Fall 1988 Archives - Oregon Friends of Jung

Lecture - First United Methodist Church, Sanctuary

Who is Dreaming the Dreamer

Sep, 23 1988
In our dreams we participate in a drama that comes from within us but we do not consciously construct. We appear in our dreams as well as observe them. Who is dreaming the dreamer? Who gives us the roles that we play in our own dreams? What is the meaning and goal of the personal ... Read more

Workshop - First United Methodist Church, Fireside Room

The Archetypal Self: Intimacy and Transcendence

James A. Hall

Sep, 24 1988
While the ego is the center of consciousness, the actual center of the entire psyche is the Archetypal Self, the Central Archetype of Order. The Self is perhaps Jung’s most central, yet most mysterious concept. This seminar will examine the meaning of the Archetypal Self using both mythological and clinical examples. Participants can acquire a ... Read more

Lecture - First United Methodist Church, Sanctuary

Revelation in a Modern Dream: A New Image of the Divine

Lionel Corbett

Oct, 14 1988
Manifestations of the Self are experienced as ongoing revelations within the individual psyche. In the dream to be explored, a woman’s image of God is transformed, her acceptance of aging and death was radically enhanced, and light is shed on the androgynous nature of divinity.

Workshop - First United Methodist Church, Fireside Room

Jungian Psychology and Kohut’s Self Psychology

Lionel Corbett

Oct, 15 1988
This workshop will compare and contrast Jung’s theory of the Self with recent in developmental psychoanalytic self psychology, particularly those of Kohut. In certain areas, self psychology is rapidly replacing both classical psychoanalytical drive theory and ego psychology as the major conceptual modality of practicing analysts. Kohut’s theory bears several important similarities and differences from ... Read more

Workshop - Eugene Laurelwood Clubhouse

The Religious Function of the Psyche

Lionel Corbett

Oct, 16 1988
The Transpersonal Self incarnates into personal self. The relationship between Self and self is a crucial factor in psychological and spiritual development. Recent developments in self psychology cast some new light on these processes. Individuation, or incarnation, occurs in response to the pressure of the transpersonal spirit experienced within the individual soul. The resultant images ... Read more

Lecture - First United Methodist Church, Collins Hall

Beyond Survival: Heart Surgery and the Psyche

James A. Silber

Nov, 18 1988
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

Workshop - First United Methodist Church, Fireside Room

Mother Complex, Obesity, and Exercise

James A. Silber

Nov, 19 1988
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

Lecture - Portland State University - Lincoln Hall

The Salem Witchcraft Trials: An American Shadow

William O. Walcott

Chandler Brown

Dec, 09 1988
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

Workshop - Portland State University Smith Hall

One’s Own Witch Hunt: The Shadow from the Personal Side

William O. Walcott

Chandler Brown

Dec, 10 1988
This Centerpoint Workshop will use materials from the new Vantage Point Course-The Nessus Shirt which leads from one’s exploration of identification with the persona to the results in the shadow.