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:20070311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20071104T090000 END:STANDARD 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 END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20091204T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20091204T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T183322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T183322Z UID:30097-1259955000-1259962200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Dreams of Fate; the Fate of Dreams DESCRIPTION:Jung described the process of individuation as the curiosity about and understanding of the autonomous\, unconscious psyche.  Curiosity is the trait that allows us to follow the red thread of the otherwise mysterious symbols as they emerge from the impersonal and personal unconscious.  However the unconscious is barred from our direct perception and so appears to us in many ways — in symptoms\, in our bodies\, in relationships\, in emotion\, in personal insight\, as well as through collective symbols. \nThis weekend\, we will explore and practice Jung’s most important tools for translating communications from the unconscious.   We will take a new look at amplification as a very precise technique\, and add to it the orientational method Jung developed in Volume 12; Psychology and Alchemy. Although we can use these tools to look at any symbolic communication from film to astrophysical theory to psychotic ideation\, we will look specifically at dreams. \nAlthough there are many sources from which to derive Jung’s method\, it is only with the publishing of Jung’s seminars that we see his teaching style and the method itself with dramatic clarity.  We are fortunate that Jung’s latest volume\, Children’s Dreams\, gives us just such clarity. In this work Jung shows us that some dreams reveal the arc of fate contained within the most determinative personal images – determinative not because we had them as children but because we remember them 30 or 40 years later (the dreams in this volume are not the dreams of children but the dreams remembered by adults from their childhood). \nDream images remembered from childhood are similar to collective symbols in that they come to us without relevant associations.  The seminar will reveal how Jung interpreted these images without the help of surrounding personal material.  Because of the sensitivity of this method\, Jung taught it to his inner circle but barred this material from publication for many years because it shows his work in a different light than in many of the other volumes.  It is a great boon to us\, however\, for here we can observe Jung’s uniquely direct style of teaching as he explains how to decipher the language of dreams and outlines the value of amplification. \nWe will introduce this particularly powerful method of symbolic translation during the lecture and then have a chance to practice it in more detail during the workshop.  We will also consider Jung’s radical concept of changing fate\, or heimarmene\, through psychological development. URL:https://ofj.org/event/dreams-of-fate-the-fate-of-dreams/ 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:20091107T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20091107T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T183123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T001907Z UID:30095-1257588000-1257606000@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Embodied Psyche: A Flowering Tree: Emotion\, Imagination\, and the Brain DESCRIPTION:Keeping the reality of the psyche as our touchstone\, we will look at emotional experience and communication as fundamental to the lives of primates\, as well as active imagination as a form of healing. We will begin with the basic organization of the brain\, including Alan Schore’s work on hemispheric specialization\, and then look at the ways the brain is designed to integrate functioning from the two hemispheres and specialized areas.  We will also discuss the latest research on two very interesting types of neurons\, one type (“mirror neurons”) related to embodied communication of emotional states and imitative learning\, and the other (von Economo neurons) potentially related to intuition.   Using the East Indian women’s folk tale of A Flowering Tree\, we will also consider how experts in neurobiology and in Jungian psychology may arrive at conflicting conclusions as they interpret across disciplines.   No previous knowledge of neurobiology is required. \n(Please note this workshop will have a half-hour lunch-break. Participants are encouraged to bring brown-bag lunches.) URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-embodied-psyche-a-flowering-tree-emotion-imagination-and-the-brain/ 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:20091106T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20091106T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T183015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T183015Z UID:30093-1257535800-1257543000@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Embodied Psyche: Alchemical Imagery and Unconscious Emotional Communication DESCRIPTION:Jung’s work is founded on a belief in the reality of the psyche rather than on a reductionist point-of-view. Yet we may also wonder how his theories about the nature of unconscious communication\, self-regulation\, and active imagination jibe with new and fascinating studies coming from the field of neurobiology. \nWe will begin with images of the King and Queen from “Psychology of the Transference” and from the Splendor Solis\, as examples of Jung’s use of imagery\, which can communicate emotions and ideas that cannot be easily put into words.   We will then compare Jung’s method to Darwin’s early work on emotional communication through body language and facial expression and to contemporary research\, which employs neuro-imagining techniques to study nonverbal cues that can trigger an emotional response in another person\, both before and sometimes without any conscious awareness.   Participants can expect to come away with a basic understanding of nonverbal communication\, which underlies much of what we talk about when we speak of unconscious-to-unconscious communication in psychotherapy and in everyday life. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-embodied-psyche-alchemical-imagery-and-unconscious-emotional-communication/ 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:20091010T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20091010T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T175734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T175734Z UID:30091-1255168800-1255186800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Variations on the Theme of Companionship —Brother-Sister Relationships DESCRIPTION:This workshop will focus on specific patterns in brother-sister relationships\, dark and troublesome patterns as well as positive companionships\, and their effect on the psychological development of both women and men.  We will explore fairytales and dreams in order to examine in depth the process of transformation within the psyche. All participants are encouraged to bring in questions\, dreams\, or life stores for discussion. URL:https://ofj.org/event/variations-on-the-theme-of-companionship-brother-sister-relationships/ 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:20091009T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20091009T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T175630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T175630Z UID:30089-1255116600-1255123800@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Power of Companionship DESCRIPTION:Lara Newton lays the foundation for a new psychological perspective on the brother-sister relationship.  She explores that relationship in all its variety\, both externally in the world of interpersonal and cultural relationships and internally in the relationship between conscious and unconscious\, and masculine and feminine. \nIn this lecture\, based on a book she worked on for over a decade\, Lara will present the process of transformation from bonding to wounding and finally to healing and redemption. This transformation process takes the brother-sister relationship from an outer experience\, whether negative or positive\, to a powerful intrapsychic reality\, for any individual who takes up the challenge of relating to this psychological phenomenon.  In the course of the evening\, Lara will also share some poetic material and brother-sister stories that inspired her. \nLara writes in her book\, Brothers and Sisters: Discovering the Psychology of Companionship\, “Brother and sister point the way toward a new understanding of companionship and mutuality because first and foremost\, they are companions… At this point in history\, we must remember that there is power\, not only in conflict and discord\, but also in harmony and equanimity.”  In a spirit of companionship\, Lara shares her insights and welcomes discussion with her sister (and brother) Jungian community in Portland. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-power-of-companionship/ 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:20090919T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090919T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T175454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T175454Z UID:30087-1253354400-1253372400@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Shadow – Our Phantom Companion DESCRIPTION:In these chaotic times\, some conscious awareness of our own individual\, dark inner depths is critical if we are to find meaning and maintain our psychic balance amidst the breakdown of old collective social\, political and religious safeguards. This workshop explores the Shadow\, that unconscious\, amoral\, alter personality that lives and operates within the human psyche of each one of us. \nWe will explore ways of recognizing and withdrawing the unconscious projections through which the personal shadow gets lived out in the collective violence and destruction around us.  For as Jung has said\, “if [man] only learns to deal with his own shadow he has done something real for the world. He has succeeded in shouldering at least an infinitesimal part of the gigantic\, unsolved social problems of our day.”  (Two Essays on Analytical Psychology) \n(PLEASE NOTE THIS WORKSHOP WILL HAVE A HALF-HOUR LUNCH-BREAK. PARTICIPANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BRING BROWN-BAG LUNCHES.) URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-shadow-our-phantom-companion/ 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:20090918T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090918T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T175342Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T175342Z UID:30085-1253302200-1253309400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Spirit River Sojourn DESCRIPTION:With the advent of the Aquarian age\, a growing number of individuals are turning inward in their search for a meaningful connection to the mystery of life.  This evolution of consciousness was brought home to our presenter when\, several decades ago\, she read  a letter from the Spirit River Dream Analysis and Research Center located in a tiny settlement in the Peace River Country of central Canada requesting an affiliation with the C.G. Jung Institute in Los Angeles.  Dr. Sanford and her analyst husband answered the call\, and journeyed to this remote community to present lectures and films. \nAmong this small group of pioneering souls\, one woman’s psychic commitment\, as evidenced in her paintings and dialogues\, stood out.  Dr. Sanford kept in touch with this woman over the course of her life\, and tonight she presents her friend’s art and writing as a testament to the power of the inner connection to psyche that enriched her friend’s life and supported her journey toward death. URL:https://ofj.org/event/spirit-river-sojourn/ 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:20090606T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090606T210000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20211019T001612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T010141Z UID:54419-1244314800-1244322000@ofj.org SUMMARY:Light-Hearted Evening and Annual Meeting: Potluck Dinner Gathering DESCRIPTION: URL:https://ofj.org/event/light-hearted-evening-and-annual-member-meeting-potluck-dinner-gathering-2/ LOCATION:Friendship Masonic Lodge\, 5626 NE Alameda St\, Portland\, OR\, 97213\, United States CATEGORIES:Annual Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090516T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090516T160000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T185313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T185344Z UID:30119-1242468000-1242489600@ofj.org SUMMARY:What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life DESCRIPTION:Together we will consider the paradoxes that we encounter in the conduct of our brief transit on this earth.  Leading a more conscious life brings us to choices which either enlarge or diminish.   Our time together will bring a more considered reflectivity to our daily lives. Each person should bring pad and pen for personal reflection.  Our objectives will be to: \n1. discern how a client’s personal values\,philosophy of self and world\,  profoundly influences his or her mental health; \n2. identify the ubiquity of fear management systems operating  autonomously in clients and our lives; \n3. promote a more considered awareness of the de facto “stories” served  by the client\, and move toward a more conscious authorship; \n4. utilize an inherent desire for an enlarging spirituality to reframe the client’s understanding of self and world; and \n5. become more thoughtful oneself around these matters so that one is in a better position to meet a client’s depth and complexity. Non-clinicians are welcome and the discussion will be applicable to non-clinical situations\, as well. \nSaturday Workshop Participants\, for this event we will break for an hour and thirty minute lunch.  The workshop will end at 4 PM. URL:https://ofj.org/event/what-matters-most-living-a-more-considered-life-2/ LOCATION:First Unitarian Church Main Street Sanctuary\, 1211 SW Main St\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090515T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090515T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T185144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T185144Z UID:30117-1242415800-1242423000@ofj.org SUMMARY:What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life DESCRIPTION:Apart from friends\, family\, and good work\, what matters most in our lives?   What values lead us to a freer\, larger life\, a more considered course?  Together we will examine the crippling role fear management systems play in our choices\, why we are called to choose ambiguity over familiarity\, why the world is driven by verbs not nouns\, how life is most meaningful in the face of mortality\, and how genuine spirituality is a journey not an arrival.  A more considered life asks more of us than may be comfortable\, but we are rewarded with a more interesting story. URL:https://ofj.org/event/what-matters-most-living-a-more-considered-life/ LOCATION:First Unitarian Church Main Street Sanctuary\, 1211 SW Main St\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090425T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090425T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T185023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211214T031612Z UID:30115-1240653600-1240671600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Jung Embodied: Seeking the Creative Shadow DESCRIPTION:The workshop provides a deeper examination of the ideas presented in the Friday night lecture. \nInformed by their backgrounds in dance\, theater\, Jungian and Somatic Psychology\, the presenters (Tina Stromsted and Meg Wilbur) will also draw from their extensive training and teaching with Marion Woodman. URL:https://ofj.org/event/jung-embodied-seeking-the-creative-shadow-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:20090424T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090424T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T184811Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211214T031745Z UID:30113-1240601400-1240608600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Jung Embodied: Seeking the Creative Shadow DESCRIPTION:This experiential weekend will support exploration of the creative potential within the shadow.  Using elements from Marion Woodman’s BodySoul Rhythms approach and “embodied active imagination” with it roots in the work of C. G. Jung\, we will endeavor to open to the unlived life.  Informed by their backgrounds in dance\, theater\, Jungian and Somatic Psychology\, the presenters (Tina Stromsted and Meg Wilbur) will also draw from their extensive training and teaching with Marion Woodman. \nFriday the presenters will discuss Jung’s concepts of the shadow\, particularly in relationship to energies in the body.  Clinical material will illustrate and amplify body/psyche connections.  Saturday offers an opportunity to explore the work experientially\, deepening our connection to mind and body.  Such work supports the reawakening of resonant consciousness in our cells\, invites the play of imagination\, and promotes integration through movement and voice\, enhanced by music and art.\nAuthentic movement is a gentle\, natural means to nurture oneself\, connect with buried energies\, and unfold one’s inner dance. Simple exercises in freeing the voice involve relaxation\, breath\, and sound to help release one’s authentic voice. These creative processes do not involve performance\, and are attuned to the needs of the individual. Come explore “Jung embodied” through these gateways to the unconscious. URL:https://ofj.org/event/jung-embodied-seeking-the-creative-shadow/ 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:20090314T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090314T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T184444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T184444Z UID:30111-1237059000-1237066200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Encounters at the Border of Our Belonging DESCRIPTION:We all need to belong and we all know what it is to exclude and to suffer exclusion. Through dream\, memory\, visual art and group process we will explore the dynamics of belonging and exclusion and bring related attitudes and behaviors to our conscious attention. We will discover how the body\, like dream and fantasy\, can awaken us to unconscious individual and group responses to those outside the bounds of our belonging.  Most importantly\, we will experience the transformative aspect of the outsider archetype through sacred image and story\, opening ourselves to the presence of the Divine in the guise of the stranger. URL:https://ofj.org/event/encounters-at-the-border-of-our-belonging/ 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:20090313T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090313T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T184318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T184318Z UID:30109-1236972600-1236979800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Fragmentation and Containment in a Shrinking World DESCRIPTION:In this “global age” of limited resources\, we struggle for self-survival and species-survival while witnessing the demise of integral cultures and local economies. We observe unprecedented waves of human migration and an alarming escalation of communal warfare. At the same time\, we collectively awaken to the interconnections in nature and between people of disparate cultural origins. We witness a rising esprit of global consciousness. \nEncounters with the strange and the estranged activate powerful unconscious processes. In individuals and in groups\, an unraveling of established structures inevitably unleashes reactionary archetypal forces. We will view the constructive and destructive responses to our changing world as polarities stemming from the outsider archetype\, the archetype organizing the dynamics of inclusion\, exclusion\, and psychic transformation. URL:https://ofj.org/event/fragmentation-and-containment-in-a-shrinking-world/ 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:20090221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090221T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T184034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T184034Z UID:30107-1235210400-1235228400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Animals in Our Midst DESCRIPTION:We are surrounded by animals\, in our dreams\, our psyches\, our homes\, and in the wild.  As pets or feral creatures\, animals inhabit our inner and outer worlds.  Who has not dreamed of animals or encountered animals in life?  We have pets and we have pet ideas.  Our complexes are pets that at times behave and at other times wreak havoc in the house when we aren’t “at home.”  Transpersonal and transconscious psychic dimensions are mirrored to us through animals. This workshop explores the ways that animals play a fundamental\, problematic\, emotional and humorous role in psychic development.  The speaker will use dreams and experiences with animals to elucidate the idea that for the human psyche an animal is always a symbol and holds the possibility of transformation and connection to the non-personal psychic realm. Animal lovers and non-lovers are equally welcome. URL:https://ofj.org/event/animals-in-our-midst/ 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:20090220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090220T170000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T183926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T183926Z UID:30105-1235116800-1235149200@ofj.org SUMMARY:Violence and the Religious Instinct DESCRIPTION:We would perhaps like to forget that there is an archetypal basis for the disturbing violence that is prominent in today’s world.  This lecture describes how to understand violence from an archetypal perspective and why this task is necessary if we are to bridge the dissociation between conscious and transconscious reality. For most of us\, “psychic reality” is still in the realm of ideas\, and psychologically\, we live in a pre-Copernican world.  In his most seminal works\, Jung wrote that violence and destructiveness are inextricable aspects of psychic reality and that violence is always encountered as part of the individuation process.  The hostile and violent impact of the unconscious upon the ego often calls upon us to experience and contain intense emotions of rage and violence. This need not be “bad news” if we remain aware of the larger picture. URL:https://ofj.org/event/violence-and-the-religious-instinct/ 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:20090117T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090117T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T183820Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T183820Z UID:30103-1232186400-1232204400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Advaita Vedanta and the Search for Wholeness DESCRIPTION:According to Advaita (Nondual) Vedanta\, it is the superimposition of the Self on the psyche and world that is the root cause of suffering\, and as long as the Self remains undifferentiated from these causes\, true psychological health cannot be attained. Until the Self is known\, one takes the Self to be other than what it is and therefore never truly feels comfortable.  The Vedantic Self\, when added to Jung’s model of the psyche\, allows for completion of the psyche’s natural quest for wholeness that is sought through the individuation process.  The Vedantic Self can be seen as both the source of and the fulfillment of the religious function of the psyche\, in that it fulfills the psyche’s search for union with God.  The workshop will allow participants to explore in depth their personal integration of these themes through meditation and spiritual exercises that will allow experiential understanding of these concepts.  We will also discuss how these insights can be applied to therapeutic practice. URL:https://ofj.org/event/advaita-vedanta-and-the-search-for-wholeness/ 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:20090116T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090116T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T183700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T183700Z UID:30101-1232134200-1232141400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Jung and the Path to Individuation through Indian Spirituality DESCRIPTION:C. G. Jung was very familiar with the Hindu Upanishads and the profound traditions of Indian spirituality.  He drew upon them for his understanding of core concepts of the psyche\, especially the Self within the individuation process.  This lecture will explore the nature of the innermost Self as revealed in the Upanishads and developed through the philosophical teachings of Vedanta. The distinctions between Eastern and Western models of the psyche and human selfhood will be clarified in order to define the ultimate implications of the individuation process against the background of one of humanity’s richest and most differentiated spiritual cultures\, followed by an ample opportunity for questions and discussion. URL:https://ofj.org/event/jung-and-the-path-to-individuation-through-indian-spirituality/ 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:20081206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20081206T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T194132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211002T003055Z UID:30140-1228557600-1228575600@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Unconscious as Multiple Consciousness DESCRIPTION:The Saturday workshop will focus on high-lights throughout the essay\, providing in-depth understanding of its remarkable summary of analytical psychology.  Topics will include the dissociability of the psyche and the nature of archetypes\, with a special focus on The Unconscious as a Multiple Consciousness\, a Jungian notion that will allow participants to apply his innovations to their own clinical experiences and  illuminate the variety of interior experiences that occur during the process of personal work with the unconscious psyche.  Presentations will be interspersed with informal group discussion and questions. \nWorkshop Participants are encouraged to read Jung’s essay\, “On the Nature of the Psyche\,”  CW Vol 8\, before the workshop.  Copies will be available to participants at the workshop.  Participants are invited to bring questions from their reading or to raise items of interest from the essay for discussion during the workshop. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-unconscious-as-multiple-consciousness-2/ LOCATION:First Unitarian Church New Annex\, 1211 SW Main St\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20081205T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20081205T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T194035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211002T002850Z UID:30138-1228505400-1228512600@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Unconscious In Historical Perspective DESCRIPTION:Based on C. G. Jung’s seminal essay\, “On the Nature of the Psyche” (1954)\,  tonight’s lecture will examine one of the crucial concepts of 20th century thought\, the unconscious psyche.  With precursors in the 18th and 19th centuries\, psychoanalysts first formulated the unconscious from a variety of clinical and abnormal experiences\, providing the basic concept of the unconscious as we use it today. \nC. G. Jung further expanded the concept\, deepening and clarifying it by drawing on religious experience\, comparative symbolism\, paranormal phenomena\, and  the creative spirit that rises from within the personality.  The lecture\, followed by questions and answers\, will touch upon some of the core concepts and pivotal experiences that guided Jung’s path through this inner terrain\, leading to the succinct formulation found in this mature essay.  Participants are encouraged to preview the essay if possible. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-unconscious-as-multiple-consciousness/ LOCATION:First Unitarian Church New Annex\, 1211 SW Main St\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States CATEGORIES:Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20081115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20081115T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T193920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T193920Z UID:30136-1226743200-1226761200@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Inner Guide: Wisdom from the Archetypal Self DESCRIPTION:There is an inherent knowingness – an aspect of the divine mind\, which the Greeks called nous – that functions in human beings. Pictured in dreams as a guide and teacher\, a wise old man or woman\, an angel\, a heavenly twin\, or a voice that speaks with authority\, this knowingness arises from the archetypal Self to reveal deeper truths. Jung conversed with a guide called Philemon\, who seemed a “living personality” representing “superior insight.” The Sufi sage Ibn ‘Arabi received teachings from Khidr\, the enigmatic figure who guided Moses in the Qur’an. In this workshop we will invite our own inner guide to have a greater presence in our lives. We will contemplate Jung’s experience of Philemon\, study images of the guide from various sacred traditions\, listen to the wisdom and humor of Sufi tales and poems\, and practice meditation and active imagination to make deeper contact with our own inner guide. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-inner-guide-wisdom-from-the-archetypal-self/ 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:20081114T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20081114T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T193827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T193827Z UID:30134-1226691000-1226698200@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Mystical Relationship of Lover and Beloved DESCRIPTION:Some say Sufism is Islamic mysticism; others say it is the primordial mystical tradition\, much older than Islam\, but absorbed into Islam. Perhaps Sufism is best defined as a universal path to union with God through love. One theme of this path\, expressed in the poetry of Rumi and others\, is the mystical relationship between lover and Beloved\, soul and Absolute\, human and God. In Jungian psychology there are many concepts that illumine this relationship: the ego as the center of consciousness and the Self as intelligence greater than the ego; the individuation process whereby the ego increasingly realizes its source and dependence upon the Self; the alchemical conjunction of ego and Self. Tonight\, we will use Jungian concepts\, Sufi poetry\, and teaching tales to explore the ecstatic relationship of lover and Beloved and the stages of the Sufi path whereby the soul gradually awakens to what eternally IS\, the Oneness it never really lost. We will conclude by discussing methods of inner transformation of this path. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-mystical-relationship-of-lover-and-beloved/ 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:20081025T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20081025T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T193720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T193720Z UID:30132-1224928800-1224946800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Context and Essence: Meaning and Transformation in Cultural and Analytic Process DESCRIPTION:The workshop provides a deeper examination of the ideas presented in the Friday night lecture. URL:https://ofj.org/event/context-and-essence-meaning-and-transformation-in-cultural-and-analytic-process-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:20081024T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20081024T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T193625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T193625Z UID:30130-1224876600-1224883800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Context and Essence: Meaning and Transformation in Cultural and Analytic Process DESCRIPTION:This lecture and workshop will introduce participants to the particular method that Jung used to investigate the so-called “relatively fixed symbols\,” or archetypes\, that arise in unconscious material. Some of this has come to light in the newly published volume\, Children’s Dreams: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1940 (the first new volume from Jung’s archives in 40 years). \nIllustrations will be drawn from sources ranging from modern events to Flemish mysticism\, and will include a detailed  comparison between the series of the first ten images from the Rosarium Alchemicum (used by Jung in his Psychology of the Transference) and the Ten Oxherding pictures from the Zen Buddhist tradition. \nThe lecture will move quickly through Jung’s method of deriving and applying the meaningful content from the context of an image\, while the workshop will give everyone a chance to both practice it and question it.  We will then look at a particular arc of images that runs through life and in small groups apply the process that has been learned. This should give everyone an individualized set of alchemical images to contrast with the collective ones or just ponder on his or her own. URL:https://ofj.org/event/context-and-essence-meaning-and-transformation-in-cultural-and-analytic-process/ 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:20080920T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080920T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T193515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T193515Z UID:30128-1221904800-1221922800@ofj.org SUMMARY:Our Inner Partners – The Anima and Animus DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, the workshop will focus upon two classical components of Jungian psychology\, the anima and the animus\, by exploring the crucial role the contra-sexual inner partner plays in both a man’s and a woman’s relationship to the archetypal feminine dimension of the human personality. We will focus on how the anima/animus functions as an unconscious “other” within the psyche and discuss how this dynamic energy might consciously be employed as a creative force within the individuation process. (Please note this workshop will have a shortened time-frame and a half-hour lunch-break. Participants are encouraged to bring brown-bag lunches.) URL:https://ofj.org/event/our-inner-partners-the-anima-and-animus/ 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:20080919T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080919T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T193417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180605T193417Z UID:30126-1221852600-1221859800@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Serpent and the Cross – Spanning the Split through Active Imagination DESCRIPTION:In our time\, the cultural split within the Western psyche has reached critical proportions—a perilous split in which Father Spirit and Mother Nature have been rent asunder. And we suffering individuals\, as microcosms within the macrocosm\, bear the task of consciously redeeming the chthonic feminine spirit that carries within it the wisdom of the serpent—the innate wisdom of the psyche that emerges from the unconscious to heal this split. \nTonight’s lecture will present a series of twenty-three archetypal images painted by the presenter out of a series of sixty-three paintings spanning the years 1959 to 1987\, along with dialogues she entered into with their symbolic figures\, portraying a life-saving inner journey to heal the maternal wound at the core of her psyche. Katherine Sanford will use these paintings and their accompanying text to reflect upon the transformative power of active imagination\, demonstrating its use as one of the most profoundly effective tools for furthering the individuation process. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-serpent-and-the-cross-spanning-the-split-through-active-imagination/ 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:20080607T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080607T210000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20211002T001059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211019T010129Z UID:53546-1212865200-1212872400@ofj.org SUMMARY:Light-Hearted Evening and Annual Meeting: Potluck Dinner Gathering DESCRIPTION: URL:https://ofj.org/event/light-hearted-evening-and-annual-member-meeting-potluck-dinner-gathering/ LOCATION:Friendship Masonic Lodge\, 5626 NE Alameda St\, Portland\, OR\, 97213\, United States CATEGORIES:Annual Meeting END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080510T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T200020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211027T232056Z UID:30163-1210413600-1210431600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Art\, Culture\, and the Planetary Archetypes DESCRIPTION:As Jung recognized\, astrology provides profound insight into the deep patterns of human experience and of our cultural history\, but such insight depends on a capacity for rich archetypal perception\, something that involves not only thinking but also the emotions\, the imagination\, the aesthetic intuition\, the body\, the whole being. Because music and the arts engage all these dimensions\, this workshop will use representative works of music and the other arts with the powerful lens of archetypal astrology to explore and illuminate the deeper character of major cultural figures and historical eras. The workshop’s aim is to provide information that those new to astrology can immediately integrate into their lives\, and that advanced students can use to deepen their grasp of the range and subtlety of archetypal astrological analysis. Above all\, our time together will be devoted to getting to know more profoundly the planetary gods. Our focus will be on increasing our direct understanding and experience – intellectual\, imaginative\, aesthetic\, emotional\, and somatic – of these archetypal powers of the world soul\, the Anima Mundi. URL:https://ofj.org/event/synchronicity-and-its-implications-2/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080509T213000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T195931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211002T002157Z UID:30161-1210361400-1210368600@ofj.org SUMMARY:Synchronicity and Its Implications DESCRIPTION:Jung’s concept of synchronicity represents one of the most strenuous efforts of the 20th century to construct a bridge across the chasm between mind and matter\, self and world\, psyche and cosmos. In popular culture\, the concept has been surprisingly widely embraced. The term and the phenomena it describes played no small role in the way many individuals make sense of their lives. In the face of the disenchanted modern worldview\, the search for a ground of purpose and meaning that transcends human subjectivity has become an urgent spiritual priority. For many today\, synchronicities are directly relevant to the search. The concept has also had a unique impact on the intellectual world\, from religious studies to physics. In tonight’s lecture\, Dr. Tarnas will summarize the origin and history of the concept in Jung’s work\, discuss the experiential dimension of synchronistic events\, and address their larger metaphysical and perhaps evolutionary implications. URL:https://ofj.org/event/synchronicity-and-its-implications/ 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:20080412T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20080412T150000 DTSTAMP:20260630T191033 CREATED:20180605T195841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211002T000429Z UID:30159-1207994400-1208012400@ofj.org SUMMARY:The Unveiling of What Is Hidden DESCRIPTION:During the Saturday workshop\, we will continue exploration and discussion of the Presence in the Psyche of Threshold Guides such as Jung’s Philemon\, Ibn Arabi’s Khidr\, and the meeting of Rumi and Shams. Via guided exercises and personal writings\, we will engage in the practice of Active Imagination. With respect for the sanctity and intimacy of these practices\, we will discuss and share our experiences of the mundus imaginalis. Participants are urged to bring writing or drawing materials. URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-unveiling-of-what-is-hidden-2/ LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR