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SUMMARY:Ways of Being Inferior
DESCRIPTION:When Jung published in 1920 the first edition of Psychological Types\, he wrote in his Foreword: “This book is the fruit of twenty years’ work in the domain of practical psychology.” This dating places the inception of the work near the beginning of his long career\, and though later editions would include an Appendix of four short essays on the subject\, they do not add to the original work. He had had his say on this complex topic\, and was not influenced by a very large body of commentary on his theory. \nThe work has evoked a wide range of responses\, including several attempts to develop tests by which a person can be “typed” as Introverted/Thinking/Sensation/Judging or Extroverted/Feeling/ Intuitive/Perceptive – and so on. (“Judging” and “Perceptive” were additions by Myers and Briggs to the original scheme.) These tests have introduced Jungian thought to a much larger public than has been reached by his other works\, and devout Jungians have varied widely in their estimation of this part of his collective opus. \nThis lecture will focus upon negative aspects of each of the types\, as Jung himself tended to do\, asking the question: If one is\, say\, an Introverted Intuitive\, what is the price one must pay for this fate? Hence: Ways of Being Inferior.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/ways-of-being-inferior/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011208T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011208T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20181217T050043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181217T050043Z
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SUMMARY:Creating a Life
DESCRIPTION:A series of interactive questions will lead to journaling designed to lift up and out of the unconscious one’s value issues\, blockages\, and places for growth.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/creating-a-life-2/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011207T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011207T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20181217T045951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181217T045951Z
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SUMMARY:Creating a Life
DESCRIPTION:Can we create our lives\, or does life create us? \nHow is it that we are free but create such repetitive patterns? \nHow does fate collide with destiny and catch us in between? \nWhat are the sources of those replications\, and what are the insights we need to maximize such freedom as we may have? \nIn this lecture\, Dr. Hollis will explore these questions which haunt the modern who\, wishing freedom\, creates repetition\, yet longs for an authentic journey.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/creating-a-life/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Sanctuary\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011110T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011110T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20181217T045832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181217T045851Z
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SUMMARY:The Eleusinian Mysteries: Vision Into  the Abyss of the Seed
DESCRIPTION:This day is deemed anodos (uprising) when we bring light to what was gleaned from the dark of ritual descent. Those who received initiation together at Eleusis were called adelphi (sister) and adelphos(brother) because participation in the mysteries led to familiarity. The initiates were encouraged to seek each other to connect\, discuss\, and amplify their understanding of the sacred mysteries. In this spirit\, participants are invited to share images\, dreams\, or experiences which reveal the living quality of the mysteries. Please wear comfortable clothes\, bring an initiatory dream\, an altar object\, and pen and paper. We will share a harvest meal at midday and close with a sacramental blessing.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-eleusinian-mysteries-vision-into-the-abyss-of-the-seed-2/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Room 202\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011109T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011109T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20181217T045608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181217T045608Z
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SUMMARY:The Eleusinian Mysteries: Vision Into  the Abyss of the Seed
DESCRIPTION:For 2\,000 years the Eleusinian mysteries\, core of spiritual meaning in ancient Greece\, were celebrated at the end of harvest. They were enacted for men and women who chose to undergo initiatory processes leading to personal transformation through contact with a divine source of life. Today\, the archetype of initiation is often enacted through our pursuit of Jung’s “unconscious core of meaning” in depth psychology. This evening will be a kathodos (downgoing) experience into this rite. Through a slide presentation intertwining archaeological and psychological images\, we will encounter facets of known material on the mysteries. As symbolic initiates\, we will follow in the footsteps of the grieving Demeter\, from the initial purification and sacrifice\, through the processional walk from Athens to Eleusis\, to the final ecstatic vision at the temple.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-eleusinian-mysteries-vision-into-the-abyss-of-the-seed/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011020T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011020T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20181217T045503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181217T045503Z
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SUMMARY:Celtic Well Rites
DESCRIPTION:Making an imaginal journey to the healing wellspring\, we will discover how the ancient rituals can attune us to the source. We will experientially consider how the eight-fold well rites may apply to the healing of our own and our client’s complexes.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/celtic-well-rites/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011019T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011019T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20181217T045401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181217T045401Z
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SUMMARY:Gifts of the Celtic Wellsprings
DESCRIPTION:In Ireland and Wales many ancient rituals and myths of the cult of sacred waters survived into modern times. The holy wells have been seen as sources of fertility\, regeneration\, deepened and expanded vision\, sovereignty initiations\, and healing. This lecture\, through words and images\, will be an exploration of some of the symbolism of these rites and their relevance for contemporary Jungian therapy.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/gifts-of-the-celtic-wellsprings/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011006T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20011006T170000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20181217T045228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211214T032508Z
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SUMMARY:The Work of R.H. Ives Gammell:  A Psychological Journey in the Columbia River Gorge
DESCRIPTION:In May of 1995\, Oregon Friends of C. G. Jung\, in collaboration with the R.H. Ives Gammell Studios Trust and Maryhill Museum\, presented a special side lecture in Portland\, The Poem and the Painter: A Psychological Journey. The following day\, participants traveled to Maryhill Museum for a tour/lecture of the exhibit The Hound of Heaven: The Vision of R.H. Gammell. Central to the tour was a discussion of the influence of C.G. Jung upon Gammell’s work. \nPresently\, a larger exhibit\, Transcending Vision: R.H. Ives Gammell\, continues at Maryhill until November 15\, 2001. \nA special lecture: R.H. Ives Gammell and Carl Jung\, is given at 2pm\, October 6\, 2001. The presenters are Elizabeth Ives Hunter\, god-daughter of R.H. Ives Gammell\, and Brigid Boardman\, Ph.D.\, English scholar and author of two books about Francis Thompson\, who wrote The Hound of Heaven.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-work-of-r-h-ives-gammell-a-psychological-journey-in-the-columbia-river-gorge/
LOCATION:Maryhill Museum of Art\, 35 Maryhill Museum Drive\, Goldendale\, WA\, 98620\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010922T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010922T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190324T183921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190324T183921Z
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SUMMARY:Contemporary Relationships: Amour and Psyche
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URL:https://ofj.org/event/contemporary-relationships-amour-and-psyche/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Room 202\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010921T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010921T210000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190324T183750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190324T183750Z
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SUMMARY:Silence\, Stillness and Inactivity as Acts of Relating
DESCRIPTION:Description unavailable.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/silence-stillness-and-inactivity-as-acts-of-relating/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010623T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010624T170000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T013439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210826T031134Z
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SUMMARY:Special Film Seminar Weekend: "The Way of the Dream"
DESCRIPTION:This unique documentary\, produced and directed by Fraser Boa\, is a series of 20 half-hour films on the dreams of ordinary people. \nIncluded in this series is a montage of people around the world responding to three questions: Do you dream? Do you think your dreams are important? Can you recall a dream? The film crew traveled over 25\,000 miles\, to Canada\, England\, France\, Switzerland and the United States\, for these spontaneous reactions. \nThe basic structure of the series is a more formal telling of personal dreams by a smaller group of men and women followed with interpretations of these dreams by Dr. von Franz. Certain motifs and archetypes are illustrated in these dreams and include : The male shadow; the negative and positive anima; patterns in dreams; the female shadow; negative and positive animus; dreams of our culture; dreams of relationships; dreams of The Self. Some of segment titles are: The Devouring Mother\, The Inner Bride\, The Hanged Man\, and Hell Has No Mirrors. \nOur The Way of the Dream weekend will include discussions led by local Jungian analysts. Though the film is segmented\, it is continuous thematically and the two-day attendance is encouraged. This is the first showing of Boa’s film in Oregon in over ten years\, a rare opportunity for our community.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/special-film-seminar-weekend-dr-marie-louise-von-franz/
LOCATION:Linfield School of Nursing\, 2255 NW Northrup St.\, Portland\, OR\, 97210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010602T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010602T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T012646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T035144Z
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SUMMARY:Light-Hearted Evening and Annual Member Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://ofj.org/event/light-hearted-evening-annual-member-meeting/
LOCATION:West Hills Unitarian Fellowship\, 8470 SW Oleson Rd\, Portland\, United States
CATEGORIES:Annual Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010519T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010519T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T012420Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T202951Z
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SUMMARY:Body and Soul: A Spiral Dance
DESCRIPTION:Body and soul are inseparable and mirror each other. Our bodies contain instinctual wisdom that we have been trained to ignore. In this workshop we will encourage a dialogue between the conscious and the unconscious (body) through a gentle non-structured movement meditation. To become whole we must go beyond learned patterns. If we listen deeply to our natural rhythms\, movements\, sounds and images\, we can become more fully embodied and heal the rift between psyche and soma\, body and soul. Verbal sharing will aid us in beginning to integrate our experience. Prior movement experience is not necessary. Wear comfortable clothes to allow ease of movement for this event. This workshop is limited to 24 participants.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/body-and-soul-a-spiral-dance/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010518T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010518T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T012212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T012212Z
UID:35087-990214200-990221400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Archetypal Manifestations in the Individuation Process
DESCRIPTION:“The body is merely the visibility of the soul\, the psyche; and the soul is the psychological experience of the body. So it is really one and the same thing.” (Jung\, Zarathustra Seminars\, p. 355.) \nIndividuation is a second half of life process when we consciously return to our personal unconscious and our archetypal roots. We know much about working with personal unconscious material. Jung\, however\, pushes deeper in his work and invites us to research and work with archetypal forces that manifest in our personal process. These experiences are often pathologized\, although they have been experienced\, observed and discussed since the beginning of human consciousness. This lecture will discuss the importance of recognizing\, witnessing and containing these archetypal energies when they become embodied and emerge in our lives and in our analysis. Case material and video clips will help to illustrate the subject matter.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/archetypal-manifestations-in-the-individuation-process/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010421T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010421T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T011830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T011830Z
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SUMMARY:Orphanos Exoikos: The Precarious Possibility of Wholeness
DESCRIPTION:The workshop will amplify the lecture’s exploration through work on dreams and a fairy tale. This approach to the neurotic and the healthy orphan amplifies Jung’s pre-occupation with “being all alone in the world\,” ie. individuation.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/orphanos-exoikos-the-precarious-possibility-of-wholeness-2/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010420T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010420T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T011657Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T011657Z
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SUMMARY:Orphanos Exoikos: The Precarious Possibility of Wholeness
DESCRIPTION:The lecture will be an archetypal exploration of orphanhood as a state of soul in clinical practice\, dreams\, myth and fairy tales.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/orphanos-exoikos-the-precarious-possibility-of-wholeness/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010407T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010407T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T011327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T011327Z
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SUMMARY:Working With Dreams
DESCRIPTION:The half-day workshop will focus on a general study of dreams. It will begin with an overview of the scientific findings – the discovery of Rapid Eye Movement and its relationship to analytical psychology. The workshop will continue with an overview of Jung’s theory of dreams. To illustrate archetypal themes\, initial dreams will be discussed and interpreted from different vantage points.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/working-with-dreams/
LOCATION:Kaiser Permanente Town Hall\, 3704 N Interstate Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97227\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010406T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010406T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T011135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T013848Z
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SUMMARY:Origins of Analytical Psychology in the United States
DESCRIPTION:Jung’s analytical psychology has developed in many places in the United States and in the world. Much of the spread has been during the past quarter century. As we enter into the twenty-first century\, there has been a tendency not to remember how analytical psychology developed in this country. It is the purpose of this talk to briefly review the founding of analytical psychology in three areas: New York\, San Francisco and Los Angeles. These were the three areas in the United States where Jung’s psychology developed during the lifetime of Jung\, and as a result\, he influenced how these professional groups developed. In these localities the founders had had their analyses with Jung\, which had an important bearing on how each professional society developed. This talk will be illustrated with photos of the founders of the different Jungian societies. Implications for the state of analytical psychology today will be presented.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/origins-of-analytical-psychology-in-the-united-states/
LOCATION:Kaiser Permanente Town Hall\, 3704 N Interstate Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97227\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010317T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010317T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T010637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T010742Z
UID:35075-984823200-984841200@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Archetypal Silence: The Mother of Soul
DESCRIPTION:The workshop explores the spiritual psychology of Silence. We will recover the importance of Silence for the life of images\, prayer\, healthy soul life\, inner contemplation and for the speaking of the heart. The nature of Silence is described and differentiated from solitude along with how Silence belongs to creative speaking\, the therapeutic relationship and a presence to the Soul of the World. Specific imaginal exercises will be presented that help develop sensitivity to the many layers of Silence and how to tell where you are in the region of Silence. We’ll also discuss how the rhythm of Silence opens and deepens intimate relationships and professional life.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/archetypal-silence-the-mother-of-soul-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:20010316T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010316T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T010353Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T010717Z
UID:35073-984771000-984778200@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Archetypal Silence: The Mother of Soul
DESCRIPTION:In Gnostic myth\, Sige\, Silence\, is the mother of Sophia\, the Soul of the World. Silence is the medium\, the matrix of soul life. We know when we are in soul when we experience an inner silence\, even though we may be speaking with others or there are sounds around us. Silence is an autonomous phenomenon\, more like a region we can learn to step into than simply the absence of noise. This weekend explores Silence as basic to soul experience. \nThe evening lecture explores the barriers to the region of silence through the imagery of the Isenheim Altar and some of the writing of St. Anthony the Great. We will see that we have to find the gateway to Silence. Guardians have to be met and faced. How these guardians function in the present world is presented\, along with suggestions concerning how to recognize them and how to honor their autonomy.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/archetypal-silence-the-mother-of-soul/
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:20010217T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010217T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T005836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T013743Z
UID:35069-982404000-982422000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:“My Name is Legion” – Archetypal Images of Spirit
DESCRIPTION:Some depth psychologists have avoided talk about the “spirit\,” preferring instead to speak about soul. But archetypal psychology may have much to teach about images of so-called “spirits\,” and especially about its shadow side\, that is\, about the dangers of spirituality to the individual and collective psyche. This workshop will explore the varieties of “spiritual” experience in everyday life and the different ways such experience is imagined. Ancient myths and religions will be explored for their stored-up treasury of images of “spirit” — images such as “wind\,” “breath\,” “fire\,” “frogs” and “pigs.”
URL:https://ofj.org/event/my-name-is-legion-archetypal-images-of-spirit/
LOCATION:OR
CATEGORIES:Workshop
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010216T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010216T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T005638Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T005911Z
UID:35067-982351800-982359000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:“Testing the Spirits” – False Prophets and True Healers in the Old Age and in the New Age
DESCRIPTION:The title alludes to a saying from the Christian Bible. In its original context\, the advice to test the “spirits” implies a warning about the many varieties of spirituality promoted in the second-century world\, and it offers a warning against trusting every so-called “spirit” that advertises itself as healing. Discernment is necessary. But how can one tell one “spirit” from another? \nThis presentation will explore responses to this question from religious traditions and also from contemporary depth psychology\, since in these first days of a new millennium there are as many winds of “spirit” blowing as there were two thousand years ago. Today there is talk about this “spirituality” and that one in many realms: politics\, media\, religions\, New Age spirituality\, advertising and athletics. How is one to judge what is going on spiritually in our time? This is as perplexing a problem now as when C.G. Jung wrote in 1928: “I believe that the spirit is a dangerous thing and I do not believe in its paramouncy!”
URL:https://ofj.org/event/testing-the-spirits-false-prophets-and-true-healers-in-the-old-age-and-in-the-new-age/
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:20010120T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010120T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T005053Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190404T005053Z
UID:35017-979984800-980002800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Writing as Spiritual Practice
DESCRIPTION:Creating a regular space to find words that express our deepest nature is a spiritual practice. We give a name to the wild thing that leaps to mind; we give voice to the stranger in our dreams; we follow the path of our own sacred words. \nIn this workshop we will discuss how to develop a writing practice. We will listen to poems that express the sacred and use writing exercises to open ourselves to the language of soul. Participants are asked to bring a poem they love\, their own or someone else’s\, that expresses a connection to the sacred.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/writing-as-spiritual-practice-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:20010119T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20010119T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190404T004927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T004423Z
UID:35004-979932600-979939800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Writing as Spiritual Practice
DESCRIPTION:Poetry has been an expression of soul\, a way to sing praise\, lament\, invoke\, tell stories\, pray\, since the beginning of human culture. Poets keep their ears to the ground of the changing myth; they are the instruments on which the gods play their music. It is the poets who can guide us in a time like our own\, when the myths are changing. Poets know how to follow the waves of the cultural unconscious\, how to fish in the vast waters of the collective unconscious\, bringing up treasure from the deep. \nThis talk is an act of imagination\, an articulation of an inner dialogue with the poetic Self. We will consider what poetry has to do with Jungian analysis. We will listen to the news as told by the poets\, especially those who are bringing the goddess back to consciousness.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/writing-as-spiritual-practice/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001209T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001209T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190410T023301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T023301Z
UID:35412-976356000-976374000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Inanna: Warrior\, priestess\, lover\, androgyne
DESCRIPTION:The variety and potency of the images of the Divine Feminine in Mesopotamia suggest that these ancient people had access to energetic expression long since stifled in men and women in the west. Because the divine beings of Mesopotamia are direct precursors of Judaism and Christianity\, they are latent in the western psyche as the shadow of an overly exclusive masculine god. We will explore through slide images\, text and discussion such shadow figures as the ecstatic priestess\, the warrior goddess\, the divine life force as sexuality\, and the androgyne\, all of whom carry a balancing potential for the traditional western individual and offer the possibility of a greatly expanded consciousness.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/inanna-warrior-priestess-lover-androgyne/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001208T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001208T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190410T023129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T023129Z
UID:35410-976303800-976311000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Inanna: The carved-out ground plan of heaven and earth
DESCRIPTION:The Mesopotamian goddess Inanna wears on her robe “the carved-out ground plan of heaven and earth\,” thus declaring herself to be the architect of perceived reality. Her plan\, as described by the poet and priestess Enheduanna\, encompasses both the beauty\, joy and goodness of life as well as sorrow\, tragedy\, pain\, violence and death. Inanna herself embodies paradox and creates for her human subjects all the difficult opposing forces of the outer and inner worlds. From Jung’s psychology we learn that the demanding contradictions that challenge every human being are the whet stones on which we hone our individuality and widen the circumference of our consciousness. We will explore transformative strategy of embracing dark and light\, examining this process as a gateway to understanding the Divine Feminine.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/inanna-the-carved-out-ground-plan-of-heaven-and-earth/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001118T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190410T022836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T022918Z
UID:35408-974541600-974559600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Caves of the soul
DESCRIPTION:We will explore more intensively examples of ancient image-making and experiment with our own creative image-making efforts around personal experience of the mysterium. We will also use a fairy tale to examine a more modern expression of the age-old search for the healing connection of ego and Self.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/caves-of-the-soul-2/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001117T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001117T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190410T022726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T022726Z
UID:35405-974489400-974496600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Caves of the soul
DESCRIPTION:The metaphor of the cave that one enters bearing only the modest candle of one’s intention to light the unknown depths and darkness is a very apt image of the exploration of self. With that image in mind\, this lecture will retrace a recent pilgrimage to the Dordogne region of southwestern France to explore prehistoric caves and rock shelters of Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon humans where painted images suggest early stages of mankind’s differentiation. We will also re-trace the traveling group’s visit to the great Cathedral at Chartres to experience another kind of “cave” made by men above the ground. These sites of exploration offer similar impressions of the perennial search in the deep places of the soul for\, and the experience of\, a transcendent Other. The lecture will discuss some of these cave sites and show slides of some of the surviving paintings. Using these images we will “go into the caves” together to examine the process of opening oneself to the personal depths of Psyche\, to the experience of the mysterium tremendum et fascinans. We will explore the psychological meanings of sacred space and the “thin places” in the world where the ego and Self\, the human and the Divine\, meet in fruitful exchange.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/caves-of-the-soul/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001014T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001014T150000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190410T022321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T022321Z
UID:35402-971517600-971535600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The vision thing: Myth\, politics and psyche in the world
DESCRIPTION:Building on the basic premises of the lecture\, this workshop will explore in greater depth the relationships between mythology\, politics and psyche. Drawing from several essays in The Vision Thing: Myth\, Politics and Psyche in the World\, we will explore the complex intermingling of mythological themes\, psychological forces and political conflicts in contemporary life. Everywhere we look — be it politics\, sports\, economics or entertainment — the experience of our individual and collective lives is permeated by the interplay of myth and psyche. The workshop will examine several “case studies” that tease out these relationships. Some of the material includes: the feminine in politics; race relations in America; ethnic conflict in Bosnia and Pol Pot’s Cambodian genocide; the relationship between myth and vision in leadership; the link between Alexander the Great and cyberspace; and the challenge of practicing politics in the economic myth. Even the Wizard of Oz has an honored place in the exploration of The Vision Thing.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-vision-thing-myth-politics-and-psyche-in-the-world-2/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Fireside Room\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001013T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20001013T213000
DTSTAMP:20260704T002422
CREATED:20190410T022048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190410T022048Z
UID:35398-971465400-971472600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The vision thing: Myth\, politics and psyche in the world
DESCRIPTION:George Bush\, the elder\, did not have in mind the fundamental interconnectedness of myth\, politics and psyche when he inadvertently coined the phrase “the vision thing.” Yet\, the very awkwardness of Bush’s phrase points to the inherent tension between the real and the visionary between the conscious and unconscious. Indeed\, the “vision thing” problem is at the heart of ongoing paradoxes in our individual and collective lives and in our mythological and political orientations. This lecture will explore the “vision thing” through examples from contemporary American and international political conflicts.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-vision-thing-myth-politics-and-psyche-in-the-world/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Collins Hall\, 1838 SW Jefferson Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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