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SUMMARY:Forging our Individual and National Character: The Images of Anselm Kiefer as a Portal into the Nature of Conscience
DESCRIPTION:Jung offered us a compelling theory about the development of conscience. He suggested that conscience relies not only upon communal mores\, but also upon an inner voice\, upon one’s connection to the archetypal realms. He noted that these realms are often difficult to bear but that with analytic fortitude one could turn towards our shadows\, ultimately forging a psychological wholeness. It was his insistent belief that by doing so\, by turning towards the dark stirrings of the unconscious\, we integrate destructive forces that otherwise remain split off\, fueling injustice\, chaos\, and war. Jungian discourse about the emergence of conscience\, along with clinical knowledge about the transformation of narcissism and the healing power of reconciliation processes\, has further developed the idea that we can indeed forge flexible and strong character structures\, both individually and collectively. These resilient structures\, with conscience at their core\, enable us to maintain a creative relationship to the destructive forces that have the potential to cast such large shadows in our lives. These reflections will be woven into a chronological review of the works of Anselm Kiefer that detail how an integrated conscience may emerge alchemically from the patient practice of nourishing a relationship between the opposites\, individually and collectively.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/forging-our-individual-and-national-character-2/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160115T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160115T133000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20160229T142859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160331T063344Z
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SUMMARY:The Personal Myth in Turbulent Times
DESCRIPTION:In 1913 Jung asked himself this question: “What is my myth?\,” and realized that he could not answer. Can we? First we have to understand what is meant by myth\, and then what the question itself means. Why we have to even ask this question is still another question. What is the cultural context in which we raise these questions\, and how do our personal journeys intersect with the climate of our time are still other questions. This presentation will raise these questions\, offer putative approaches\, and challenge the participant to a more thoughtful engagement.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-personal-myth-in-turbulent-times/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151113T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151113T133000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20160401T021343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160401T021343Z
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SUMMARY:Psychic Birth and Rebirth through Analysis
DESCRIPTION:“The neurosis is as a rule a pathological\, one-sided development of the personality\, the imperceptible beginnings of which can be traced back almost indefinitely into the earliest years of childhood. Only a very arbitrary judgment can say where the neurosis actually begins. If we were to relegate the determining cause as far back as the patient’s prenatal life\, thus involving the physical and psychic disposition of the parents at the time of conception and pregnancy—a view that seems not at all improbable in certain cases—such an attitude would be more justifiable than the arbitrary selection of a definite point of neurotic origin in the individual life of the patient” (Jung\, CW 16\, 257-258). \n“The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed\, we should be fully born when we die.” Erich Fromm \nBirth and rebirth are powerful themes that can shape a person’s development within analysis at any age and stage of life. They contain timeless and profound archetypal and developmental meanings that stimulate our development and relationship to the Self. This lecture will focus on ideas regarding birth and rebirth\, and their expression in analysis. The ways that analysis can give birth to the self will come to life through imagery\, session dialogue\, and Dr. Marlo’s inner experience in her work with a patient who experienced psychic birth through analysis.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/psychic-birth-and-rebirth-through-analysis/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151016T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151016T143000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20160401T020612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160401T020612Z
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SUMMARY:Living a Conscious Life
DESCRIPTION:What makes a conscious life? Before becoming conscious\, things just happen. When we challenge habits and patterns that constrain our lives\, we begin to find inner authority; life gains greater choice\, purpose\, and meaning. Even those aspects of experience that we don’t want and would never choose\, can be made meaningful. This lecture explores how to claim inner authority\, navigate change\, loss\, and suffering\, and step into the journey of a lifetime — becoming who you truly are.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/living-a-conscious-life/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150918T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150918T143000
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CREATED:20160331T071757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160331T071826Z
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SUMMARY:Synchronicity: Nature & Psyche in an Interconnected Universe
DESCRIPTION:What are the academic and scientific roots of Jung’s psychology? How does his psychology hold up today? Jung’s 1912 Fordham lectures on the “Theory of Psychoanalysis” represent Jung’s growing theoretical differentiation from Freud. Soon after delivering these lectures\, Jung resigned his position at the University of Zurich (in 1914) and did not fully resume academic work until 1933. In between these periods Jung underwent the inner experiences that led to the development of The Red Book. \nExamination and comparison of these two periods reveal a tremendous shift in emphasis on what constituted science for Jung. In this lecture we will look at this shift and how Jung’s experiences leading to The Red Book were integral to this change. The scientific tradition associated with the German Romantic movement is key to understanding Jung’s transition. His rich friendship with Wolfgang Pauli\, as well as the rise of the New Sciences of Field Theory\, also influenced Jung’s model of the psyche and his contributions on Synchronicity. We will explore the resurging interest\, re-valuation\, and further understanding of Jung’s contributions in light of some branches of contemporary science\, especially Complexity Theory with its concept of Emergence\, and epigenetics\, the study of non-DNA transmission of hereditary information\, as a form of somatic\, collective memory.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/synchronicity-nature-psyche-in-an-interconnected-universe/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150515T003000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150515T143000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20160401T033312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160401T033312Z
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SUMMARY:Objectivity in Dreams
DESCRIPTION:What kind of intelligence guides our dreams? What is its purpose? Drawing on more than thirty-five years experience helping analytic clients\, Jungian analyst John Beebe will guide us in an exploration of how and why our dreams have an objectivity of vision that we can rarely muster in waking life and how our inborn psychological orientation is both reflected and compensated in the dream world.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/objectivity-in-dreams/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150424T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150424T143000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20160401T032802Z
UID:8668-1429878600-1429885800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Jungian Psychology and Analysis As Psycho-Spiritual Event\, As Religious Occasion
DESCRIPTION:“All life is bound to carriers who realize it\, and it is simply inconceivable without them. But every carrier is charged with an individual destiny and destination\, and the experiencing of these alone makes sense of life”.\n– C.G.Jung \nIn recent years there has been a drift in the philosophical envelope of Jungian analysis. It is a significant frame adjustment\, a movement away from seeing analysis as metaphysical craft to experiencing depth therapy as scientific craft\, as empirical enactment. \nThis presentation suggests that the core\, unique aspect of Jungian psychology and analysis in this age of increasing metric profession\, psychology by the numbers\, is its fundamental psycho-spiritual orientation\, its essential anchoring in liminal realms. This multi-media presentation will use film\, art\, and masked clinical example to attempt a contribution toward this rehabilitation of craft\, this re-visioning of Jungian psychology and analytic vocation as religious event\, as sacramental occasion. A brief concluding aside will allude to the growing planetary dimensions of this psychology and craft\, stressing the urgency of reconnecting to the Anima Mundi spirit so wounded at the core of contemporary individual and collective psyche. \nFriday night’s lecture will lay out an overview of the model\, while Saturday’s session will deepen and amplify the material through interactive play with the presented media examples. \n“Whatever spirituality is\, we know from our glimpses along the frontier with the transcendent that it wants to step over into living”.\n– Ann Belford Ulanov
URL:https://ofj.org/event/jungian-psychology-and-analysis-as-psycho-spiritual-event-as-religious-occasion/
LOCATION:TaborSpace Sanctuary\, 5441 SE Belmont Street \, Portland\, 97215\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150313T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150313T143000
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CREATED:20160401T031426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160401T032033Z
UID:8664-1426249800-1426257000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Exploring Medial Intuition
DESCRIPTION:Film Screening: In The Prophecy of the Seeress\, a 40-minute film based on a thousand year old Icelandic saga called Voluspa\, an ancient Viking Seeress predicts the destruction of the world. Her voice reaches across the centuries to tell us of the perils of our own time. Can we heed her dire warnings?\n(www.cassandra-productions.com) \nThe film will be screened\, followed by a Q&A with the director\, Jungian analyst Laurie Layton Schapira.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/exploring-medial-intuition/
LOCATION:Clinton Street Theater\, 2522 SE Clinton Street\, Portland\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150220T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150220T133000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20160401T022424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160401T024229Z
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SUMMARY:Change Your Story\, Change Your Life
DESCRIPTION:All of us have stories about our lives. This lecture focuses on how we can change our lives by changing how we relate to our stories. We can use tools from shamanism and Jungian psychology to step outside of our daily routines and review our life stories. Then\, we can use shamanic and Jungian strategies to make changes\, bring our spiritual practices into everyday life\, and manifest a new story. \n\nDiscuss the problem of being “stuck” in our stories.\nDescribe practices for ascertaining “what is” in our current story\, what we would like it to be\, obstacles to change\, and ways to relate to transpersonal realms to gain energy and information to make changes.\nDiscuss what shamanism is about and the usefulness of Jungian languaging.\n\nLearning Objectives: \n\nBecome familiar with ways to engage our current story and dream a new one into being using our rational and nonrational minds\nBecome familiar with ways to engage transpersonal realms using shamanic and Jungian practices to gain energy and information for change\nBetter understand elements of shamanism and Jungian psychology and how they can be used in the practice of clinical social work
URL:https://ofj.org/event/change-your-story-change-your-life/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141114T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141114T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180408T234902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180603T204420Z
UID:29300-1415993400-1416000600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Emotion: The Moving Force of Experience
DESCRIPTION:There is no experience without emotion. Our daily lives\, our nightly dreams; our interior realities and outer relationships; our fantasies\, myths\, and religions; our arts and sciences; careers and investments – all are informed by emotion. From ancestral times to the here and now of today\, emotions initiate our actions\, infuse our musings\, and fashion the narratives of our lived and unlived lives. It is essential that we know and recognize our universal survival-enhancing emotions\, and the social emotions of our particular surrounds.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/emotion-the-moving-force-of-experience/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141017T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141017T213000
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CREATED:20180408T234419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180409T234424Z
UID:29295-1413574200-1413581400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Jung\, Spirituality\, and the Body
DESCRIPTION:The individuation process demands that we return to our personal unconscious and our archetypal roots.  Jung invites us to honor and understand archetypal forces that push into consciousness from the somatic unconscious. This lecture will investigate the importance of witnessing and working with archetypal energies when they emerge through embodiment. These experiences are often pathologized\, although they have been experienced\, observed\, and discussed since the beginning of human history.  How can we have a creative relationship with them?
URL:https://ofj.org/event/jung-spirituality-and-the-body/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140919T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140919T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180408T234017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181003T150802Z
UID:29289-1411155000-1411162200@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Building Conscious Relationships
DESCRIPTION:Individuation\, reaching our fullest potential\, is a natural process for every human being. Like plants\, we blossom and thrive given the right environment. That environment is always some form of relationship – whether with spouses\, family members\, friends\, intimate partners\, or even colleagues. We will consider the changing nature of relationships\, the necessity of conflict\, and how to utilize the difference of the “other” as a sacrament (an outward form of inner grace).
URL:https://ofj.org/event/building-conscious-relationships-slender-threads-our-connection-to-the-deeper-and-greater-aspect-of-being/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140425T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140425T210000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180408T232952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180410T004052Z
UID:29280-1398452400-1398459600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Hauntings: Dispelling the Ghosts Who Run Our Lives
DESCRIPTION:Our ancestors believed in ghosts\, and perhaps they were not far off the mark as so much of daily life is driven by invisible psychic forces\, archaic agendas\, and imperious admonitions and prohibitions\, all the more powerful because they operate unconsciously.  What are the features of such “hauntings\,” and how might we gain some further foothold on a more conscious conduct of life?
URL:https://ofj.org/event/hauntings-dispelling-the-ghosts-who-run-our-lives/
LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Cathedral\, 147 NW 19th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140314T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140314T210000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180408T232753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180410T003949Z
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SUMMARY:Eros in Our Lives
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Cohen will speak on the wisdom of Eros as a larger cosmic force that is fundamental for those seeking vitality\, intimacy\, and a way out of self-absorbed egos. She will start with the biblical Song of Songs and Plato’s erotic dialogues\, Symposium and Phaedrus to offer guidance in our current lives. She will incorporate the gifts of Eros into the experience of love between analyst and client\, student and teacher\, friends\, and in life.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/eros-in-our-lives/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140221T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140221T210000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180408T232340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180410T003839Z
UID:29269-1393009200-1393016400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Moral Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:We will explore the Jungian psychological perspective of psychological maturity and the tools that support our development through the use of moral intelligence. Rather than identifying with one extreme while letting its opposite find expression through the shadow\, psychological maturity allows us to recognize and hold the tension of opposed moral attitudes.  The goal of such strenuous work is to identify which complex has been activated. Tools for exploring the terrain between opposite poles and how to negotiate them with moral sensitivity include dreams\, imagination\, art\, typology\, and the I Ching.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/moral-intelligence/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131206T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131206T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180410T001124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180603T231124Z
UID:29336-1386358200-1386365400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Psychological Trauma and Listening with the Heart
DESCRIPTION:In lecture and workshop we will explore how each one of us can contribute to healing the anima mundi\, the soul of the world. After the trauma of World War II and the genocide of the Holocaust\, C.G. Jung asked\, “Is it really only brute force that decides everything?” Over the past seven years I have learned from individuals and communities who are suffering the posttraumatic consequences of war and violence in eastern Congo\, northern Uganda\, South Sudan\, and western Kenya. In essence\, I invite us to explore and appreciate how\, in a rapidly changing world\, paying attention to innate capacities\, such as what Jung calls the transcendent function\, does make a difference. The mythopoetic layers of the psyche and creative activities of the arts function as agents of transformation by overcoming stuckness and pressures to conform. A summons to “purposeful action” can help transcend personal and cultural layers of reference and rekindle the struggle of giving birth to one’s future. In a globally traumatized world\, taking a stand and modeling principled humane behavior through listening with the heart opens paths to building community and creating future.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/healing-the-anima-mundi/
LOCATION:Native American Student and Community Center at PSU\, 710 SW Jackson St\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131108T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131108T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180410T000856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180603T230623Z
UID:29332-1383939000-1383946200@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Archetypal Images: Reflections on James Hillman and Jungian Thought
DESCRIPTION:James Hillman (1926-2011)\, a fierce critic of mainstream psychology and a challenger of many Jungian assumptions\, was also\, arguably\, the most significant thinker and writer to have taken up Jungian psychology. He wrote over twenty books\, including Pulitzer nominated Revisioning Psychology and the best-selling work\, The Soul’s Code.\nAfter an overview of Hillman’s ideas\, this lecture will focus on his view of images and what he called the “poetic basis of mind.” With illustrations from the arts and culture\, we will discuss Hillman’s use of terms such as “archetypal imagination” and “soul-making.” My intention is to demonstrate the way Hillman’s approach extends and amplifies Jung’s understandings.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/archetypal-images-reflections-on-james-hillman-and-jungian-thought/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131018T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131018T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180410T000553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180603T230538Z
UID:29328-1382124600-1382131800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:A Luminous Darkness: Aging and the Spiritual Path
DESCRIPTION:Through life examples\, myth\, and poetry\, this lecture celebrates conscious aging as a spiritual path that traverses the soul’s dark night\, imposes sacrifice and ego-death\, and ultimately renews the spirit.  Challenging the dominant association of aging with images of decline\, Dr. Costello portrays spiritual awakening as an archetypally promoted developmental goal of the aging process. Special attention will be given to the figure of the Sage and to the nature-based tasks of the latter part of life.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/a-luminous-darkness-aging-and-the-spiritual-path/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130927T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130927T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180410T000332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180603T230424Z
UID:29323-1380310200-1380317400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Primal Fears Explored with Humanity’s Oldest Story as Our Guide – The Epic of Gilgamesh
DESCRIPTION:Humanity’s most primal fear is the fear of death.  The desire to escape physical death is a  fundamental fact of human existence.  Recent technological advancements in medicine and robotics have made the ability to live forever a much more tantalizing possibility.   In this lecture and workshop\, we will explore the meaning of this primal fear and fundamental yearning\, using humanity’s oldest story\, The Epic of Gilgamesh\, as our guide. This story from ancient Iraq tells of the exploits of mighty King Gilgamesh whose fear of physical death compelled him to seek out a legendary figure considered to be the only human granted immortality by the gods. Gilgamesh’s exploits reflect enduring truths about our fears and desires and suggest how we can better prepare for life’s ultimate goal. During the Friday lecture\, we will discuss the contemporary search for immortality and sketch the elements of the Gilgamesh story. On Saturday\, we will use lecture and discussion to explore the roots of our own yearning for immortality with the Gilgamesh story as a valuable guide.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/insights-into-the-achievement-of-true-immortality/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180410T005431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180410T005431Z
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SUMMARY:Marrying Mr. Rochester:  Charlotte Brontë and the Transformation of the Seductive Negative Father Complex
DESCRIPTION:A negative father complex can undermine our trust of ourselves – as well as the ability to experience ourselves as basically good and competent.  However\, creative engagement with this complex allows us to experience its helpful side.  In this lecture\, we will explore in depth one way that a negative father complex can manifest and how it can be transformed.  This process will be amplified by considering Charlotte Brontë’s life and her novel Jane Eyre\, as well as clinical material\, dreams\, and Grimm’s tale “The Singing\, Springing Lark.”
URL:https://ofj.org/event/marrying-mr-rochester-charlotte-bronte-and-the-transformation-of-the-seductive-negative-father-complex/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130322T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130322T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180410T005313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180410T005313Z
UID:29356-1363980600-1363987800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Film Screening: My Name was Sabina Spielrein
DESCRIPTION:OFJ will offer a screening of the 2002 film MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN (in German\, with English subtitles). This event will be held at UNITY CHURCH OF PORTLAND (4525 SE STARK ST.); beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Friday March 22nd. ADMISSION WILL BE FREE FOR ALL — MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS. \nMy Name Was Sabina Spielrein is a docudrama which draws extensively upon a recently discovered trove of correspondence between Sabina Spielrein and the founders of depth psychology. An early patient of both Jung and Freud\, Ms. Spielrein was a lifelong seeker. In this film\, her connections to Jung and Freud are explored in the context of her personal struggles as well as the turbulent history of Europe during the first half of the 20th century. Local Jungian analyst Martha Blake will lead a discussion of this film following the screening.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/film-screening-my-name-was-sabina-spielrein/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180410T005025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180410T005025Z
UID:29352-1361561400-1361568600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Transforming Compulsion
DESCRIPTION:Compulsions arise organically in the psyche – often in troubling opposition to our conscious intentions.  They can occur as images\, ideas\, emotions\, or actions.  From a Jungian perspective\, compulsions seek to transform us.  Indeed\, compulsions are often intensely disturbing precisely because they arise from attitudes that have become dangerously one-sided; and yet they beckon to us from the drive toward wholeness that animates the psyche.  If the content of a compulsion can be understood symbolically\, it becomes a portal to transformation. \nMr. Stebbins will explore the phenomenology and dynamics of compulsions with the goal of elucidating their transformative potential. \n…Wherever we are still attached\, we are still possessed; and when we are possessed\, there is one stronger than us who possesses us….  It is not a matter of indifference whether one calls something a ‘mania’ or a ‘god.’  To serve a mania is detestable and undignified\, but to serve a god is full of meaning and promise ….  (C.G. Jung\, CW 13\, § 55.)
URL:https://ofj.org/event/transforming-compulsion/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121214T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121214T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180604T000258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180604T000258Z
UID:29953-1355513400-1355520600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The Other Side of Christmas: Incarnation as the Awesome Burden of Opposites
DESCRIPTION:The Incarnation\, at the core of the Christian mythos and message\, can be celebrated joyfully at Christmas as a union of opposites between human and divine\, but one which also ennobles us with the burden of what Jung calls “the divine problem”:  the paradox of divine wrath and love\, destruction and renewal.  As Jung puts it\, “Christ has shown how everybody will be crucified upon his destiny\,” a concept that includes shouldering the opposites in one’s psyche.  At the collective level that cross includes destructive impulses that have become incarnate in the reckless exploitation of the earth for oil and profit.  The threat of global catastrophe from irreversible global warming coexists (paradoxically) with love for the very children and grandchildren who will inherit our planet.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-other-side-of-christmas-incarnation-as-the-awesome-burden-of-opposites/
LOCATION:Native American Student and Community Center at PSU\, 710 SW Jackson St\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121116T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121116T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180603T235923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T021430Z
UID:29948-1353094200-1353101400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:“The Sailor Cannot See the North”: The Psychospiritual Dilemma of Our Time
DESCRIPTION:“The sailor cannot see the north / but knows the needle can.”\n~ Emily Dickinson \nWhat are the sources of guidance for a thoughtful person in our country amid political fractionation\, animosity\, divisive ideologies\, and numbing distractions—a time in which the individual has an enormous summons to social\, psychological\, and spiritual integrity?  This presentation will challenge the audience to assume responsibility for a thoughtful\, discerned\, and experientially verified authority\, one which bases itself on respect for others\, but also embodies a willingness to show up\, to be different\, to stand for something real.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-sailor-cannot-see-the-north-the-psychospiritual-dilemma-of-our-time/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121012T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121012T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180603T235245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180603T235535Z
UID:29943-1350070200-1350077400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The Call of Our Ancient Ancestors
DESCRIPTION:In the Red Book\, Jung writes: “When something long since passed . . . comes back again in a changed world\, it is new. To give birth to the ancient in a new time is creation.” The ancient ancestors are now coming back into the world through dreams\, bringing a new energy – a revitalization of the psyche both individually and collectively.  Jung deeply valued the archaic levels of human consciousness and often encouraged his patients to make contact with the “the two-million-year-old” man or woman within.  He believed that “most of our difficulties come from losing contact with our instincts\, with the age-old unforgotten wisdom stored up in us”.  This presentation is an exploration of the dreams of modern Western-educated people in which ancient ancestral wisdom makes itself known.  It will include a discussion of “big dreams”\, an introduction to the levels of the unconscious as Jung sketched them\, and an exploration of archetypal images that belong to this range of being\, the wisdom of the primordial psyche.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-call-of-our-ancient-ancestors/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120921T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180603T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180603T234648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211214T031941Z
UID:29926-1348255800-1528061400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:What it Means to Go to War
DESCRIPTION:What are we demanding of young men and women when we send them to war? Have we prepared them for what they will experience on the battlefield? In this keynote address\, Karl Marlantes will draw upon his experience as a war veteran to explore the psychological realities of war at the personal and collective levels. Parsifal and other mythic figures in literature will be amplified in the context of core themes in Jungian psychology – archetypes\, initiation\, and the shadow – with the goal of illuminating the archetypal role of the warrior and what it means to go to war.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/what-it-means-to-go-to-war/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120420T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180605T034458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T034458Z
UID:29975-1334950200-1334957400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Understanding Our Moment in History: An Archetypal Perspective
DESCRIPTION: Our time is pervaded by a great paradox. On the one hand\, we see signs of an unprecedented level of engaged global awareness\, moral sensitivity to the human and non-human community\, psychological self-awareness\, and spiritually informed philosophical pluralism. On the other hand\, we confront the most critical\, and in some respects catastrophic\, state of the Earth in human history. Both these conditions have emerged directly from the modern age\, whose light and shadow consequences now affect every part of the planet. \nWe seem to be living at the end of an era. The past and the future are converging in our time with extraordinary force. Old structures are cracking\, the moment of creative chaos is upon us\, and the drama of our age has become a great question: What new principles\, what new structures—social\, political\, economic\, ecological\, psychological\, spiritual—will emerge to shape our future? So much is at stake. We are facing a threshold of fundamental collective transformation that bears a striking resemblance to what takes place on the individual level in initiatory rites of passage\, in near-death experiences\, in spiritual crises\, and in critical stages of what Jung called the individuation process. Can we find a place of equilibrium\, an eye in the storm\, from which we can engage this time of intense polarization and radical change? And in such an era of transition\, what is the role of “heroic” communities like that of Jungian institutes and societies — or the Bioneers or Schumacher\, CIIS or Pacifica\, Esalen or Findhorn — which carry principles and perspectives that run counter to the mainstream modern world view? \nTo help us navigate this threshold of transformation\, we need multiple perspectives and sources of insight. Join Richard Tarnas this weekend as he draws on depth psychology and archetypal astrology\, philosophy\, religion\, and cultural history as we seek together a larger context for both understanding and action.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/understanding-our-moment-in-history-an-archetypal-perspective/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120316T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120316T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180605T033929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T033929Z
UID:29970-1331926200-1331933400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The “Spiritualized Earth” and the Birth of the New Consciousness
DESCRIPTION:“the psychological problem of today is a spiritual problem\, a religious problem…” —C. G. Jung\, C.G. Jung Speaking: Interview and Encounters\, “Does the World stand on the Verge of Spiritual Rebirth?” \n\n\nSuffering the trials of her individuation process and initiation as a Jungian analyst as well as those of a concurrent farming crisis\, Patricia Damery found answers through a series of unconventional teachers and through her relationship to the psyche and the land\, answers that are surprising deeply intertwined. These answers involved spiritual tools that addressed what Jung called “the living substance” of ourselves and others.\n\n  \nIn this lecture Patricia will describe the common\, definitive root of some of these teachings in the writings and scientific studies of Goethe. Both C. G. Jung and Rudolf Steiner\, father of Biodynamic farming\, were deeply influenced by Goethe’s work\, a perspective denigrated since the days of Descartes. What supports the “living substance” in ourselves and the other\, even the not-human? What undermines its liveliness? Practical applications in the dynamics of “being in relationship with” and “having dominion over” will be given\, whether in analysis\, farming\, or our relationship to the environment.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-spiritualized-earth-and-the-birth-of-the-new-consciousness/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120217T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120217T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180605T033551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T033551Z
UID:29965-1329507000-1329514200@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Exploring the Visual Language of the Unconscious
DESCRIPTION:The realm of psyche is immeasurably great and filled with living reality. -C.G. Jung \nIn her lecture\, Jane Zich will explore the “living reality” of the psyche as evidenced in the visual language of the unconscious that emerges in depth psychotherapy\, dreams\,\nfilms\, and extended active imagination processes. She will use paintings from her Vision Journey series — an image-mediated dialogue with the unconscious that has spanned seven years — to illustrate how recurrent cycles and shifts in imagery suggest a purposefulness in the visual language of the unconscious that can promote and support an “I-Thou” attitude of partnership between ego consciousness and the unconscious. Specific psychological tasks that seem required for specific stages or types of imagery will be described\, as well as impasses that tend to result when those tasks are avoided or incompletely met. Dr. Zich will illustrate the role of  “orienting intentions” in navigating extended dialogues with the unconscious\, and will refer to image stages and related tasks for ego consciousness that can be seen in C.G. Jung’s Red Book\, in cultural contexts\, and in societal impasses. Time for discussion will follow.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/exploring-the-visual-language-of-the-unconscious/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120113T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20120113T213000
DTSTAMP:20260722T130701
CREATED:20180605T033315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T033315Z
UID:29961-1326483000-1326490200@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The God Complex
DESCRIPTION:Notions of divinity are psychoactive. Whether one is a believer\, an atheist\, an agnostic\, a spiritual seeker or a student of religion\, it is difficult to contemplate questions of God without significant investment in the answers. This lecture will discuss the “complex” psychology of our response to the God topic. It will show how a Jungian approach can provide a way to negotiate the associated conundrums and controversies. From contemplating the death of God to the psychodynamics of fundamentalism and the search for meaning in between\, our goal will be a deeper appreciation of the psychological stakes involved.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-god-complex/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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