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:20080309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20081102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20090308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20091101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20100314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20101107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110924T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110924T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T051532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T051532Z UID:29994-1316858400-1316876400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Individuation\, Jung\, and Eastern Thought DESCRIPTION:Inner work did not begin with Jung; it has rich traditions in India and the Far East.  In this workshop we will compare Jungian ideas about individuation with Eastern traditions.  Dr. Ruhl will present practical techniques for quieting the mind’s constant chatter and talking back to dysfunctional mental patterns that keep us stuck.  Other topics will include psychological inflation versus enlightenment\, the myth of meaning\, and the wisdom of uncertainty and insecurity. URL:https://ofj.org/event/individuation-jung-and-eastern-thought/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110923T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110923T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T051423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T051423Z UID:29992-1316806200-1316813400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Balancing Heaven and Earth DESCRIPTION:How should we balance the inner and the outer\, the masculine and the feminine\, the eternal and the every day?  In struggling with goals and duties\, how do we also attend to the workings of destiny and the cosmos?  Utilizing a three-thousand-year-old story from India\,The Ramayana\, as guide\, this talk explores the Eastern genius for the development of consciousness.  Each of the characters in this individuation tale represents a part of the human psyche – all of which must be dealt with during the journey of life. This story takes a very different approach to the feminine and to evil than individuation stories in the West\, and provides unique insights about living through a time when cultural traditions and values seem to be breaking down. URL:https://ofj.org/event/balancing-heaven-and-earth/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110506T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110506T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T053808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T035040Z UID:30024-1304708400-1304717400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Light-Hearted Evening and Annual Member Meeting: Living Good Dreams DESCRIPTION:OFJ members and their guests are invited to our annual meeting.  The keynote speaker for this event will be poet and essayist\, KIM STAFFORD\, PHD\, speaking on “LIVING GOOD DREAMS.”  FRIDAY\, MAY 6\, 7:00 TO 9:30 PM\, AT THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH\, COLLINS HALL\, 1838 SW JEFFERSON\, PORTLAND.  This is also an opportunity to meet the board\, honor our volunteers\, and find out about next fall’s speakers. Light refreshments will be served. URL:https://ofj.org/event/light-hearted-evening-and-annual-meeting-living-good-dreams/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Annual Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110409T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110409T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T053650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T053650Z UID:30022-1302343200-1302361200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Technology and Soul: Living at the Turning Point - Workshop DESCRIPTION:The history of psychopathology is curiously linked to industrialization and the mechanizing of life. In this workshop we’ll take a look back at the cultural-historical weave of technology and depth psychology\, and then consider how Jungian perspectives have been working to compensate for the culture’s increasing speed and incessant innovation. Together\, we’ll reflect on ways to preserve soul in the face of these changes and explore how technology might support rather than erode our psychic foundations. Cinematic images will be used to aid this exploration. URL:https://ofj.org/event/technology-and-soul-living-at-the-turning-point-workshop/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110408T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110408T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T053533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T053533Z UID:30020-1302291000-1302298200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Technology and Soul: Living at the Turning Point DESCRIPTION:Technology brings many gifts\, but the constant innovation and change have a psychological cost. We can become disoriented or distracted and lose sight of the inner compass. Finding our direction in these liquid times is a challenge—a challenge that’s only going to deepen . . . \nUntil recently\, our gadgets have remained largely external and have not directly altered our basic nature. Today\, however\, we stand on the threshold of reengineering our essential being. For large numbers of people cyberspace has already begun to replace everyday life. Devices designed to further the adaptation of mind and body to the computer world are already in the works. Chip implants beneath our skin will soon be commonplace. Around these innovations lies a sea of developments in psychotropic medication\, genetic engineering\, plastic surgery and robotics\, all aiming to transform the very fabric of our existence. \nThe impact these changes will make on the psyche is an unexplored question. Uncovering the shadow side of this ultimate makeover seems critical\, but simply turning back may not be an option. How then are we to respond? \nJung was leery of technology. He once said\, “civilized man . . . is in danger of losing all contact with the world of instinct\,” adding that this loss “is largely responsible for the pathological condition of contemporary culture.” In this lecture Jung’s understanding of instinctual life and psychological wellbeing will be discussed in light of impending technologies. We’ll try to find our psychological feet in the face of this tinkering with Nature. URL:https://ofj.org/event/technology-and-soul-living-at-the-turning-point/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110305T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110305T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T053356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T003521Z UID:30018-1299319200-1299337200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Psychoid : The Chaotic Dynamics of Individuation DESCRIPTION:We’ll begin our day with a review of chaos theory\, and then look at how the unconscious deals with life’s challenges\, both before consciousness forms and afterwards\, in those instances when consciousness can neither understand nor cope with the chaos of life. \nHow do unconscious adaptations to previous problems influence our perceptions and behaviors today? By bringing consciousness to bear on our patterns of perception and behavior\, we’ll identify unconscious adaptations that were once brilliant solutions to intractable problems but have since become problems themselves as our life situations have changed. \nWhile all interactions with the unconscious involve pathos\, this will not be a group therapy session. Rather\, it will be a time filled with all the humor\, fascination\, fun\, befuddlement\, amazement\, and mutual discovery of dealing with the unconscious\, which always has the best of intentions\, but not always the most flexible of approaches. That’s why it needs an ego to modify it. \nIn this workshop\, we’ll fill that need. URL:https://ofj.org/event/psychoid-the-chaotic-dynamics-of-individuation-dancing-with-liminality/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110304T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110304T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T053232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T003238Z UID:30016-1299267000-1299274200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Psychoid: The Chaotic Dynamics of Individuation DESCRIPTION:The overall theme of the lecture and workshop this weekend will be the way in which the chaotic dynamics of the individuation process originate in the body. Chaos refers to those highly de-stabilizing disturbances in our lives that contribute to growth and stability. We’ll see how these disturbances resonate with the unconscious\, operate throughout our lives\, and express themselves symbolically. Recognizing and understanding their symbolic expressions allows us to move beyond those patterns that keep us stuck\, freeing us to participate in the unconscious chaos at work in our lives. \nJung and Jungians have always been fascinated with that which exists beyond consciousness. What is the unconscious? How can we perceive and decipher its symbolism? How can ego and unconscious work together to further individuation? \nWe’re not the only ones interested in the unconscious\, science is\, too. Recent discoveries in genetics\, microbiology and biochemistry have increased our understanding of the most basic dynamics of physical processes\, especially those that influence how we perceive\, process and respond to the world around us. Psycho-neuro-endocrinal-immunology\, for example\, studies how the nervous\, endocrine and immune systems interact with psyche. \nJung referred to that part of the psyche where mind and body overlap as psychoid; In the psychoid realm of the psyche\, mind and body influence and modify each other. \nTonight we’ll review how the smallest molecules have enormous effects on us. We’ll see how physical processes possess a consciousness greater than the ego’s. Finally\, we’ll compare current research with that of the alchemists\, particularly how the “organic alchemy” of today exactly parallels the inorganic alchemy of years past. URL:https://ofj.org/event/psychoid-the-chaotic-dynamics-of-individuation-the-event-horizon-of-the-mind/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110212T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110212T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T053034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T003017Z UID:30014-1297504800-1297522800@ofj.org SUMMARY:A Depth Psychology Approach to Understanding Suffering and Evil DESCRIPTION:In the morning\, Lionel Corbett will lead a workshop exploring how suffering and evil can be understood through a psychological lens using the stories of Job and Medea\, and by considering them as contemporary individuals seeking relief from their own suffering or destructive impulses. Dr. Corbett will explore the relationship between Job’s character structure and his experience of the numinous. In the afternoon\, Dr. Corbett will explore the admonition that Jung received from an inner figure (as recorded in his journal\, the Red Book) to herald a new spirituality. He will also address the concept of the Self as a “Spiritus Rector” (spiritual guide). URL:https://ofj.org/event/a-depth-psychology-approach-to-understanding-suffering-and-evil/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110211T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110211T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T052929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T052929Z UID:30012-1297452600-1297459800@ofj.org SUMMARY:A Depth Psychology Approach to the Sacred—Spirituality Without a Formal Religious Tradition DESCRIPTION:n his latest book Psyche and the Sacred: Spirituality beyond Religion\, Lionel Corbett helps modern people discover the numinous presence of the divine within themselves as they live a busy life filled with secular activities. Dr. Corbett will talk about ways to find spiritually meaningful life without the need to embrace any particular theology. This approach also serves to deepen the spirituality of those who are committed to a religious tradition. URL:https://ofj.org/event/a-depth-psychology-approach-to-the-sacred-spirituality-without-a-formal-religious-tradition/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110122T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110122T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T052754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T052754Z UID:30010-1295690400-1295708400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Creativity as Repair and Transformation DESCRIPTION:In this workshop participants will explore aids to the mourning process by awakening the imaginal realm with various exercises in active imagination. We will attempt to identify our personal myth and look for ways to connect our inner and outer worlds through symbols. In addition\, we will see various practical ways we can use to open ourselves to healing and transformative experiences. Although there will be times for discussion and sharing our stories\, silence will always by honored. Please wear comfortable clothing; bring journals and any personal art supplies you may have. URL:https://ofj.org/event/creativity-as-repair-and-transformation/ LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Cathedral\, 147 NW 19th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110121T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110121T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T052649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T052649Z UID:30008-1295638200-1295645400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Archetypal Aspects of the Mourning Process DESCRIPTION:In Jungʼs last active imagination in The Red Book\, Christ offers Jung “the beauty of suffering.” These paradoxical lines are not popular in todayʼs Western culture\, nor are they very comforting to one who is deep in grief. More than likely after great loss\, we lose our commonsense and faith in lifeʼs predictability. Sometimes all we believed in comes into question and we feel as if we have no standpoint. Mourning takes place in a period of liminality\, a marginal phase when we cannot go back in time and we do not know what lies ahead. This time of life is mostly painful and chaotic. Yet countless ordinary people who have worked through grief testify that they wouldnʼt return to how they were\, psychologically or spiritually\, before their ordeal. In this presentation\, we will explore the deep emotions and the wisdom of the heart that can come after great losses\, including bodily injury\, health\, home\, and community\, separation\, and death. We will observe how the work of grief may enhance the individuation process\, and\, using New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina as example\, we will ponder how individuation may evolve in a city. URL:https://ofj.org/event/archetypal-aspects-of-the-mourning-process/ LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Cathedral\, 147 NW 19th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101204T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101204T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T143534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T143534Z UID:30049-1291456800-1291474800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Stories Told\, Stories Untold\, Stories that Tell Us DESCRIPTION:Please bring writing materials as together\, in a mixture of lecture/discussion and interactive exercises\, we will put some narrative flesh on the bare bones of our histories. URL:https://ofj.org/event/stories-told-stories-untold-stories-that-tell-us-2/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101203T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101203T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T143406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T143406Z UID:30047-1291404600-1291411800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Stories Told\, Stories Untold\, Stories that Tell Us DESCRIPTION:Our lives course with stories – stories that run through us from ancestors\, stories we tell others and tell ourselves\, and stories of which we are unaware and thereby tell us.   We will reflect on the role these stories play in the shaping of our lives\, and how they invite us to greater consciousness of what invisibly informs the visible world. URL:https://ofj.org/event/stories-told-stories-untold-stories-that-tell-us/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101113T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101113T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T143236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T143236Z UID:30045-1289642400-1289660400@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Shadows and Gifts of American Narcissism DESCRIPTION:In the Saturday workshop\, we will turn to a more in depth discussion about how individual and collective trauma underlie the development of character structures. Again\, with reference to the work of Anselm Kiefer\, we will see how these images evoke a shudder\, a chilling recognition of the devastation left by the eruption of the primal force of destruction. In this context\, Dr. West will clarify how\, in terms of the development of character structures\, three differentiated sets of archetypal images underlie three distinguishable relational patterns. These archetypal forces are met and mediated by consciousness as it progressively develops. When this development proceeds effectively\, three differentiated forms of healthy narcissism emerge. However\, when defenses rigidify this process\, archetypal forces accrue and eventually erupt. Dr. West will consider how the collusion of these archetypal fields\, met by a defensively rigidified and polarizing consciousness\, can cast us into repetitive personal crises as well as irresolvable global confrontations. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-shadows-and-gifts-of-american-narcissism-2/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101112T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101112T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T143124Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T143124Z UID:30043-1289590200-1289597400@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Shadows and Gifts of American Narcissism DESCRIPTION:The American psyche has typically been seen as narcissistic. Indeed\, we readily identify with the heroic\, the good\, and the brave. However\, these noble portraits cast a long shadow. In this Friday evening lecture\, Dr. West will supplement a Jungian exploration of this complex reality with slides and discussion about the works of a contemporary European artist\, Anselm Kiefer. In Kiefer’s work\, we experience an active engagement with the tension between destruction and creation. The ability to embody a union of opposites emerges from a strong and flexible consciousness that can hold such a paradoxical position. Consciousness that has developed this strength and flexibility is supported as one works through the dynamics of exhibitionism and grandiosity\, ultimately forging a healthy narcissism: an embodied self-esteem\, a rooted sense of values\, and a capacity to tolerate vulnerability and limits. We witness these dynamics and developments within Kiefer’s work. With these developments\, an individual – and a community or nation – can work to engage in an effective dialogue with primal forces that carry the potential for both apocalypse and epiphany. With these strengths\, we deepen our capacity to confront and suffer the tragic personal and historical realities in which we participate. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-shadows-and-gifts-of-american-narcissism/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101023T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101023T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T142953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T142953Z UID:30041-1287828000-1287846000@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Tibetan Book of the Dead and Everyday Life DESCRIPTION:Our workshop will make it clear that The Tibetan Book of the Dead is not just for the dead!  Using Jungian tools to decipher the text we will see just how and when we can act to change our patterns of behavior during the critical “bardo” or in-between phases of experience.  Our extra time will give us the opportunity to dive into the intricate and beautiful images – to purely appreciate them\, to understand them a little better\, and as a way to understand ourselves or our patients.  Bring your bad habits and your imagination! URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-and-everyday-life-2/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101022T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101022T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T142837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T142837Z UID:30039-1287775800-1287783000@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Tibetan Book of the Dead and Everyday Life DESCRIPTION:The Tibetan Book of the Dead\, or Bardo Thodol\, is a manual or guide for the 49-day period between a person’s death and their next rebirth.  Written in Tibet in the middle ages\, it describes the entities and experiences that await all of us in the bardo\, or the in-between.  Many strange and scary things happen in that intermediate phase\, and it is best\, from the point of view of the text\, to be prepared.  In fact\, if one is prepared enough\, the moment of death can be the most opportune time to achieve liberation.  This occurs when you can see what is happening\, including the most terrifying images\, as aspects of your own mind. \nJung writes that the Bardo Thodol makes “clear to the dead man the primacy of the psyche\, for that is the one thing which life does not make clear to us.  We are so hemmed in by things which jostle and oppress that we never get the chance\, in the midst of all these ‘given’ things\, to wonder by whom they are ‘given’.  It is from this world of given things that the dead man liberates himself; and the purpose of the instructions is to help him toward this liberation.   we … learn from the very first paragraphs the that ‘giver’ of all ‘given’ things dwells within us.  This is a truth which in the face of all evidence\, in the greatest things as well as in the smallest\, is never known although it is often so very necessary\, indeed vital\, for us to know it.”  (vol 11: 514) \nWhy does Jung say this is vital?  Because this exploration of the in-between has the capacity to liberate us in this life\, long before the body dies. \nOur lecture will include a brief history of the Bardo Thodol and then a symbolic exploration of its other reality.  We will look at it compared to the Egyptian Book of the Dead and Jung’s own opus of the undiscovered country\, The Red Book.  Finally we will ground it in our daily lives as a useful and inspirational tool that has something to say to everyone.  Fantastic images will accompany the lecture. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-tibetan-book-of-the-dead-and-everyday-life/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100918T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100918T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T142655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T142655Z UID:30037-1284804000-1284822000@ofj.org SUMMARY:Cosmic Dreams DESCRIPTION:The workshop provides a deeper examination of the ideas presented in the Friday night lecture. URL:https://ofj.org/event/cosmic-dreams-2/ LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Cathedral\, 147 NW 19th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100917T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100917T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T142505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T142505Z UID:30035-1284751800-1284759000@ofj.org SUMMARY:Cosmic Dreams DESCRIPTION:Jung made the distinction between the personal dream and the big dream\, noting that\, while the personal dream helps us maintain day-to-day psychic balance\, the big dream concerns universal human problems and occurs during critical phases of life.  We will explore the images\, symbols\, and callings stemming from dreams that appear at critical junctures and that reveal our place in the cosmos. We will see how numinous dreams of nature and cosmos help us transcend the polarities behind our alienation from nature\, our selves\, and one another.  Participants are invited to share dreams containing archetypal and cosmic motifs. URL:https://ofj.org/event/cosmic-dreams/ LOCATION:Trinity Episcopal Cathedral\, 147 NW 19th Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97209\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100521T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100521T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T150109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T002852Z UID:30069-1274468400-1274477400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Light-Hearted Evening and Annual Meeting: Creativity\, "The Red Book"\, and Play DESCRIPTION:OFCGJ members and their guests are invited to our annual meeting.  The keynote speaker for this event will be Portland analyst\, Mark Girard\, speaking on “CREATIVITY\, ‘THE RED BOOK’\, AND PLAY.” Play is the essence of creativity.  Drawing upon stories from his own experience as well as concepts from The Red Book\, Dr. Girard will playfully share versions of his own Red Book\, and suggest ways for the audience to light-heartedly connect with their own inner Red Book\, as a way of encouraging the creative process. Friday\, May 21st\, 7:00 to 9:30 pm\, at the First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson\, Portland.  Light refreshments will be served. URL:https://ofj.org/event/light-hearted-evening-and-annual-meeting-creativity-the-red-book-and-play/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Annual Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100417T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100417T200000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T145937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T002630Z UID:30067-1271527200-1271534400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Jung Anew! Celebrating "The Red Book" DESCRIPTION:A special dinner lecture by Daniel Baumann. URL:https://ofj.org/event/jung-anew-celebrating-the-red-book/ LOCATION:River Place Hotel\, 1510 SW Harbor Way\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Special Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100417T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100417T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T145732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T002200Z UID:30065-1271498400-1271516400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Understanding Jung and Jungian Psychology through "Liber Novus" DESCRIPTION:The years… when I pursued the inner images\, were the most important time of my life. Everything else is to be derived from this.  It began at that time\, and the later details hardly matter anymore. My entire life consisted in elaborating what had burst forth from the unconscious and flooded  me like an enigmatic stream and threatened to break me.  That was the stuff and material for more than only one life. Everything later was merely the outer classification\, the scientific elaboration\, and the integration into life. But the numinous beginning\, which contained everything\, was then.  C. G. Jung\, 1957. \nWith the publication of The Red Book\, students of Jung have a window into the genesis of Jung’s psychology in a way that none of his published works has revealed. \nThe Red Book is the nuclear reactor for all Jung’s works. His more well-known concepts\, such as the archetypal forms of anima\, animus\, and shadow\, as well as the concept of the collective unconscious\, have their roots in this volume. Not only can one see the development of Jung’s theory of individuation in this book\, but his own personal process of individuation is shown in literary and symbolic form. \nThe Red Book provides an unparalleled view of how Jung fused his fantasies with his scholarship to form a science of psychology. In this five-hour seminar\, Dr. Shamdasani will trace the steps from Jung’s experimentation with his fantasies and his elaborations and reflections on them\, through his attempt to forge general principles\, to his confirmation of those principles in his work with his patients\, and ultimately\, in comparative historical research.   Participants will gain a new understanding of Jung and how his attention to his unconscious process has meaning in our lives today. URL:https://ofj.org/event/understanding-jung-and-jungian-psychology-through-liber-novus/ LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 1126 SW Park Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100416T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100416T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T145517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T002452Z UID:30063-1271446200-1271453400@ofj.org SUMMARY:‘The Way of What is to Come’: Jung’s "Liber Novus" and the Past and Future of Jungian Psychology DESCRIPTION:In 1913\, when psychiatrist C.G. Jung was 38 years old\, he began to experience an overwhelming number of waking dreams and visions.  Convinced that this was an opportunity to understand his own psyche as well as that of his patients\, Jung began his “confrontation with the unconscious\,” which he first documented in a series of small\, black books\, and later expounded upon\, analyzed and illustrated in a large\, red leather-bound journal. \nAt the onset of Jung’s encounter with psyche\, he was in a state of disillusionment with scientific rationalism – what he called “the spirit of the times.” In the course of many quixotic encounters with his own soul and with other inner figures\, he came to know and appreciate “the spirit of the depths\,” a field that makes room for magic\, coincidence and the mythological metaphors delivered by dreams.  During this time he developed his principal theories-of the archetypes\, the collective unconscious\, and the process of individuation-that transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with treatment of the sick into a means for higher development of the personality. \nIn this illustrated presentation\, Dr. Shamdasani will explain how Jung regained his soul and overcame the contemporary malaise of spiritual alienation\, which he ultimately achieved through enabling the rebirth of a new image of God and developing a new worldview in the form of a psychological and theological cosmogony. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-way-of-what-is-to-come-jungs-liber-novus-and-the-past-and-future-of-jungian-psychology/ LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 1126 SW Park Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/gif:https://ofj.org/wp-content/uploads/Jung_blad-1-1.gif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100327T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100327T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T145150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T145150Z UID:30061-1269684000-1269702000@ofj.org SUMMARY:Politics and Psyche DESCRIPTION:The workshop provides a deeper examination of the ideas presented in the Friday night lecture. URL:https://ofj.org/event/politics-and-psyche-2/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100326T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100326T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T145040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T145040Z UID:30059-1269631800-1269639000@ofj.org SUMMARY:Politics and Psyche DESCRIPTION:When you treat the individual\, you treat the culture.  -C. G. Jung \nPsychotherapy is as much a political and social discourse as it is a private one. If we are destroyed as a species\, it will be psychology and spirituality that launches the literal or mythic nukes.  If we survive and flourish as a species\, it will be a depth\, psychologically informed spiritually that generates and narrates that Story of cultural transformation and deepened soul-evolution. And psychotherapy is nothing if it is not simply the witnessing\, recording\, and transmission of the individual and societal encounters with the living numinal realm of depth human experience [what the Western tradition and Jung has called the imago Dei]. as it involves the numinal\, that encounter is always a transpersonal one. there is no secular politics only archetypal/transpersonal politics. we often get so politically lost and ensnarled because we forget this depth background of our societal interactions. \nThe soul never thinks without an image. –  Aristotle \nTherefore\, psychotherapy\, as a political discipline\, witnesses\, records\, and transmits these on-going experiential communiqués from and dialogues with this numinous/ transformative realm of being.  In some ancient cultures\, every citizen was believed to be a vehicle for this living numinal dimension\, for this living will and voice of the gods as mediated through human experience. The public sphere\, the common marketplace of political interaction and achievement\, was the Polis. This Polis was the living organism of Eros\, of numinal energy flowing into the public heart and soul of things. \nMy work is revelation\, not revolution.  –  William Butler Yeats \nEvery life had a Destiny that served an aspect of this living\, shaping\, creating\, numinal core of individual and cultural psyche. A well lived life was a life unfolded in a conscious\, loving seeking out of this Destiny and\, then\, serving it with as much thoughtful\, loving\, and compassionate dedication as possible. Privately\, this service would be to loved ones and vocation; publically\, this service would be an engaged political interaction with one’s fellow citizens. \nAll 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 realization of these alone makes sense of life.  –   C. G. Jung \nEveryone is politically engaged. Some are simply more aware of and disciplined about that engagement and its attendant social responsibilities. Every act in the public sphere is a political act\, an act that builds up more loving and compassionate connection to the living numinous or tears it down. But every act\, conscious or unconscious\, aware or unaware\, is a healing or destructive political act. We are all citizen politicians. We all have a public duty. We all serve the gods in the fervent hopes that the gods will then serve us and our community and lead us to more light and not more darkness. \nIt may well be prejudice to restrict the psyche to being “inside the body.” Insofar as the psyche is a non-spatial aspect\, there may be a psyche “outside-the-body\,” a region so utterly different from “my” psychic sphere that no one has to get out of oneself…to get there. –   C. G. Jung \nThis brief seminar sketches some clinical and cultural examples of these profound experiential psycho-political transcripts that emerge within or penetrate into depth therapy. Using frequent illustrative images from\, especially\, contemporary cinema and art\, Friday’s lecture opens up the outlines of the model and Saturday’s seminar fleshes out that outline in more depth and breadth. \nThe psychological question now is\, How do we house this greater subject that takes up residence in us\, radically altering the center from which we live?  How do we accommodate this “tremendous stranger\,” or this “mysterious density of being”? How do we\, how can we\, live in relation to it? \nThe theological questions ask\, Who has taken up residence within and among us? Who is the One?  – Ann Belford Ulanov \nThree Guiding exploratory question-themes for this Seminar: \n\n\n\nWhat is political about depth therapy or any psychotherapy?\nHow do you access it\, where are the entry portals?\nHow do you use political imagery and process found in depth therapy and in awake political interaction for individual and cultural healing and transformation? URL:https://ofj.org/event/politics-and-psyche/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100227T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100227T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T144733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T144733Z UID:30057-1267264800-1267282800@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Power of Symbolic Life (Reconciling Life's Painful Contradictions) DESCRIPTION:We humans are given the most conflicting job description imaginable.  We must be civilized human beings\, and that requires a whole list of “dos and don’ts\,” culturally determined virtues.  Simultaneously\, we are called to live everything that we truly are\, to be whole – this is our duty to the higher Self. \nThis collision of values makes life confusing and painful.  We all are faced daily with innumerable decisions: some easy and inconsequential\, others troublesome and far-reaching.  Apparent contradictions tie us in knots.  It seems that we could not get through life without being divided.  Everything that human beings experience consciously is brought to us in pairs of opposites. \nC.G. Jung wrote that the medieval mentality is “either/or\,” but if humanity is to survive we must learn to cope with “both/and.”  This change in the prevailing attitude of our culture demands a leap of consciousness from opposition to paradox.  In our spiritual quest\, we must be weaned\, not from materialism\, but from dualistic thinking. \nDrawing upon the myth of the twin stars in the Gemini constellation\, this workshop explores the unity that exits behind every duality.  The ancient Greek myth of Castor and Pollux has extraordinary wisdom and relevance for us today.  Unified in their childhood\, this pair came to be separated\, fragmentary\, and miserable.  One is mortal\, the other divine.  Only after much struggle are they reunited in heavenly embrace. \nDr. Ruhl will present this timeless story as a prototype and navigation point for all humans on the journey into wholeness.  When we allow both sides of any issue to exist in equal dignity and worth\, a synthesis is possible\, bringing new insight\, meaning\, and contentment to our lives.  Symbolic life provides the “keys to the Kingdom.” Well-grounded in Jungian psychological concepts\, this workshop will provide practical tools to help you: \n\n\n\nSurrender old limitations\nEnliven friendships\, relationships and career\nUnlock new life options and hidden talents\nSeize the “dangerous” opportunities of midlife\nMaster the art of being truly alive in the present moment\nRevitalize a connection with the higher Self\, and thereby achieve peace and purpose in your mature years. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-power-of-symbolic-life/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100226T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100226T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T144326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T144326Z UID:30055-1267212600-1267219800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Living The Unlived Life DESCRIPTION:This talk explores the essential developmental task in the second half of life – rectifying the loss of abandoned dreams and unrealized potentials to achieve our ultimate life meaning and purpose. What is unlived life?  It consists of those potential aspects of ourselves that have not adequately entered into our experience.  Of course\, no one can live out all of life’s possibilities\, but there are key aspects of our being that must be brought into life or we cannot realize fulfillment.   We all carry with us a vast inventory of unlived life.  Even if we have achieved major life goals and seemingly have few regrets\, there are significant experiences that have been closed to each of us. For everything we choose (or that has been chosen for us)\, something else remains “unchosen.” \nThe greatest burden a child must bear is the unlived life of the parents. \n– C.G. Jung \nZarathustra goes to the grave with the unfulfilled dreams of his youth.  He speaks to them as if they were ghosts who have betrayed him bitterly.  They struck up a dance and then spoiled the music.  Did the past make his path so weighty?  Did his unlived life impede him and consign him to a life that seems not to pass? \n– F. Nietzsche \nWe can hear the distant drumbeat of unlived life in the mutterings that go on in the back of our heads; “Woulda-coulda-shoulda.”  Or in second-guessing our life choices.  Or those late night longings. The unexpected grief that arises seemingly out of nowhere. A sense that we have somehow missed the mark\, or failed to do something we were so sure we were supposed to do. Where did we go wrong\, and what is this life that we find ourselves living\, so different that what we set out to do? \nWhen brought into consciousness\, unlived life can become the fuel that propels us beyond current limitations. By exploring unlived life we learn to rise above fears\, regrets\, and disappointments\, to expand our vision beyond the narrow confines of the ego\, and to embrace the full measure of our being.  An enlightened vision is our most profound unlived potential\, and bringing it to fruition is the worthy purpose of the second half of life. URL:https://ofj.org/event/living-the-unlived-life/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100123T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100123T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T144125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T144125Z UID:30053-1264240800-1264258800@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Burn Wound of Eros DESCRIPTION:The Saturday workshop begins with a beautiful slide show and retelling of the Tale of Psyche and Eros. The classic story serves as a template that charts the course of the mother-bound man from romantic\, narcissistic\, predatory\, “so-called” love\, to the wounding of that standpoint\, an awakening of capacities to love and the emergence of what may be described as the “father principle.” Certain themes from the tale will launch us into discussions of parallel myths\, biblical stories\, tales of courtly love\, literature\, film\, clinical material and theory\, and our own imaginal processes. Some of these themes may include : “mother and son/lover”; “lesser coniunctio\,” “split feminine”; “predator beneath the lover”; “emergence of the father”; “awakening the sleeping soul through love.” \nBoth lecture and workshop provide an understanding of the primitive origins and causes of narcissism in men; its effects upon their capacity for intimacy and relationship; and\, the difficult commitment needed to transcend the narcissistic option.  Hopefully\, the program will also bring a deeper insight  to those wives\, mothers\, lovers\, sisters\, and daughters who have suffered and loved these men–in spite of it all. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-burn-wound-of-eros-2/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100122T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100122T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T144007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T144007Z UID:30051-1264188600-1264195800@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Burn Wound of Eros DESCRIPTION:In one subtext of the ancient love story of Psyche and Eros\, “narcissism” and the “predatory” underline the romantic attitude of Eros\, the god of love. His bride Psyche is entrapped within his magical paradise; she is his prey\, his plaything to be used then discarded. As the story reveals\, the transformation of narcissism in the romantic begins at the moment when Eros is violently burned – suffering a great loss and wound to his inflation. It is from the “burn wound” and separation of the lovers that Psyche – signifying the male’s psyche/soul/anima – develops resilience\, maturity and can ultimately be awakened by a form of love\, transcendent of narcissism and no longer bound by the mother complex. \nCorrespondingly in analysis\, one can observe the narcissistic skin seared open\, and the shattering of omnipotence in the traumatic encounter with an emerging\, transcendent Other. This psychological wounding is a necessary process for recovering emotional life and developing the capacity to love in a man living at the surface of life. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-burn-wound-of-eros/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20091205T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20091205T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T031710 CREATED:20180605T183425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T183425Z UID:30099-1260007200-1260025200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Dreams of Fate; the Fate of Dreams DESCRIPTION:The workshop provides a deeper examination of the ideas presented in the Friday night lecture. URL:https://ofj.org/event/dreams-of-fate-the-fate-of-dreams-2/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR