless Maiden in the western fairy tale.  Pertinent to our lives today, these stories ask soul-searching questions.  What is sacrifice and what is unconditional love?  How is the feminine liberated from patriarchal dictates?  How do we discover boundless love?

 Miao-shan is adolescent girl. As an adult figure, Guanyin has mastered the teachings of the Buddha. She wears an Eternal Buddha at her forehead and gestures with her left hand in a teaching mudra.  Like Sophia, she a feminine representation of wisdom.

 Deborah will share inspiring photographs of Guanyin sculptures in Asia and explore the symbolism associated with her gestures and accoutrements.  We will connect the dots to the compassion that arises from her knowing and our own lives.

Deborah Bowman, Ph.D., is a psychologist, photographer and professor at Naropa University where she founded the Transpersonal Counseling Psychology Program and the Wilderness Therapy program.  For 25 years, she has worked as a Gestalt and Jungian oriented psychotherapist.  Buddhist practice and passion for Guanyin guided her travels in Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Cambodia and Myanmar. She is author of The Luminous Buddha and The Female Buddha: Discovering the Heart of Liberation and Love.

Fate, Destiny and Choice

a lecture by Jeff Raff 

November 1st , 2013 at 7 p.m.

In this lecture, Jeff Raff will differentiate between fate and destiny. He will discuss fate as the force that appears outside of ourselves, often impersonal, but with such power that it dominates our lives leaving us little choice but acceptance or resistance. Destiny, on the other hand, he sees as the drive that pushes us to become ourselves and to embrace our own totality as a way of being. Unlike fate, destiny compels us to honor our nature and find ways of expressing it in life. Choice is essential to realize our destiny, but our choices are limited by the very nature we are trying to express. Jeff will discuss the ways in which we can make informed, conscious choices that allow our destiny to express itself, as well as the barriers to making these choices.

Dr. Jeffrey Raff has been in private practice as a Jungian Analyst in the Denver area for 36 years. He is the author of four books, including Jung and the Alchemical Imagination, and numerous articles. He has given classes and seminars all over the country as well as internationally.

Exploring the Archetypes: Divine Doorways into the Unconscious Part 2

a lecture by Sharon Coggan

December 6th, 2013 at 7 p.m.

 Last December, the Jung Society presented a lecture by Dr. Sharon L. Coggan that centered on the exploration of the archetypes of the psyche as expressed in ancient Greek myth.  We began with the multi-faceted God Hermes, the Message-Bearer.  We intended to move on from Hermes to the spirited Goddess Artemis.  But alas, Dr. Coggan tried to cover too much, as usual.  We realized that each lecture in this series on Greek myth should really be devoted to a single deity.  Now we will deliver on our promise to investigate Artemis with this December’s lecture.

 We moderns may find surprising resonance with this magnificent Goddess, the Divine Archer who shoots from afar. Among other aspects, Artemis can offer serious insight into the common syndrome of holding vast potential for future development in a hundred directions, without ever being able to channel it so as to actually realize it. This lecture will continue our series on exploration of the vast wealth offered in classical mythology for a nuanced understanding of the archetypes of the unconscious.

Sharon L. Coggan holds a B.A. from the University of Denver, a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, an M.A. from Stanford, and a Ph.D. from Syracuse University.  She teaches at the University of Colorado Denver, where she serves as Director of the Religious Studies Program, which she created. She offers a range of classes on religion and Jungian thought, including Myth and Symbol, Classical Mythology, Perspectives on Dream Analysis, and the Hero’s Journey.

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Spring 2013 Lectures

Posted on January 18, 2013 | Comments Off on Spring 2013 Lectures

Spring 2013 Lectures

Join us for an exciting Spring 2013 Lecture schedule. We are excited to have distinguished speakers David Schoen, Thordis Niela Simonsen, Margaret Dozier, and Laurel Howe presenting this spring. Below are details about each lecture. All lectures are located at:

First Divine Science Church,
14th Ave. and Williams St.
Cost: free to members,  $15 at the door,
$10 students and seniors

The War of the Gods in Addiction

Lecture by David Schoen
February 1st, 2013 at 7 p.m.

David Schoen will present an overview of the psychodynamics of addiction, treatment and recovery through the dual lenses of the 12 steps of AA and Jungian psychology. This will be based on the famous correspondence between Bill W. (cofounder of AA) and C.G. Jung. He will describe the development of a typical addiction, its true nature, the importance of archetypal shadow/archetypal evil in the addiction process and why the principles of the 12 steps of AA are the most effective treatment approach in addressing an addiction. This lecture is relevant for individuals interested in Jungian psychology, alcoholism and addiction dynamics, recovery, and the existence of archetypal shadow/archetypal evil in our world.

David Schoen, LCSW, MSSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Jungian Analyst practicing in Covington, Louisiana, near New Orleans. He has a background as an alcoholism chemical dependency counselor. He is a senior analyst in the Inter Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, cofounder and coordinator of the New Orleans Jungian Training Seminar. David lectures nationally and is a Louisiana poet. His books include Divine Tempest: The Hurricane as a Psychic Phenomenon and The War of the Gods in Addiction: C.G. Jung, Alcoholics Anonymous and Archetypal Evil.

Building on Memory: a multimedia presentation

By Thordis Niela Simonsen
March 1st, 2013 at 7 p.m. 

In Jung & the Story of Our Time, biographer Laurens van der Post observes, “…the art of writing, indeed all art, [is] a continuation by one’s waking daylight self of a process begun in some dreaming process in the darkness of sleep.” In her multi-media program, writer/artist Simonsen reveals the role that dream and memory have played in her own individuation. Simonsen sets recollections of a 1950’s Lake Erie childhood against a backdrop of biographical photographs taken by her father. She sets explorations of her life-altering relationship with her adopted Greek village – and the abandoned house she restores there by hand – against a backdrop of her color photographs. And she sets reflections upon her lifelong effort “to kindle a light in the darkness” against a backdrop of her arresting paintings. The program integrates what Jungian analyst June Singer calls the inward and outward movements by which one discovers who she is and her place in the world.

Thordis Niela Simonsen, a Denverite, began painting in 1988 with a Jungian art therapist. Her third book, Dances in Two Worlds: A Writer-Artist’s Backstory, won the 2012 Colorado Book Award. Simonsen hosts Astra Writing in Greece for women writers who like to travel.

A Candle for Medusa:
Circumambulation of a Myth  

Lecture by Margaret Dozier
April 12th, 2013 at 7 p.m.

Workshop: April 13th, 2013, 10 am to 3 pm

Cost: $60 members, $75 non-members

Collective tales are stories that transmit archetypal ideas and images. There are many ways to approach collective tales. Marie Louise von Franz outlined objective techniques for fairy tale interpretation, which are also useful with myth and legend. Yet sometimes an objective exploration is not enough. A certain tale begins to captivate, to become numinous. We dream the tale. Aspects of the tale creep or explode into our consciousness at unexpected times. We may suffer physical or emotional difficulties that echo elements in the tale. When threatened by such captivation, there may be wisdom in circumambulation.

When we circumambulate a myth, we live and communicate with it; we let it communicate with us; we walk around it; we look into its depths; we allow it to inform. Medusa and her story have captivated me for over ten years now. In this lecture I will share with you my experience of circumambulating Her story.

Workshop: “Cupid and Psyche: Evolution of Love.” In our Saturday workshop on the myth of CUPID AND PSYCHE, we shall explore two of the greatest mysteries of life: Love and the Individuation Process. [Contact us for details.]

Dr. Dozier is a Jungian analyst practicing in Alabama since 2001. She graduated from the C. G. Jung Institute, Zurich. She is on the faculty of the New Orleans Jungian Seminar, and is a member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA). Dr. Dozier has lectured in Switzerland, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas and Colorado. She obtained her M.D. at USA College of Medicine in Mobile, Alabama. 

Mary Magdalen: Realizing Lover of the Dying and Resurrected God-Man

Lecture by Laurel Howe
May 10th, 2013 at 7 p.m.

 Like Isis and Inanna, Mary Magdalen mourns the death of the god she loves, and participates in his renewal. Through her intense feeling experience of personal and spiritual love, she represents the feminine side of the death and resurrection phenomenon and plays a realizing role in the humanization of the god-image and likewise individuation.

Judeo-Christian fathers excluded any sign in their orthodoxy that Yahweh or Christ may have had love partners, but archaeological evidence and Gnostic texts point to the possibility that they did. Thanks to C.G. Jung, today we can re-consider the role of the Eros principle split off from our god-image and explore the recent popularity of Mary Magdalen as Holy Grail, vessel of Christ’s child, and her role in Gnostic, Christian and alchemical traditions. Her ongoing presence reflects the psychological yearning for the divine feminine-masculine partnership to be realized again in humanity.

Laurel Howe, M.A., is a Diplomate Analyst trained at the Center for Research and Training in Depth Psychology in Zürich, and a teaching member of Sandplay Therapists of America. She practices Jungian analysis and sandplay at her private office in Denver, working with children and adults. She teaches and lectures internationally on sandplay, alchemy, and the pre- and post-Biblical development of the divine syzygy

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Fall 2004 Lectures

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Fall 2004

HONORING JOSEPH CAMPBELL – by Nancy Ortenberg & Lara Newton

On this centennial year of Joseph Campbell’s birth, the Jung Society is pleased to present an evening honoring his life and brilliant contribution to the understanding of mythic metaphors and the creation of meaning in life. Through film, anecdotal stories, and discussion, Lara and Nancy will explore several major themes in his work. Nancy feels fortunate to have studied with Joseph Campbell at seminars in California in the later part of his life, and Lara was deeply impacted by his Hero With a Thousand Faces in her early academic career in literature. Come join us and bring your own stories about the influence Joseph Campbell has had on you.

Nancy Ortenberg, M.A., LMFT is a Jungian oriented psychotherapist in private practice in Boulder, Colorado. †She has over twenty-five years of experience, and has studied at both the Los Angeles and Zurich Jung Institutes. She is affiliate faculty for Regis and Naropa Universities, and is on the board of directors for the Jung Society of Colorado.

Lara Newton, M.A. is the president of the Jung Society of Colorado. She is a diplomate Jungian analyst in private practice in Denver, and a member of the C.G. Jung Center of Denver.  She is active in the training of analyst candidates for the Inter-regional Society of Jungian Analysts.

Fall 2004

THE DEMONIZATION OF PAN – by Sharon L. Coggan

This lecture will involve one of the most controversial areas within Jungian thought: Jung’s conviction that a holistic model of God must necessarily include the shadow or “dark” side, for which he argues in one of his most celebrated works, the Answer to Job.  In Jung’s theory, the healthy, native shadow often assumes a bestial image, such as in the case of Pan, the Goat God of ancient Greece, and related horned gods of the pre-Christian European traditions.  These animalistic gods are not evil, but primal representations of the sacred.

Pan’s transformation into the Devil in Western history will be charted through the alchemical stages of unio mystica: when the god was holistic, incorporating both positive and negative characteristics; coincidentia oppositorum: when the categories of “good and evil,” “flesh and spirit” were first split off in Greek philosophy and Persian dualism; complexio oppositorum: as the categories formed themselves into rigid, polar opposition in the traditional belief in God and the goatish Devil.  Finally, hope for the challenge of the final stage of coniunctio oppositorum will be addressed, when God can come to embrace his shadow side, believers can allow him to do so, and the impact this healing would have on our society.

Sharon L. Coggan, Ph.D. earned a B.A. from the University of Denver, a M.T.S. (Master of Theological Studies) from Harvard Divinity School, a M.A. from Stanford University and her Ph.D. from Syracuse University.  She has taught for many years at the Univerity of Colorado at Denver, where she created and became the Director of a new Religious Studies program in 2000.  Dr. Coggan has worked in Jungian thought for many years, and much of her recent research is directed in that area. She is currently completing a book on ancient Greek religion and early Christianity which will involve Jungian themes.

Fall 2004

CREATIVITY, IMAGERY, AND INDIVIDUATION – by Beaty Popescu

Creativity, which dwells in all of us, connects us to and indeed is a part of the great cosmic mystery.  In following this creative flow which moves through the psyche, and in paying attention to and giving form to those images and symbols which arise, we find ourselves moving along the path of individuation.

n this lecture Jungian analyst and artist Beaty Popescu will explore the phenomenon of creativity as a primal drive that lends form to existence.  She will discuss how the creative dynamic moves within the psyche and what its potential can be for growth and transformation.  Through the use of slides she will illustrate how the creation of imagery gives concrete form to an otherwise ephemeral and at times fleeting, inner process of sensations, feelings and experiences.  Lending creative form to such psychic processes demands a great deal of mindfulness, concentration and awareness which in and of itself can lead to greater insight.  In this way the creative process becomes one of meditation, contemplation and analysis.

This lecture will further explore how creativity, form-giving and the creation of images supports and helps transform the individual as she or he journeys along their path of individuation – toward a greater whole and a stronger relatedness to the larger Self.

Beaty Popescu has received degrees from York University, the University of Toronto, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, in Canada.  From 1990 to 2000 Ms. Popescu taught drawing, sculpture and art theory at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Since 1980, she has pursued a serious studio practice and has exhibited her artwork extensively in Canada, as well as in the United States and Europe.  She completed her training as an analyst at the Jung Institute in Zurich and now is in practice as a Jungian depth psychologist in Ottawa.

Fall 2004

PSYCHOLOGICAL PROJECTION AND HOLOGRAPHY – Joe Burke

There are unique similarities between psychological projection or transference and the new technology of holography.  Holography is the process of recording and reconstructing a complete image of a three-dimensional object, now seen on everything from credit cards to modern art.  Jung defines psychological projection as “the expulsion of a subjective content into an object… a process… by which a subjective content becomes alienated from the subject and is, so to speak, embodied in the object” (CW, Vol. 6, para. 783). Transference, additionally, is projection when it occurs in a therapeutic setting.

Though these phenomena may seem dissimilar, they reveal interesting parallels and connections. This presentation will explain what a hologram is, and how a hologram works, and how holography parallels projection. It will suggest the existence of an archetype underlying projection, holography, and other phenomena, an archetype of the whole that is present in each part.  Two high-quality holograms and a religious group projection will be used to support this theme.

Joe Burke, Ph.D. is a volunteer psychotherapist in Colorado Springs with TESSA, a local service agency focused on building a community without domestic violence or sexual assaults.  He was an officer in the US Air Force for over 20 years, working in the fields of intelligence and computer technology.  Dr. Burke holds a B.S. in International Affairs form the Us Air Force Academy, a M.S. in Information and Computer Science from Georgia Tech, and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.  He is also a member of the board of the Jung Society of Colorado Springs.

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Explanation of All the Email Activity

Posted on February 7, 2004 | Leave a comment

Dear Friends of the C.G. Jung Society of Colorado,

We want to apologize and give an explanation for all the emails you probably received today. We’re cleaning up the C.G. Jung Society of Colorado website and didn’t realize each lecture archive was triggering an email.

Sorry for the inconvenience. We’ll continue our work in a way that won’t trigger emails.

Thanks for your patience.

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