CG Jung Society of Vancouver

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Member Since: 9/12/2007
Band Members: Membership 2008
Annual Membership
$25.00
*Membership is not pro-rated and expires yearly on August 31
Benefits of Membership include:
Reduced admission to lectures and workshops
Our bi-annual newsletter
Access to the Society’s Library
The opportunity to meet like-minded people in a congenial atmosphere

Library Services
Our library consists of approximately 2000 books & tapes, and some videos and magazines. The library is operated and maintained by Terre & David Arscott, and is located at
David’s office: 106-2096 W. 41st St. 604-261-1590
Terre & David transport a selection from the library’s collection to every lecture. All members are welcome to make an appointment to visit the library. Books may be requested by phone and picked up at the next lecture. Borrowing privileges are exclusive to members of the society. Members are entrusted with maintaining the books in their care, and returning them on time.
Our annual or semi-annual book sales have been very successful, and have provided the library with a source of revenue to cover the cost of rental space and general maintenance of the collection.
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)
The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung founded analytic psychology at the turn of the last century. This discipline emphasizes the value of one’s creative forces and one’s development toward wholeness.
Jung’s contributions include: a theory of the structure and dynamics of the psyche, both conscious and unconscious, and of the way the unconscious manifests itself in dreams; a theory of personality types which has gained broad acceptance; a thorough study of the purposive nature of individual psychological development, as articulated in his concept of the "individuation" process; and a description of the universal images (archetypes) deriving from the deepest layers of the psyche, the collective unconscious.
This concept of the collective unconscious gives analytical psychology its unique dimension of meaning in comparison with other traditions of psychotherapy. It moves the practice of psychotherapy from a focus on psychopathology and its symptoms to a consideration of the meaning and purpose of these symptoms when understood symbolically, by placing them in the larger context of the evolution of the human psyche in all its imaginative and cultural manifestations.
In his effort to understand and engage the whole person, Jung viewed his analytical psychology as a therapy which releases creativity and promotes individual psychological development. Thus, far from being just another theory, Jungian psychology embraces the universe in all its manifestations: art, history, myth, philosophy, and spirituality are all essential components of Jung’s worldview.
Jung’s psychology is compatible with a religious attitude toward life and recognizes humankind’s religious instinct. At the same time, it is just as compatible with a secular perspective and fosters the individual’s appreciation of one’s own creativity and sense of responsibility toward the world.

* written by Dr. James Hollis, and re-printed with permission from the webmaster, Sean Fitzpatrick, of The Jung Center of Houston website,
www.cgjunghouston.org

JUNGIAN ANALYSTS IN BC:
VANCOUVER:
Dr. John Allan Prof. Emeritus IAAP
604.228.0359

Shirley Halliday MSN IAAP
604.879.4583

Joan McGeragle MA IAAP
604.730.2540

VICTORIA

Catherine Ellis MA IAAP
250.386.5435

John D. Betts MA IAAP
250.360.2040 / 250.885.9339

NELSON

Dey Stewart MSW IAAP
250.354.9308

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Board of Directors
President/Newsletter: Carol Condruk
Secretary: Ellen Leslie
Treasurer/Program: George McEwen
Library Services: Terre & David Arscott
Committees
Program: Joan McGeragle Marlene Schiwy
Publicity: Joel Kroeker (from afar)
E-mail GroupList: Elisabeth Hafeli
Refreshments: Susan Humphrey
Volunteers-at-Large
Diane Shoemaker, Lynda Price, Linda Kalinka, Gerhard Funk, Tracy Wideman
Annette Goranson, Nora Lott, Faye Balcaen, Michael D’Arcy, Mandy McKerl,
Lauris Williams, Pohsuan Zaide

Influences:
James Hollis Lecture CD’s for Sale
The lecture given by James Hollis on November 18 2005, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver is now available as a two-set CD recording.
The set will be available at our Friday night lectures.
Cost: $15.00 per set.
Sounds Like: UPCOMING EVENTS:
All lectures will be held in the History Lab in the Vancouver Museum
located at 1100 Chestnut St., Vancouver B.C. Free parking is available on site.
Lectures begin at 7:30 pm and last around 75 minutes.
There is a 15 minute break for tea/coffee/cookies & socializing, followed by a Question & Answer session.
Tickets are $10 for Members & $15 for Non-Members
C.G. Jung Society of Vancouver Lecture Series 2009

JANUARY 3, 09 A Lecture with Marlene Schiwy
The secret is that only that which can destroy itself is fully alive.
C. G. Jung, CW 12, Psychology and Alchemy The Dark Feminine has been ignored, repressed, and denied in western religious tradition. In our relentless quest for spiritual progress, consciousness, and enlightenment, we have not allowed much space for the potent and fertile, chaotic and paradoxical energies of the dark goddess. This lecture will explore two archetypal images of the Dark Feminine: the fierce Indian goddess Kali, who creates and destroys in the great Round of life, and her Christian sister, the Black Madonna, whose image appears more than 400 times in the churches of Europe.
Hinduism’s fearsome Kali and Christianity’s long repressed Black Madonna are not mere vestiges of bygone religious traditions nor feminine equivalents of their masculine partners. They carry potent archetypal energies alive within each one of us and in the larger world around us. To turn our backs on them is to fall prey to blind possession and act out destructively in our daily lives. To acknowledge, and create a space for them, is to open ourselves to the depth of our own dark rage and violence, but also to the enormous potential for new life and fertile creativity that accompany the outcast’s lot in life. In the words of David Kinsley, “To ignore death, to pretend that one’s ego is the center of things, is to provoke Kali’s mocking laughter. To accept one’s mortality is to be able to act superfluously, to let go, to be able to sing, dance, and shout.” During this presentation we will consider how these Dark Sisters – outcasts in the western world -manifest in our dreams today, and what it might mean to acknowledge the immense and powerful archetypal energy they carry in all of us, men and women alike.

Marlene Schiwy, Ph.D, studied at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zurich from 2005-2007 and now works in private practice in Vancouver. A graduate of the first Marion Woodman Foundation Leadership Training Program, she has led many workshops and Body Soul Intensives in Canada, the USA, and Europe over the past twenty years. In addition to “Body Soul Writing,” the first university course in Canada to combine writing and expressive movement, Marlene recently created “Body Soul Sundays: A Nine Month Jungian Program for Women,” an intensive monthly program of immersion in the mysteries of the deep feminine. Marlene is the author of two books, A Voice of Her Own: Women and the Journal Writing Journey, and Simple Days: A Journal on What Really Matters, and half a dozen articles. She is currently writing a book about the dark feminine, teaching at UBC’s Writing Centre, and preparing filmed interviews with Marion Woodman for distribution. For more information, please visit www.marleneschiwy.com
FEBRUARY 20, 09 A Lecture with Susanna Ruebsaat

Using myth, or mythic thinking in the making and exploration of artwork sets the stage for archetypal energies to present themselves. This approach can take the individual ‘out of time’, and into the unconscious contents of the psyche, the world of image. Myth can also be integrated into the process of art making through the use of storytelling, using the written and/or spoken word as image in conjunction with the visual image. This presentation will present a theoretical background of ‘image’ from the imaginal or Depth Psychological perspective, with particular emphasis on the ideas developed by James Hillman. Hillman, a believer in the primacy of the imagination and the autonomy of soul and soul-figures, presents the role of Depth Psychology as being especially instructive through its emphasis on the reality of the images, symbols and figures of the imagination. This perspective will be explored conceptually through lecture and image-making, offering ‘image’ in visual, oral and written form. Susanna Ruebsaat’s work as an art educator, researcher and art therapist, with individuals and groups, is grounded in an imaginal perspective that sees image as central and autonomous as it guides the creative process. The imaginal is the world of image. It is an aesthetic that captures meaning beyond the analytic. The language of art is an entranceway to the imaginal -a world behind the door of intellectual/sensible ‘reality’ -and leads us into the symbolic function of creating inner meaning. Susanna is presently working on her PhD at SFU exploring the role of image in the relationship between perception and consciousness. She is in private practice in Vancouver, as well as being the provincial art therapist for the BC Cancer Agency.
MARCH 13, 09A Lecture with Dr. Ana Mozol

The victory of Christianity over a polytheistic religious climate marked the end of an era that worshiped the divine feminine, sacred sexuality and the mysteries of the body. The temples of the goddesses were forcibly closed in Eleusis, Rome, Ephesus, and Athens, in the 4th and 5th centuries. Dr.Mozol considers how being exiled from a deeply embodied religious heritage affects the individuation process in women.
Esther Harding points out that we have been immersed in a patriarchal society for so long that our views of the “feminine” are necessarily prejudiced. Dr.Mozol explores the truth of this statement with respect to female sexuality. The lecture focuses primarily on the resurgence of authentic or sacred sexuality as seen through the dreams of contemporary women. Themes and images that will be touched upon include: The Eleusinian Mysteries, Dionysus and the Mistress of the Labyrinth, The Cobra Goddess of Egyptian Mythology and the Sacred Moon Tree. This lecture is based on lecture material from a course on Shamanic Initiation, Tantra and Depth Psychology that Dr.Mozol teaches for the Humanities Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in California. Dr. Ana Mozol obtained her MA in counseling psychology and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from North America's foremost institute for the study of depth psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is trained in the fields of Jungian, Psychoanalytic and Archetypal psychology including mythological studies. She has studied with and been mentored by such distinguished elders in the field as James Hillman, Christine Downing and Marion Woodman. Dr. Mozol is adjunct faculty with Pacifica Graduate Institute where she teaches courses on dreamwork and depth psychology. She is also a professor with the Adler School of Professional Psychology. She has extensive training in Trauma and Recovery and focused her doctoral research on the connection between ancient goddess mythology, women's contemporary dreams, and sexual trauma. Psyche’s Poetry & Poetry’s Psyche


Psyche’s Poetry

APRIL 17, 09 Dr. David L. Miller
When he was 84years old on May 5, 1959, two years before his death, Jung said to Miguel Serrano, the Chilean writer and diplomat: Nobody understands what I mean; only a poet could begin to understand. This presentation will try to explore what Jung could possibly have meant by saying that only a poet could understand depth psychology. Poetry’s Psyche
The morning will be spent continuing the discussion of the evening before, exploring together additional reasons why Jung might have said that only a poet could understand depth psychology. The afternoon will feature a reading and discussion of poetry for its radical psychological dimensions. Examples will be drawn from the works of some of the following: Rainer Maria Rilke, Elizabeth Bishop, Wallace Stevens, Maya Angelou, Theodore Roethke, May Swenson, Delmore Schwartz, Sharon Olds, John Ashberry, Denise Levertov, A. R. Ammons, Siv Cedering, Charles Simic, Emily Dickinson, Billy Collins, and Edith Sitwell.
Dr. Miller is the Watson-Ledder Professor of Religion, Emeritus, at Syracuse University, and a retired Core Faculty Member at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. He is the author of 7 books, and he has published more than one hundred articles and book chapters since 1963. His research and writing are at the intersections of religions and mythologies, literature and literary theory, and depth psychology and culture. Dr. Miller is an honorary member of the International Association of Analytical Psychology. He is a frequent lecturer to civic, religious, and educational groups in the United States, and he has also addressed groups in Europe, Canada, and Japan. He has served as president of the Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture (1992-93), and he has been on the editorial boards of Sphinx (London), The Journal of the American Academy of Religion (Atlanta), L'Esprit jungien (Paris), and Mythosphere (Tuscaloosa). He currently serves on the editorial board of Spring Journal (New Orleans).

Lecture Tickets: $15 Workshop Tickets: $ 85
Tickets will be available at Banyen Books only 3608 W. 4th Ave 604-737-8858 as of March 01
Tickets will also be available at this same price at the door
Unitarian Church of Vancouver 949 West 49th Ave. 604-261-7204
May 22 AGM 7:30 pm Free Admission HistoryLab Vancouver Museum
Please join us for our annual general meeting, followed by a presentation of a segment of: The Way of the Dream: Conversations on Jungian Dream Interpretation with Dr. Marie-Louise von Franz, directed and hosted by Fraser Boa, with an introduction & new commentary from Marion Woodman.
Marie-Louise von Franz began her analytic relationship with Jung when she was 18 years old and worked with him throughout her life. Dr. von Franz concluded that one of the healthiest things people can do is pay attention to their dreams: :”Dreams show us how to find meaning in our lives, how to fulfil our own destiny, and how to realize the greater potential of life within us.”

Afterwards, join us for tea, coffee, cookies, and discussion (timepermitting) Library News
The library welcomes donations of any books that are in good condition for resale. Any subject is fine, as all proceeds of book sales will go to maintaining our collection and the rental space to house it. New DVD: Appointment with a Wise Old Dog: Dream Images in a Time of Crisis. This is the moving story of David Blum’s graceful and courageous encounter with death. Thanks: to Teodora Vladinski for her donation of 2 books to the library, and to Linda Kalinka and Lynda Price for their help with taking care of the library whenever needed. Jungian Analysts in B.C. Jung Book Study Group

Vancouver: Joan McGeragle MA IAAP 604.730.2540 Organizer & Contact Person:


PAST EVENTS:
September 26, 2008
The Cult of Cybele Past and Present
The Mystery Cult of Fashion in the film The Devil Wears Prada
A Lecture with Kate Rittenhouse
In the first century B.C. the Roman poet Catullus wrote about the story of Attis and the Near Eastern mother goddess Cybele. In Catullus’ poem, Attis castrates himself while in a frenzy of mad rage visited upon him by the goddess, who then prevents him from leaving her domain. Attis spends the rest of his days in Cybele’s sacred forest as her slave. Catullus’ poem ends with a fearful plea to the goddess to spare him from her madness and rage. The cult of Cybele flourished in ancient Rome, albeit behind high walls, until Christianity supplanted it in the fourth century CE. Catullus would recognize the angry and bloodthirsty goddess of his poem in the character of Miranda Priestly in the film The Devil Wears Prada. In her temple at a fashion magazine, Miranda is served by male and female slaves, all entranced by her aura of power and glamour, all ready to sacrifice everything in exchange for initiation into her favor. Miranda and the magazine evoke the mystery cult of Cybele. The fear of the feminine that permeates Catullus’ poem is implicit in the characterization of Miranda as a mercilessly demanding witch. Despite the social and economic advances made by women over the past century, it appears that contemporary culture is not any more comfortable with feminine power than were the ancient Romans. Through a comparison of segments of the film with what is known about the rituals of the cult of Cybele, the lecture explores how the depiction of a female executive in contemporary cinema reinforces some ancient stereotypes about feminine power.
Kate Rittenhouse earned her MA in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and currently is working on a Ph.D. at Pacifica. Her doctoral dissertation concerns the fortunes of Isis from Apuleius to Shakespeare. She is a Vancouver costume designer and costumer in theatre and film.October 24 Re-Visiting Prior Psychological Concerns in Later Life
A Lecture with John W. Osborne, PhD
I begin with a brief outline of the human situation according to Heidegger et al. The intention is to highlight aspects of being-in-the-world that humanity cannot avoid. These phenomena are an important part of the foundation of human lived-experience. The introduction of Erik Erikson’s model of psychological developmental crises from birth to old age is followed by examples of how aging, sometimes, can result in a re-occurrence of earlier crises. Erikson’s emphasis upon identity over time complements Jung’s and Tillich’s focus upon individuation. The impacts of aging and retirement upon the following is then discussed: Life-review, self-concept and identity, the search for meaning, volunteering, social relationships in general, marital relationships, the courage to be (Tillich), making choices, retirement trauma, gains and losses, care-giving, age stereotypes, moving to a “retirement haven”, ”life satisfaction” (subjective and objective well-being), aging and cognition, change vs acceptance.
Dr. Osborne is a Professor Emeritus from the University of Alberta where he taught for 22 years. His major areas of interest are existential-phenomenological psychology and descriptive methodology. Other interests include learning theory, behaviour modification, philosophical psychology and musical experience. Since retiring in 1994 he has presented lectures and workshops on adjusting to retirement as well as making the decision to retire or not retire. He is a former president of the Jung Society of Victoria. He has also published “Essential Retirement: Psychological Concerns” along with over 50 articles in refereed journals.
Contact: (website) www.retirement-emotional-social.ca
or (email) [email protected]
November 21 The Misreading of Jung
The New Age Hijack of Analytical Psychology
A Lecture with John Betts
I am interested in exploring how the New Age movement has embraced Jung with such intensity, and yet missed the central understanding of the individuation process. This is particularly evident in the misreading of Jung, noticeably with respect to the notion of archetypes, the role of the unconscious, the interpretation of symbols, and the place of the ego in Analytical Psychology. The morphing of Analytical Psychology into a pop-culture consumerist “movement” is the result. John Betts is a Zürich-trained Jungian Analyst. He maintains a private practice in Victoria, BC. John delivers intensive courses in the Fundamentals of Jung as well as podcasting the "Jung Podcast" (http://jungian.libsyn.com). John's clinical interests involve the transcendent function and individuation, somatic illness, and art in analysis. His Zürich thesis focused on the development of a psychodynamic model of suicide. John can be contacted at [email protected], or through his website at www.jungian.caNew Acquisitions for the Library
The library has ordered a copy of:
The Way of the Dream: Conversations on Jungian Dream Interpretation with Dr. Marie-Louise von Franz, directed and hosted by Fraser Boa, with an introduction & new commentary from Marion Woodman.
Marie-Louise von Franz began her analytic relationship with Jung when she was 18 years old and worked with him throughout her life. Dr. von Franz concluded that one of the healthiest things people can do is pay attention to their dreams: :”Dreams show us how to find meaning in our lives, how to fulfil our own destiny, and how to realize the greater potential of life within us.”
This is a limited edition 4DVD set offered by the Marion Woodman Foundation at a cost of $150.
Over 75% of the proceeds from this sale will benefit The Marion Woodman Foundation, www.mwoodmanfoundation.org.
To order your own copy: Contact Mandala Bookstore, London, Ontario, or
www.wayofthedream.com, or phone 519-432-9488
Jungian Analysts in B.C.
Vancouver: Joan McGeragle MA IAAP 604.730.2540
Shirley Halliday MSN IAAP 604.879.4583
Victoria: Catherine Ellis MA IAAP 250.386.5435
John D. Betts MA IAAP 250.360.2040
250.885.9339
Nelson: Dey Stewart MSW IAAP 250.354.9308
Websites of Interest
The Jung Page
www.cgjungpage.org
C.G. Jung Foundation of Ontario
www.cgjungontario.com Dreams are the impartial, spontaneous products of the unconscious psyche, Inner City Books outside the control of the will. They are www.innercitybooks.net pure nature; they show us the unvarnished, natural truth, and are therefore fitted, as Philemon Foundation nothing else is, to give us back an attitude www.philemonfoundation.org that accords with our basic human nature when our consciousness has strayed too far from its foundations and run into an The Jung Center impasse.
www.cgjunghouston.org
Carl Jung Collected Works 10
Illustration by Ivan Bilibin from the Russian Fairy Tale Vasilisa the Beautiful
Membership 2008 Annual Membership $25.00
Benefits of Membership include: Reduced admission to lectures and workshops, our bi-annual newsletter, access to the society’s library, and the opportunity to meet like-minded people/kindred spirits in a congenial atmosphere Please note that the membership year has been changed to synchronize with the calendar year. Your 2008 membership will be valid from January to December 2008. If you buy a membership in September, it will cost you $25+3 fall lectures @$10 = $55. If you come to 3 fall lectures as a non-member, it will cost you $15x3 = $45. Yes, if you buy a membership now it will cost you an extra $10, but the society would love to be the beneficiary of your generousity! We would appreciate your show of support, and we would put the money to good use to enrich our program.PREVIOUSLY HELD EVENTS:April 18
Archetypal Resources in Illness, Suffering, Transformation, and Death
A lecture with Dr. Judith Bertoia
April 18, 2008, 7:30 pm
Tix $10/15

Vancouver Museum (1100 Chestnut)
In the film portion of this talk YoYo Ma’s cello introduces us to gifted conductor and author David Blum. Music was inspiration to David and his rich inner life continues to speak to us through the dream images he shares so humbly in the exceptional film Appointment with the Wise Old Dog: Dream Images in a Time of Crisis. This film reminds us of the power of archetypes to guide us through the challenges life inevitably offers. Jung wrote “the unconscious is all the more interested in how one dies; that is, whether the attitude of consciousness is adjusted to dying or not.” David’s guides in this adjustment become our guides. They encourage us to reflect on the transformation we must all make. David’s story, shared through his beautiful images, narration and music, touches us in the deepest of places, that inner core where soul entwines with physical being. We are moved to consider how well our conscious reality embraces a relationship with what is larger than us, to receive guidance and sustenance from our transformative inner guides, and to attend to the whisperings of soul as we live our own destiny and face our own mortality. The radiance in David Blum’s message resonates with our physical senses and sings to our soul. His grace and courage in facing, and immortalizing, his experience of encountering Death remind us that we each have the potential to live vibrantly and to die in the deepest of faith. I am honoured to be asked by David’s widow Sarah to share this film with a Vancouver audience.
Dr. Judith Bertoia, PhD, is a psychologist in private practice working with children, adolescents, adults and couples. She divides her time between lecturing, writing, and private practice and brings over 35 years of experience as educator, author, therapist, and consultant to her work. She has lectured both nationally and internationally in North America and Europe, has published books and articles in her field, and has been interviewed for national TV, radio, and the print media. Topics in these presentations include play and expressive therapies, Jungian theory, death and dying, the power of image and myth in our lives, and the effect of media violence on child development. One of Judith’s main interests is the psyche/soma relationship. The depth psychological focus of her clinical work provides an opportunity to explore the imaginal realm of the unconscious, a realm which psyche reveals through art, dreams, sandplay, and other expressive therapies. She has written numerous articles and has published two books, Written Paths to Healing (with John Allan), and Drawings from a Dying Child.
Beginning this spring, Judith will be presenting 3 lecture/workshop series: Jungian Essentials, Reading the Image, and Power of Image and Myth for Everyday Living. For more information, contact Judith at 604-594-2731 ([email protected])
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May 30
Jung and Alchemy: Making Gold
A lecture with Usha Haywood Deep in the tiny atom of the psyche a tremendous force lies hidden. This force, released properly, systematically, chronologically, with utmost care and awareness, can lead to transformation, enlightenment and Self–knowledge through examination and expansion of the dynamics of physical, physiological and psychological elements. This tremendous task is mirrored in the processes of Alchemy as well as its older sister, Astrology. This process awakens in our consciousness the knowledge that comes from our own Soul in the form of intellectual intuition. We should not merely repeat: “Jung said this and this book said that!” Quoting authorities will merely serve as a refuge. If we remain satisfied with this, no progress will be possible. A lecture or readings from various sources can only be external means, which can however produce or awaken an inner enquiry. We must arduously search for ourselves, within ourselves. To cultivate this analysis within oneself is absolutely necessary. We must not be satisfied with merely quoting the recipe for making gold – we must obtain the needed ingredients, and we must be prepared to do the great work. We must become Alchemists! Usha Haywood holds a degree in nursing and is a registered therapist. She holds certificates in alternative medicine, yoga and yoga therapy and is a registered massage therapist. She has worked and lived in Australia, the West Indies and Europe, and she has taught at the University of Guelph, Conestoga College, Homewood Sanatorium, and Zonta International. Usha co-founded and directed the Centre for Health and Stress Management in Ontario where she worked as a therapist and workshop and seminar facilitator. She is a resident of the Sky Valley Contemplative Community on Saltspring Island.
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June 20 AGM 7:30 pm Free Admission HistoryLab Vancouver Museum Please join us for our annual general meeting, followed by a presentation of the DVD: Sex and the Sacred: Conversations with Sam Keen ‘The practice of philosophy is a way of life that results from falling in love with questions---the great mythic questions that can never be given definitive answers. My work as a writer, lecturer and workshop leader has focused on exploring these questions.’ I think that sexuality is a part of our longing to join with others, to become who we are, to create. “How Do I become a loving human being? “What is it that has real meaning for me?” What is it that I really desire?” Sam Keen is a Graduate of Harvard Divinity School, and holds a PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University. Afterwards, join us for tea, coffee, cookies, and discussion (time-permitting)
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BANYAN BOOKS PRESENTS:
Marion Woodman & Robert Bly
Aging & the Unlived Life
Adopting the story of King Lear, we will examine the pain of coming to oneself so late in life. Cordelia could be said to represent the soul as it asks to be taken seriously. Insofar as Lear gradually allows Cordelia to take a part in his own psyche, he is able to die whole. The play also addresses the terrible consequences of the loss of the positive feminine, so relevant to our time. It abounds with examples of the positive & negative masculine & feminine, which will add to our discussion. The example of our presenters, as still questing elders willing to continue giving back the fruits of their lives to the culture, will serve as the creative and meaningful background for our discussions and time together.
Saturday April 5th Talk 7:30 pm at Christchurch Cathedral, Burrard & Georgia St. Vancouver $25
Sunday April 6th Workshop 10 am – 5pm at the First Nation’s Longhouse UBC Vancouver $140 *please note that workshop participants must attend the Sat. talk as it is the first session of the workshop
Friday April 4th Poetry Reading with Robert Bly 7:30pm at the Unitarian Church 49th & Oak $18
Tickets at Banyen Books 3608 W. 4th Ave. 604- 737-8858
The Feminine in Present Day Western Civilization A Workshop with Marion Woodman, Marlene Schiwy, & Ursula Carsen
This Workshop will address the questions: • What are the attributes of the Feminine in women & men in the 21st century? • How do we distinguish between the Creative Feminine & the Dark Feminine? • How does the Modern Feminine relate to Masculinity? • What does this mean for each of us and our planet today?
The workshop will include lecture and discussion, and embodiment of the Feminine through deep relaxation, movement, and poetry. Please wear comfortable clothing, and bring your journal.
Monday April 7th 9:30 am- 4:30pm at the Masonic Lodge 1495 W. 8th Ave. $130 includes lunch & morning coffee
Registration begins February 1st please call Yvonne Young 604-926-3465 ([email protected])

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PREVIOUS EVENTS INCLUDE:
February 15
The Orphic Mythos Jung’s Literary Influence
A Lecture with David Scherzer
To think that Literature is the good books we read, or the artful movies we see, or the delightful plays that we watch is not to understand the nature of Literature. Jung recognized the universals within each particular story. It is an insight filled with profound consequences because firstly it enables us to perceive the internal dynamics of narratives. Given the centrality of stories to the human experience, this understanding allows us to gain a deeper insight into our own personal narrative – the first step in the process of individuation. The second consequence was Jungian literary scholarship’s recognition that individual stories formed part of a holistic Narrative. This principle is not merely an academic concept: it addresses the implications of how Literature is affecting us today. No one disputes the spectacular efficiency of mass communication media to be carriers of fiction. If we want to maintain control over our own “private” narrative in our ongoing process of psychic maturation, it is imperative that we better understand how contemporary outer stories are trying to shape our inner tales.
David R. Scherzer earned his doctorate in English at Université du Montréal. The subject of his thesis was the magician figure in English narrative and dramatic literature from Mallory to the Moderns. He has taught Jungian-oriented literature courses in Canada and the U.S. Currently, he lectures at SFU in the Continuing Education Department. Several of the courses he has taught include Joseph Campbell and The Hero Figure, Perspectives on Evil, and Jungian Archetypes as Tropes on the Self’s Evolutionary Journey.
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March 14
The Depth Psychology of Love From Possession to Freedom
A Lecture with Dr. Ana Mozol
Love has contributed to the best and the worst of human behaviour and relationships throughout history.
Its importance extends beyond romantic, familial, or filial love, into love of nature, culture, ideas, images, spirit, and the globe. This evening lecture will address the complexities of the concepts of love, when approached from a depth psychological perspective (through theories of projection and projective identification, paradox, shadow material, and anima/animus development). Topics that will be discussed include the myth of romantic love, romantic love as divine madness and the tasks one must perform before being reunited with the Eros principle at a higher level of consciousness. These topics will be explored through the myth of Psyche and Eros. The material will be taken from a course that Dr. Mozol teaches at Pacifica Graduate Institute on the depth psychology of love, tolerance and compassion.
March 15 Workshop 10am - 4pm History Lab in the Vancouver Museum
The workshop will go much deeper into the mythic material and the symbolic meaning of the four tasks Psyche must perform to be reunited with her divine lover, Eros and how these tasks relate to the individuation process in men and women. Jung referred to individuation as a series of ordeals of an initiatory type that must be survived. The four tasks, sorting the seeds, collecting the ram’s golden wool, collecting water from the rivers that flow into the underworld, and facing Persephone to obtain her beauty box, will be considered as stages of initiation along the journey towards psychic wholeness. The material will be explored through stories of relationship, dreams and myth.
Members $75 Non-members $90
Please register for this workshop by February 22. See registration information below.
Dr. Ana Mozol obtained her MA in counselling psychology and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from North America's foremost institute for the study of depth psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is trained in the fields of Jungian, Psychoanalytic and Archetypal psychology including mythological studies. She has studied with and been mentored by such distinguished elders in the field as James Hillman, Christine Downing and Marion Woodman. Dr. Mozol is adjunct faculty with Pacifica Graduate Institute where she teaches courses on dreamwork and depth psychology. She is also a professor with the Adler School of Professional Psychology. She has extensive training in Trauma and Recovery and focused her doctoral research on the connection between ancient goddess mythology, women's contemporary dreams, and sexual trauma. Dr. Mozol has a private practice in Vancouver.
To register for the workshop, please send a cheque or money order by Feb.22 /08 to:
C.G. Jung Society of Vancouver
Box 219 -1917 West 4th Ave Vancouver BC V6J 1M7

A lecture on the Villa of Mysteries by Catherine Ellis

January 19th 2008 7:30 pm
History Lab in the Vancouver Museum
1100 Chestnut St. Vancouver B.C.
The Villa of Mysteries, located in Pompeii, Italy, is thought to have been the home of a private Orphic cult. The Villa housed a series of wall murals that were believed to depict an ancient Dionysian Initiation Ritual that took place during the end of the first century BC. The Villa was buried under ash after the explosion of Vesuvius in 79 AD, however, the structure and its artwork was remarkably preserved. The Villa was excavated in 1930 and scholars have since attempted to decipher the full meaning of the wall paintings. Through a slide presentation, this lecture will explore the symbolic meaning of the wall murals and what researchers believe the murals may have disclosed about the Secret Dionysian Ritual that took place in the Villa. The Dionysian Ritual’s parallels to the Process of Individuation and Analysis will also be discussed.
Catherine Ellis, M.A., I.A.A.P. is a Jungian Analyst who graduated from the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich Switzerland in 1999. She has a private analytic practice in Victoria, B.C.

A LECTURE WITH JAMES HOLLIS
Why Good People Do Bad Things: Revisiting the Shadow

October 19th 2007 7:30 pm at Christ Church Cathedral

Why is there so often a difference between who we think we are, or who we show to the outside world, and some of our behaviours? For each of us there are energies, motives, and agendas which operate outside our conscious control and sometimes are contrary to our professed values. These energies, which Jung collectively identified as the Shadow, might best be defined not as evil, but as that which makes us uncomfortable with ourselves. Such energies represent an enormous invitation for greater consciousness, for living more ethically, and whose integration brings a greater possibility of wholeness. This program will define and illustrate the many ways in which the Shadow operates in personal and social life.
Tickets are $20 at Banyen Books only. 3608 W. Ave. 604-737-8858
Lecture: Christ Church Cathedral 690 Burrard St. at Georgia Vancouver BC
Dr. James Hollis is a Zurich-trained Jungian analyst in practice in Houston Texas, where he is also Executive Director of the Jung Educational Centre of Houston. He is the author of 12 books, the latest being Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
WORKSHOP WITH JAMES HOLLIS:
October 20th 9:30-4:30 pm Joyce Walley Learning Centre at the Vancouver Museum
Engaging the Personal Shadow
A Workshop with James Hollis

What is our Personal Shadow? How may we come to know that which is by definition unconscious within us. A series of exercises and guiding questions will help provide greater self-awareness. What is meant by the concept of The Shadow? How does The Shadow show up in personal, psychological life? How does The Shadow manifest collectively in social settings? How does one gain a greater awareness of the Personal and Collective Shadow? What shadow issues may come up between therapist and client?
Please bring a notebook & pen for journaling.
Tickets are $125 and are available at Banyen Books only. 3608 W. 4th Ave. 604-737-8858
Workshop: Joyce Walley Learning Centre, Vancouver Museum, 1100 Chestnut St. Vancouver BC

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A Lecture with John Betts
Towards a Jungian Theory of Suicide
November 16th 2007 7:30 pm The History Lab
$10 for Members $15 for Non-Members
pay at the door
The History Lab is located downstairs in
The Vancouver Museum 1100 Chestnut St. Vancouver B.C.

The Jungian community has not addressed the issue of suicide with the same rigour as it has the common clinical precursors of suicide, severe affective disorders.
Jung made scant mention of suicide in his essays. Of the 32 paragraphs on suicide in the Collected Works, there are less than a dozen paragraphs which rely on a basic (simplistic) theme to explain client suicide - crudely put, the unconscious overwhelms the ego and the client kills him/herself to escape the pain. This seems far too basic a model to explain such a powerful act. In a career that spanned decades, witnessed a revolution in psychiatry and involved encounters with thousands of patients, Jung must have worked with clients who suicided. If he, like most clinicians, was galvanized and humbled by the actions of such clients, how could he have remained so aloof from the issue in terms of his writing? Why does he rarely refer to the clinical issues presented in these cases?
What then, is a Jungian formulation of suicide, and, more critically, how could we develop a theoretically and clinically coherent model of such a powerful act?

John Betts, M.A. (Psych.) is a Zurich-trained Jungian Analyst. He maintains a private practice in Victoria, BC.
John delivers intensive courses in the Fundamentals of Jung as well as podcasting the "Jung Podcast" (http://jungian.libsyn.com).
John's clinical interests involve the transcendent function and individuation, somatic illness, and art in analysis. His Zürich thesis focused on the development of a psychodynamic model of suicide.
John can be contacted at [email protected], or through his website at www.jungian.ca
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