BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Oregon Friends of Jung - ECPv6.16.3//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:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170422T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170422T150000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20161229T071115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161229T071115Z UID:10305-1492855200-1492873200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Taking Your Life Back: Steps to the Recovery of a Personal Journey DESCRIPTION:Tiny\, dependent\, and at the mercy of the world around us\, we all have to adapt\, adjust\, bury\, deny\, split-off and repress\, and thereby lose contact with our own sovereignty and natural source of guidance.   The core project of the second half of life is the recovery of that source.   This program/workshop will focus on twenty-one steps we may take toward the recovery of our personal journey.  URL:https://ofj.org/event/taking-your-life-back-steps-to-the-recovery-of-a-personal-journey/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170421T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170421T213000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20161229T070721Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170103T020320Z UID:10300-1492803000-1492810200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Living Life More Fully in the Shadow of Mortality DESCRIPTION:Jung observed that “life is a short pause between two mysteries.” That fact is not in  debate; what does matter\, then\, is how we live that short pause. Given that mortality frames our brief journey\, how can we live more fully in its presence without being defined by morbidity\, fear\, and denial? What are the attitudes and practices which enable us to live more fully? And what psychological maturation brings us to experience this short pause as rich with meaning? URL:https://ofj.org/event/living-life-more-fully-in-the-shadow-of-mortality/ 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/jim-hollis-ii.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170318T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170318T150000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20161229T065623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20161229T065623Z UID:10298-1489831200-1489849200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Alchemical Active Imagination DESCRIPTION:Jung conceived of alchemy as a practice of what he called active imagination\, a meditative practice of transformation in which inner complexes and archetypal constellations are personified or experienced as images and then confronted and related to by the conscious ego. Writing\, painting\, dance\, music and other mediums in addition to unconscious projections onto matter\, can all be used to bring the unconscious to conscious expression. Having gone over the theory and history of alchemy in the presentation\, in this workshop we will learn how to practice active imagination. Practical recipes taken from alchemy will be introduced and we will provide ample time to apply these recipes to our own experience\, not just talking about alchemy but effectively becoming alchemists ourselves. We will also access the way in which Jung saw the value and importance of doing this type of work\, politically and culturally\, as well as individually. URL:https://ofj.org/event/alchemical-active-imagination/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170317T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170317T210000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20161229T065403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170326T210415Z UID:10295-1489779000-1489784400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Alchemy and Jung’s Red Book DESCRIPTION:All of Jungian psychology as we know it – the story of how Jung became Jung – originates in the Red Book. The Red Book is the story of Jung’s confrontation with the unconscious undertaken over the course of 16 years from 1914 – 1930 and expressed in 400 calligraphic pages of writings and 53 full page color paintings. Central to Jung’s reflections in 1912-13 before he began the Red Book\, was one main question that became the question of all questions: “What is the myth of my life?” To his great surprise Jung discovered that his myth\, the myth of the Red Book\, was the alchemical myth. \n“I had very soon seen that analytical psychology coincided in a most curious way with alchemy. The experiences of the alchemists were\, in a sense\, my experiences\, and their world was my world. This was\, of course\, a momentous discovery.” \nMany alchemists were not literally trying to turn lead into gold\, but were speaking in a language of symbols about the imagination of transformation. This the reason why Jung observed in alchemical texts the same symbols that he experienced in himself and saw in the dreams of his patients. Three of the main themes in alchemy involve the confrontation with the shadow\, the return of the repressed feminine\, and the relationship between psyche and matter. Connecting these themes is the alchemical mysterium coniunctionis or the union of sun and moon\, of the conscious day world with the unconscious night world. In this presentation we will track the original texts and imagery of the alchemists into their reappearance in Jung’s Red Book and\, finally\, reflect on the meaning and value of the alchemical myth for our lives today in the contemporary world. \nView the slides and videos from this event URL:https://ofj.org/event/alchemy-and-jungs-red-book/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/retort2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170218T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170218T150000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20161229T063616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170112T081948Z UID:10291-1487412000-1487430000@ofj.org SUMMARY:Experiential Reflections on the Transcendent Function in Our Lives DESCRIPTION:Jung’s writings on the transcendent function present multiple\, sometimes seemingly contradictory\, impressions of the transcendent function. In this workshop we will consider how these “contradictions” may reflect the mystery within and around the transcendent function. Excerpts from Jung’s writings about the transcendent function\, as well as material from Friday night’s lecture\, will be used to help awaken our curiosity about and openness to the transcendent function in our lives and in our work as therapists. Drawing and collage exercises will provide visual means for exploring our relationship with the transcendent function. After the exercises\, there will be time for communal sharing of impressions and reflections\, and an opportunity to identify and affirm attitudes or intentions we want to carry forward from the workshop. URL:https://ofj.org/event/experiential-reflections-on-the-transcendent-function-in-our-lives/ LOCATION:Multnomah Arts Center\, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy\, Portland\, OR\, 97219\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170217T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170217T213000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20161229T063201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170123T042826Z UID:10288-1487359800-1487367000@ofj.org SUMMARY:Panther’s Prints: Tracking the Transcendent Function Through Imagery DESCRIPTION:Panther ©2013 by Jane Zich\nSomething works behind the veil of fantastic images\, whether we give this something a good name or a bad.  It is something real\, and for this reason its manifestations must be taken seriously.  -C.G. Jung \nIn her lecture\, Jane Zich will explore impressions of the transcendent function based on her Vision Journey painting series.  This image-mediated dialogue with the unconscious\, which has spanned twelve years\, was initiated by the arrival of a numinous blue Panther. Panther’s presence not only opened the possibility of an “I-Thou” relationship with imagery\, but also became a symbol of the transcendent function.  Paintings from the Vision Journey series\, and experiences during that painting process\, will be examined as Panther’s metaphorical footprints. We will explore these “tracks” to see what they seem to reveal to us about the transcendent function\, about its course and patterns of movement\, and about the circumstances or psychological terrains in which the transcendent function is apt to become most apparent to us. Applications to clinical contexts will be discussed. \nImage: Panther © 2013 by Jane Zich URL:https://ofj.org/event/panthers-prints-tracking-the-transcendent-function-through-imagery/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170121T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170121T150000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20161229T061227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240110T013948Z UID:10281-1484992800-1485010800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Coyote\, the Great North American Trickster DESCRIPTION:Claudio Orso-Giacon\, Moonlight & Serenade\, 2016. Woodblock. By permission.\nSee a slideshow of the workshop on Dyane’s Website\nDyane Sherwood will introduce you to Coyote\, who indulges his greedy and lascivious nature and tries to get what he wants through trickery and a disregard for cultural norms. He was a popular figure throughout native peoples in North America\, whose stories used outrageous humor to teach us about the Coyote in ourselves and warn us about the Coyote in others. \nEach person will have the opportunity to use paper clay\, paint\, and other art supplies to make your own Coyote figure. We will make the figures in the morning\, and then paint and decorate them after lunch. You may also wish to write a story of your own about an encounter with Coyote! \nWe will end the day by studying a no-longer practiced Navajo story and healing ritual that takes us more deeply into the evil and harm caused by Coyote when his path leads to addiction\, abuse\, and mental illness. \nNote:  Registration is limited to 30 attendees. URL:https://ofj.org/event/coyote-the-great-north-american-trickster/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170120T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170120T213000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20161229T060448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20170101T194239Z UID:10276-1484940600-1484947800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Living in Harmony with the Natural World: The Lakota World View DESCRIPTION:Dyane Sherwood will speak about the symbolic and experiential way that the Lakota (“Sioux”) tribe’s ancient spiritual tradition situates the individual within the natural world and within community. We will look at fundamental symbols and rituals\, as well as a story that teaches the value of feminine wisdom. This will be related to the alienation and suffering expressed by many people seeking psychotherapy today\, who have lost their orientation and sense of belonging in the natural world and within a community with shared values. The lecture will be followed by a ritual of drumming as a form of active imagination\, as practiced by the late Donald Sandner. Wear comfortable clothing and bring drums and rattles so we can celebrate together at the end. URL:https://ofj.org/event/living-in-harmony-with-the-natural-world-the-lakota-world-view/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161203T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161203T150000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160529T045504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160629T100505Z UID:8841-1480759200-1480777200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Foreigner: Friend or Foe? Agent Of Change. DESCRIPTION:In the workshop we will continue circumambulating the topic and attempt to answer some of the questions that arose during the lecture. We will add fairy tales and myths and additional images to help foster increased awareness of the shadowy other and the changes this archetype can bring about. This will be a participatory workshop – where you will engage with either a myth or a fairy tale in order to deeply connect with the ambivalent archetype of the Foreigner within and without\, as friend or foe. URL:https://ofj.org/event/foreigner-friend-or-foe-agent-of-change/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161202T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161202T213000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160529T045135Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160703T052702Z UID:8839-1480707000-1480714200@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Archetype of the Foreigner - Feared or Embraced? DESCRIPTION:The immigration crisis points to burning humanitarian issues. Foreigners\, walls\, outsiders and disturbing changes are accompanying the powerful emergence of the archetype of the Foreigner in our nation\, as well as globally. How are we to understand the constellation of the foreigner in our midst? To paraphrase C.G. Jung: what we don’t make conscious we will inevitably and tragically meet outside as fate. How does this apply now? \nWe will explore the archetype of the Foreigner on the objective as well as the subjective levels. When do we roll out the welcome mat and when do we bar the doors\, culturally as well as inner-psychically? A wide selection of images will guide us in our exploration of the topic. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-archetype-of-the-foreigner-feared-or-embraced/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/jutta-small-e1467084911384.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161112T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161112T150000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160529T041610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160731T060517Z UID:8835-1478944800-1478962800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Healing Trauma: The Soul in Hell and its Liberation: Reflections on Clinical Depression in Light of Dante's Divine Comedy DESCRIPTION:Trauma survivors often report that their lives are a “living Hell.” This pathological situation is created by the psyche’s archetypal defenses and their depressive power over what one psychoanalyst called “the lost heart of the self\,” with its desire for love and intimate relationship. Psychotherapy of this condition involves what the medieval theologians called a “Descendit ad Inferos“–a harrowing descent into all the hellish un-remembered pain of the patient’s early life. Dante’s Divine Comedy gives us a beautiful literary example of such a companioned descent\, as Virgil and Dante descend into the nether regions in order to heal the poet’s mid-life depression. Following Dante and his guide down to their confrontation with the “dark Lord” of Hades\, Dr. Kalsched will show in this slide-illustrated lecture how depth psychotherapy in conjunction with affective neuro-science\, and the findings of attachment theory and relational theory all lead toward answers of the central question posed by both the clinical and literary material\, vis. how can the otherwise sealed crypt of Hell be opened and its occupants liberated? URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-soul-in-hell-and-its-liberation-reflections-on-clinical-depression-in-light-of-dantes-divine-comedy/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161111T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161111T213000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160529T040722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160924T005127Z UID:8831-1478892600-1478899800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Healing Trauma: The Lost and Recovered Soul in Depth Psychotherapy DESCRIPTION:According to C. G. Jung\, the human personality embodies a divine ”spark” or animating essence\, often described as the human soul or spirit. Under normal circumstances\, this core of selfhood incarnates in the individual and evolves into a unique personality through a process of tolerable suffering that Jung called individuation. \nHowever when severe trauma strikes the developing psyche of a child\, this sacred core of the person cannot embody and is split off from the developing personality\, retreating into “God’s world\,” i.e.\, into a deep layer of the unconscious for safe keeping. There it continues to exist as a lost soul in suspended animation under a spell cast by the powers of the psyche’s survival system. \nWith the self thus divided\, the trauma survivor feels “broken” or “unreal” and may even lose sight of the lost parts of the self\, living a joyless\, one-dimensional outer existence concerned more with survival than with true-self living. Clinical depression is often the result. \nIn this weekend’s lecture and workshop\, we will see how Depth Psychotherapy offers the opportunity for renewed contact with the lost core of the self\, and hence for renewed feeling-life\, creativity\, and relatedness. We will also see how the forces of repression resist this healing and are ready to wage a fierce battle for possession of the soul (as seen in Blake's image of the Good and Evil Angels fighting for possession of a child). How this dramatic struggle between life-and anti-life forces comes out in the end often depends on the strength of connection between the analytic partners and whether their relationship can weather the many storms and stresses that threaten to de-rail the therapy venture or end it prematurely. \nIn this slide-illustrated lecture\, Dr. Kalsched will describe a series of dramatic moments in the psychotherapy of trauma survivors where a breakthrough occurred in the client’s access to dissociated feelings. These moments were accompanied by vivid dreams in which a lost or abandoned “child” appeared– often menaced by the psyche’s repressive powers. The speaker will then show the parallels between these dreams and those ancient myths that describe the birth and trials of the archetypal Hero– the one who always carries a dual destiny– part human\, part divine\, and whose ”purpose” is to renew the community. URL:https://ofj.org/event/images-of-the-lost-soul-in-the-psychotherapy-of-early-trauma/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Donald-Kalsched-II.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161015T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161015T150000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160529T035450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160924T005155Z UID:8827-1476525600-1476543600@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Gods at Play: Archetypal Powers and Patterns in the Arts DESCRIPTION:As ancient poets and modern depth psychologists have long recognized\, the arts represent an especially vivid expression of the archetypes that inform and inspire the human psyche. The aim of this weekend’s program is to provide a rewarding interplay of instruction and entertainment\, each enhancing and illuminating the other. \nThe capacity to discern archetypes – the cultivation of what James Hillman called an “archetypal eye” – requires not only our thinking but our emotions\, imagination\, aesthetic and moral intuition\, our bodies: our whole being. Because the arts engage all these dimensions of the human sensibility\, these presentations will use representative works of art as windows into the archetypal character of different eras and individuals\, and into the archetypes themselves. \nWe’ll focus especially on major examples from music and comedy. Music provides perhaps the most profound and direct expression of the archetypal psyche\, reaching back to the earliest origins of human culture\, capable of touching the depths of our souls. Comedy is ancient as well: the Trickster\, whether in the individual psyche\, in a tribe or a royal court\, or commenting on a presidential campaign\, is crucial to the self-regulating and regenerative play of the whole. It is the agent of the unconscious\, rebelling against the conventional rulers\, speaking the truth from below. \nOur approach will be facilitated by the combined lenses of depth psychology and archetypal astrology\, which permit an extraordinarily precise focus on the specific archetypal complexes most prominently at work in a given individual\, work of art\, or cultural era. URL:https://ofj.org/event/workshop-the-gods-at-play-archetypal-powers-and-patterns-in-the-arts/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161014T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161014T213000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160526T015239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160924T005223Z UID:8826-1476473400-1476480600@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Gods at Play: Archetypal Powers and Patterns in the Arts DESCRIPTION:As ancient poets and modern depth psychologists have long recognized\, the arts represent an especially vivid expression of the archetypes that inform and inspire the human psyche. The aim of this weekend’s program is to provide a rewarding interplay of instruction and entertainment\, each enhancing and illuminating the other. \nThe capacity to discern archetypes – the cultivation of what James Hillman called an “archetypal eye” – requires not only our thinking but our emotions\, imagination\, aesthetic and moral intuition\, our bodies: our whole being. Because the arts engage all these dimensions of the human sensibility\, these presentations will use representative works of art as windows into the archetypal character of different eras and individuals\, and into the archetypes themselves. \nWe’ll focus especially on major examples from music and comedy. Music provides perhaps the most profound and direct expression of the archetypal psyche\, reaching back to the earliest origins of human culture\, capable of touching the depths of our souls. Comedy is ancient as well: the Trickster\, whether in the individual psyche\, in a tribe or a royal court\, or commenting on a presidential campaign\, is crucial to the self-regulating and regenerative play of the whole. It is the agent of the unconscious\, rebelling against the conventional rulers\, speaking the truth from below. \nOur approach will be facilitated by the combined lenses of depth psychology and archetypal astrology\, which permit an extraordinarily precise focus on the specific archetypal complexes most prominently at work in a given individual\, work of art\, or cultural era. URL:https://ofj.org/event/lecture-the-gods-at-play-archetypal-powers-and-patterns-in-the-arts/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Tarnas-Profile-color.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160924T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160924T150000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160526T012343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160924T005300Z UID:8818-1474711200-1474729200@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Soul in Anguish: Depth Psychological Approaches to Suffering DESCRIPTION:Painful states of mind such as hatred\, envy\, alienation\, scapegoating\, cruelty\, and loneliness\, also produce suffering. We will describe some of the developmental sources of these complexes\, their effects on the personality\, and some of the ways in which they may be approached in psychotherapy. We will contrast these states of mind with the psychology and psychodynamics of altruism\, empathy\, compassion\, concern\, care\, consolation\, and pity\, exploring the similarities and differences between these states. Finally we will discuss ways to help the helper\, who may suffer from burnout and compassion fatigue. URL:https://ofj.org/event/workshop-the-soul-in-anguish-depth-psychological-approaches-to-suffering/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160923T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160923T213000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160526T012113Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160924T004753Z UID:8816-1474659000-1474666200@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Soul in Anguish: Depth Psychological Approaches to Suffering DESCRIPTION:When suffering strikes\, it is helpful to find a framework through which we may understand it. The approach of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is of limited help\, because there are many normal forms of suffering given the circumstances of a person’s life. Even in the presence of emotional disorder\, people with the same diagnosis suffer in unique ways and require a personalized approach. Traditional religions offer explanations and reasons for suffering\, and we will consider some\, but depth psychology has unique approaches. This lecture will describe some ways to search for meaning in suffering\, and consider it as an experience of liminality and initiation into a new level of consciousness. We will discuss an approach to suffering based on radical acceptance. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-soul-in-anguish-depth-psychological-approaches-to-suffering/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Lionel-Corbett-Croppe.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160416T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160416T080000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160229T144906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160426T061734Z UID:8605-1460775600-1460793600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Finding Your Third Phase of Life DESCRIPTION:Hokusai\, the famous 19th c. Japanese artist said\, “I became an artist\, but nothing I did before the age of seventy was worthy of attention. At seventy-three\, I began to grasp the structures of birds and beasts\, insects and fish\, and of the way plants grow. If I go on trying\, I will surely understand them still better by the time I am eighty-six\, so that by ninety I will have penetrated to their essential nature. At one hundred\, I may well have a positively divine understanding of them\, while at one hundred and ten I will have reached the stage where every dot and every stroke I paint will be alive”. In this spirit\, and continuing the conversation from the Friday lecture\, this workshop will allow participants to explore individual and cultural forms of the Elder and how this relates to one’s own circumstances as well as identify their own source of fears but also passion and life in one’s own aging. URL:https://ofj.org/event/finding-your-third-phase-of-life/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160415T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160415T143000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160229T144447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160331T064253Z UID:8603-1460723400-1460730600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Individuation after 70 DESCRIPTION:Jung said\, “The first half of life is devoted to forming a healthy ego\, the second half is going inward and letting go of it.” Indeed\, he is well known for his theory of adult development and his work on individuation in the second half of life. With this lecture I would like to propose a third phase of life after the first phase (building up a life structure) and second phase (developing a relationship with the inner world). This third phase is especially relevant now as many of us can expect today to live well past the 20th century life expectancy of 65 years old. I have chosen to talk about individuation after age 70 because I want to change this analytical focus on end of life for older adults as a time of preparation for death and instead talk about life and the new possibilities after 70. This phase is not a further continuation of the second half of life but a distinct third ‘half’; a new phase of individuation with its own distinct purpose. URL:https://ofj.org/event/individuation-after-70/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Karen_EversFahey1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160319T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160319T080000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160228T111212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160325T104307Z UID:8593-1458356400-1458374400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Courting Experiences of the Subtle Body DESCRIPTION:The workshop will apply these themes from the lecture to help participants generate experiences and further openings to differentiated realities of the subtle body states of consciousness. Dreams\, active imagination\, poignant relevant film clips with group discussion and writing exercises will help provide entry into further relationship with the imagination and the subtle body states of consciousness. URL:https://ofj.org/event/courting-experiences-of-the-subtle-body/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160318T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160318T143000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160229T144100Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160325T104705Z UID:8601-1458304200-1458311400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Courting Experiences of the Subtle Body DESCRIPTION:Between the concrete world of matter and the world of spirit resides the realm of imagination and the subtle bodies. Any life crisis\, in which the ego learns it does not have the answers\, can open us to this third realm where healing potential and a redirection of life energy reside. And beyond crisis\, consciousness can also learn to court the subtle body as individuation unfolds. Many healing arts tap this realm of being where the body and psyche can rebalance and find healing.The entire cosmos and we humans participate in the subtle body mysteries. Dr. Marie Louise von Franz wrote before her death that growing the subtle body before one dies is of utmost value to the life of the soul. This lecture will explore what this means in the reality of our daily lives\, and will explore images and experiences of the subtle body in alchemy\, dream\, myth\, poetry and waking life. The aim of the presentation is to help us increasingly recognize and open to experience the dialectic with the subtle body realm present in all life. Attention will also be given to various psyche – body healing arts that tap this realm of being. URL:https://ofj.org/event/courting-experiences-of-the-subtle-body-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/wikman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160220T020000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160220T070000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160229T123707Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160330T044158Z UID:8594-1455933600-1455951600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Forging our Individual and National Character DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we’ll focus more specifically on the analytic processes involved in the transformation of narcissism. We’ll also delve into the evolutionary perspectives that emphasize the progressive development of collective empathy\, cooperation\, and altruism reflecting upon how their enhancement furthers our capacity to access choices with integrity. We’ll hold images from Kiefer as guides into the alchemical world that addresses the enlivening processes of living with the opposites. Into these reflections\, we’ll weave writing exercises\, as well as active imagination in order to explore the active presence of conscience. URL:https://ofj.org/event/forging-our-individual-and-national-character/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/kiefer.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160219T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160219T133000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160229T125709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160330T044227Z UID:8595-1455881400-1455888600@ofj.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/JacquelineWest2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160116T020000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160116T070000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160229T143607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160331T063420Z UID:8599-1452909600-1452927600@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Personal Myth in Turbulent Times DESCRIPTION:Our workshop will elaborate on the questions raised in the presentation before\, and provide questions which will provoke the participant to personalizing the issues. Please bring pad and pen on which to reflect and to write. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-personal-myth-in-turbulent-times-2/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160115T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160115T133000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160229T142859Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160331T063344Z UID:8597-1452857400-1452864600@ofj.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Hollis_IMG_7022.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151114T020000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151114T070000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160401T021557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160401T021557Z UID:8659-1447466400-1447484400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Birth of the Self DESCRIPTION:How can analysis birth the self? \nWe will explore this question by illuminating ideas about birth. Nascent stirrings of the Self often initiate the labor of analytic work\, which can be influenced by our life stories\, including our birth story. \nBirth is a topic that is pregnant with meaning. It can be a signifier of the un-symbolized\, unimagined\, and un-experienced. It can manifest as a regressive\, developmental experience\, suffused with body or implicit memory. Birth can also act as a symbol or metaphor\, and be expressed as a second birth or rebirth. Finally\, it may emerge in the efflorescence of self-development involving a more related connection to the Self–a precursor to more complete development\, heralding transformations in being and spirit. \nThese ideas come to life through Dr. Marlo’s presentation of an emergent process of birth\, development\, and transformation from over 15 years of analysis with a woman who began analysis dissociated from her self/Self. \nUsing evocative imagery\, session dialogue\, and Dr. Marlo’s inner experience\, this workshop intimately examines what happens behind the consulting room door\, allowing participants to reflect on their experience in analysis and examine the practice of analysis and its transformative potential. URL:https://ofj.org/event/birth-of-the-self/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151113T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151113T133000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160401T021343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160401T021343Z UID:8657-1447414200-1447421400@ofj.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Marlo_2357.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151017T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151017T080000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160401T020814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160401T020814Z UID:8656-1445050800-1445068800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Individuation\, Impermanence\, Imperfection DESCRIPTION:Individuation is Carl Jung’s term for finding meaning and purpose in life. How do you know when you are on the right path? Why do big ideas about achievement and enlightenment just get in the way? When can you trust your inner guide and when must you apply discipline and ethics to curb the urgings of unruly instincts? Jung believed we find meaning through the struggle with confounding oppositions\, such as good/evil\, love/hate\, inner/outer. In this workshop we will relate Jungian psychology to the Zen perspective of Wabi-Sabi. We will explore the necessity and beauty of flaws and failings\, of things modest and humble. Lecture\, discussion\, and practical exercises will help cultivate appreciation for what is impermanent\, imperfect\, and unfinished in life. \nSuggested Reading: Wabi-Sabi: for Artists\, Designers\, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren URL:https://ofj.org/event/individuation-impermanence-imperfection/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151016T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151016T143000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160401T020612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160401T020612Z UID:8655-1444998600-1445005800@ofj.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/jerry ruhl.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150919T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150919T080000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160401T020304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160401T020304Z UID:8654-1442631600-1442649600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Self-organization\, Emergence and Synchronicity in Analytical Psychology DESCRIPTION:Many of us have experienced synchronicities without truly having tools to grasp what underlies these events. As an integral part of bringing The Red Book to a close\, Jung formulated the concept of synchronicity. We will reconsider this cosmological principle in the light of a new scientific paradigm. The study of complex adaptive systems\, in particular\, affords a unique opportunity to reassess and revise several of Jung’s key concepts\, including synchronicity\, in line with his own evolving model of the psyche. In this workshop we will review and apply these concepts to experiences of the interactive field in analysis. We will observe self-organizing processes in analysis which lead to experiences of emergence in which what happens goes beyond the sum of the contributions by either analyst or analysand. In this vein\, we will draw upon clinical presentation of the use of empathy\, enactments\, parallel processes and moments of complexity\, including synchronistic occurrences within the context of analysis. URL:https://ofj.org/event/self-organization-emergence-and-synchronicity-in-analytical-psychology/ LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150918T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150918T143000 DTSTAMP:20260628T052543 CREATED:20160331T071757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20160331T071826Z UID:8651-1442579400-1442586600@ofj.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Cambray_image.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR