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Addiction to Perfection
October 19, 1984 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT
Lecture: Addiction to Perfection
Perfection can be a tragic personality trait. This lecture will analyze the positive and negative poles set up in the over-conscientious personality, focusing on case studies and dreams dealing with obsessive neuroses, particularly eating disorders and alcoholism. New attitudes, grounded in the feminine consciousness will be explored as the possible means of healing
Workshop: Feminine Consciousness as Healer of Perfectionism
The seminar will deal in depth with the ideas presented in the lecture. Attention will be given to the psychological meaning of food and drinking rituals, the transfer of energy from food to sexuality, and from food to spirituality. She will suggest simple exercises through which the participants may experience how the feminine ego may be grounded in the feminine body. Come comfortably dressed.
Related Workshop: Feminine Consciousness as Healer of Perfection
Marion Woodman, Ph. D. Hon., is a Jungian analyst and a leader in exploring the deeper levels of the feminine. She is the author of many acclaimed books which bridge the fields of analytical psychology and feminine psychology including, Addiction to Perfection and Leaving My Father’s House.
