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The Unveiling of What Is Hidden

First United Methodist Church, Sanctuary 1838 SW Jefferson Street, Portland

In the ninth volume of his Collected Works, Archtypes and the Collective Unconscious, Jung selected Khidr from the 18th sutra of the Koran as an Image of the Guide in the psychological process of rebirth and transformation. His Eranos colleague, Henri Corbin, philosopher and Iranologist, respected Khidr as a Threshold Figure, an Awakener into the ... Read more

Frida Kahlo and an Exploration of Character Structures

First United Methodist Church, Fireside Room 1838 SW Jefferson Street, Portland

In the Saturday workshop, we will look at how Frida Kahlo's basic relational pattern may be seen as a portrait of one of three identifiable relational patterns that inform our character structures. Dr. West will describe each of these structures and their underlying archetypal landscapes through various fairytales, myths and other artists' works, again, accompanied ... Read more

Frida Kahlo and an Exploration of Character Structures

First United Methodist Church, Sanctuary 1838 SW Jefferson Street, Portland

The intense and compelling paintings of Frida Kahlo provide us with a rich context to begin an exploration of archetypal and developmental aspects of character structures. Accompanied by numerous images of both Frida and her paintings, on Friday night Dr. West will address how Frida's life and work may be seen as a remarkably courageous ... Read more