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The Role of Space and Time in the Puer Aeternus Archetype
December 6, 1997 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm PST
After a theoretical and clinical presentation on the nature of archetypes and archetypal fields, we will examine the specific nature of the puer and puella archetype. Described in literature and film as the eternal child and the Peter Pan Syndrome, this archetypal configuration stands in a dramatic alignment to the Self, wich often results in a creative yet troubled relationship to the world of matter, time and space. Through the presentation of clinical material, Dr. Conforti will explore the typical ways the puer expresses itself in dreams, personal relationships, career choices and financial concerns. Drawing on Marie Louise von Franz’s and Jung’s work on the Puer and contributions from the new sciences, Dr. Conforti will present ways of understanding the archetypal challenges of the puer as they struggle with the integration of matter and psyche.
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Michael Conforti, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst and founder and Director of the Assisi Conferences. He is a faculty member of the C.G. Jung Institute in Boston, the C.G. Jung Foundation of New York and a Senior Associate faculty member in the Doctoral and Masters Programs in Clinical Psychology at Antioch, New England. He is also a visiting lecturer at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich and has conducted workshops for many Jungian organizations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and South America. He is the author of Field, Form and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature and Psyche (Spring Publications, Dallas, 1999).