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SUMMARY:Re-enchantment; Synchronicity; the Psychoid Imagination
DESCRIPTION:As we collectively enter more deeply into the paradigm shift towards complexity marking the 21st century\, some of Jung’s most advanced concepts are gaining renewed vitality and acceptance. This lecture will highlight links between individuation and synchronicity found in the Red Book which are contributing to new visions of reality.  We will also explore the importance of the psychoid imagination as it is emerging in response to the recent COVID pandemic. These threads will be woven into the cultural movement towards re-enchantment of the world.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/re-enchantment-synchronicity-the-psychoid-imagination/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Trauma\, Innocence and the Core Complex of the Dissociating Psyche
DESCRIPTION:The Saturday workshop builds on the Friday lecture\, deepens the work with the archaic energies in relational trauma\, provides several clinical vignettes as illustrations\, expands on the Self Care System\, and invites conversation and engagement with attendees. \n 
URL:https://ofj.org/event/trauma-innocence-and-the-core-complex-of-the-dissociating-psyche/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230414T190000
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SUMMARY:Trauma\, Innocence and the Core Complex of the Dissociating Psyche
DESCRIPTION:Following early relational trauma\, a dissociative system is set up in the psyche\, composed of part-self personifications including an innocent/wounded child and his or her archetypal protectors. The main purpose of this Self Care System is to keep the innocent/injured child-self separated from the suffering of affective experience that might annihilate (or transform) it. Dreams during the psychotherapy process give us a picture of this core complex and its defensive “efforts” on behalf of the “child.” Working with these archaic energies in the transference can be a stormy affair. The Friday Talk will address and illustrate these archaic energies in the core complex that frequently stretch our understanding of the analytic situation in the direction of enactments and counter-enactments.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/trauma-innocence-and-the-core-complex-of-the-dissociating-psyche-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230318T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230318T150000
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SUMMARY:Jung\, Hermes\, the Tao and Complexity Theory
DESCRIPTION:The Greek myth of Hermes stealing Apollo’s cattle explicates the dilemmas we humans face in relating to each other and to the environment. The secret is in the symbol of his wand: a figure 8 with a gap at the top. Hermes is about the transactions in the gap between opposites (the two upper arms on the 8). As such\, Hermes is the god of ecopsychology because he is the god of businessmen\, psychologists\, diplomats\, the advertising that sustains our consumer culture\, and the human-environment relationship. Hermes’ association with the originating source\, what happens between non-existence and existence—is symbolically associated with the Tao and with  complexity theory—the mathematics of what happens between stability and chaos when change occurs.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/jung-hermes-the-tao-and-complexity-theory/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230317T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230317T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
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SUMMARY:Ecopsychology and the Environmental Catastrophe
DESCRIPTION:At the 2022 climate change meetings in Egypt\, the UN Secretary General said\, “We are in the fight of our lives\, and we are losing.” Psychology has been embarrassingly slow to respond to the frightening deterioration of our planetary environment\, but ecopsychology emerged in the 1990’s to address the issue. A case will be made that a Jungian version of ecopsychology offers the best framework for understanding the problems at the deepest levels and gives us a vision for the future. Hermes is the main god that will lead us into a better future or a continuation on a path to oblivion.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/ecopsychology-and-the-environmental-catastrophe/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230218T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230218T150000
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SUMMARY:Sweating The Salmon
DESCRIPTION:Our psyche is hungry for manifestation in the world\, and through its appetites the soul makes itself known to us. The workshop delves into the symbolism of cooking and the personal and cultural myths of cooking and feasting. We amplify and work with archetypal dreams to reveal\, through the ordinary and mundane imagery of the kitchen\, its tools\, methods and environment\, possibilities for healing and glimpses of spiritual truth.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/sweating-the-salmon/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230217T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230217T210000
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SUMMARY:The Coniunctio Gastronomique: God Becomes Flesh
DESCRIPTION:Cooking\, like alchemy\, is the transformation of basic ingredients into refined substances. Psychologically\, this alchemical process represents the development of the personality.  Understanding the psyche through the art and practices of cooking can heal the mind-body split that is the primary wound of modern life. The food we purchase or grow\, cook and eat\, link us to the cosmos: then God becomes flesh\, (in-carne). We become what we eat. The lecture invites us into the sensuous\, alchemical temenos of the kitchen.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-coniunctio-gastronomique-god-becomes-flesh/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230212T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230212T150000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T183236Z
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SUMMARY:Reclaiming the Wisdom of Ancient Myths
DESCRIPTION:C.G. Jung’s revelation of the mythopoetic dimension of the human psyche\, i.e.\, its story-making structure\, gave credence to his hypothesis of the collective unconscious\, its archetypal images and their healing intent. In this seminar\, we explore the wisdom hidden in the ancient Greek myths of Myrrha and the great god Pan. Together\, we will discover the meanings and guidance these age-old stories can offer us today. \nIn the myth of Myrrha\, we examine the theme of incest as perpetrated by a daughter with her father. We find that a repugnant act such as this appears in biblical stories\, as well\, and ask why the usual form of incest — a father’s violation of his daughter — gets turned on its head in these tales. We see the archetypes of the collective unconscious\, the gods and goddesses\, having their way with us but don’t understand why we should suffer so. We learn what it means to violate the gods’ sacred principles. and\, if we take the lesson to heart\, are chastened by it. We explore the relevance of these ancient stories to modern life by looking at their reflections in the troubled lives of clients in psychotherapy and characters in film to recognize the many variations on the theme of incest. \nWith the myth of the great god Pan\, we will look into this god’s creation\, not only as a symbolic example of the expression of psyche’s unconscious drama and its inner processes\, but also as a means by which the ancients\, and now ourselves\, make sense of the world. We explore the classical beginnings of this beloved pastoral god as religious myth\, and then the ways secular motifs and energies of the myth live on in modern society. We look at Jung’s views of myth for the second half of life\, and we will explore ideas about our own personal myths as a means of interpreting the past\, looking at the present and finding guidance and inspiration for the future. \nDates and Times\n\nSundays from 1:00 – 3:00 pm\n\nSchedule\n\nFebruary 12 – Diana Oxley\nFebruary  26 – Diana Oxley\nMarch 5 – Diana Oxley\nMarch 26 – Carol Walnum\nApril 2 – Carol Walnum\nApril 9 – Carol Walnum\n\nCost\n\n12 hours of instruction: $205 (OFJ members: $195)\nSorry\, we are unable to offer refunds.\nContinuing Education Credits are available\, with one hour of CE credit for each hour of attendance. CEUs will be available for purchase\, at a cost of $15\, which will cover all CEUs earned over the six-session seminar.\n\nReading\nReading assignments and material will be sent to participants in advance of the start of the seminar\, and may be supplemented during the seminar. \nSeminar Size\n\nAttendance is limited to 15 people\nIf seminar fills\, and you would like to be added to our wait-list\, please write us at info@ofj.org. If you have any questions\, please call 503-223-3080.\n\nSeminar Leaders\n\n\n\n\nDiana Oxley\, Ph.D.\, LPC\, received her diploma in Jungian psychotherapy from the C.G. Jung Institute\, Zurich\, in 2019 and has been in practice since 2015. She maintains an office in Multnomah Village and is a member of the Pacific Northwest Society of Jungian Analysts.\n\n\n\nCarol Walnum\, MA\, MBA\, LPC\, is a practicing Jungian analyst and Licensed Professional Counselor in Oregon. She received her analytical training from the C.G. Jung Institute\, Zurich. She is a member of the Pacific NW Society of Jungian Analysts and is currently its President. She is also President of the C.G. Jung Foundation Zurich\, supporting training and education in analytical psychology globally. Carol Walnum has practiced as a Jungian analyst for nine years. She is fascinated with the development and impact of myth in various cultures and at points in history.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/reclaiming-the-wisdom-of-ancient-myths/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230121T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230121T150000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
CREATED:20221219T183540Z
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SUMMARY:Creative Initiation Journey
DESCRIPTION:Drawing from the three stages of a creative initiation journey – Gateway\, Attending\, Passage – we build a container\, attend to the unconscious\, and awaken the prospective psyche. The initiatory task of allowing for the “the third thing” or the “other” to present itself is a visual validation of the spontaneous psychic energy that gives meaning to lines\, shapes\, and colors. With our open-mind\, curiosity\, and determination\, we will welcome the visual and expressive images as “strangers” and respect and honor the journey that unfolds. \nUsing art materials\, writing\, dreams\, and/or active imagination\,  each person will attend to creative tasks to mark and document the imaginal path of individuation. Various prompts and tasks will be provided\, while individuals who are more comfortable with materials can follow their own process within the creative initiation process. \n*Artistic skill not necessary\, only the willingness to be on the Fool’s journey. \n**Supplies: please have a large journal\, container of water\, several different brushes\, watercolor paper\, acrylics or watercolors\, basic oil crayons\, tissue paper\, tape\, glue. Additional materials: maps\, postcards\, magazines\, scissors\, clay\, crayons\, pencils\, pens\, colored markers\, inks.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/creative-initiation-journey/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230120T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
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SUMMARY:Jungian Art Therapy: Living A Creative Life
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to live a creative life? Jung’s initiatory journey into the “spirit of the depths“ was creative but required profound psychic courage\, suffering\, and patience as he confronted the unconscious and discovered “the third thing.”  Upon his “return\,” when Jung wrote that “everything of which we are conscious is an image\, and that image is psyche\,” he elevated the imagination and creative processes. One of the gifts was his essay The Transcendent Function which conceptualized how unconscious and invisible psychic material became conscious and visible through play\, dedication\, endurance of wrestling with the opposites\, and the respect for the ineffable and irrational aspects of the psyche.  Jung thereby came to understand the importance of the “third thing.”  Jung’s investigations into the unconscious through various creative means opened the door and gave credence for the expressive arts therapies. In this lecture the three-part initiation model provides a container in which we consider Jung’s wisdom and how the “third thing” may offer hints on living a creative life.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/jungian-art-therapy-living-a-creative-life/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221203T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221203T150000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
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SUMMARY:Body as Compass: Dreams and the Soul
DESCRIPTION:In these challenging\, polarizing times we are called to draw from creative\, healing energies from deeper parts of the Self. Expanding our awareness of the somatic foundations in all relationships – therapeutic\, educational\, family\, friendship\, partnership\, nature and more – can deepen empathy and effectiveness in being present\, while providing avenues for self-care and renewal. \nIn this winter time as the new light begins to dawn from the darkness\, we engage light in the body through working with a dream image as healing medicine. Together we will engage our dreams to connect with a deeper sense of knowing\, creativity\, and wholeness — in ourselves\, in all our relations\, and as world citizens attuning to an evolving planetary call. \nThis workshop will support you in nurturing body and soul through presentation\, expressive movement\, drawing\, and writing.*  No experience in dance is necessary\, only curiosity and openness to engage the unknown. \nIn preparation\, I invite you to let a healing image come to mind – something comforting\, warming\, or sacred that’s meaningful for you – from a dream\, nature\, an object on your altar\, or something from your daily life. Says Jung\, “My soul\, where are you? Do you hear me? I speak\, I call you – are you there? I have returned\, I am here again.”  No experience in dance is necessary\, only curiosity and openness to engage the unknown.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/body-as-compass-dreams-and-the-soul-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221202T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221202T210000
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SUMMARY:Body as Compass: Dreams and the Soul
DESCRIPTION:Our bodies and dreams may be our closest links to the unconscious\, expressing the soul’s longing through image\, breath\, gesture\, the rhythm of our step\, and the music of our speech. Dreams carry treasures that enhance the meaning and depth of our life’s journey. Illuminating our inner landscape\, they help us come to know disowned parts of ourselves\, point to what we value\, and provide guidance on our life path. This talk will introduce DreamDancing ©\, an embodied approach that integrates C. G. Jung’s active imagination approach with creative\, embodied methods\, including a brief experience.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/body-as-compass-dreams-and-the-soul/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T150000
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SUMMARY:Jung’s Red Book and Active Imagination
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: This event will be held live in-person at Unity of Portland (4525 SE Stark). The only way to attend the program live is to attend in person. A video recording of the event will be created and sent out after the event to all members and to all who purchase single tickets\, to accommodate those not able or not comfortable to attend in person. There will be no Zoom for this program. \nIn this workshop\, participants will dive deeply into exploring the meaning of certain key visions and fantasies in C.G. Jung’s Red Book\, interpreting the text and images in communal dialogue. The core of the workshop will be a guided group practice of active imagination\, followed by a writing and drawing exercise that will allow participants to come into an objective relationship with the images that arise during the practice.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/jungs-red-book-and-active-imagination/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221111T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221111T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
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SUMMARY:The Synchronicity of the Two Red Books: Jung\, Tolkien\, and the Imaginal Realm
DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE: This event will be held live in-person at Unity of Portland (4525 SE Stark). The only way to attend the program live is to attend in person. A video recording of the event will be created and sent out after the event to all members and to all who purchase single tickets\, to accommodate those not able or not comfortable to attend in person. There will be no Zoom for this program. \nBeginning in the years leading up to the Great War\, both C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien independently began to undergo profound imaginal experiences. Jung recorded these fantasies in a large red manuscript that he named Liber Novus\, referred to simply as The Red Book. For Tolkien\, this imaginal journey revealed to him the world of Middle-earth\, whose stories and myths eventually led to the writing of The Lord of the Rings\, a book he named within its own imaginal history The Red Book of Westmarch. This lecture explores the many synchronistic parallels between Jung’s and Tolkien’s Red Books: the style and content of their works of art\, the narrative descriptions and scenes in their texts\, the nature of their visions and dreams\, and an underlying similarity in world view that emerged from their experiences. The two men seem to have been simultaneously treading parallel paths through the imaginal realm. Note: image is an illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien from his Book of Ishness.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-synchronicity-of-the-two-red-books-jung-tolkien-and-the-imaginal-realm/
LOCATION:Unity of Portland\, 4525 SE Stark\, Portland\, OR\, 97202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221022T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221022T150000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
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SUMMARY:The Muses of Truth and Transformation: Timeless Tales for Troubled Times
DESCRIPTION:Deep transformation of our basic life scripts requires experiencing all types of truth in order to settle conflicts. This workshop considers other stories and more applications to reforging personal and cultural narratives about judging truth and resolving conflicts. The process is visible in successful depth therapy\, resolutions of life crises\, initiation experiences\, and reconciliation of difficult disputes. This workshop does not require the lecture\, as the same themes will appear in new stores that address common quandaries both personally and in society today.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-muses-of-truth-and-transformation-timeless-tales-for-troubled-times-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221021T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221021T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
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SUMMARY:The Muses of Truth and Transformation: Timeless Tales for Troubled Times
DESCRIPTION:A timeless tale sums up our contemporary conflicts: two women claimed the same newborn baby\, so the sage declared\, “Cut the baby in two and give each woman half.” The first woman nodded\, while the other cried out\, “No! Spare the baby\, give him to her.”  Although most familiar from the Bible\, the story is a folktale found in different cultures and offering relevant archetypal insights.  Partisans today may act like the first woman\, insisting on their position even if it means killing innocent people – think jihadists and lone mass murderers. Politicians are willing to “kill” legislation that does not fit their ideology\, even if it splits the body politic. When faced with unyielding opponents\, earlier cultures reflected on deadly conflicts and put their insights into metaphorical stories – folktales – and passed them on. Only stories that rang true to people in many cultures survived\, leaving us time-tested archetypal wisdom for resolving conflicts. \nThis lecture recounts such folktales and shows how they help us identify distinct types of truth – factual\, mythic\, oath-taking\, pragmatic and home types of stories.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-muses-of-truth-and-transformation-timeless-tales-for-troubled-times/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221002T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221002T150000
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SUMMARY:Finding the Self in Relationship: Intrapsychic and Interpersonal Paths to Psychic Development
DESCRIPTION:The Self is one of Jung’s most important and original ideas.  It represents the divine within every individual\, and also serves as the primary driver of the individuation process.  It invites\, nudges\, and challenges us to become more.  The Self is a somewhat elusive concept\, and elusive as a psychological presence as well.  As a concept\, the Self is an idea\, a theory.  In a lived life\, it is an encounter\, an encounter with energies that may be large or small\, penetrating or soft\, beckoning us to the edge of the known and the unknown.   It is on that edge of the known and the unknown that psychic development occurs.  In short\, the Self appears in the relationship between ego and ‘other’. \nFor Jung\, that ‘other’ includes relationships in the world\, with people we love and struggle with in everyday life\, and with other kindred spirits\, as well as relationships with one’s inner life\, with the unconscious.  This seminar will explore ways in which the developmental energies of the Self arise in both forms of relationship.  We will consider the ego’s possible tasks and stance in these encounters\, that is\, how we might participate creatively with the  ‘other’ in becoming more of who we are. \nDates and Times\n\nSundays from 1:00 – 3:00 pm\n\nSchedule\n\nOctober 2\, 2022 – Dunbar Carpenter\nOctober 9 – Dunbar Carpenter\nOctober 16 – Dunbar Carpenter\nOctober 30 – Maribeth Kallemeyn\nNovember 6 – Maribeth Kallemeyn\nNovember 20 – Maribeth Kallemeyn\n\nCost\n\n12 hours of instruction: $205 (OFJ members: $195)\nSorry\, we are unable to offer refunds.\nContinuing Education Credits are available\, with one hour of CE credit for each hour of attendance. CEUs will be available for purchase\, at a cost of $15\, which will cover all CEUs earned over the six-session seminar.\n\nReading\nReading assignments and material will be sent to participants well in advance of the start of the seminar\, and may be supplemented during the seminar. \nSeminar Size\n\nAttendance is limited to 15 people\nIf seminar fills\, and you would like to be added to our wait-list\, please write us at info@ofj.org. If you have any questions\, please call 503-223-3080.\n\nSeminar Leaders\n\n\n\n\nDunbar Carpenter\, Psy. D.\, is a Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist in private practice in Portland. He is a member of the Pacific Northwest Society of Jungian Analysts and is the Society’s Director of Training. He has been a practicing analyst\, teacher\, and individual and group supervisor for the past twenty-five years and has lectured and taught in both the United States and Zurich. Dunbar received his analytical training at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich\, Switzerland.\n\n\n\nMaribeth Kallemeyn\, Ph.D.\, is a Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist in private practice in Salem\, Oregon. She has been in clinical practice since 2001. She completed her analytic training with the C.G. Jung Institute Pacific Northwest in 2018\, and she is a member of the Pacific Northwest Society of Jungian Analysts.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/finding-the-self-in-relationship-intrapsychic-and-interpersonal-paths-to-psychic-development/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220917T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220917T150000
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SUMMARY:Working with the Promethean Complex
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop we will dig deep into the myth of Prometheus to better understand how our increasing focus on progress and technology has led to our chaotic world. Using stories and images we will explore ways to work with and through our Promethean complex. The Promethean complex leads to rich creativity\, but also catastrophic destruction. As such\, it is imperative we consciously engage with this complex to learn how trickery\, thievery\, and hubris influence us. We also consider how technology affects our daily lives and the psychological debt we accrue due to our increasing involvement with technology. Finally\, we will explore the mythic motif of the superhero in its varied modern forms and how this motif influences our personal and collective lives.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/working-with-the-promethean-complex/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220916T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220916T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
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SUMMARY:Our Promethean Debt
DESCRIPTION:“… our progressiveness\, though it may result in a great many delightful wish-fulfillments\, piles up an equally gigantic Promethean debt which has to be paid off from time to time in the form of hideous catastrophes.” – C.G. Jung\, (CW 9i\, par. 276) \nThe past few years full of ‘hideous catastrophes’ have brought on overwhelming feelings of fear\, anxiety\, and deep suffering. In times like these\, hope is a word that fades from our imagination. How do we find meaning in our fragmented world? Is hope even possible? The story of Prometheus provides a rich\, complex narrative that has captured the imagination of poets and artists for millennia. Its origins date back to a time of difficult struggles within ancient Greece. Using this Greek myth\, we will delve into the archetypal themes of trickery\, theft\, fire and hope to better understand psychologically our current world of catastrophes. Reflecting on the Promethean myth sheds light on how a semblance of order may arise from our current state of chaos.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/our-promethean-debt/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220423T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220423T150000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
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SUMMARY:Reciprocity: What We’ve Always Known
DESCRIPTION:Building on Friday’s lecture concerning the dynamics of dominion and reciprocity\, our time together will be spent exploring both the theoretical and experiential ways the psychic dynamic of reciprocity demands our attention. Through prompts made to provoke\, engage\, and agitate\, we will solicit and share experiences of reciprocity through active imagination\, images\, and storytelling. This asks for active participation with these materials. In addition\, we will investigate how human-animal transformation in Indigenous myth illustrates how necessary this relationship is to establishing reciprocity with land\, animals\, and all spirit beings.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/reciprocity-what-weve-always-known-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220422T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
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SUMMARY:Reciprocity: What We’ve Always Known
DESCRIPTION:We are in the process of entering a new reality paradigm\, a new psychic reality that calls for a reorientation to the way we see\, think\, learn\, and behave. Through fire\, floods\, disease\, and other increasingly chaotic events\, the planet and all of nature is telling us\, desperately communicating to us that we are not in control; we can no longer dominate without impunity; we can no longer get away with murder. The laws of nature suggest that in addition to dominion\, reciprocity is also an integral psychic dynamic\, a part of life that we’ve always known but seem to have forgotten. We need to be reminded. How do we encourage a realignment with and actively engage reciprocity?
URL:https://ofj.org/event/reciprocity-what-weve-always-known/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220326T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220326T150000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
CREATED:20211208T230301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220326T155046Z
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SUMMARY:Relationship as a Spiritual Path: Love Between Equals
DESCRIPTION:We want a new kind of love in the 21st century. In relationships\, we want to be treated as equals and to be seen and known for ourselves. Equal and reciprocal love between adults\, in marriage and committed partnerships\, is in many ways more problematic and unhappy now than ever\, after decades of struggle for gender equality and sexual freedom. 21st century love requires new psychological and spiritual skills that are go beyond secure attachment or “improved communication.” \nThis day-long workshop will show specifically how and why well-meaning couples who “know how to communicate” still get caught up in harmful emotional patterns if they do not understand their inner lives\, as individuals. Real dialogue requires the creation of a “mindful gap” in which partners relate as adults who recognize and take responsibility for their own thoughts and feelings. \nDrawing on object relations\, Jungian theory\, Dialogue Therapy (originated and practiced by the speaker)\, as well as mindfulness and Buddhist teachings\, this workshop will give an overview of what has to happen in order for couples to change their emotional behavior and learn how “mind the gap” between them with respect and compassion.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/relationship-as-a-spiritual-path-love-between-equals/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220325T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
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LAST-MODIFIED:20220108T025407Z
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SUMMARY:Relationship as a Spiritual Path: The Present Heart
DESCRIPTION:Love always guarantees a broken heart. No matter how else it functions in our lives\, love will include loss\, separation or betrayal. In this lecture I will address the question\, “What is love\, anyway?” We will talk about loss in the context of the Buddha’s teachings about reality. This lecture presents a new context for personal love as a spiritual practice of deep acceptance of the human condition.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/relationship-as-a-spiritual-path-the-present-heart/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220219T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220219T150000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
CREATED:20211208T230112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220108T025336Z
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SUMMARY:Jung\, Jurisprudence & Psyche: Imagining the Good Society
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop we look at the U.S. political economy through the Kemetic-Egyptian Myth of MAAT\, an Archetype of Justice\, Judgement and orderly Judicial Proceedings. The myth offers the example of spirit and matter integrated in law and political economy. We use this myth and its teachings to interrogate legislative initiatives in the For the Peoples’ Act and the John Lewis Act. We then explore Jung’s construct of Active Imagination to construct images of the good society. We will imagine together core elements of the good society\, Multicultural democracy and the psychological resistances that undermine the architecture of the vision.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/jung-jurisprudence-psyche-imagining-the-good-society/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220218T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220218T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
CREATED:20211208T230029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T002420Z
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SUMMARY:Archetypes\, Aesthetics & Culture in the Art of African Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:This talk lays the foundation for understanding the universal nature of archetypes and their environmental expressions in personal and collective cultural complexes that are mediated by the environmental culture. We take the archetype of the Life Cycle\, common to all living beings\, and ground it in visual arts as expressions of the aesthetics\, art\, and culture of the African Diaspora. We’ll explore how the commonalities and differences in Pan African sculpture\, as metaphor\, bridge consciousness to multiculturalism and world view.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/archetypes-aesthetics-culture-in-the-art-of-african-diaspora/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220130T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220130T150000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
CREATED:20211228T235323Z
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SUMMARY:Psyche’s Stories: Wisdom from the Depths for the Spirit of the Times
DESCRIPTION:Oregon Friends of Jung\, in partnership with The Pacific Northwest Society of Jungian Analysts\, continues our series of seminars designed to deepen your knowledge of Jungian psychology. You’ll have an opportunity to learn from and engage with Analysts who are experts in their fields. \nRegistration is now open for the Winter 2022 online seminar: Psyche’s Stories: Wisdom from the Depths for the Spirit of the Times. In keeping with our entire 2021-2022 Lecture series\, the seminar will be held online\, via Zoom Meeting. Attendance is limited to 15 participants. \nPlease see the seminar description below for details and registration information. \nPsyche’s Stories: Wisdom from the Depths for the Spirit of the Times \nC.G. Jung’s revelation of the mytho-poetic dimension of the human psyche\, i.e.\, its story-making structure\, gave credence to his hypothesis of the collective unconscious\, its archetypal images and their healing intent.  In this seminar\, we explore the wisdom hidden in the Scottish fairy tale Maol a Chliobain and in the ancient myth Amor and Psyche. Together\, we will discover how these age-old stories can provide solace\, meaning and guidance during times of upheaval and transition. \nIn Maol a Chliobain\, we ask what it means to receive a mother’s blessing or curse; we feel into being tied to a rock and left behind; we recognize the pattern of moving into and out of a Giant’s laird without being caught…and then link these symbolic images to Jungian concepts such as the formation of one’s shadow and psychological complexes\, the cultivation of one’s anima and animus\, and the individuation process itself.   Our aim is to cultivate symbolic perception and apply it to everyday life. \nIn Amor and Psyche we behold Aphrodite\, the great goddess of love and beauty\, and wonder at the torture she makes Psyche endure for usurping her claim to being the most beautiful. We ponder whether there’s more to this story than Aphrodite’s jealous claim and whether the outrageous behavior of this Greek goddess\, like that of many other Greek gods\, actually has something of great importance to impart. Finally\, we look for the reverberations of Amor and Psyche in modern stories and films to understand their hold on us and to identify new variations on the ancient themes. \nReading assignments and material will be made available to all participants in advance of the sessions.\n \nDates and Times\n\nSundays from 1:00 – 3:00 pm\n\nSchedule\nMaol a Chliobain: A Scottish Fairytale \n\nJanuary 30\, 2022 – Jenny Gordon\nFebruary 6 – Jenny Gordon\nFebruary 13 – Jenny Gordon\n\nThe Ancient Myth of Amor and Psyche \n\nFebruary 27 – Diana Oxley\nMarch 6 – Diana Oxley\nMarch 13 – Diana Oxley\n\nCost\n\n12 hours of instruction: $195 (OFJ members: $185)\nSorry\, we are unable to offer refunds.\nContinuing Education Credits are available\, with one hour of CE credit for each hour of attendance. CEUs will be available for purchase\, at a cost of $15\, which will cover all CEUs earned over the six-session seminar.\n\nSeminar Size\n\nAttendance is limited to 15 people\nIf seminar fills\, and you would like to be added to our wait-list\, please write us at info@ofj.org. If you have any questions\, please call 503-223-3080.\n\nSeminar Leaders\n\n\n\n\nJenny Gordon\, Ph.D.\, graduated from the C.G. Jung Institute\, Zurich\, in 1996\, and returned to her hometown of Eugene\, Oregon. For the past 25 years\, she has supplemented her private practice by offering fairy tale seminars\, dream group retreats\, and lectures on topics as varied as music and climate change.  She is co-founder of Eugene Friends of Jung and a member of the Pacific Northwest Society of Jungian Analysts.\n\n\n\nDiana Oxley\, Ph.D.\, LPC\, received her diploma in Jungian psychotherapy from the C.G. Jung Institute\, Zurich\, in 2019 and has been in practice since 2015. She maintains an office in Multnomah Village and is a member of the Pacific Northwest Society of Jungian Analysts.\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://ofj.org/event/psyches-stories-wisdom-from-the-depths-for-the-spirit-of-the-times/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220115T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220115T150000
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SUMMARY:The Way of the Archetypes: Using Archetypal Astrology as a Guide to Individuation
DESCRIPTION:By considering examples in film\, music\, and literature\, and with reference to our own astrological birth charts\, in this workshop we will explore how to use archetypal astrology to understand the major themes and experiences of our lives. We will focus on the archetypal principles associated with Saturn\, Uranus\, Neptune\, and Pluto\, each of which is profoundly consequential for individuation\, moving us towards psychological maturity\, creative awakening\, spiritual realization\, and deep transformation.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/the-way-of-the-archetypes-using-archetypal-astrology-as-a-guide-to-individuation/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220114T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220114T210000
DTSTAMP:20260618T115603
CREATED:20211208T225831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220108T024645Z
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SUMMARY:Archetypal Cosmology: A New Mythic Perspective
DESCRIPTION:As the established religious traditions and worldviews pass away or lose their persuasive power\, what\, if anything\, might serve as a shared framework of meaning to illuminate our individual and collective experience? What\, many of us wonder\, might be the nature of a mythology to come? In this talk\, we will consider the role of an archetypal astrology as a cosmological perspective that could help us better understand our relationship to the universal powers and principles shaping our experience and provide mythic orientation for our lives.
URL:https://ofj.org/event/archetypal-cosmology-a-new-mythic-perspective/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211204T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211204T170000
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CREATED:20210729T232842Z
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SUMMARY:Persephone’s Heart/Persephone’s Wake
DESCRIPTION:Note time change to accommodate our Australian presenters! \nIn Persephone’s Wake Craig and Miriam open the day by recounting why Persephone resigns from her job and gives up her body. She is desperately unhappy about how humans fail to take care of the integrity of earth’s nature. The performance reveals Aidos’ grief for her death\, and for their two children who also make their descent\, following her tracks. Persephone’s Wake concludes with hopeful resolve from Persephone’s children to care for future cycles of generative life: a  myth updated for our time.  \nThis is a question for us all now. To answer requires listening not only to the spirit of the times and the spirit of the deep\, but also to the spirit of place\, bringing consciousness to our embeddedness within the living world as our home\, a central awareness within Indigenous cultures. We need to evolve depth psychological community practices in response to the climate and ecological crisis\, not only to bear witness to and engage with the destructions and the dark impulses that drive it\, but also to commit to creative actions of care for all beings rooted in place. San Roque refers to the interwoven “simultaneous care of sentient souls and care of ecosystems” as “the Persephone Impulse”. It is for each of us to connect to and give form to this impulse\, countering a collective psychosis of disconnection and blindness to who we are and where we dwell\, by fostering earth care and challenging destructive practices and beliefs based upon cultural myths of entitlement\, exceptionalism and endless growth. \nPersephone’s Wake belongs within a trilogy of performance works\, which also include Persephone’s Dog and Persephone’s Heart\,  that are re-imagined from Central Australia and take place simultaneously in ancient and contemporary times. Persephone’s Dog & Persephone’s Heart is published in the Ancient Greece/Modern Psyche series  edited by Thomas Singer et al.  Persephone’s Wake is included in the Routledge\, 2021 book Depth Psychology and Climate Change. \n 
URL:https://ofj.org/event/persephones-wake-2/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211203T210000
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SUMMARY:Persephone’s Heart/Persephone’s Wake
DESCRIPTION:This special weekend program presents a radically different take on the meaning of the Persephone myth. It comes out of an imaginative perspective that mixes Australian desert experience with old Mediterranean folklore and the harsh\, confusing anxieties we face today around war\, climate and our environment. Through performance and presentation\, visuals\, discussion and reflection\, we will explore this psycho-mythological perspective. \nIn Persephone’s Heart Craig and Miriam recount the story of how and why an original creation force of nature became humanized as the daughter of Demeter/Gaia. Persephone needs to know how humans feel\, and she undertakes a painful journey of becoming human\, falling in love with Aidos\, and bearing children.  Only then can she return to her mother Demeter\, where they initiate the Eleusinian Mysteries of death/rebirth. The play draws upon understandings of both European and Australian creation stories and how mythic beings assume human/animal form and incarnate as geographic sites.   \nWriting from his own experience of working with Australian Indigenous communities\, San Roque links the devastating consequences of colonization on Australia’s traditional owners and their country to “the psychosis of the time” which “keeps one eye open and shuts the other.” San Roque identifies Jung’s Red Book visioning as Biblical and Northern European in heritage\, before exploring his own hybrid visioning combining this same heritage with his knowledge and experience of Indigenous Australian literature\, song cycles and practices. He asks himself “what unconscious fantasy drives my response to climate change anxiety?” His response emerges in stories – mythic and present time – of care for country\, alive even in the midst of climate catastrophes\, and an active imagination in the form of a community theatre work entitled ‘Persephone’s Wake’. This is a cathartic lament\, full of anger\, confusion\, despair and love\, which takes San Roque and his audience deep into a world where the old seasonal cycles celebrated in the ancient Near Eastern myths of Persephone and Demeter and Inanna can no longer operate\, and Persephone dies from exhaustion\, mourned by her children Kore and Kouros. The central question that surfaces through this\, is the same as the one Jung responded to in The Red Book\, “Will you accept this destruction?”
URL:https://ofj.org/event/persephones-wake/
LOCATION:Zoom Webinar\, OR\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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