Archive for Past Events
Lisa Whitlow Workshop – Exploring Jung’s Concept of the “Shadow”
Posted by: | CommentsExploring Jung’s Concept of the “Shadow”
February 18, 2012
Saturday Workshop with Lisa Whitlow, MA, D.Min.
We will reflect on a number of in-depth topics such as the shadow in dreams, the shadow and the Self, body as shadow, the “bright shadow,” and (time permitting) the dark side of God. This workshop will be a combination of lecture, discussion and expressive arts exercises.
Lisa Whitlow, MA, D.Min. lives and works in the Kansas City area. She holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology and a Doctoral Degree in Spiritual Studies. She has worked for over ten years as Jungian therapist, spiritual mentor, teacher and retreat leader. Lisa has received specialized training in expressive arts therapies, guided imagery and meditation, hypnotherapy, and energy therapy. She is an emeritus member of the Board of the Kansas City Friends of Jung and teaches classes for them on a regular basis. She has facilitated retreats in Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Idaho, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Lisa Whitlow: Spotlight on the Shadow
Posted by: | CommentsFriday Evening Talk with Lisa Whitlow, MA, D.Min.
Spotlight on the Shadow
February 17, 2012
Lisa Whitlow, MA, D.Min. lives and works in the Kansas City area. She holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology and a Doctoral Degree in Spiritual Studies. She has worked for over ten years as Jungian therapist, spiritual mentor, teacher and retreat leader. Lisa has received specialized training in expressive arts therapies, guided imagery and meditation, hypnotherapy, and energy therapy. She is an emeritus member of the Board of the Kansas City Friends of Jung and teaches classes for them on a regular basis. She has facilitated retreats in Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Idaho, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
Kenneally-Jung’s Concept of Individuation
Posted by: | CommentsLecture with Stephen Kenneally, Jung’s Concept of Individuation
January 20, 2012
Individuation, the lifelong development of the personality, is central to Jung’s psychology. It is the process of becoming the person one is innately meant to be. While aspects of this concept have been embraced by popular culture, the true depth and scope of Jung’s theory requires a much closer examination. Rather than merely describing a simple version of self-improvement, individuation describes an intricate process of becoming a person who can relate deeply to his or her psyche.
Stephen Kenneally, MBA, MFT, is a Jungian psychotherapist and consultant in Santa Monica, CA. He teaches psychology and ethics at Antioch University and is the current Chair of the Opus Archives and Research Center (a research institute within Pacifica Graduate Institute that holds the archives of Joseph Campbell and other eminent scholars in depth psychology and mythology). Prior to becoming a psychotherapist Stephen worked as an investment banker at JP Morgan. He received a BS in economics from Harvard, an MBA from the Darden School of Business, and an MA in psychology counseling from Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is currently an analyst-in-training at the C. G. Jung Institute in Los Angeles, where he offers periodic lectures.
Stephen Kenneally, MBA, MFT – In Search of the Self
Posted by: | CommentsWorkshop with Stephen Kenneally, MBA, MFT
January 21, 2012
Jung’s concept of the Self speaks directly to the mysterious element in the psyche that inspires and brings meaning to our lives. Fifty years after Jung’s death, it remains an elusive and controversial subject. In this interactive workshop we will review various ways of thinking about the Self, the numinous as well as the dark side, so that we can better relate to the emergent forces in us that can lead to individuation, meaning, and the development of our personalities.
We will examine some archetypal material that illuminates this process, and we will explore Jung’s concepts of the opposites that are held in the Self. We will also look into the role of the shadow, the animus/anima, dreams, and active imagination in the process of relating to the Self.
Stephen Kenneally, MBA, MFT, is a Jungian psychotherapist and consultant in Santa Monica, CA. He teaches psychology and ethics at Antioch University and is the current Chair of the Opus Archives and Research Center (a research institute within Pacifica Graduate Institute that holds the archives of Joseph Campbell and other eminent scholars in depth psychology and mythology). Prior to becoming a psychotherapist Stephen worked as an investment banker at JP Morgan. He received a BS in economics from Harvard, an MBA from the Darden School of Business, and an MA in psychology counseling from Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is currently an analyst-in-training at the C. G. Jung Institute in Los Angeles, where he offers periodic lectures.
Scott Haasarud, Ph.D. – Jung and Jesus
Posted by: | CommentsWorkshop with Scott Haasarud, Ph.D.
December 10, 2011
On Saturday we will explore together through group discussion how several of Jesus’ stories probe deeply into our own psyche. The New Testament scholar Henry Sharmon once wrote that to enter deeply into the teachings of Jesus is to enter deeply into oneself. We will explore how Jung has informed that possibility.
Scott Haasarud is an ordained Lutheran Minister in private practice as a spiritual director, Jungian oriented therapist and pastoral counselor. His doctoral degree is in Religion and Psychology and he studied for many years at the C.G Jung Institute in Los Angeles. He spent one year as a matriculated student at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. For questions about the workshop or lecture, you may contact Scott by email or call him at 602 265-2500.
Haasarud-Jung’s Contribution to Understanding Jesus
Posted by: | CommentsLecture with Scott Haasarud, Ph.D. - Jung’s Contribution to Understanding Jesus
December 9, 2011
- Jung observed that human beings are meaning makers and that the nature of human understanding and meaning making is essentially mythic as well as rational. The purpose of this lecture is to use the archetypal and mythological insights of Jung to shed light on the meaning that the Gospel stories of Jesus have for our lives today. For example the birth of Jesus reminds us of the virgin birth of the hero and the mythic significance of the great mother goddess. Stories like the prodigal son are deeply related to the archetype of individuation. This lecture will use some of the basic ideas of the psychology of C.G. Jung as tools for interpreting myth, specifically the myths that were projected onto Jesus of Nazareth, the central events in his life, and the stories he told.
Scott Haasarud is an ordained Lutheran Minister in private practice as a spiritual director, Jungian oriented therapist and pastoral counselor. His doctoral degree is in Religion and Psychology and he studied for many years at the C.G Jung Institute in Los Angeles. He spent one year as a matriculated student at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland. For questions about the workshop or lecture, you may contact Scott by email or call him at 602 265-2500.
Jonathan Young, Ph.D. Workshop – A Light in the Darkness: Symbols of the Season
Posted by: | CommentsNovember 5, 2011, Saturday Workshop with Jonathan Young, Ph.D.
Reflecting on ancient symbols and rituals reminds us of the significance of winter in the symbolic life. The metaphor of seasonal darkness suggests the work of getting through challenges. Some of the richest experiences in the individuation process come from long dark nights. This is also a time of yearning for illumination, which may be partly a longing for unclaimed aspects of the psyche. As we appreciate the inspiring qualities of holidays, we will ponder the search for the light within. The transcendent language of the season could be an inner voice calling us to a state of beauty beyond ordinary knowing. In a spirit of contemplation, let us note the threshold moments in the unfolding stories of our lives.
Jonathan Young is a Psychologist, Storyteller, and writer on mythic stories. He assisted mythologist Joseph Campbell at seminars and was the founding curator of the Joseph Campbell Archives. He created and chaired the Mythological Studies Department at the Pacifica Graduate Institute. His books and articles focus on personal mythology.
Young -The Inner Life of Holidays: Memories and Traditions
Posted by: | CommentsLecture with Jonathan Young, Ph.D.- The Inner Life of Holidays: Memories and Traditions
November 4, 2011
November stirs a distinct mood. From Halloween into the winter, there is a parade of festivities that engross our senses. By staying mindful in the midst of seasonal strivings, we can use ordinary rituals to honor the call of the unconscious. Popular stories, customs, music and images are rich with nostalgia and emotion. The archetypal aspects of such traditions can be guides in the journey towards wholeness. We will look at familiar ceremonies to find personal meanings and see how they affect the deep down flow of the imagination.
Jonathan Young is a Psychologist, Storyteller, and writer on mythic stories. He assisted mythologist Joseph Campbell at seminars and was the founding curator of the Joseph Campbell Archives. He created and chaired the Mythological Studies Department at the Pacifica Graduate Institute. His books and articles focus on personal mythology.
Guilford Dudley’s Workshop: Down the Rabbit Hole – Descent into Wonderland
Posted by: | CommentsSeptember 17, 2011 Workshop with Guilford Dudley, Ph.D.
The workshop will explore “wonder” as a double motif in one’s inner descent: wondering what are the fundamental truths and lies permeating one’s life, and wonder as in “the wondrous, ineffable nature of inner exploration,” often guided by dreams. Images and motifs from Alice in Wonderland include swimming across the sea of tears (working through grief), and the imagery of growing and shrinking in size (inflation and depression). The workshop will also focus on the inner figures that populate our unconscious, in both their personal and archetypal forms. Participants will be encouraged to contribute efforts to integrate inner parental, mentor, and lover figures, as well as to “wonder” what we will leave to our children and intimate friends who will have to integrate us as their inner figures after we die.
Guilford Dudley is a Jungian Analyst working in Northern New Mexico. He has a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and three degrees from Yale University. Guil is completing a manuscript for a memoir entitled: “A Penny for Your Truth: Confessions of a Jungian Analyst,” in which he narrates his own journey through the dark, but often amusing, sides of an aristocratic family and its mythic claims to English royalty, along with the descent into his own nether realms while living in a remote cabin in the California mountains, accessible in the winter only by dogsled. He is a member of the C. G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe, and the author of two books on myth, and an unpublished manuscript on the apocalyptic imagination.
Dudley-Descent into Hell:The Soul’s Other Journey
Posted by: | CommentsLecture with Guilford Dudley, Ph.D.,Descent into Hell:The Soul’s Other Journey
September 16, 2011
Unlike what we read about in most spiritual literature-the upward, heavenly ascent of the soul–Jung’s experience was that the upward movement of the soul only creates its opposite, an equally meaningful descent into subterranean realms. Jung has re-emphasized what patriarchal interpretations of the Christian message took out: the importance of nature, the feminine, and metaphorically the nether realms of the earth–not only the metals used in alchemy, but the demonic.
“If I ascend to the highest and most difficult on the one hand, and seek to eke out redemption that reaches even higher, then the true way does not lead upward, but toward the depths.” – from Jung’s Red Book
He reminds us that in the Christian mythos Christ repeats the rhythm of descent in pagan religions, such as Odysseus’ visit to the Underworld in the Odyssey and Orpheus’ descent to bring back Eurydice, but does so in a new version of suffering as the soul’s destiny and achievement of wholeness. The lecture will enlarge on Jung’s meaning of the soul’s anabasis, its earthward ‘descent into hell.’ In this descent we encounter both the dark and the treasure within the dark. We can even encounter the ancestors, including immediate family members. The burdens they leave us in their incomplete lives become our task to complete, without our realizing that we are fated to compensate for their one-sidedness. Becoming conscious of this syndrome can liberate us for fuller individuation.
Guilford Dudley is a Jungian Analyst working in Northern New Mexico. He has a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and three degrees from Yale University. Guil is completing a manuscript for a memoir entitled: “A Penny for Your Truth: Confessions of a Jungian Analyst,” in which he narrates his own journey through the dark, but often amusing, sides of an aristocratic family and its mythic claims to English royalty, along with the descent into his own nether realms while living in a remote cabin in the California mountains, accessible in the winter only by dogsled. He is a member of the C. G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe, and the author of two books on myth, and an unpublished manuscript on the apocalyptic imagination.
