BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Oregon Friends of Jung - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
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:19950402T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:19951029T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:19960407T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:19961027T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:19970406T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:19971026T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:19980405T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:19981025T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19971121T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19971121T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195119
CREATED:20190701T000143Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190701T000143Z
UID:36531-880140600-880147800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:A Depth Psychological Approach to the Divine: A New Myth of God
DESCRIPTION:We are sadly in need of a new concept of divinity; the old idea of God as a divine parent\, judge\, or celestial mechanic no longer serves. Many people with a strong sense of the sacred no longer find this dimension within traditional religious systems. However\, new forms of the sacred are to be found in areas such as relationships\, the natural world\, the body\, our psychopathology and within the spontanous products of transpersonal levels of the psyche. This lecture will describe some of the implications of the idea that attention to the larger psyche is becoming a new religious practice.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/a-depth-psychological-approach-to-the-divine-a-new-myth-of-god/
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:19971004T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19971004T150000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195119
CREATED:20190630T235756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190630T235756Z
UID:36529-875959200-875977200@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Anxiety and the Myth of the Dragon Fight
DESCRIPTION:In the workshop the discussion will focus on the symbol of the dragon fight as we encounter it in our daily life and in the practice of the psychotherapist. The dragon to be fought may show itself in its poisonous effect\, consisting in an overdose of fear\, guilt or shame that constantly undercuts one’s sense of self-esteem. It is the question of how to deal with and overcome fears that prevents us from leading a full\, satisfactory life. Examples from analytic practice will also be discussed.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/anxiety-and-the-myth-of-the-dragon-fight-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:19971003T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19971003T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195119
CREATED:20190630T235615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190630T235615Z
UID:36525-875907000-875914200@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Anxiety and the Myth of the Dragon Fight
DESCRIPTION:The dragon fight is always the deed of a mythological hero. Yet the hero gets “bad press” nowadays. He is associated with the “macho ideal” of a one-sided male orientation. However\, all of us\, women and men\, need the courage to deal with and overcome\, if possible\, destructive forces\, whether they appear in the outer world or within us. Very often the dragon is a symbol of our anxiety and our imprisoning psychic complexes. As an archetypal model\, therefore\, the myth of the dragon-fight never loses its relevance. In this lecture Dr. Jacoby will give it a new and contemporary interpretation.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/anxiety-and-the-myth-of-the-dragon-fight/
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:19970922T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970922T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195119
CREATED:20190726T041035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210521T012359Z
UID:36522-874956600-874963800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling
DESCRIPTION:The Soul’s Code\, James Hillman’s best-selling book\, sets out a new theory based on an old idea: Plato’s understanding that the soul of each of us is given a unique daimon before we are born\, and it has selected and image or pattern that we live on earth. Hillman’s acorn theory is about calling\, about character\, about innate image. To uncover our unique\, innate image he urges us to set aside the psychological frames that are usually used and mostly used up. They do not reveal enough. Instead\, the acorn theory dares us to envision biography in terms of beauty\, mystery and myth. It challenges the prevalent paradigm that reduces biography to genetics and environment. It lifts the pall of victim mentality and posits a psychology of childhood that embraces pathology as well as imagination. In this evening’s lecture\, Dr. Hillman will read from The Soul’s Code and expand upon his acorn theory.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-souls-code-in-search-of-character-and-calling/
LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 1126 SW Park Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970913T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970913T150000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195119
CREATED:20190630T234335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190630T234335Z
UID:36520-874144800-874162800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Seeing the Crab: A Memoir of Dying Before I Do; How Individuals Can Develop Skills to Integrate Traumatic Life Events Into Their Lives
DESCRIPTION:We all fear “seeing the crab\,” for a diagnosis of cancer that has spread is a nightmare come true. Facing the reality of terminal illness is the greatest challenge for families\, friends and persons living with metastatic disease. “I had to get to know this cancer\, this vile crab\, and make it pare of who I am\,” says Jungian analyst\, Christina Middlebrook. \nHow do we take in information about ourselves that we abhor? Should we include the knowledge and fear of illness in the picture we paint of our lives? Or should we keep it off the page? What about other traumatic life events? How does one move beyond them? \nOn Saturday Christina Middlebrook will lead a workshop of personal excercises and group discussion. The workshop will focus on how individuals can integrate life events that are ego-alien. The aim of the workshop is to increase skills for integrating traumatic life events.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/seeing-the-crab-a-memoir-of-dying-before-i-do-how-individuals-can-develop-skills-to-integrate-traumatic-life-events-into-their-lives/
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:19970912T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970912T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195119
CREATED:20190630T234130Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190630T234130Z
UID:36516-874092600-874099800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Seeing the Crab: A Memoir of Dying Before I Do
DESCRIPTION:We all fear “seeing the crab\,” for a diagnosis of cancer that has spread is a nightmare come true. Facing the reality of terminal illness is the greatest challenge for families\, friends and persons living with metastatic disease. “I had to get to know this cancer\, this vile crab\, and make it pare of who I am\,” says Jungian analyst\, Christina Middlebrook. \nHow do we take in information about ourselves that we abhor? Should we include the knowledge and fear of illness in the picture we paint of our lives? Or should we keep it off the page? What about other traumatic life events? How does one move beyond them? \nChristina Middlebrook’s Friday evening lecture will discuss how healing occurs\, the New Age tyranny regarding “positive thinking\,” and the incumbent misunderstanding of the reality of the psyche\, Death\, the Mind/Body connection\, and the Cancer/War metaphor. She will also address how such expieriences fit Jung’s theoretical framework. Are his ideas more applicable in theory than in reality?
URL:https://ofj.org/event/seeing-the-crab-a-memoir-of-dying-before-i-do/
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:19970607T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970607T170000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195119
CREATED:20210521T014103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T035224Z
UID:51557-865670400-865702800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Light-Hearted Evening and Annual Member Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://ofj.org/event/light-hearted-evening-2/
LOCATION:West Hills Unitarian Fellowship\, 8470 SW Oleson Rd\, Portland\, United States
CATEGORIES:Annual Meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970510T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970510T150000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195119
CREATED:20190730T035412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190730T035412Z
UID:37005-863258400-863276400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Freud and Jung
DESCRIPTION:Jung and Freud were among the most seminal thinkers of the twentieth century. Their influence has been felt in nearly every field of knowledge. In this workshop Dr. Kirsch will discuss the controversial relationship between Jung and Freud\, focusing on the following themes: What was the impact of their relationship on Jung\, and how did it influence his work? What did the conflicts and resulting split between the two mean to the development of Jungian thoughts\, and to what extent has this legacy of conflict shaped the growth and development of the Jungian community internationally? Included in the workshop will be a video of part of an extensive interview of Jung made in 1957 by the University of Houston\, and seldom seen.  \nDr. Kirsch\, who knew Jung as a young man and whose family was intimately involved in the earliest development of Jungian training in this country\, brings a personal and unique perspective to this topic.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/freud-and-jung/
LOCATION:Westminister Presbyterian Church – Fireside Room\, 1624 NE Hancock\, Portland\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970509T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970509T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195119
CREATED:20190730T035146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190730T035146Z
UID:37003-863206200-863213400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Jungian Psychology: Past\, Present\, Future
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will focus on where Jungian (analytic) psychology is today. Dr. Kirsch will discuss the first collective around analytical psychology-the Analytical Psychology Clubs\, which were mentioned by Richard Noll. Then Dr. Kirsch will descibe the rapid development of three strands of analytical psychology in the world today: classical\, developmental\, and archetypal. He will discuss what the three strands imply for the future of analytical psychology as a profession\, and for us individually. Also\, he will speak about how analytical psychology has spread to all parts of the modern world.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/jungian-psychology-past-present-future/
LOCATION:Westminister Presbyterian Church – Great Hall\, 1624 NE Hancock\, Portland\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970419T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970419T150000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195119
CREATED:20190730T034758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190730T034758Z
UID:37001-861444000-861462000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The Alchemy of Our Dreams
DESCRIPTION:For Jung\, “the world of alchemical symbols definitely does not belong to the rubbish heap of the past\, but stands in a very real and living relationship to our most recent discoveries concerning the psychology of the unconscious.” \nIn alchemy\, Jung found the sensibility of modern science and dynamic depth psychology. Alchemical imagery in the dreams of modern men and women describes states of mid and body\, of psyche and matter. As life is a moving process\, we dream alchemically: of fire\, air\, water\, earth; shapes and colors\, planets and plants\, ores and metals\, rocks\, stones and gems; fountains and couldrons; exiles\, orphans and widows; strange couples and odd lovers.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-alchemy-of-our-dreams/
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:19970418T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970418T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190730T034656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190730T034656Z
UID:36999-861391800-861399000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:In the Field of Our Dreams
DESCRIPTION:In interpreting dreams\, we are in a field of relativity between our conscious and unconscious. When an image appears in a dream\, it emerges out of a process\, and furthers a process. Psyche speaks to and about itself\, and also reflects and interacts with the world through itself. This lecture will explore the field of our dreams.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/in-the-field-of-our-dreams/
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:19970315T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970315T150000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190726T042736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190726T042736Z
UID:36952-858420000-858438000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Freeing the Soul From Fear
DESCRIPTION:We will extend the understanding of fear developed in the lecture to an exploration of fear in the modern world. Following the approach of archetypal psychology we will first seek to take the rather unitary sense of fear and multiply it-fears\, not fear. A soul-geography of fear will be developed which shows the prevalence of nine forms of fear\, identifiable as palpable presences in the world seeking the destruction of soul. What we usually call fear is but the bodily reaction to these presences. How fear insinuates itself into the body as anxiety\, constricting the soul so that only the most material aspects of life come to count as real\, is described. Central to our exploration will be how countering the presence of fears requires a fully conscious development of soul life\, and if this task of now having to bring soul consciousness does not take place\, the archetypal fears can easily usurp the whole of soul life. Many examples from everyday life will be presented and specific suggestions given and demonstrated for developing imaginative consciousness.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/freeing-the-soul-from-fear/
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:19970314T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970314T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190726T042504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190726T042504Z
UID:36950-858367800-858375000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Dracula\, Frankenstein and the Holy Grail
DESCRIPTION:This presentation explores the mythic import of the tales of Dracula and Frankenstein as premonitions of the confrontation of the soul with fear facing us in the circumstances in which we now live. The popularity of these stories\, reappearing in contemporary writings and films\, indicates a need of the soul to produce images of fear\, taking on the one hand\, the ecstatic promise of dissolving into horrible immortality\, and on the other hand\, the form of technical achievement which produces disastrous results. Soul needs these images to picture the impending possibilities of its own demise. We will look to the legends and stories of the Holy Grail\, particularly to the images surrounding the future of Klingsor\, dark magician of the Castle of Wonders\, to delve further into archetypal aspects of terror. In a world now pervaded by fear of every sort\, our guiding question will be-What can free the soul from fear?
URL:https://ofj.org/event/dracula-frankenstein-and-the-holy-grail/
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:19970222T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970222T150000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190726T042250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190730T035700Z
UID:36947-856605600-856623600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Editing the Script of Our Lives
DESCRIPTION:If psychology is mythology\, the question then becomes: “How does one understand\, change\, edit\, and interpret the plot\, myth\, and scenarios of one’s life?” \nThrough a series of exercises done solo or in pairs\, in writing or orally\, participants will explore the mythological patterns of their lives. The exercises are a blend between active imagination and creative writing.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/editing-the-script-of-our-livesif-spychology-is-mythology-the-question-then-becomes-how-does-one-understand-change-edit-and-interpret-the-plot-myth-and-scenarios-of-ones-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:19970221T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970221T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190726T042112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190726T042112Z
UID:36943-856553400-856560600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The Future of Psychotherapy: Mythology
DESCRIPTION:Many psychotherapists are asking themselves the question: “Has psychotherapy reached the End of the Road?” It’s a chilling prospect for those who identify with the profession\, or for those of us who still invest in psychotherapy.  \nGinette Paris will offer a vision of Psychotherapy as Mythology\, and discuss the relevance of mythological passion for the renewal of therapy\, as well as for a deeper appreciation of our life stories.  \nThe lecture will be enhanced by the presentation of some of the computer animations taken from the exhaustive CDRom on Mythology that Ginette Paris has been working on for the last three years. She will lead us on a commentated tour of the electronic gallery\, as well as look at new images of old myths.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-future-of-psychotherapy-mythology/
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:19970119T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970119T150000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190726T041553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190726T041553Z
UID:36941-853668000-853686000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Inanna: Lady of Largest Heart
DESCRIPTION:The myth of Inanna’s Descent to the Underworld paralells our modern experiences of spiritual death\, transformation\, and rebirth. Perhaps the oldest descent myth of record\, Inanna’s Descent contains the elements familiar to us from alchemy as well as from other mythologies and religions. With this myth as our background\, we will explore the stages of the psychological and spiritual process involved in a prolonged encounter with the unconcious.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/inanna-lady-of-largest-heart/
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:19970118T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19970118T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190726T041441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190726T041441Z
UID:36939-853615800-853623000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Elements of a Spiritual Life:  The Individuation of the High Priestess  Enheduanna
DESCRIPTION:Enheduanna was a poet and a priestesss in Sumer in 2300 B.C.E. The record of her devotion to the goddess Inanna is contained in three long poems apparently written at different periods of her life. Pre-dating the advent of monotheism by 1000 years\, the poems contain a picture of a woman’s spiritual life in the period when goddess as well as gods ruled the pantheons of our ancestors in the ancient Near Easy. Drawing on the passionate\, personal account of the poems\, we will trace Enheduanna’s individuation and compare her passage to our own contemperary experience.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/elements-of-a-spiritual-life-the-individuation-of-the-high-priestess-enheduanna/
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:19961207T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19961207T150000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T025110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190818T025110Z
UID:37308-849952800-849970800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Psyche and Music
DESCRIPTION:What is the importance and significance of sound and music to analytic work? In dialogue with the theories of Jung\, Kohut and Bonny\, we will explore the use of music as a therapeutic modality\, relating it to active imagination and to clinical and symbolic aspects of music and the psychotherapeutic process. The lecture will include music.  \nSaturday’s workshop will include an experiential portion; participants will explore their own responses in imagery in response to music. Please wear comfortable clothing.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/psyche-and-music-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:19961206T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19961206T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T025002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190818T025002Z
UID:37306-849900600-849907800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Psyche and Music
DESCRIPTION:What is the importance and significance of sound and music to analytic work? In dialogue with the theories of Jung\, Kohut and Bonny\, we will explore the use of music as a therapeutic modality\, relating it to active imagination and to clinical and symbolic aspects of music and the psychotherapeutic process. The lecture will include music.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/psyche-and-music/
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:19961109T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19961109T150000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T024828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190818T024828Z
UID:37304-847533600-847551600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The Greening of Psychology: Jung’s  Contribution to Evolving Environmental Paradigms
DESCRIPTION:Jungian psychology can make an important contribution to environmentalism at the most fundamental-by offering a new psycho-spiritual paradigm that can help change Western culture’s perspective on nature. Joseph Campbell felt that the next world myth was likely to have an environmental orientation. Jungian psychology is ideally situated for the task of exploring possible new paradigms. Jung’s concepts about the psyche and its connection to the natural world were born out of his intimate connection with nature. This connection was put into historical context by his study of alchemy\, primal cultures\, mythology and the I Ching. Jung’s concepts of synchronicity and the pychoid dimension of archetypes are radical natural paradigms\, in contrast to the reigning scientific world view.  \nThis workshop will begin with an examination of Jung’s life and Big Dreams as presented in his autobiography\, to establish Jung’s paradigm of the human connection to nature. Jung felt that a person not connected to the land is neurotic\, and he emphasized the cthonic dimension of the psyche. Our attention will then shift to the Greek god\, Hermes. The very practice of Jungian Psychology is a hermetic endeavor that\, if true to the spirit of Hermes\, opens us to a deep connection to the environment. The archetypal life pattern illuminated by Hermes will be examined as a basic Western myth for our relationship to body and nature. These perspectives will be used to illustrate a holisitic approach to nature education by looking at the most succesful form of life on the planet-the insects. Our cultural attitudes toward insects\, particularly the pesky ones\, to a large extent reflect our attitude toward the unconscious. The psychological significance of insects in dreams and myths will be explored. The importance of animals in dreams and the concept of the spirit animal and animal medicine will also be examined.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-greening-of-psychology-jungs-contribution-to-evolving-environmental-paradigms/
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:19961108T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19961108T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T024730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190818T025331Z
UID:37300-847481400-847488600@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Seasons of the Soul: Archetypal Patterns in Weather and Climate
DESCRIPTION:“Everybody talks about the weather\, but nobody ever does anything about it.”  Mark Twain \nWeather and climate have powerful psychological and spiritual effects upon the human psyche. The pathological dimensions of the weather have impressed themselves upon the American conciousness this past year as news reports have given us a sense of the potential effects of global warming. Our attitudes toward weather and climate reveal our relationship to nature and the unconscious. Joseph Campbell pointed out that the most recognizable\, universal form of myth and analogy is that of the seasons to the human life cycle. The archetypal and imaginal apsects of these phenomena will be elucidated by an examination of weather and seasonal metaphors\, myths\, Native American stories\, the I Ching\, dreams\, and Hillman’s presentation of Aphrodite as the World soul\, or Anima Mundi.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/seasons-of-the-soul-archetypal-patterns-in-weather-and-climate/
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:19961026T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19961026T150000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T024248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190818T024248Z
UID:37298-846324000-846342000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:From Psyche to a Picture of the World:  Archetypal Dimensions of Self Organization
DESCRIPTION:One of Jung’s greatest discoveries was the presence of Self organizing tendencies in the psyche. He realized that\, manifested in dreams\, symptoms\, and in other symbolic form\, the psyche continually introduces greater degrees of meaning and complexity into the life process. Jung went on to suggest that much of life presents as an unfolding of these archetypal\, ordering processes into matter\, which then assumes a recognizable form in both the internal and external world. \nIn the weekend lecture and workshop\, Dr. Conforti will present his own findings on the nature of archetypal influences in order to illustrate the effect that the have in virtually every aspect of the life process. Building on Jung’s original work on the nature of the archetype\, on more recent findings in the new sciences (including those of David Bohm\, Ervin Laszlo\, David Peat and Rupert Sheldrake) and on clinical material\, he will show that our basic life interactions\, including personal relationships\, financial decisions\, work situations\, and even the terapeutic relationship\, are goverened by the influence of these archetypal fields. In learning to recognize the underlying structure of these patterns\, we can often infer the nature of the specific archetype constellated.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/from-psyche-to-a-picture-of-the-world-archetypal-dimensions-of-self-organization-2/
LOCATION:Westminister Presbyterian Church – Fireside Room\, 1624 NE Hancock\, Portland\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19961025T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19961025T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T024127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190818T024127Z
UID:37296-846271800-846279000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:From Psyche to a Picture of the World:  Archetypal Dimensions of Self Organization
DESCRIPTION:One of Jung’s greatest discoveries was the presence of Self organizing tendencies in the psyche. He realized that\, manifested in dreams\, symptoms\, and in other symbolic form\, the psyche continually introduces greater degrees of meaning and complexity into the life process. Jung went on to suggest that much of life presents as an unfolding of these archetypal\, ordering processes into matter\, which then assumes a recognizable form in both the internal and external world. \nIn the weekend lecture and workshop\, Dr. Conforti will present his own findings on the nature of archetypal influences in order to illustrate the effect that the have in virtually every aspect of the life process. Building on Jung’s original work on the nature of the archetype\, on more recent findings in the new sciences (including those of David Bohm\, Ervin Laszlo\, David Peat and Rupert Sheldrake) and on clinical material\, he will show that our basic life interactions\, including personal relationships\, financial decisions\, work situations\, and even the terapeutic relationship\, are goverened by the influence of these archetypal fields. In learning to recognize the underlying structure of these patterns\, we can often infer the nature of the specific archetype constellated.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/from-psyche-to-a-picture-of-the-world-archetypal-dimensions-of-self-organization/
LOCATION:Westminister Presbyterian Church – Great Hall\, 1624 NE Hancock\, Portland\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19960921T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19960921T150000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T023808Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190818T023808Z
UID:37294-843300000-843318000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The Sensuality and Spirituality of Intimate Relationships
DESCRIPTION:In the workshop\, we will consider the elements of spirituality and sensuality that make up an intimate relationship. Spirituality is associated with the need for separateness and flights of the spirit\, and sensuality with the unity and vulnerability of the soul. We’ll keep in mind as context and guide Genesis I’s separations and Genesis II’s surrenders.  \nWe will explore the journey towards a sacred relationship-its resistances and failures\, its characteristics and its triumphs-mainly through discussion of our lives\, our dreams\, and dream work with emotionally laden images. Our goal is to provide tools for breaking resistances so as to activate loving powers that strengthen our intimate relationship and/or make them possible for the first time. Bring your stories and dreams.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-sensuality-and-spirituality-of-intimate-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:19960920T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19960920T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T023701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190818T023701Z
UID:37292-843247800-843255000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The Historical and Psychological Contexts for Intimate Relations
DESCRIPTION:Intimate relationships are as ancient as life itself. In Genesis II\, the awakened Adam\, now male\, sees Eve and exclaims: “This at last is bone of my bones\, and flesh from my flesh!” The woman undoubtedly said the same as the man\, given a metaphorical and non-patriarchal understanding of the text. Otherwise\, the following would not have occured: “Now both of them were naked\, the man and his wife\, but the felt no shame in front of each other.” This weekend’s lecture and workshop will consider this event.  \nThis lecture will consider historical perspectives and developments that have obscured or even prevented intimate relations. They include harsh survivial conditions\, the emergence of masculine dominance leading to the eclipse of the importance of the couple in favor of the larger family or tribe\, more complex political structures\, and religious organizations with their laws and moral codes. Today\, however\, vast changes\, including the emergence of nuclear families born of romantic love and not of family or clan arrangements. Now there is an opportunity and a necessary challenge as never before for a couple to realize intimate relations in both a sensual and spiritual sense. Societal as well as important inner resistance assimilated from our long patriarchal history impede the development of such intimacy. This conflict between our ancient history and our present society may account for the enormous difficulty in and the massive breakdown of the present nuclear family. John Giannini will use Genesis I and II to illustrate a model for itimacy’s separation and surrender.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-historical-and-psychological-contexts-for-intimate-relations/
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:19960617T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19960617T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T032036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210513T221112Z
UID:37332-835039800-835047000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life
DESCRIPTION:Enchantment is the condition of being entranced\, caught in rapture\, spirited away\, spellbound\, and living more from deep imagination than from practicality. The soul has an unforgiving need for this kind of enchantment\, and yet the modern world does everything it can to break the spell. Enchantment offers a reason for being\, as basis for ecological responsibility\, and a means for nourishing the soul. Yet\, the modern preference is for understanding and control\, information and manipulation. \nThis lecture by Thomas Moore represents a further development of his work with the soul\, but here the emphasis is on the world in which we live-the rivers\, roads\, buildings\, houses\, gardens\, silence\, music\, ruins\, stories\, art\, language\, shrines\, sports\, graffiti\, and food. It argues in favor of “natural religion\,” piety rooted in nature as the basis of all religious and psychological values. It attempts to restore magic to its proper place in the dynamics of a soul-centered life\, and recommends a radical alternative to the rationalistic and mechanistic philosophies of our age.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-re-enchantment-of-everyday-life/
LOCATION:First Congregational United Church of Christ\, 1126 SW Park Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19960608T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19960608T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20210521T011807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210917T034934Z
UID:51554-834260400-834269400@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Light-Hearted Evening and Annual Member Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://ofj.org/event/light-hearted-evening/
LOCATION:West Hills Unitarian Fellowship\, 8470 SW Oleson Rd\, Portland\, United States
CATEGORIES:Annual Meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19960510T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19960510T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T031644Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190818T031644Z
UID:37330-831756600-831763800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Psyche and Soul: The Enactment of Soul Through Myth
DESCRIPTION:Our ancestors transmitted their values from place to place\, and from person to person through the power of word and image. Those images which rose from the unconscious\, or which overwhelmed consciousness in historic event\, became the personal and tribal carriers of the deepest encounters with the mysteries of cosmos\, nature\, society and self. This workshop will study some of the great myths of the Eastern and Western tradition\, analyze their mythopoeic statements\, and consider their presence in our daily lives. Among such recurrent motifs are: “creation\,” “the fall” (or primal loss)\, and “encounter with the Shadow.” Also\, we will explore the two greatest of mythic patterns\, the quest for identity and the “eternal return\,” the linear and cyclic patterns\, which animate history and our personal lives. Such mythic drama haunts history and\, often unconsciously\, directs the currents of the modern soul. We will\, perhaps\, re-experience the linkage of our modern\, often isolated\, lives with the timeless drama of which we are all\, already and always\, part.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/psyche-and-soul-the-enactment-of-soul-through-myth/
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:19960510T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19960510T213000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T031514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190818T031514Z
UID:37328-831756600-831763800@ofj.org
SUMMARY:Psyche and Soul
DESCRIPTION:Jung once observed that of all of the so-called “social sciences” psychology was the last to develop\, in part\, because the insights of pschology were once carried by the great myths and myth-sustaing institutions. In particular\, Jungian practice arose in response to the erosion of those myths which once held society together and which linked individual to the four precincts of mystery: cosmos\, nature\, society and self.  \nThis lecture will review the salient features of “modernism” and the subsequent task of the individual in seeking out the old linkages of psyche and soul. It has been said that Jung’s concept of “individuation” is a myth for the modern without myth. If this is so\, then Jungian psychology is not a set of beliefs but rather a cluster of attitudes and methods for accessing those manifestations of mystery which were once mediated by myth. What do we mean by the words psyche and soul\, and what is the contribution whicha Jungian perspective may make to the individual upon whom the full task of finding meaning has fallen?
URL:https://ofj.org/event/psyche-and-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:19960416T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:19960416T170000
DTSTAMP:20260707T195120
CREATED:20190818T031331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210521T010525Z
UID:37325-829641600-829674000@ofj.org
SUMMARY:The Holy\, Divine Child
DESCRIPTION:The universal\, religious stirrings that originate in the depths of the human psyche often emerge in the form of the holy\, divine child. Whether or not a person is of Christian background\, this powerful motif flows through the dream imagery of modern men and women. The symbol of the holy child points to hope\, new goals\, and religious meaning. Case material and drawings generated during analysis will be presented and discussed in order to better understand the importance of this symbol in the psychic depths of us all.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-holy-divine-child/
LOCATION:Unity of the Valley Church\, Eugene\, 3912 Dillard Rd\, Eugene\, OR\, 97405\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR