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Welcome to the C.G. Jung Foundation
in New York City!
We are pleased to present the following events and learning opportunities. Please join us!
Events and opportunities include:
• Classes
• Workshops
• Lectures
• Midday Forums
• Advanced Seminars
•Trip to India
• Audio-tapes
Upcoming Summer Studies
Ancient Myths for Modern Times
July 10– 14, 2017
The title "Ancient Myths for Modern Times" captures the heart of this week's program as well as the complexity of Jungian or archetypal psychology, in which myths present ways of seeing and new perspectives. Myths are archetypally charged, providing images, symbols, stories and a pantheon of gods which constellate in our Personal and Collective Unconscious. Archetypes can be seen as carriers of fiction, the myths and heroes that still speak to us through time and memory, providing another angle for seeing and containers for our psychological complexity. Jung reminded us that we can't escape imaginal history for it still lives in our psyche.
Cosmos from Chaos: Living Consciously in a Troubled World
July 17 – 21, 2017
During this week we will focus on issues as familiar to the ancient Greeks as they are to us in the 21st century. The human goal has always been to bring cosmos, order or unity, out of chaos. The third century Neoplatonist Plotinus, later revered during the Italian Renaissance, wrote about reaching Oneness or the Intellectual Principle by joining disparate forces and rising above them. Jung's joining of opposites such as the conscious and the unconscious is in this spirit and intellectual tradition. The desire for unity is a compelling psychological urge that is universal and fraught with danger.
Contact hours for licensed NYS social workers and NYS psychoanalysts: 25 CE contact hours for each program.
Upcoming Advanced Seminars with CE credits
September 7 – December 21
(excluding Sept 21 and Nov 23)
Instructor: Royce Froehlich, PhD, LCSW-R
Inspired by this year's 50th anniversary of The Summer of Love, when the Beatles' Sergeant Pepper was the No.1 album, this seminar will offer a critique of the dysregulating clinical effects of electronic communications media on the psyche through the lens of Analytical Psychology and Media Philosophy, with therapeutic insights and motifs drawn from the Beatles' music and lyrics released in 1967.
Along with texts by Jung, we will examine the work of media theorists, including Marshall McLuhan, who coined the phrase 'Global Village,' which was actualized in the Summer of 1967 through the first live, worldwide satellite broadcast, in which he and the Beatles participated.
Seminar #2, Spring 2018: The Gnostic Sophia: Redeeming the Feminine Divine
Feb 1 – May 10
(excluding March 29)
Instructor: Hilda Seidman, MFA
In Answer to Job, Jung looks to the divine image of the Gnostic Sophia as a potential remedy for the collective. To repair and redeem ourselves, we need to repair and redeem the fragmented feminine on a mythopoetic level. This course will pick up where Jung left off in Answer to Job. The Gnostic Sophia is an image of feminine wisdom that meets and balances the masculine principles. She is a figure that can potentially restore wholeness to the Western civilizations' collective myths.
The topics that will be explored in depth reveal the clinical application of a deeply valued Gnostic belief in gnosis or knowing. Within each class, there will be an in depth exploration of the Gnostic religion and its significant role in influencing Jungian thought and concepts, as well as how this symbol system can serve us now both personally and clinically. Clinical cases will be presented in each class to amplify the material presented and offer an opportunity to discuss the inner knowingness that is awakened in psychic material and its meaning for our unfolding individuation processes.
Upcoming Classes
5 consecutive Mondays, 6:00–7:40 pm
Beginning October 2nd
Instructor Gary Brown, LCSW, LP
Early in the last century, translators, commentators and editors and authors such as D.T. Suzuki, Evans-Wenz, et. al., requested from Jung forwards to introduce their work, such as The Tibetan Book of the Dead, The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, and Introduction to Zen Buddhism. Jung, in turn, wrote his own, The Psychology of Eastern Meditation. It was through these texts and Jung's aid in interpretation that Buddhadharma made its second entry into the West
Conversely, we will come to a stronger and sharper understanding of Jung's viewpoint and methods of interpretation by our study of these brief introductory essays.
The Kabbalah: Jungian and Archetypal Perspectives
5 consecutive Wednesdays, 6.30–8.10 pm
Beginning October 4th
Instructor Sanford Drob, PhD
This course will provide an introduction to the history of the Kabbalah, its symbolism, and world-view. Jung's 1944 Kabbalistic Visions and his later use of Kabbalistic symbols and ideas will be closely examined. Throughout the course, the relevance of Kabbalistic symbolism and ideas to contemporary psychology, philosophy, theology and art, as well as the conduct of daily living, will be emphasized.
"Daily Bread": Five Jungian Topics (re)Visited
5 consecutive Thursdays, 7:00–8:40 pm
Beginning October 5th
Instructor Harry Fogarty, PhD
"Daily Bread": Five Jungian Topics (re)Visited
–Amplification
–Active Imagination
–Relationships/the "Field"
–Inner World/Outer World
–Self/Selves
Central motifs from Jung's work will be explored with the aim of experientially locating the daily bread we all seek.
Emotions: What can we learn about them from Jung?
5 consecutive Mondays, 7:00–8:40 pm
Beginning November 6th
Instructor David Rottman, MA
Jung has a lot to say about personal emotions, collective emotions, destructive emotions, healing emotions, emotions that separate, emotions that unite, cosmic emotions, chaotic emotions, meaningful emotions. He explored emotions in depth, uncovering the ways in which emotions work in the psyche, both positively and negatively.
We will discuss how emotions impact the "outer" dimensions of our daily lives at work and in relationships, and how emotions impact the way we live with our own "inner" experience of ourselves.
Music as a Bridge to the Unconscious
5 consecutive Tuesdays, 6:30–8:10 pm
Beginning November 7th
Instructor Gary Trosclair, DMA, LCSW
Music has received little attention in the Jungian world. This course will explore the psychological functions of music for both the individual and the community through a Jungian lens. We will explore a wide variety of musical styles in their cultural contexts in order to understand how music compensates collective imbalances. We will also explore the archetypal nature of music and how it may be used or abused in the process of individuation. We will approach our subject matter from many perspectives, ranging from evolutionary psychology and neuropsychology to a personal experience of the numinous.
5 Wednesdays, 6:30–8.10 pm
November 8 (excluding November 22)
Instructor Maria Taveras, LCSW
This workshop will be an opportunity for us to experience the transformative activity of the psyche in a profoundly intimate way. By altering our normal ego state of consciousness, we will activate the imagination and then, with watercolors as our medium and paintbrushes as our instruments, we will depict the images that spontaneously emerge from our innermost being. Then, together as a group, we will share our felt experiences and explore the creative process. Watercolors, brushes, and paper will be provided.
Upcoming Tuesday Lunch Forums
Tuesday, October 3, 2017: 12:30 – 1:30 pm
A First Tuesday Lunch Forum presented by Hilda Seidman, MFA.
We are inundated by noise both in the current news cycle and in our daily lives of living in NYC. How do we prioritize and cultivate silence? In Answer to Job, Jung points to the Gnostic Sophia, a divine symbol of feminine wisdom, as a salve and a solution to the imbalance of patriarchal values in our Western Civilization. In the Gnostic myths, Sophia is born from the goddess Sige, the goddess of silence. In this talk, we will explore the archetype of silence and its multivalent iterations.
Tuesday, November 7, 2017: 12:30 – 1:30 pm
A First Tuesday Lunch Forum presented by Gary Brown, LCSW, LP.
A bridge and a key are two of the very important tools presented to us by Jung and Analytical Psychology. Our time, even more so than when Jung was working and writing, is one of radical dualism: we operate from a deep split between myself and other, this and that, subject-object. This was quite clear in Jung’s era: he saw the effects of this split, not only in the heart-mind and soul (or lack thereof) of the patients in front of him, but in the culture and society at large.
Inner Transformation and the Emergence of the Self
Tuesday, December 5, 2017: 12:30 – 1:30 pm
A First Tuesday Lunch Forum presented by Tobi Zausner, PhD, LCSW.
The Self, a central archetype in Jungian psychology, emerges with the transcendent function, which is the unification of the conscious and the unconscious mind. It is the mature highly functioning aspect of ourselves and only appears after the inner struggles of individuation vanquish our immaturity. According to Jung, it is a triumph of an inner battle because, “The experience of the self is always a defeat for the ego.” The emergence of the Self is a fundamental rebirth of the individual. Cultures around the world have depicted this transformation in art and legend showing the emergence of the self and its wholeness as the sought after goal of self-evolution.
Upcoming Workshops
Letting Go and Holding On: Essential Archetypal Tools for the Journey of Individuation
Saturday, October 28th, 2017:
9:30 am– 4:30 pm
A day-long workshop led by Gary Trosclair, DMA, LCSW
Contact hours: Six CE contact hours for Licensed NYS Social Workers and Psychoanalysts for this program.
Jung suggested that in the journey of individuation the ego needs to let go of control and defer to the Self, submitting to a principle greater than personal identity. Relinquishing old stories of a heroic ego is essential to the individuation process. Yet holding closely the values that bring us joy, strength and meaning are also essential as we enter new stages of life.
We will explore the dynamics of Holding On and Letting Go as two aspects of a vital and ever-changing flow of beliefs that keeps life fulfilling. Using experiential techniques, writing, and small group sharing we will identify and explore the stories that we live by and how they affect our tendency to constrict or expand.
Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Alchemy of Grief, Fear, and Despair
Saturday, November 18th, 2017:
9:30 am– 4:30 pm
A day-long seminar led by Miriam Greenspan, MEd, LMHC
Contact hours: Six CE contact hours for Licensed NYS Social Workers and Psychoanalysts for this program.
This seminar focuses on the transformative power that comes to us when we know how to listen to the wisdom of the broken heart. It is not the dark emotions but our avoidance/denial of them that contributes to the psychiatric epidemics of our age: chronic depression, anxiety, psychic numbing, addiction, and mass violence.
Through presentations, mindfulness meditation, stories, discussion, breath and energy work, visualization, cognitive reframing, and heart-centered spiritual exercises, we will learn the seven steps of the alchemy of the dark emotions and practice the three basic skills of this process—attending, befriending, and surrendering to the flow of emotion in the body.
Jungian Dream Interpretation: Clinical and Personal Implications
Saturday, December 2nd, 2017:
9:30 am– 4:30 pm
A day-long workshop led by Jane Selinske, EdD, LCSW, NCPsyA, LP
Contact hours: Six CE contact hours for Licensed NYS Social Workers and Psychoanalysts for this program.
Historically, dreams were accepted as messengers of the Divine. In the twentieth century Freud and Jung rediscovered the rich value of the dream and brought the dream back into its proper place of psychological and spiritual benefit. C.G. Jung discovered through confrontation with his unconscious that dreams and symbols disclosed the path of one’s individuation.
Learning the principles of Jungian Dream Interpretation gives the analyst/psychotherapist tools to understand and integrate unknown parts of the psyche. This workshop will enable individuals and therapists to analyze dreams from a Jungian lens and will teach participants different creative techniques to actively engage the dream.
Upcoming 2018 Trip to India
Quadrant
New Issue of Quadrant Published
Vol XLVII:1 Spring 2017
Articles include:
- The Human Soul (Lost?) in Transition, at the Dawn of a New Era
— Erel Shalit - Meditations on the Birth of Self: Archetypal Revelations in Whitman's 1855 "Song of Myself"
— Brandon J. O'Neil - Black Holes & The Negative Mother Complex
— Elizabeth Colistra - Living Multiplicity: A Sideways Perspective
— Roger Peasley - Book Reviews
— Beth Darlington, Review Editor
Reviews by Deborah Stewart, Mark Dean, and Chris Beach.
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