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Anxiety and the Myth of the Dragon Fight
October 3, 1997 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm PDT
The dragon fight is always the deed of a mythological hero. Yet the hero gets “bad press” nowadays. He is associated with the “macho ideal” of a one-sided male orientation. However, all of us, women and men, need the courage to deal with and overcome, if possible, destructive forces, whether they appear in the outer world or within us. Very often the dragon is a symbol of our anxiety and our imprisoning psychic complexes. As an archetypal model, therefore, the myth of the dragon-fight never loses its relevance. In this lecture Dr. Jacoby will give it a new and contemporary interpretation.
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Mario Jacoby, PH.D. is a training analyst, lecturer and member of the Curatorium (Board of Directors) of the C.G. Jung institute in Zurich, where he has a private practice. He has lectured throughout Europe, the United States, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand and is the author of numerous articles and books. Available in English are The Analytic Encounter, Longing for Paradise, Individuation and Nacissism and On Shame and the Origins of Self-esteem.