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The Salem Witchcraft Trials: An American Shadow

Portland State University - Lincoln Hall Portland

In search for the foundation of the American character, its consciousness, its archetypes, the psychologist is bound to look into the Salem witchcraft trials, an event that took place almost 300 years ago. “Witch Hunt” has become a part of our American vocabulary, a fact that attests to the continuing occurence of witch hunts in ... Read more

Mother Complex, Obesity, and Exercise

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

This is a workshop taking weight gain and loss from the standpoint of analytical psychology, that is from the source of the problems, the unintegrated mother complex. We will not be talking about calories, cholesterol, behavior modification, nor will you need loose-fitting clothes for exercise. We will be taking obesity up as depth psychology, that ... Read more

Beyond Survival: Heart Surgery and the Psyche

First United Methodist Church, Collins Hall 1838 SW Jefferson Street, Portland

I think heart surgery and heart trouble is becoming increasingly common in the second half of life; if we’re not ourselves involved, we certainly have a family member who has been (or may be). I had coronary bypass surgery in January 1987 and survived-I want to talk with you about the changes in the psyche, ... Read more