Fall 1996 Archives - Oregon Friends of Jung

Lecture - First United Methodist Church, Collins Hall

The Historical and Psychological Contexts for Intimate Relations

Sep, 20 1996
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 ... Read more

Workshop - First United Methodist Church, Fireside Room

The Sensuality and Spirituality of Intimate Relationships

John Giannini

Sep, 21 1996
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 ... Read more

Lecture - Westminister Presbyterian Church - Great Hall

From Psyche to a Picture of the World: Archetypal Dimensions of Self Organization

Michael Conforti

Oct, 25 1996
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 ... Read more

Workshop - Westminister Presbyterian Church - Fireside Room

From Psyche to a Picture of the World: Archetypal Dimensions of Self Organization

Michael Conforti

Oct, 26 1996
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 ... Read more

Lecture - First United Methodist Church, Collins Hall

Seasons of the Soul: Archetypal Patterns in Weather and Climate

Dennis Merritt

Nov, 08 1996
“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody ever does anything about it.” Mark Twain Weather 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 ... Read more

Workshop - First United Methodist Church, Fireside Room

The Greening of Psychology: Jung’s Contribution to Evolving Environmental Paradigms

Dennis Merritt

Nov, 09 1996
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. ... Read more

Lecture - First United Methodist Church, Collins Hall

Psyche and Music

Karlyn M. Ward

Dec, 06 1996
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 ... Read more

Workshop - First United Methodist Church, Collins Hall

Psyche and Music

Karlyn M. Ward

Dec, 07 1996
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 ... Read more