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The Religious Impulse: Encounters with Psyche in a Polarized World
Zoom Webinar ORMany of us experience our world as fragmented and polarizing. This causes tremendous anxiety as we struggle to find something reliable to believe in, to invest in and to trust. The Religious Impulse is a natural drive within every human psyche. Regardless of the existence of any external religious affiliation, this natural impulse is always ... Read more
Soul’s Body: Cultivating Creative Resilience
Unity of Portland 4525 SE Stark, Portland“What shape waits in the seed of you to grow and spread its branches against a future sky”? ~ David Whyte (From River Flow: New and Selected Poems, 2004) In these polarized, fast-paced times, many of us feel the strain in our bodies, emotions, and relationships. This lecture reflects on how we absorb the shock of ... Read more
Experiencing the Unitary World: Alchemy and Transformation
Unity of Portland 4525 SE Stark, PortlandThis lecture explores the unus mundus—the unitary world—as Jung's culminating vision of the individuation process, describing the paradoxical possibility of reaching unity amid periods of opposition. Drawing on Jung's transformative encounter with the Great Stupa of Sanchi, his intensive exploration of Western alchemy through Gerard Dorn's work, and his own near-death visions, we examine how the unus ... Read more
