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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 Online with CE credits
Fall, 2016: Five Tuesdays: Sep 27, Oct 4, 18, 25, Nov 1
7.00 - 8.30 pm, Eastern Time, USA
Beginning September 27th, 2016
Instructor Maxson J. McDowell, PhD
Contact hours: 7.5 CE contact hours for New York State licensed social workers.
Please note: for NYS-licensed social workers seeking credit, students must attend all sessions. For CE learning objectives and full information regarding cancellation abd refunds, visit www.cgjungny.org.
When a woman has a crush on a man, she is partly fascinated by her own unconscious masculine potential (animus). A man may likewise be fascinated by his own unconscious feminine potential (anima). This fascination may draw a couple into relationship, but the animus and anima tend to remain unconscious.
Consciousness leads to an inner relationship (with the animus or anima) which is the source of creativity. That inner relationship also makes it easier to have relationships in the outer world. This class will also give you practice in symbolic thought, which is necessary for analyzing dreams. This class is suitable both for newcomers, and for those who have already taken the previous classes on dreams.
Upcoming Advanced Seminars with CE credits
September 7 – December 21
(excluding Oct 12 and Nov 23)
Instructor: Sanford Drob, PhD
This class will combine a close textual reading of Jung's Red Book (Liber Novus) with a meditation and analysis of the painted images. Our primary goal will be to understand the relevance of Jung's encounter with his soul to the work on the psyche, individuation and the psychotherapeutic process.
In the course of examining the clinical relevance of Liber Novus, we will consider the ethical, philosophical and theological implications of Jung's Red Book project, place this work in the context of the history of ideas, address the relationship between the ideas in the Red Book and Jung's Collected Works, and consider the importance of the Red Book for the future of the social sciences.
Seminar #2, Spring 2017: Jung, the Neuroscience of Spirituality, and Psychological Change
Feb 1 – May 10
(excluding April 12)
Instructor: David Walczyk, EdD, NCPsyA
While Jung understood the value and essence of a spiritual outlook on life and its role in the therapeutic process, the tools for understanding the contribution of the brain to the creation, processing, and changing of spirituality were unavailable during his lifetime.
This class will be experiential, relational, and self-reflective. We will draw from Jung's analytical psychology, connect it with the neuroscience of spirituality, and consider them together in connection with the clinical process of psychological development and change. The topics covered are the formation and development of spiritual beliefs, spiritual practices and experiences such as prayer and ritual, mindfulness and active imagination, mystical experiences, and entheogens. This course requires no prior knowledge of Jungian psychology or neuroscience.
Upcoming Classes
5 Mondays, 6:00–7.40 pm
Beginning September 26th (except October 3)
Instructor Gary Brown, LCSW, LP
We will explore in detail the notion of "the Field" and its lived experience across cultures and through time. Called variously, Indra's Net, The Endless Knot, The Interconnectedness of All Things, it appears in modern science and technology, as "the field effect," and as gravity and is metaphorized as the World Wide Web, and was once called "the ether." We live in the dream field, and work analytically in the analytic field. Like the ocean to the fish, it is everywhere and yet unknown and unrecognized, the sine qua non of life itself and indeed, all matter, all that is.
5 Wednesdays, 6:30–8:10 pm
Beginning September 28 (except October 12)
Instructor Sylvester Wojtkowski, PhD
Contemporary Western culture has been dominated by Apollonian consciousness. Order, light and rationality embodied in science and technology rule the world. Or do they? The dark, irrepressible irrational forces constantly threaten its supremacy. In 1872 Nietzsche in The Birth of Tragedy, identified this radical, original dialectic as Dionysian versus Apollonian, and shaped subsequent thinking about it. His view strongly influenced Jung's view of Western psyche and culture, as well.
Note: This course is held at 420 East 51st Street, Suite C.
Understanding Jung: The Basic Concepts, Part 1
5 Thursdays, 6:00–7:40 pm
Beginning September 29 (except October 13)
Instructor Maxson J. McDowell, PhD, LMSW, LP
We will explore together the elements of Jungian psychology, including: archetype, collective unconscious, persona, shadow, anima and animus, self, consciousness, symbol, spirit, mother complex, father complex, typology, individuation, and inner marriage. We will also explore Jung's method of interpreting dreams, myths and fairy tales.
There will be fairy tales and other readings assigned for each class. There will be lively discussion with plenty of time for questions and each class is likely to be fun.
Note: This course is held at 255 W 88th Street, Suite #9E
5 Thursdays, 6:30–8:10 pm
Beginning September 29 (except October 13)
Instructor Maria Taveras, LCSW
This is an experiential workshop. Participants in the course will sculpt archetypal images from their own dreams. They will learn about what Jung means by the "creative process," engaging the unconscious in a hands-on way, working with clay. They will learn about the role that "active imagination" plays and how to use it in sculpting the psyche. They will discover the potential values inherent in archetypal dream images. Participants should come to the first class meeting with an archetypal image from one of their own dreams, ready to sculpt. No prior sculpting experience is necessary.
5 Wednesdays, 6:30–8:10 pm
Beginning November 9th (except November 23)
Instructor Sylvester Wojtkowski, PhD
We will focus on psychological interpretations and mythopoetic reading of Dionysian phenomena as they present themselves in contemporary psyche and culture. In antiquity, Hippocrates first diagnosed hysteria as a disease of wandering womb, afflicting women, and attributed it to Dionysus. In the late XIX century, Dionysus re-emerged in Paris, driving Victorian women mad. Jean-Martin Charcot at Salpetriere staged and conducted hysterical performances featuring these suffering, suggestible female subjects.
Young Sigmund Freud, attending these theatrical spectacles, was clearly inspired and brought his impressions back to Vienna, which eventually lead to the invention of psychoanalysis. Jung's approach, influenced both by Nietzsche and later by Freud, as well as his own daimonic inheritance, could be seen as an exploration of the Dionysian side of life.
Note: This course is held at 420 East 51st Street, Suite C.
Understanding Jung: The Basic Concepts, Part 2
5 Thursdays, 6:00–7:40 pm
Beginning November 10 (except November 24)
Instructor Maxson J. McDowell, PhD, LMSW, LP
See Part 1 description in Fall I semester. If you wish to take Part 2 without taking Part 1 first, please email the instructor at maxmcdowell@jungny.com
Note: This course is held at 255 W 88th Street, Suite #9E
Depth Psychology and Self-knowledge
5 Thursdays, 7:00–8:40 pm
Beginning November 10 (except November 24)
Instructor Royce Froehlich, PhD, MDiv, LCSW-R
Taking its title from a set of remarks by Jung made in 1943 (CW 18), the theme of this class is Analytical Psychology's contributions to a practical understanding of coming to know and be oneself. Jung's thoughts on the value self-knowledge will anchor the course, and comparisons to other models for working on oneself will situate Jung in the history of gnosis. Multi-media presentations will draw from Jung's corpus along with other writers, artists and musicians from various traditions of philosophical thought, psychological insight, and religious experience.
5 consecutive Mondays, 7.00–8:40 pm
Beginning November 14
Instructor David Rottman MA
In his pioneering book The Way of the Image, Jungian analyst Yoram Kaufmann "crystallized" Jung's ideas for us, enabling us to understand dreams and fantasies in a new way. The application of what Dr. Kaufmann called "the orientational approach to the psyche" also allows us to work creatively on our everyday problems and goals. In this course, we will explore a series of dreams and mythological images, as well as modern dilemmas about love, family and work through this challenging and revolutionary lens.
Introduction to Jungian Sandplay: Theory and Practice
5 consecutive Tuesdays, 6:30–8:10 pm
Beginning November 15
Instructor Ilona Melker, LCSW
Sandplay is a non-verbal, non-rational, image-centered form of therapy. The theoretical foundation of sandplay therapy is based on Jungian depth psychology with an additional influence from Eastern philosophy, as its founder Dora Kalff was a practicing Buddhist. We will explore sandplay therapy by viewing images from sandplay processes, learning about its history, and experiencing it first hand as a group. The series is aimed at those who may consider using sandplay in their own work, or those who are interested in this modality for themselves as a way of healing and individuating.
Note: This course is held at 108 East 38th St, #702 (between Park & Lex).
Upcoming Tuesday Lunch Forums
Tuesday, October 4th, 2016: 12:30 – 1:30 pm
A First Tuesday Lunch Forum presented by Gary Brown, LCSW, LP
The dream is a portrayal by the psyche of itself. Viewed from this perspective, the psyche not only has a field but is a field, although one of infinite extension. Ordinarily this field is dark, i.e., invisible. But we can make this “darkness visible” in Milton’s words, via dreams and other imaginal work. We will look at this psychic intuition, the notion of the Field, though various symbolic/metaphoric images: Indra’s Net, The Endless Knot, The Interconnectedness of All Things as well as its appearance in modern science and technology, gravity and metaphorized as the the World Wide Web.
Upcoming Workshops
Shadow and Light: A Visitation Through Art
Saturday, October 29, 2016:
10:00 am– 4:00 pm
A day-long workshop led by Joyce King Heyraud, PhD, and Shawn L. Klein, MA
Jung said, “The meeting of oneself is, at first, the meeting of one's Shadow.” This workshop will provide insights from a Jungian perspective on how accessing and integrating Shadow material can inspire creativity, deepen personal relationships and guide us on the path toward individuation. The presentation includes case material, dreams and research from leading Jungian authors and from Jung himself. The material will be amplified with art images and film clips.
The Hunger for Attachment
(Provides 5 CE contact hours for NYS Social Workers)
Saturday, November 19, 2016:
10:00 am– 4:00 pm
A day-long in-person seminar led byJulie Bondanza, PhD
The archetypal dimension of attachment will be amplified through several folk tales of Hans Christian Andersen and symbolic clinical material, including dreams and transference interactions. Special attention will be paid to the development of what John Bowlby called internal working models which are formed in childhood and their consequent influence on adult relationships and their role in the process of individuation.
The Secret of the Golden Silence
Saturday, December 3, 2016:
10:00 am– 4:00 pm
A day-long in-person seminar led by Royce Froehlich, PhD, MDiv, LCSW
In Jung's Commentary on The Secret of the Golden Flower (1929) he points out the archetypal call for contemplative silence. Contemplative techniques can offer insight to one's personality. In Jung's case, the application of 'certain yoga techniques' contributed to the development of The Red Book where Jung engages the subject of wu-wei (actively doing nothing), which is the 'secret' of the golden flower. Resonant in the mystical thought of preacher and spiritual guide Meister Eckhart, who describes such a state of mind as Gelassenheit (letting-be-ness), the contemplative attitude of doing nothing also inspired the composer John Cage, whose work will inform this presentation.
Upcoming Trip to Sri Lanka
Quadrant
New Issue of Quadrant Published
Vol XLV:1 Spring 2015
Articles include:
- The Symbolic Language of Copperwork Illuminations
— Shana Lax - A Religion of One's Own: A Public Talk and Conversation at The Garrison Institute
— Thomas Moore & Kathryn Madden - Borders and Belonging: Archetypal and Ecological Aspects of "Home" in Homer's Odyssey
— Bonnie Bright - Towards A Science of Gnosis: Intimations of An Imaginal Theory of Knowledge
— Kiley Laughlin - Acknowledging, Moving Toward, and Transcending Psycho-physiological Angst During A Paradox of Conflicting Desires
— Mathew Gildersleeve - Book Reviews
— Beth Darlington, Review Editor
Reviews by Thomas Eisner, Jeffrey Rubin Morey, and Sandra Geller
