BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oregon Friends of Jung - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Oregon Friends of Jung X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ofj.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Oregon Friends of Jung REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210319T204500 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20201217T022247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210318T181220Z UID:47489-1616180400-1616186700@ofj.org SUMMARY:Missing the Mark: The Seven Deadly Sins Viewed Through the Lens of Depth Psychology DESCRIPTION:The word “sin” came originally from an archery term that meant “missing the target\,” and implied such errant aim arose more from inescapable human limitation than malevolence. This program will explore these most human of experiences—pride\, envy\, gluttony\, lust\, anger\, greed\, sloth—through the lens of analytic psychology\, and explore their causes\, mechanisms\, self-defeating consequences\, and their continuing\, contemporary challenges to us. URL:https://ofj.org/event/missing-the-mark-the-seven-deadly-sins-viewed-through-the-lens-of-depth-psychology/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Hollis_image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210219T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210219T204500 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20201217T022214Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T173022Z UID:47483-1613761200-1613767500@ofj.org SUMMARY:Dreams\, Life\, Death\, and the Alchemical Wedding DESCRIPTION:What do dreams\, near death experiences and archetypal phenomena surrounding death reveal to us about the mysteries of life\, death and the beyond? How do they prepare us for death\, our own and for the death of loved ones? When the veils between the worlds become very thin\, our world views can alchemically change\, opening us to the psychoid and to life changing experiences in the imaginal realms of reality. The experience of the metaphor of death is continually at the center of any authentic and lasting transformation. Alchemy and Jung’s work are built around this as the cornerstone of transformational processes\, individually and collectively. URL:https://ofj.org/event/dreams-life-death-and-the-alchemical-wedding/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Wikman_image2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210115T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210115T204500 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20201217T022133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210114T180809Z UID:47468-1610737200-1610743500@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Power of Archetypal Imagery in Videogames DESCRIPTION:We explore common themes around destructiveness in many videogames that boys and young men play. These images have archetypal elements that are also represented in Western art. We compare examples to the images in a popular videogame\, Fortnite\, and show the similarities in form\, structure\, theme\, and coloration. What do such images tell us about destructive imaginings and their grip on the psyche? Many popular videogames use apocalyptic settings for a fight for survival\, and the centrality of apocalyptic vision for destructive fantasies will be discussed. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-power-of-archetypal-imagery-in-videogames/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Tyminski_image-NEW.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201204T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201204T204500 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20200825T210456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201203T163438Z UID:43998-1607108400-1607114700@ofj.org SUMMARY:Living Symbols of the Tarot: A Journey Through Archetypal Patterns of Soul DESCRIPTION:A journey through the Tarot cards is primarily a journey into our depths providing a bridge to the mysteries and ancestral wisdom of our innermost selves. These powerful images stimulate the imagination\, tell a symbolic story of meaning\, and connect us to our creative souls. \nThe Tarot is evocative and like our dreams brings symbolism alive. According to C.G. Jung\, symbols and archetypes are the means by which the psyche/soul speaks. The tarot has 78 cards with correspondences to astrological glyphs\, Hebrew mysticism\, numerology and mythological and alchemical imagery. Each card stimulates our imagination in complex and multilayered ways. The cards provide a non-verbal language through which we can find universal as well as personal\, social\, cultural and collective meaning. \nDuring the Friday night lecture the Tarot cards connected to the current conjunction of Jupiter\, Pluto and Saturn in Capricorn and the tremendous challenges\, upheavals and disruptions in our world we are currently facing will be explored. By engaging with images and symbols from the Tarot\, we will explore this dark\, black\, nigredo we are living through and use it as a source of guidance and inner wisdom as we struggle to find a new authority in these uncertain times. The Tarot will be used to understand Jungian psychology and depth spirituality. \nDecks to be used: Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Deck and the Rider/Waite Deck   URL:https://ofj.org/event/living-symbols-of-the-tarot-a-journey-through-archetypal-patterns-of-soul/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Chiaia_image_revised.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201106T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201106T204500 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20200825T205612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T164949Z UID:43991-1604689200-1604695500@ofj.org SUMMARY:We Think with our Hearts: Reading Jung through Native Eyes DESCRIPTION:This talk will review how some of Jung’s ideas (mis)represented Native cultures. The notion of the “primitive\,” participation mystique\, dreams\, and animals will be explored. Two psychic paradigms\, dominion and reciprocity\, will point to important differences between Indigenous and Western cosmologies and may offer a path away from our current trend toward self-destruction. URL:https://ofj.org/event/we-think-with-our-hearts-reading-jung-through-native-eyes/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Lacourt_image_revised.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201016T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201016T210000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20200825T204800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201105T164858Z UID:43984-1602874800-1602882000@ofj.org SUMMARY:Individuation Hijacked: Persona and Hero in an Evolving Universe DESCRIPTION:“The energy of the central point is manifested in the almost irresistible compulsion and urge to become what one is\, just as every organism is driven to assume the form that is characteristic of its nature\, no matter what the circumstances.” \nJung believed that we have a compulsive urge toward individuation\, an irresistible drive to become whole. We tend to identify this urge primarily with the realization of our authentic\, true self\, free of external interference. But another essential aspect of individuation\, our need for connection\, community and service\, requires us to use a persona\, a mask representing a limited part of the true self. The capacity to create and use persona is sometimes hijacked to prove our worth in the world\, to avoid feelings of shame and insecurity.  The original intent\, engagement with community\, is lost. \nThis talk will explore what true individuation requires of us in terms of persona: that we return to the original intent of the mask\, discern what we’re called to cultivate in our personality\, and what role we play in an evolving and self-organizing universe. \nTICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE (even though it may say “This event has passed below”). Click here to register. URL:https://ofj.org/event/individuation-hijacked-persona-and-hero-in-an-evolving-universe/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Trosclair_image_revised.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200918T204500 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20200825T201317Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200918T223930Z UID:43973-1600455600-1600461900@ofj.org SUMMARY:Listening to Jung in These Troubling Times DESCRIPTION:We find ourselves in the midst of a global pandemic with great loss and tremendous suffering. We fear for our safety and wonder what the future will bring? When will we get back to ‘normal?’ Do we want to return to business-as-usual? The pandemic has derailed our lives in so many ways and ever present is the continued threat of climate disruption. What does Jungian psychology have to teach us in these troubling times? Carl Jung also lived through troubling times. He recognized the importance of living both in the spirit of the times as well as the spirit of the depths\, for soul dwells in both of these worlds. In this presentation\, we explore how Jung viewed world threatening situations that penetrated the psyches of individuals. We dive down into the spirit of the depths to uncover the root cause of our imbalances in the world\, be it pandemic or environmental destruction. We consider how Jungian depth psychology can bring a sense of meaning and order to what is happening in the world. We also consider how we can use Jung’s ideas to help us work with and through these troubling times. URL:https://ofj.org/event/listening-to-jung-in-these-troubling-times/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Kiehl_image_revised.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200814T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200814T143000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20200716T211845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200816T220935Z UID:43128-1597410000-1597415400@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Racial Complex: From Devious Path to Healing Journey DESCRIPTION:Zoom Webinar\nAug 16\, 1:00-2:30pm PDT\nFree to 2019/20 and 2020/21 OFJ members\n$20 general admission\nRegister/Purchase\nCEUs are NOT available – we will resume in September with regular season events \nIn her new book\, The Racial Complex: A Jungian Perspective on Culture and Race\, Jungian analyst\, author\, and poet Fanny Brewster writes boldly about the racial complex we all carry\, individually and as a culture. \nC.G. Jung said that our psychological complexes are like devious paths that often lead us astray.  As we encounter the constellation of racial complexes on both individual and collective levels we find ourselves seeking ways of healing. \nIn this special program with Dr. Brewster\, twice before presenter at Oregon Friends of Jung\, the conversation will focus on identifying features of the racial complex and how we can find deeper understanding towards psychological healing. Dr. Brewster will offer opening remarks and insights and then invite questions and conversation. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-racial-complex/ LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/unnamed_cropped7.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200221T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200221T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20191119T205720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191119T234944Z UID:39589-1582313400-1582320600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Soul Lost and Found DESCRIPTION:In the West\, attention to spiritual and mental life originally was subsumed under the Care of Souls\, like one full river of religious and psychological currents blended indistinguishably. The soul was tended under care of spiritual mentors within or pushing the boundaries of traditional religions. In the early 20th century\, the river forked into two and depth psychology emerged as a separate discipline unfolding since in the proliferating schools of psychoanalysis. We will explore psyche\, soul\, spirit and the subversive persistence of soul as part of healing. Contra all announced certainties that we have entered a post-religious\, even post-spiritual\, era\, recent decades show instead that soul concerns have infiltrated politics\, fundamentalisms of all kinds\, and work with the psyche. The soul refuses to be refused. People come to clinicians with an eye to soul as well as psyche because they feel their soul living has been lost. They seek aliveness from a deep place within that radiates outward to shared existence with others and links to something more\, however various descriptions of that may be. What became two rivers that seemingly forked into separate directions\, now flow towards each other into one again. We will explore this co-existing of psyche and soul currents. We need both facing our unconscious and our soul that dwells in our body\, our psyche-soma\, and links to collective life and to the meaningful\, mysterious aliveness at the heart of life. URL:https://ofj.org/event/soul-lost-and-found/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/ann_ulanov.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200117T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200117T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20191119T203602Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191211T012200Z UID:39579-1579289400-1579296600@ofj.org SUMMARY:How to Love a Narcissist DESCRIPTION:We explore Jung’s concepts of narcissism and its appearance in the ‘as-if’ personality who struggles to connect to self and others. Intimacy is compromised\, wanted yet feared. Although the person appears enticing and confident\, the inner life is marked by perfectionism\, emotional distance and dissociation. Through dreams and composite people examples\, we explore why these people are in our lives and where in our psyche we are in the throes of narcissism rather than self-love. We will consider unfinished areas of the personality originating from early trauma\, emotional neglect\, and negative parental complexes adversely affecting confidence. Such areas promote idealization of others and destroy initiative while feeding an internalized cycle of self-hatred\, oppression and envy. How can we accept life with its creative as well as aging process and find self-love? URL:https://ofj.org/event/how-to-love-a-narcissist/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/susan_schwartz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191206T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20190720T164201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191113T010544Z UID:36771-1575660600-1575667800@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Essence of Kundalini DESCRIPTION:As we participate in spiritual practices and inner creative work\, kundalini energy may rise up the chakras located in the astral spine and awaken us spiritually. When this happens in a contained environment\, it slowly merges the north and south poles of our being (feminine and masculine\, negative and positive) and creates a greater wholeness in our well-being. In this presentation \, we will focus on the meaning of kundalini\, its images in creative expressions as in sandplay\, and how to use our understanding of kundalini for personal change. We will then experience what kundalini may feel like through guided meditation and sound. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-essence-of-kundalini/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/geri_grubbs-e1573607122133.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191108T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191108T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20190720T163446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190802T002626Z UID:36765-1573241400-1573248600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Between the World and Me: Where the Wild Things Live DESCRIPTION:In this historical moment we unconsciously live out the reality of a split between the psyche (personal) and the sociopolitical world. Emotional suffering is located in the individual and his/her relationships. The social context is rarely acknowledged as major contribution to our psychological health as it is seen as a backdrop. Within such a perspective\, we lose the opportunity to create and use the potential space in cultural life for engaging and processing the most pressing problems of our times: racism\, sexism\, gender\, poverty\, class social justice and the traumatogenic environment of uncertainty\, pain and suffering they create for all of us. \nIn this talk Sam Kimbles will address a way of thinking and working with the kinds of issues that cut across the artificial divide between inner and outer. Two stories from literature will serve as springboards for this evening’s talk:  Maurice Sendak\, Where the Wild things Are and Ta-Nehisi Coates\,Between the World and Me will be used to look at destructive attitudes in our culture that reflect issues that challenge us all. URL:https://ofj.org/event/between-the-world-and-me-where-the-wild-things-live/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/samuel_kimbles.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191018T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191018T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20190720T162216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190802T002223Z UID:36758-1571427000-1571434200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Changing of the Gods: Weathering the Storm in an Archetypal Cosmos DESCRIPTION:In their distinct and brilliant ways\, both C. G. Jung and James Hillman broke free of limiting modern assumptions and recognized that psyche was not confined to the human\, that it permeated all of nature\, the cosmos itself. Both also recognized the extraordinary value of astrology in shining an unexpected light on the archetypal dynamics of human life in synchronistic correlation with planetary movements. Our moment in history clearly represents a threshold of of great consequence\, and the current planetary alignments can provide us with valuable insights about the deeper impulses at work in the drama now facing the Earth community. What is the planetary situation now\, what are the historical precedents\, and how might our contemporary culture be transformed by the recognition that an intimate bond exists between the deep psyche and the cosmos? Join Richard Tarnas for a “state of the world report” on the archetypal context of our national and global moment. URL:https://ofj.org/event/changing-of-the-gods-weathering-the-storm-in-an-archetypal-cosmos/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/richard_tarnas.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190920T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190920T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20190720T001946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190802T001927Z UID:36744-1569007800-1569015000@ofj.org SUMMARY:Living the Imaginal Life: Dreams\, Active Imagination and Synchronicity DESCRIPTION:The term “Imaginal World\,” made popular by the great French writer Henri Corbin\, refers to a dimension of life outside the norm\, a dimension only perceivable through the imagination. The imagination\, however\, is not something unreal or ungrounded\, a creator of fantasies and illusions. Rather\, it is a powerful mode of perception that connects us with a world just as real as our ordinary world of everyday reality. As Robert Johnson has said\, the imaginal is not real\, it is realer than real. In this lecture I shall discuss the nature of the imaginal\, its relationship to Jung and the process of individuation\, as well as the transformative nature of imaginal experience. I shall also outline ways in which one can begin to live an imaginal life. URL:https://ofj.org/event/living-the-imaginal-life-dreams-active-imagination-and-synchronicity/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/jeffrey_raff.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190412T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190412T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20181211T044449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190319T031455Z UID:32168-1555097400-1555104600@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Little Dream that Doesn't Mean Anything DESCRIPTION:When a dream is forgotten\, dismissed\, ignored or called names (“worthless\, a snippet\, stupid\, etc.”)\, important information is lost.  A discussion with clinical examples will explore what many miss:  the quiet beginnings of consciousness evidenced in what is often overlooked.  The beginning of a process is sacred ground to stand upon.  Alchemical parallels\, world dreams\, fairy tale imagery and elements of dreaming that are routinely misunderstood will be discussed as well. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-little-dream-that-doesnt-mean-anything/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/dream-diver-section-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190315T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190315T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20181211T044315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190221T165200Z UID:32192-1552678200-1552685400@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Healing Power of Fairy Tales DESCRIPTION:Why fairy tales – Märchen?  When C.G. Jung discovered the archetypal realm of the collective unconscious\, he also found that through the ages myths\, fairy tales and legends provided a “clothing” so to speak for these\, otherwise invisible\, potentially healing psychodynamics. When we listen to fairy tales our soul is invited to journey into lands of horror and violences well as enchanting rescues and romances. The original fairy tales are ever so much more grim and violent than the Walt Disney versions we are familiar with. Fairy tales assure the listener – adult and child alike – that while evil\, danger and violence do exist\, they can be transformed. By entering into the magic of a fairy tale\, our psyche re-connects with the healing potential of the archetypal realm. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-healing-power-of-fairy-tales/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/fairy-tale-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190215T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190215T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20181211T044143Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190121T223628Z UID:32156-1550259000-1550266200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Carl Jung's Red Book: Healing the Chaos DESCRIPTION:In 1913 Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung embarked on a remarkable inner journey.  Devotedly attending to his dreams and fantasies\, for the next fifteen years Jung exquisitely calligraphed and painted the emotions and images he found within.  This record of his venture was published in 2009 in his superbly illustrated Red Book. \nAs he focused inside\, Jung was immediately inundated with inward scenes of global catastrophe—at a time when Europe spoke only of peace and prosperity.  In less than a year\, beginning in 1914\, the First World War ravaged his continent with a bloodthirst unknown to history.  Observing his heart of hearts\, Jung found vivid symbolic experiences that not only personified his personal psychology\, but also revealed the devastating war’s underlying dynamics. \nThe world now stands dangerously close to annihilating chaos\, both on the domestic and international stage.  In Friday’s lecture and Saturday’s workshop\, we will explore what Jung’s descent taught him about the turmoil orchestrating his epoch’s horror.  Despite the passing of a century\, the clarity of those lessons will guide us through precious insight into the seething cauldron of our own era. \nThis will be a multimedia presentation with plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion.  The presentation does not assume prior familiarity with Jung’s Red Book. \n  URL:https://ofj.org/event/carl-jungs-red-book-healing-the-chaos/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/red-book-solar-barge2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190118T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190118T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20181211T043915Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190109T175900Z UID:32143-1547839800-1547847000@ofj.org SUMMARY:A Jungian View of Climate Change DESCRIPTION:  \nNobody can afford to look around and to wait for somebody else to do what he is loath to do himself. But since nobody seems to know what to do\, it might be worthwhile for each of us to ask himself whether by any chance his or her unconscious may know something that will help us. \n– C.G. Jung (CW 18\, par. 599) \n  \nHuman caused climate change has placed life on the planet in a precarious state. It is imperative we address this situation as soon as possible\, for the longer we wait the more we commit future generations to great disruption. Yet there is great resistance to addressing this issue\, especially within the United States. Jungian psychology provides a unique means to understand the problem of climate change for it recognizes the importance of the unconscious in our lives. In this presentation\, I explore how the dynamics of unconscious processes relate to climate change and how these processes provide pathways to addressing the problem. I consider further the current myths that lie at the root of our collective dissociation from Earth. The presentation concludes with a discussion of how to reconnect to the sacredness of Earth\, which is essential to address the issue of climate change. URL:https://ofj.org/event/a-jungian-view-of-climate-change/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Ireland-Tree-Smaller.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181207T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181207T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20180801T143901Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181021T212740Z UID:30799-1544211000-1544218200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Dreaming Animals: Individuation in a Jungian Analysis DESCRIPTION:… the animal is sublime and\, in fact\, represents the “divine” side of the human psyche. You remember that the purpose of the Dionysian mysteries was to bring people back to the animal…the animal within…which then forms a bridge between (her) self and the original primordial man concealed beneath the historical layers of the past… \nFollowing a series of animal dreams from a profoundly creative woman artist; we move into and through the individuation process of her eight-year analysis through her dying and conscious death.   Here we find psyche’s deep instruction\, beauty\, and assistance in life’s completion. Epiphany–the direct experience of Deity–came via dreams and in a vision of an animal before her death. I use this series of dreams as I feel that dignity and depth of Jungian Psychoanalysis are illustrated and accessible. \nThis presentation grew out of my deep interest in nature and appearance of animals in dreams and in the lives of patients over the course of forty years of practice. \nWhat is the meaning and function of animals visiting us in dreams or meeting them by chance? Which animals bring us education\, wisdom\, humor\, terror\, beauty\, and joy? Can we relate to a creature with interest? Who are we afraid? Do we dream or imagine mythical or other beings? How do we treat animals in dreams and in waking life? What is the relationship between our body and instinctual life? What does this tell us about ourselves\, about us as a society and culture? URL:https://ofj.org/event/dreaming-animals-individuation-in-a-jungian-analysis-2/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/tarasuk-animal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181109T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181109T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20180801T143208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181021T214952Z UID:30791-1541791800-1541799000@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Shadow of Creativity DESCRIPTION:When Jung experienced his Anima-Muse in The Red Book he declared himself to be a man of science rather than an artist.  How might we abandon our creative selves in shadow rather than allowing the light of consciousness to reach into the darkness and allow our creativity to emerge?  This emergence may be accompanied by suffering and periods of emotional growth that the ego is unwilling to experience. Yet\, as Jung did\, we see that we must continue our Psyche-led process if we are to have an authentic life.  In our discussion we will share the struggles and lessons of creativity through viewing the creative lives and works of authors as we explore and discuss avenues for developing our own creativity. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-shadow-of-creativity/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/6064609-Indonesian_Shadow_Puppetry-500.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181019T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181019T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20180704T002450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181008T085631Z UID:30716-1539977400-1539984600@ofj.org SUMMARY:In‑Between Times:Something Gone\, Something Not Yet DESCRIPTION:  \nWandering between two worlds\, one dead\,\nThe other powerless to be born… \n-Matthew Arnold\, 1885 \nAs individuals\, we often find ourselves in in-between times\, somewhere between a world we knew\, and a world that has not yet emerged.  These times are hours of crisis\, disorientation\, loss\, and enormous anxiety.   Similarly cultures\, eras\, civilizations go through in-between times.   Ours is such a moment in history.    How can we recover our bearings\, sustain dignity and integrity when things fall apart?   What abides amid such discontinuity?   Together we will reflect on what we may do to recover a sense of personal autonomy when our roadmap whirls from our grasp and leaves us confounded. URL:https://ofj.org/event/in-between-times-something-gone-something-not-yet/ LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 1126 SW Park Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Orpheus-Leading-Eurydice-from-the-Underworld-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180921T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180921T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20180730T184304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T024344Z UID:30704-1537558200-1537565400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Active Imagination and the Romantic Poets DESCRIPTION:Through the contemplation of his inward nature\, the art of writing poetry became\, for Wordsworth as for many of the Romantics\, a “dark” and “inscrutable workmanship”\, in which the “discordant elements” operative between the “two consciousness” within himself might “cling together / In one society” and realize “a soul in the process of making itself.” Wordsworth’s experience of poetic composition will be familiar to those in the field of Jungian psychology as active imagination. When Wordsworth imagines his poetry as “spousal verse” announcing a marriage of the human mind “to this goodly universe / In love and holy passion” (Prospectus to the Recluse\, 53-5)\, Romantic active imagination aims at healing the split between psyche and nature. \nFor those interested in a unified vision of mind and nature\, the psychology of creativity\, and the emergence of a new image of God beyond both fundamentalism and materialistic atheism\, there is much to be learned from the Romantic poets and philosophers. This lecture will explore the practice of active imagination in Romantic poetry and Jungian psychology\, and apply insights gleaned from both to contemporary debates on the nature of religion\, politics\, physics\, and neuroscience. URL:https://ofj.org/event/active-imagination-and-the-romantic-poets/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/romantics3-e1532979230491.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180413T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180413T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20171214T033659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171215T015210Z UID:28059-1523647800-1523655000@ofj.org SUMMARY:Finding the Untold Story: Exploring Developmental Trauma Through the Lens of Contemporary Film DESCRIPTION:According to C. G. Jung\, patients who come to us for healing often have… \n….a story that is not told\, and which as a rule no one knows of.  To my mind\, therapy only really begins after the investigation of that wholly personal story.  It is the patient’s secret\, the rock against which he is shattered.  If I know his secret story\, I have a key to the treatment…but how to gain that knowledge?  In most cases exploration of the conscious material is insufficient.  Sometimes [projective techniques] can open the way\, so can the interpretation of dreams\, or long and patient human contact with the individual (Jung\, 1963:117). \nAnother avenue through which we can “open the way” to our untold stories is through film. Not only do contemporary films give a vivid portrait of the shattering caused by trauma\, but they also point the way towards healing\, and in this way\, set the stage for enhanced personal and clinical understanding.  We might even say that films are themselves part of the solution to the problem of trauma in our time\, aiding in the creation of moving and meaningful stories out of the shattering experiences that otherwise leave us fragmented and lost. \nFriday Evening Film and Discussion:  As It Is In Heaven\, a Swedish film by Kay Pollak\, 2005. \nEarly developmental trauma always involves an injury to the capacity to feel.  And when this happens\, the window to life closes. Overwhelmingly painful feelings that were part of the trauma are dissociated and become part of the untold story that must finally be opened and the original pain re-experienced.   As It Is In Heaven is a moving film about the traumatic closing—and then re-opening–of the protagonists (Daniel’s) capacity to feel.  Through his conscious suffering\, a window to life re-opens.  We will see the film together and discuss its implications for the understanding and healing of trauma. URL:https://ofj.org/event/finding-the-untold-story-exploring-developmental-trauma-through-the-lens-of-contemporary-film/ LOCATION:OR CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/as-it-is-in-heaven.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180316T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180316T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20171214T032539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171215T041943Z UID:28048-1521228600-1521235800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Honoring Early Hermes: Shamanic Herdsman\, God of Paths and Open Boundaries DESCRIPTION:We are living in a time of heightened border awareness as our old securities of containment and simple divisions of collective tribe and individual ego are forced open by new challenges. Walls don’t work well in the world of internet and drones\, nuclear\, biological\, and informational contaminations\, offshore banking\, and moving populations of refugees. \nIn this fluid\, open and expanding world\, simple divisions don’t work well even in psychology. Beyond the tidy\, binary separation into conscious and unconscious factors\, we have become attuned to the rich plurality of complexes or ‘self-states’ operative in every interchange between people. We are also becoming accustomed to working with the reality of open and interpenetrating borders between our various complexes and their field effects on the neurology and coherence of others in our immediate and global environment. \nSo we are increasingly aware of the impossibility of neat borders and must attend to the multiple effects of subtle neurological pulsations\, of mirror neurons\, hemispheric attunements\, bodily sensations\, emotional flavors and field dynamics that are alive across the threshold between us as we sit in the multi-dimensional flow that is rich but also often fearful. Such open consciousness forces us to levels of complexity and integration that psychologists began to explore more than a century ago. Jung beautifully understood then the values of seeking images for orientation. \nIn our current globalizing crisis\, which stirs anxiety\, I have been gripped by an image that comes from an era where similarly vast\, cultural shifts were underway and managed by figures representing the qualities needed to survive. For me the ancient\, shamanic herdsman\, Hermes\, god of paths and open boundaries\, has become a marker from which to expand towards such complexity. His early stories\, more emotional and cosmic than the ones from Hellenic Greece or medieval alchemy\, shape a presence that can orient consciousness in a world with wide open borders. They also connect to tales of boundary-making from Neolithic\, Northern Europe\, when the Goddess of the vast earth and sky was divided into tribal lands\, and shamanic elders sang the moving clans back to themselves. \nIn the Friday evening talk\, I will present Hermes as an early herdsman and shamanic deity\, showing pictures and telling stories of his origins and qualities\, which are important for our own time. He represents the threshold where energies and forms interweave\, where consciousness rises from and opens back into the fluid matrix of psyche to bring perception of multifaceted order\, creativity\, and healing. URL:https://ofj.org/event/honoring-early-hermes-shamanic-herdsman-god-of-paths-and-open-boundaries/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/cloghstuckagh.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180216T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180216T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20171212T040659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180208T043725Z UID:27962-1518809400-1518816600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Connecting with Culture through Psychological Types DESCRIPTION:C.G. Jung’s theory of psychological type offers us tremendous insight\, yet people who are identical in type may still approach the world with very different attitudes and assumptions. How we make sense of the world involves emotional investments and intellectual frameworks that tie to\, but also go beyond\, type. \nJoseph Henderson\, a co-author\, with Jung\, of Man and His Symbols\, worked on this problem in his book\, Cultural Attitudes in Psychological Perspective. Henderson observed that different people apply different cultural values as they engage with the world around them. He called these the social attitude\, the religious attitude\, the philosophical attitude\, the aesthetic attitude\, and\, a relative latecomer\, the psychological attitude. \nUsing illustrative clips from recent and classic films\, John Beebe will lead us in exploring these orientations toward what is offered already by our culture. Participants will take away a new way of observing and understanding themselves and others. URL:https://ofj.org/event/connecting-with-culture-through-psychological-types/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/splendor-solis-II.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180119T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180119T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20171210T195201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20171215T232917Z UID:13897-1516390200-1516397400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Sex: The Flesh and Blood of It DESCRIPTION:  \nThere is a close association between the sexual instinct and the striving for wholeness. With the exception of religious longing nothing challenges modern man more consciously and personally than sex. \n– C.G. Jung\, CW10\, par. 653 \nJung repeatedly emphasized the role that sexuality plays in the individuation process\, claiming that a disturbed sexuality was at the core of many complexes that hindered a person’s ability to individuate or develop. He also recognized the difficulties of addressing sexual phenomena because it often brings with it forbidding moral dictates and shadow material that can challenge one’s beliefs and ideas about oneself. But avoiding issues of sexuality means that we may be missing the opportunity of inviting and deepening the vital energy it brings for us at any age. \nIn the Jungian community we typically move to interpret the symbolic value of sex and to embrace the spiritual meaning of this instinctual experience. The spiritual aspect is of course an invaluable component\, and yes\, we want to go there. But we may miss or lose the soul’s longing\, pleasure and suffering if we cannot first explore the intensely fulfilling bodily sensations\, passions\, behavior and emotional communications contained in its ageless expression – in our objective reality\, in fantasies and our dreams. \nThis presentation will attempt to open a discussion about the instinctual aspects of sex\, to examine personal and collective attitudes toward sex\, to invite a deeper reflection of everyone’s personal biases and experiences with sex and to increase an understanding of the potential role sexual phenomena plays in individuation. The aim of the presentation and workshop is to address the positive\, pleasurable\, life-giving expressions of sex and not its negative\, destructive\, or abusive experiences. URL:https://ofj.org/event/sex-flesh-blood/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171208T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171208T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20170806T205514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170806T205514Z UID:11876-1512761400-1512768600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Living in the Fire: The Wisdom of Uncertainty DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be human in a chaotic world? How are we to cope? There are times\, personally and collectively\, in which we fall back into chaotic states: of anger\, fear\, confusion\, ignorance\, meaninglessness. In moments of chaotic breakdown familiar and cherished positions become unraveled. This lecture explores mythic and psychological patterns to help guide us through uncertain times. URL:https://ofj.org/event/living-fire-wisdom-uncertainty/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Liao_Dynasty_Avalokitesvara_Statue_Clear.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171110T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171110T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20170806T205431Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170806T205431Z UID:11843-1510342200-1510349400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Exploring Our Jungian Racial Shadow: Brightening the Light DESCRIPTION:The Eurocentric roots of Jungian Psychology have strengthened in American soil but have remained exclusive in areas of growth. The racialized language pertaining to people of color considered as “Other” has cast a Shadow that continues to affect how we live together psychologically while practicing a Psychology birthed and languaged in homogeneity. This lecture focuses on the historical development of Jungian Psychology and racial othering and supports us being in conversation about racial issues specific to Jungian Psychology while members of a heterogeneous Collective. URL:https://ofj.org/event/exploring-jungian-racial-shadow-brightening-light/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/rb-racial-shadow.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171013T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171013T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20170806T205428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170806T205428Z UID:11819-1507923000-1507930200@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Alchemical Hunt for the Green Lion DESCRIPTION:Following the tracks of this alchemical mystery of the Green Lion through myths\, ancient texts\, poetry\, and dreams\, we’ll seek that Presence in the psyche which leads into the growth of the subtle body heart. The alchemical Green Lion mysteries start in the “rag and bone shop of the heart” where our awareness grows of the subtle ways we learn to guard the heart and live out of unconscious values and archaic defenses against psyche and life. Our “hunt for the Green Lion” brings us into contact with this green vitalizing force where we may discover our capacity to see these shadow attitudes\, and simultaneously open the heart. Here in the subtle hermetic light between the opposites\, we may uncover a potential growing center between the conscious and the unconscious that helps light and guide our way in life. URL:https://ofj.org/event/alchemical-hunt-green-lion/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/alchemical-green-lion.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170915T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170915T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T095713 CREATED:20170806T205827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170806T205827Z UID:11798-1505503800-1505511000@ofj.org SUMMARY:Letting Go and Holding On: Essential Archetypal Tools for the Journey of Individuation DESCRIPTION:Jung suggested that in the journey of individuation the ego needs to let go of control and defer to the Self\, submitting to a principle greater than personal identity. Relinquishing old stories of a heroic ego is essential to the individuation process. Yet holding closely the values that bring us joy\, strength and meaning are also essential as we enter new stages of life. This talk will explore the essential role that these deeply embedded tools play in individuation\, from the viewpoint of human development\, Jung’s own life\, scientific research\, and mythology and religion. URL:https://ofj.org/event/letting-go-holding-essential-archetypal-tools-journey-individuation/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/snake-shedding.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR