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welcome to Jung Downunder 2009.
we have a programme of rich and
varied events ahead and hope
that in these interesting times you may find
sustenance here for heart and soul.
The upheavals of contemporary life provide
the impetus for our lead article ‘Ascent from the
Abyss’ by lenore Kulakauskas. Here she considers
how we may respond to today’s challenges in the
world from an engaged awareness that takes us
beyond an egoic view point to a consciousness
that deepens and expands our relationship to the
world. Further reflections on the interplay between
personal and social life can be found in our book
reviews of clive Hamilton’s The Freedom Paradox
and lynn Hume’s and Kathleen mcPhillip’s Popular
Spiritualities.
many of our programmed events also explore the
relationship between the life of the individual and
community. In march Roger Brooke will talk about
Jung’s contributions to an understanding of the
oedipus complex, and then present a workshop
‘The Family Romance’ to explore our primary
formative relationships. Pam Stavroupolous’s
may talk ‘The Politics of Depression’ challenges
the perception that depression is an exclusively
individual disorder, suggesting rather that it as an
illness whose causes arise in part from the social
and political fabric of life. while on a somewhat
sweeter note Frith luton considers collective
life from an instinctual and mythic realm in her
presentation ‘circumambulating the centre: The
Symbolism of the Bee, the Honey and the Hive’.
our first and last presentations of this programme
focus on the psyche’s response to trauma and
change. In February we welcome ernest Hartmann,
a world-renowned dream researcher, who presents
his recent research on dreaming, with reference to
the interplay of dreams and trauma. ‘can These
Bones live?’ is the evocative title of lucy Davey’s
talk in June in which she reflects on the challenges
of coping with change in her exploration of the
richly symbolic Biblical story of ezekiel.
In addition to these stimulating and thoughtful
presentations we offer two ongoing courses
for the first half of the year. The first is a James
Hillman reading group led by Peter Dicker which
will consider Hillman’s writings on all things
imaginable. The second is a course I am facilitating
entitled ‘engaging Dreams’ which is designed to
stimulate and enliven your dreamwork practice.
There is something here for everyone – we hope
News
c.G.Jung Society of Sydney
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you agree and that you will be inspired to come
and participate in our community to explore the
relationship between psyche and world.
Jung Downunder looks so good because we are
most blessed to have Tim Hartridge as our graphic
designer – my thanks to him for the very generous
donation of his talents and time to this publication.
my great thanks also to rest of the production team
– Tori collins, lucy Davey, and Jon marshall who
edit and proofread alongside myself.
I look forward to meet with you soon.
Sally Gillespie, President
FRom the Committee
2008 wAS an exciting and satisfying year for
us with Society membership numbers growing
significantly and our events being well-attended.
much credit for this goes to Tim Hartridge who has
put so much creative effort into uplifting our public
face through our Jung Downunder publications
and website. Tori collins has ably assisted Tim
particularly in maintaining the website, and
also in keeping up with the growing technical
demands of each meeting with data projection and
recording. Thanks are also due to the tremendous
organisational abilities of lenore Kulakauskas
who so expertly administers our growing number
of events and an expanding database. lenore’s
innovations have been many and ongoing,
enabling us to grow effectively. marcel Abarca
has ably stepped up to the position of Treasurer
following monica Roman’s resignation due to
ill-health. we are exceedingly grateful to monica
and marcel for so efficiently getting our finances in
excellent order.
our horizons have also expanded thanks to the
adventurous ideas of our executive committee.
Following the July panel on Depth Psychology and
climate change, Jon marshall has undertaken to
edit and oversee the production of a Jung Society
publication on the same topic inviting a number
of contributors to participate. This is our first foray
into publishing, marking an exciting new chapter in
our development. we eagerly anticipate the book
launch in the second half of 2009.
Yolanda waldman has taken the initiative to
foster a relationship between ourselves and the
Australasian college of Natural Therapies, where
she lectures. This has resulted in a generous
offer from the college to use their rooms for our
courses and to be linked to their website. This is a
great opportunity to introduce ourselves to a new
community.
June Reynolds continues to take every
opportunity she finds herself in to spread the
words of our presence and events, and to warmly
welcome newcomers to our meetings while Bo
Robertson took us to Spain this year organising a
very festive christmas Party at captain Torres with
fine food.
lucy Davey has been as busy as ever in the library
organising our ever- burgeoning shelves, ably
–assisted by both Yolanda and lenore. Jon marshall
has imported many new and exciting Jungian titles
in for our bookstall while lesley Hamlyn continues
to act as our all-rounder turning her hand and wits
to all tasks on hand.
I am extremely fortunate to be the President of
such a talented committee and am continually
buoyed by their commitment, support and passion.
we are a merry crew, and there is always room
for one more, so please contact any one of us if
you would like to become a part of a great joint
venture. my thanks to everyone for their significant
contributions.
Sally Gillespie, President
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‘The perspective of the Business Model…is
unravelling…new perspectives are urgently needed.’
w e A V I N G V o I c e S
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Engaging in Everyday Life Through a Jungian Perspective
The TheoryIN ADVeRTISING her address to the Analytical
Psychology club of New York at their Annual
Dinner, Heide Kolb, Jungian Analyst wrote:
The Jungian approach is unique. It is not only
a method to treat psychological problems, but
also a unique way of perceiving and engaging
in everyday life.
The everyday life of western society,
embedded in consumerism and indoctrinated
in the language of the market, has hit a
huge pothole, indeed a veritable abyss.
The perspective of the Business model has
infiltrated governments, education, industry,
communities and families. Now it is unravelling.
Its adherents are shaken, fearful and adrift.
New perspectives are urgently needed.
A perspective that encourages a conscious
awareness of the psychology of what is going
on in the world around us is required. one
which meets this requirement is the ‘universal’
perspective espoused in Jungian and post-
Jungian discourse.
This perspective, developed by the
post- Jungian wolfgang Giegerich, does
not favour ego-consciousness but instead
purposefully includes non-ego thought in the
thinking process. Inclusion does not mean
appropriation. It means admitting an image,
dream or fantasy as something deserving of
thought, albeit in a special way. This way allows
the non-ego image to be observed as a thing in
itself, yet still intimately attached, allowing both
ego and non-ego to live comfortably with each
other, not as opposites but as dual dwellers.
The ExperienceA 54-year old woman had a dream in 1998.
I am driving up a hill. There is a park and an
oval on the left hand side and a single shop
on the other side. It is called the Virgo shop.
I park the car beside a white wooden fence
bordering the park. I cross the street and go
into the shop. I am surprised how bare the
shop is. There are white floorboards and dried
tortured willow branches in a large vase.
Lenore Kulakauskas
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from theAscentabysS
w e A V I N G V o I c e S
There aren’t many books. A couple of
other people are talking to the owner.
They don’t notice me so I leave. Next I
am driving through a city. There is a lot
of traffic, pedestrians and red traffic
lights. I seem to be driving round and
round in circles, but then I make a left
hand turn and see a familiar church.
I drive up a hill onto a curved road
which turns into a dirt track. Now I
am on top of a ridge. I see what looks
like a new sub-division. I drive in. The
houses are unusual and people are
working on them. Some people are
lifting a large slab of wood up above
large glass walls. I speak to them but
they don’t answer. I don’t think they
can see me. I leave the sub-division
and drive out onto another dirt road.
I come across a group of children
sitting in a semi-circle around an old
woman who has her back to me.
She is dressed in blue. I stop. The old
woman turns to me and says: “Look
behind you.” I turn around. The most
incredibly beautiful scene lies before
me. Steep purple mountains on either
side slope down to a beautiful blue
lake, which continues on to a distant
cutting where I know it will join the
sea. The trees on the mountains are
a riot of colour – autumn tones of
reds, oranges and golds even though
it isn’t autumn. It takes my breath
away with its beauty. I could look at it
forever. I turn back. The old woman
said “That’s not all.” I look again and
see a similar beauteous scene. But
then I become aware that buildings
have appeared on my left – the colours
have disappeared. Now I see row upon
row of high-rise buildings but as I look
closer I can see they are deserted,
some in ruins. There are people too
but they are like wraiths, skeletal,
dressed in rags. I say to myself, “They
can’t see it! They can’t see it.”
when she first dreamt it, she tried to
understand it at a personal level but it
all seemed a bit fantastic, as if she had
dreamt something of mythic proportion,
hardly relevant to someone in the midst
of medication and therapy for a nervous
breakdown. It was a dream that almost
cried out to be given to others to look
at. And who was she to even find an
audience for it to be shared with?
It is 10 years later – 2008.She is ready to share the dream after
much hard work and after recognition
that ‘she’ is but one avenue through
which ‘soul’ can access itself.
The dream could have been
appropriated and presented as ‘hers’,
but in so doing would have lost its
‘ The imperative is that we recognise that it is our perspective…that needs to change…’
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universality and therefore its capacity to
inspire. In leaving the dream as a thing
in itself – attached to her, but only so
it had her as a potential outlet – she
had to position herself within a new
perspective, a perspective capable
of admitting dual occupancy of ego
and non-ego. Not two ‘personas’,
with which pop psychologists might
have a field day erroneously labelling
her schizophrenic, but a perspective
giving soul its rightful place alongside
ego. An occupancy where soul is not
an ‘unconscious’ underlay, but exists
simultaneously with rational thought.
where soul is capable of being brought
into the thinking process on its own
terms, thus engendering a wider vision.
The FutureThe post-Jungian, wolfgang
Giegerich, wrote:
Jung once wrote that we always
dream from within the relationship.
We could extend this statement by
saying we always dream from within
the real psychological context that
we are in as well as from the more
superficial or deeper psychological
reality level that consciousness is open
to. But this applies not only to dream
thoughts. It applies to all non-ego
thinking.
In 1998 the dream was dreamt in the
real psychological context that she was
in as well as from the more superficial
or deeper psychological reality level that
consciousness was open to.
In Jungian terms this was a ‘big’
dream, an opus magnum. It was
more than an ego-based aid to
help the woman understand herself
better or imbue her own personal
circumstances with a mythic quality.
It aided in enabling her, eventually, to
acknowledge that contradictions could
exist side by side, to allow an awareness
that she was not outside the world, an
outsider choosing to become a part of
something else, but that the world was
part of her.
The monumental challenges we, as a
species, currently face, were no longer
‘out there’ but an integral part of who
she was.
The imperative is that we recognise
that it is our perspective, or how we
see things, that needs to change. Not
through the narrow lens of the ego
itself, nor an imaginary (yet still ego-
related) lens where compassion and
solutions are dealt with ‘out there.’ ego
plus soul, conscious thought applied to
both. Here are the tools for the future to
help us ascend from the abyss.
‘ The imperative is that we recognise that it is our perspective…that needs to change…’
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from theAscentabysS
Reviewed by Jonathan Marshall
Clive Hamilton’s new book is perhaps one
of the most important books to have entered
Australian popular discourse in the last ten
to twenty years. It should be read, but that
does not mean it cannot be disagreed with, as
disagreement is a tribute given to a work which
stimulates thought and questions.
HAmIlToN’S starting points are that
affluence and freedom are not enough
for a satisfactory life, and that following
our desires leads to a loss of inner freedom. we
can, he proclaims, only be free by following
a moral code—this is the paradox of the title.
He then may dismiss the relationship between
morality and politics too quickly, rendering
us isolate individuals. our lives are shaped
by the forces around us, whether these are
conscious or unconscious. If we are trapped in
a shallow consumerism which leaves us empty
and depressed with little sense of direction
beyond consuming more, then that is a social
fact resulting from the kind of politics we,
and the society, pursue – and pursue up to its
destruction. when we resist the sirens, and help
others to resist, then our actions are political,
and we might as well make this conscious.
After this introduction, the book moves
into an exposition of some ideas of Kant and
Schopenhauer. Using these philosophers he
suggests that there is a radical difference between
things as they are perceived or understood
(the phenomenon) and things as they really
are (the noumenon or things-in-themselves).
while Kant proposes that we can never perceive
noumenon directly, Schopenhauer argues that
we do perceive our own existence and our bodies
immediately, and thus have access to at least
some noumenon through what he calls ‘intuition’.
Hamilton suggests that if this is the case then we
can anchor our morality in the intuition which
gives us experience of our common being. This
movement serves to complicate the idea that
morality depends solely upon ‘Reason’ or rational
calculation, and retrieves the role of emotion. His
aim would seem to be to separate spirituality and
morality from doctrinaire notions of the divine.
later in the book he makes comparisons with
Jung’s theory of individuation, pointing out that in
becoming autonomous we bind ourselves to our
fellow humans, a development which Jungians
sometimes forget. He also suggests that art moves
us to the inner world, and that some artists can
manage the marriage of heaven and hell, or the
balancing of opposites within and without. At
this point, he can suggest that the noumenon
is beyond good and evil, and he mentions Van
Gogh’s work as showing the “elemental chaos of
the noumenon” (p.233).
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The Freedom Paradox: Towards
a Post-secular Ethics.
clive Hamilton, Pub. Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2008.
B O O KR e V I e w
There are minor quibbles
that could be made about his
exposition – for instance why
is it assumed that noumenon
must be “characterised by unity
and changelessness” (p.67)?
everything we know about
them suggests that they are in
flux and constantly interacting
with other things so that they
exist in relationship, not in
themselves, and as mentioned
above they can appear chaotic.
why is consciousness taken as
a primary given, when it seems
to be learnt and again in flux
and development? However
the main query to be put to the
author is: if, despite everyone
agreeing in general to the nature
of phenomenon, our perceptions
are structured by how we
perceive and thus are not equal
to the things-in-themselves, then
why do we not equally assume
that perceptions gained through
intuition or meditative states are
not also structured by how we
perceive them? For example, a
sense of noumenal timelessness
may be a result of the
perception, not of the perceived.
A Jungian might suggest that
our perceptions of noumenon
are structured by symbols and
archetypes. This points to the
main problem I have with his
argument. Namely it does
not seem to be the case that
perception of the noumenon,
mystical experience, or intuition,
automatically leads to what
Hamilton calls “metaphysical
empathy”, and a universal and
gentle morality. our work does
not stop here.
even the vaguest familiarity
with mystical experience
suggests that we could have a
Zen practicing and enlightened
Samurai who would kill peasants
he imagined might be being
disrespectful. we have the
mystics of Nazism. we have
born-again ecstatic christians
affirming their right to endless
wealth, guns, first strike and so
on. If you shared the beliefs of
the Bali bombers, then you might
see their apparent happiness
and good humour as evidence
that they had indeed been
touched by God and seen the
true nature of things. These are
not positions that most of us,
including clive Hamilton, would
be willing to claim as examples
of ethics the world needs more
of. If we reject such contacts
with noumenon as unreal or
delusionary, that is because
we are already making a moral
decision. Therefore intuition of
the noumenon cannot be the
basis of that decision and these
kinds of experiences show that
mere contact with noumenon is
neither necessary nor sufficient
for a moral life.
The noumenon is part of our
unconscious – we are literally
not conscious of it, we are
conscious of phenomena.
Jung, to the objections of
many, never separated out
the super-conscious from the
subconscious. This was because
he recognised that the two can
be intertwined, and we often
approach the super-conscious
through the symbols provided
by the subconscious, and can
thus meet monsters on the way.
In the cases above, we could say
that people have experienced
the noumenon through the
archetype of an uncontained
warrior or through a righteous
lord of Destruction, and hence
their morality is the morality of
war and intolerance. we might
even postulate that their morality
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KATHleeN mcPHIllIPS, Senior lecturer in the School
of Humanities at the University of western Sydney,
was inspired to collect and edit the essays for her
students, who were seeking ways to recognise and re-
imagine contemporary spiritual and religious expression for
their communities and themselves. Those drawn to c.G.
Jung’s thoughts on the search for meaning will also find
much to engage their imaginations in this compilation.
The editors define enchantment as “the sensation when one
experiences events or circumstances that produce a sense of
the mysterious, the weird and the uncanny… re-enchantment
brings back the imagination and the possibility of magic into
our everyday lives” (xv). This is what Jung would have referred
to as the numinous.
The essays explore very diverse expressions of contemporary
spirituality, some bordering on traditional religious expression,
came first and shaped how they
perceived the ‘ground of being’. If
so, then Hamilton has indeed failed
to find a basis for morality. The
perception of universal sympathy,
which he aims for, is only one
possible result, and that sympathy, or
compassion, may be limited to fellow
believers. If this is so, then how do
we encourage people to experience
and act upon the knowledge that
we are all in this together? Indeed,
how do we know that this process of
perceiving noumenon is both good
and useful? How do we know that
people won’t twist it to serve their
selfish or limited ends? How indeed,
to ask one traditional question, do we
know that God is good?
Answers, I suggest, can only be
achieved if we work to discover how
unconscious processes (of the psyche,
the social and the ecology) structure
our lives, and learn not only how to
live with these processes, but with
the realities and sufferings of life,
without allocating blame to others
and making them our shadow, and
still managing to act in society. This is
a political and collective therapy, and
should not rush to conclusions before
it has begun. clive Hamilton’s book
is an important step in that direction
and can be thoroughly recommended
for all who wish to explore these
issues.
Popular Spiritualities is a collection of essays exploring
the re-emergence of enchantment in the contemporary
West. The decline in traditional religions is the starting
point for a look at wildly divergent forms of spiritual
expression, and most interestingly, a look in places that
might traditionally be defined as soulless—popular culture,
the internet, mind-altering substances, literature, fantasy,
and political engagement.
Popular Spiritualities: The Politics
of Contemporary Enchantment
edited by lynne Hume and
Kathleen mcPhillips
Ashgate Publishing company,
Aldershot, UK, 2006.
Reviewed by Jacinta Frawley
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B O O KR E V I E W
some so far removed as to seem
eccentric. The book is predicated
on the idea that “people are
searching for community,
meaning and something sacred
or supernatural, and that the
new spiritualities are eclectic,
imaginative, and experimental”
(xvi). The essays present case
studies of New Age practices,
modern vampirism, goddess
worship, and spiritual practices
drawing on and expressed
in various literary forms such
as comic books, horror and
fantasy literature, and myths
and legends. In tune with
current sensibilities, eco-
paganism is well described,
as groups engage spiritually
and politically to protect and
re-enchant the environment.
Indeed, the importance of place
as a container and source of
spirituality resonates through
many of these essays. likewise
the role of community to define
and be defined by spiritual
practices is discussed in essays
on communities as diverse as
goddess worshipers, drummers,
and gay communities.
In particular I was drawn to
three essays. Bob Hodge, writing
on spiritual tourism, encourages
us to think about the meaning
of travel. The spiritual impulse
behind travel is easily lost as
spiritual pilgrims, seduced
by cheap airfares and hotel
packages, become tourists,
and return home vaguely
disappointed that their journey
became not a holy-day but a
vacant vacation.
closer to traditional religious
experience is mcPhillips’ essay
on modern marian devotion.
mcPhillips discusses three recent
Australian appearances of the
Virgin mary—in Yankalilla, South
Australia, Rockingham, western
Australia, and coogee, New
South wales—and wonders
about the intertwining of visions
of saints, and the significance of
the particular place of the visions,
in forming and de-forming
belief.
Death is the universal certainty
that we share with every other
animate being, yet it is the
most individual of experiences.
margaret Gibson’s essay on
memory and immortality
discusses the role of public
grieving as providing meaning
and comfort to the individual,
as well as uniting and defining
communities.
Popular Spiritualities is
an academic text, so some
adventurousness is required
with technical terms. And the
adventure is well rewarded.
who of us know, for instance,
that sociologists have a word
that describes the study “of
the means by which one might
be saved”? Soteriology, from
the Greek for salvation, studies
activities such as meditation,
guidance practices, spiritual
healing, and presumably more
traditional means of salvation
such as prayer and good works.
The essays in this challenging
and engaging book resonate
with several recent Jung Society
talks discussing the search for
meaning in clinical settings—in
particular, Peter Dicker’s talk on
Dionysus, Robert Bosnak’s work
on dreams, and Kath mcPhillips’
own recent talk on marion
woodman. All look at the role
of healing, the numinous, self-
identity and individuation. The
language may differ but the wish
to re-enchant the world, and
ourselves, is universal.
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2009 Program Feb-June
SATurdAy, FEBruAry 14
dreaming: Recent Research and a New Theory of Dreaming ernest Hartmann mD Page 14–15
SATurdAy, MArch 14
AGM: BrIEF AnnuAl GEnErAl MEETInG BEForE TAlk
oedipus: The Oedipus Complex in Psychological DevelopmentRoger Brooke, Ph.D Page 16–17
SEMInAr: SundAy, MArch 15
The Family romance: The Significance of the Father and Mother in the Development of the IndividualRoger Brooke, Ph.D Page 18–19
FrIdAy, MArch 20 – JunE 12
NEW – James hillman reading Group Peter Dicker Page 20–21
SATurdAy, AprIl 18
circumambulating the centre: The Symbolism of the Bees, the Honey, and the Hive Frith luton Page 22–23
WEdnESdAy, AprIl 29 – July 8
NEW – dream course: Engaging DreamsSally Gillespie Page 24–25
SATurdAy, MAy 16
The politics of depression: Liberal Values and Emotional HealthPam Stavropoulos Page 26–27
SATurdAy, JunE 13
can These Bones live? Symbolic Imagery in Ezekiel’s Work lucy Davey Page 28–29
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The c.G. JUNG SocIeTY oF SYDNeY was formed in 1975 to promote
discussion of the ideas of the Swiss analyst and psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung.
each month the Society arranges Guest Speakers to present a diverse range of
Jungian topics in the form of talks, workshops and special events, which can be
found in the following pages. The Society is open to all members of the general
public and offers a rich and varied monthly programme of speakers both
Australian and international.
Certificates of Attendance for professional development hours available
at all events.
c.G. Jung Society of Sydney
nEW! Friday Evening reading Group STArTS FrIdAy, March 20 — June 12
The Work of James Hillman with Peter Dicker explore over 5 sessions some of the central themes in the extensive work of James Hillman.See details and reading references on page 20–21. For bookings phone lenore Kulakauskas on 9365 7750
nEW! dream course: Engaging Dreams STArTS WEdnESdAy April 29 — July 8 with Sally Gillespie Introduction to key elements of dreamwork practice and theory with particular reference to Jungian and post Jungian approaches .See details on page 24–25. For bookings phone lenore Kulakauskas on 9365 7750
Please Note: Meeting Dates in April and May are on the third Saturday of the month, rather than the usual second Saturday of the month.
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THIS PReSeNTATIoN will
summarize a great deal of
research work, starting with
clinical work on dreams after trauma.
Special regard will be given to the
central Image of the dream, which
appears to carry the emotional power
of the dream, and in the simplest case,
pictures the dreamer’s underlying
emotion. Thus when a dreamer
who has had a past experience of
trauma dreams of a tidal wave, the
central Image – "I was swept away
by a tidal wave" – pictures the clear
underlying emotion, “I am terrified, I
am overwhelmed.” The central Image
is especially strong (in a measurable
way) after trauma or stress. Among
other studies we examined 880
dreams systematically collected before
and after 9/11/01, and showed that
the after dreams have significantly
more powerful central Images.
This work is a central part of the
broader contemporary Theory, which
states, in brief:
1 Dreaming is part of a continuum of
mental functioning running from
focused waking through reverie and
daydreaming to dreaming.
2 Dreaming is hyperconnective
(condensation).
3 The connections are not made
randomly and are guided by the
dreamer’s emotion. The dream,
especially the central Image, pictures
the underlying emotion, and the
power of the image is related to the
weaving Threads between Self and world
Dreaming
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Ernest Hartmann md
GROUP
eRNeST HARTmANN is Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of
medicine, and a faculty member at the Boston Psychoanalytic Institute. He is a past
president of the International Association for the Study of Dreams, and was the first
editor-in-chief of the journal Dreaming. He is the author of 330 papers and eight
books, most recently Dreams and Nightmares.
Members $10, non-Members $25, non-Members concession $20
TAlK
SATURDAY, 14 FeB
6.30pm for 7.00pm
484 Kent Street,
SYDNeY
weaving Threads between Self and world
power of the emotion.
4) making connections in dreaming has
a function relating to integrating new
material into existing memory.
5) In addition the entire continuum of
mental functioning has clear adaptive
functions.
These points are consistent with
recent findings on the brain biology of
dreaming – both from imaging studies
and from lesion studies. However, the
biology will not be the focus of this
presentation. The presentation will
also discuss some similarities between
dreams and poems, and will consider
implications of the theory for the use
of dreams in therapy.
http://www.tufts.edu/~ehartm01/
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Roger Brooke Ph.D.
The oedipus complex in psychological development
through the life span
IT IS well known that Jung
criticized Freud for his tendency
to interpret the symbolic richness
of psychological life in terms of
our primary childhood relations.
with regard to the oedipus
complex evident in adulthood, Jung
emphasized its symbolic meaning,
interpreting incest fantasies in terms
of the psyche's inner development.
This shift in perspective from Freud
to Jung will be discussed, with
commonalities recognized and
differences highlighted. In addition,
Jung's contribution to understanding
the oedipus complex in childhood
oedipus
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RoGeR BRooKe, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Duquesne University,
Pittsburgh, USA. He is author of Jung and Phenomenology and editor of Pathways
into the Jungian World, and is one of only three non-analysts to have been elected
as an affiliate member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. He is
adjunct faculty to the c.G. Jung Institute Analyst Training Program in Pittsburgh.
A Board certified clinical psychologist, he has been steeped in the interface
between Jungian psychology, psychoanalysis, and existential phenomenology for
over thirty years. See website link below a list of published works.
Members $10, non-Members $25, non-Members concession $20
TAlK
SATURDAY,14 mAR
6.30pm for 7.00pm
Brief AGm 10 mins.
TAlK FollowS
484 Kent Street,
SYDNeY
http://web.me.com/rogerbrooke
and adolescence will be discussed.
It will be shown that Jung has
more to say about this than is
sometimes recognized. Both optimal
developmental conditions and typical
difficulties in development will be
described with reference to easily
accessible clinical material.
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Roger Brooke Ph.D.
Seminar: The significance of the father and mother in the development of the individual
THIS SemINAR will start
with an introduction to the
rapprochement that has been
taking place between psychoanalysis
and Jungian theory in recent years.
A Jungian model of infant and child
development will be presented,
defining and describing the pre-
oedipal and oedipal processes of
individuation evident in the first
few years of life. Both optimal
and damaging early relations will
be discussed, and some of the
developmental consequences will
be described. The interplay of the
personal and archetypal dimensions of
experience will be emphasized.
After this theoretical introduction,
members will have an opportunity
to reflect on some of the images and
memories in their family histories.with
a Jungian sensibility, participants will
be lead to the archetypal significance
of these experiences in the constitution
of their psychic lives. Among the
themes we might visit: attachment
and separation, light and dark, spirit
and matter, trust, psychic flexibility,
gender identity, authority, and death.
Participants will not be required to
disclose personal information they
would rather keep private, but they will
be invited to share with others some of
their experiences if they wish.
Family romanceThe
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Seminar: The significance of the father and mother in the development of the individual
RoGeR BRooKe, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Duquesne University,
Pittsburgh, USA. He is author of Jung and Phenomenology and editor of Pathways
into the Jungian World, and is one of only three non-analysts to have been elected
as an affiliate member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. He is
adjunct faculty to the c.G. Jung Institute Analyst Training Program in Pittsburgh.
A Board certified clinical psychologist, he has been steeped in the interface
between Jungian psychology, psychoanalysis, and existential phenomenology
for over thirty years.
light lunch provided.
Members $140, Members concession $120, non-Members $180
lenore kulakauskas: Tel. (02) 9365 7750
SemINAR
SUNDAY,15 mAR
10am to 4.00pm
The centre,
14 Frances Street,
RANDwIcK
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James Hillman is arguably one of the most exciting and challenging writers in the contemporary Jungian scene. Many readers find his work breath-taking, not just for the sheer audacity of his ideas but also for the poetic and original style of his writing. Join Peter Dicker in this exploration of Hillman's work.
HIllmAN’S woRK builds on
the premise, implicit in Jung’s
writings, that psyche can be
addressed in its own right, different
in perspective from spirit and matter,
yet forever intertwined with them as
well. From this premise Hillman has
been able to open up the possibilities,
(more than any other depth
psychologist, one might argue), for
where we might expect to encounter
psyche. As a consequence, his work
ranges broadly across many areas
of concern including love, suicide,
nature, cities and buildings, families,
animals, money, sex, masturbation,
war, terrorism and, of course, dreams.
In all his forays into the world ‘out
there’ Hillman continually invites us to
go down into the experience, seeking
the poetic essence at the heart of
things and experiences.
The readings planned for this group
will hopefully provide something of a
wine and cheese occasion, with many
sharp flavours to savour in small, blue-
veined bites
‘Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a
particular path... this is what I must do, this is what
I've got to have. This is who I am.’
JAmeS HIllmAN
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with Peter Dicker
Some James Hillman books to explore include:The Essential James Hillman, A Blue Fire, Routledge 1989
The Myth Of Analysis: Three Essays in Archetypal Psychology, Harper & Row 1978
Revisioning Psychology, Harper and Row 1975
The Dream and the Underworld, Harper and Row 1979
Healing Fiction, Station Hill Press 1983
The Force of Character, Random House 1999
PeTeR DIcKeR is a former president of the Illawarra Jung Society. He works as
a psychologist in a public health clinic, south of wollongong. over the past
two decades Peter has been exploring his interest in Jungian and Archetypal
psychology through various creative projects- lectures, essays, poetry and musical
compositions- and he continues to maintain an ongoing passion for ideas,
particularly in relation to clinical and cultural matters
Members $125, Members concession $115, non-Members $150
GRoUP
FRIDAYS:
march 20
April 3
may 1
may 22
June 12
Time: 7pm-9pm
Venue: TBA
SYDNeY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFkkQ9eq8qw
ReADING GRoUP
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Frith Luton
THe SYmBolISm of the bee,
honey and the hive intertwine
but at the core is the imagery
of the circumambulation of the
centre – for bees, this is a dynamic
in the service of the queen bee
and the preservation of the hive.
In depth psychological terms,
circumambulation is linked with
mandala symbolism or the archetype
of inner order, an archetype that
Jung said was perhaps the most
important.
This centre or inner directed focus, a
dynamic of movement (circulation or
rotation) around a centre is not only
fundamental to the human religious
instinct but also quintessential in what
cG Jung expresses, in descriptions
rich in alchemical imagery, of the
psychological individuation process in
which the centre is named the Self or
inner god-image.
This lecture involves an approach
to the alchemical union of opposites
through symbolism related to the
life and nature of the bee. Some
particular opposites associated with
the bee, honey and the hive include
those of love and war, sweetness
and bitterness, the individual and
multiplicity, light and dark, order and
chaos, industry and laziness, earth
and heaven/the sky, sun and moon,
Circumambulating
Centrethe
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FRITH lUToN has recently completed her Jungian analyst training in Zurich, where
she will return this year to present a lecture series based on her work with bees.
Frith has lived in melbourne for several decades but is a native of coastal south-
east Queensland. Her passionate interest in nature, literature and the symbolic
life has been strong since childhood. Frith has been a professional book editor for
over twenty years and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in History and a Diploma of
education from the University of melbourne, a Graduate Diploma in editing and
Publishing (RmIT) and a master of Analytical Psychology (UwS).
Members $10, non-Members $25, non-Members concession $20
TAlK
SATURDAY,18 APR
6.30pm for 7.00pm
484 Kent Street,
SYDNeY
spirit and matter, fertility and sterility,
regeneration and death.
In this lecture Frith will bring
together her practical experience
as a beekeeper and insights gained
in her work in Depth Psychology,
particularly through an appreciation
of Jung’s culminating work Mysterium
Coniunctionis (subtitled ‘An Inquiry into
the Separation and Synthesis of Psychic
opposites in Alchemy’).
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‘When we listen to dreams, we change, and
when dreams are heard, they change.’The Way of the Dream, Fraser Boa
with Sally Gillespie
eNGAGING
DReAmS
wHAT HAPPeNS when you
dream? what do your
dreams mean? How
should you work with your dreams?
can your dreams help or heal you?
These are just a few of the most
common questions we ask about
dreams. From the pioneering work
of Freud and Jung a psychological
approach to dreams has developed
leading dreamwork into a diverse
range of practices that can be
explored in and out of the therapy
room.
In this course you will be introduced
to key elements of dreamwork practice
and theory with particular reference to
Jungian and post Jungian approaches
with their emphases on unconscious
process and symbolic language. we will
explore the ways that dreams bridge
inner life and outer realities, as well
as consider what the latest research
is telling us about dreams and the
dreaming state.
You will be invited to keep a dream
journal throughout the course and be
introduced to different methods of
working with dreams through writing,
art and contemplation which will lay
the foundation for ongoing dreamwork
practice.
engaging Dreams is an educational
course suitable for those of you who
are new to dreamwork as well as
those who are looking to stimulate
an already established dreamwork
practice. learning will be through group
discussion, videos and readings as well
as through your own dream journal
work.
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Members $150, Members concession $130, non-Members $180
lenore kulakauskas: Tel. (02) 9365 7750
coURSe
weDNeSDAYS:
April 29
may 13 & 27
June 10 & 24
July 8
Time: 7pm-9pm
Venue: Australasian
college of Natural
Therapies, 57
Foveaux Street
SURRY HIllS
‘The depth of even the simplest [dream] image is
truly fathomless. The unending, embracing depth
is one way that dreams show their love.’The Dream and the Underworld, James Hillman
SAllY GIlleSPIe is a Jungian psychotherapist who has been in private practice
in Sydney for twenty five years. She is the author of Living the Dream and
The Book of Dreaming and is an experienced facilitator of dream groups and
courses for both personal and professional development. Sally is the President
of the cG Jung Society of Sydney and holds a master of counselling with
Distinction.
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Pam Stavropoulos Ph.D.
liberal Values and emotional Health
with reference to my book
Living under Liberalism:
the Politics of Depression
in Western Democracies, I will discuss
what I believe to be links between the
high incidence of depression and key
values of our culture. Necessarily this
raises questions about what `mental
health’ is considered to be. what,
in our society, are the characteristics
of being emotionally well? what is
the template for the psychologically
healthy person, and what kind of
subjectivity do we assume to be
optimal?
Given the dominance of liberal
values in our society, ideas about
emotional health are more shaped by
an individualist bias than we realize.
Autonomy, independence and self-
reliance are touchstones of mature
functioning, even though relationality
and interdependence most define our
existence. I will discuss how the tension
between the ̀ ideals’ of our culture
and our lived reality lead to disjuncture
between the way we feel and the
way we think we ̀ should’ be. Such
a disconnection also leads to a high
incidence of depression.
Depression is prevalent throughout western society. But while identifying `risk factors’, we rarely make the link to the liberal value system that so shapes the society in which we live. `Individualism’, `freedom’ and `equality’ are celebrated ideals. But they also harbour a `shadow side’ which is not conducive to emotional health, and which can incubate depression in various forms.
The Politics of Depression
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PAm STAVRoPoUloS, PhD, has dual qualifications in politics and psychotherapy.
She has held lectureships in politics, and has worked as a face-to-face counsellor
at lifeline western Sydney. Pam is currently a practising therapist and a Program
Director at the Jansen Newman Institute of counselling and Applied Psychotherapy.
Members $5, non-Members $20, non-Members concession $15
TAlK
SATURDAY,16 mAY
6.30pm for 7.00pm
484 Kent Street,
SYDNeY
The Politics of Depression
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with Lucy Davey
Symbolic Imagery in
Ezekiel’sWork
Can These Bones
Live
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lUcY DAVeY is a long-time member of the Jung Society of Sydney. Her interest in
Jung’s ideas is maintained because they offer a rich approach to the developments
of life, and encourage a variety of responses to changes which occur to the
individual. lucy has been tutoring and lecturing at the University of Sydney over the
past ten years.
Members $5, non-Members $20, non-Members concession $15
TALKTAlK
SATURDAY,13 JUNe
6.30pm for 7.00pm
484 Kent Street,
SYDNeY
IN THIS TAlK lucy Davey examines
a number of images described
verbally in the book of the prophet
ezekiel. The work includes fascinating
narratives which aim to present an
account of ezekiel’s battle to absorb
and come to terms with overwhelming
changes in his life circumstances.
ezekiel recounts visions and describes
tasks he is set. As he conveys his
struggles to accept the reality of his
situation, he also learns that the pain
of loss of the familiar can be further
intensified and extended. while not
aiming to be a complete reading
of the Book of ezekiel, the talk will
explore different layers of meaning
and interpretation for elements such
as the valley of the bones, the chariot,
the wheels and the new city.
‘When barriers built up by the years are broken
down, the unconscious spontaneously… irrupts into
the conscious mind like a torrent.’c.G. Jung Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (CW 7:§470)
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Jungian Analysis: SYmBolISATIoN AND THe STRUcTURe oF THe UNcoNScIoUS
location 1: christchurch (nZ).
Friday night lecture: 27th March, Saturday seminar/workshop: 28th March
location 2: perth (WA).
Friday night lecture: 31st July, Saturday seminar/workshop: 1st AugustJung viewed the generation of imagery (a process know as symbolisation) as the basis of therapeutic and psychological change. For Jung, this process of symbolisation was a function of the structure and operation of the unconscious and the images produced by the psyche in this way point beyond themselves, reflecting something yet unknown. This lecture and seminar will explore Jung’s understanding of the structure and workings of the unconscious (dissociable, tending to form complexes, tending to symbolise, etc.) and how those understandings can be used in clinical work. Presenters: Dr Sue Austin (Sydney, NSw) and Andre Zanardo (Perth, wA)
2009 Events for Sydney, Melbourne, perth and christchurch nZANZSJA is pleased to announce that it will be running 3 professional
development events in 4 cities across Australia and New Zealand in 2009. This
series of lectures and one day seminars explores how contemporary Jungian
analysts from Australia and New Zealand use aspects of Jung’s work in their
clinical practice. The presentations and discussions will be grounded in clinical
examples drawn from a wide spectrum of presenting issues. emphasis will,
however, be placed on how Jungian and post-Jungian understandings of
psychological processes and structures can be used to work with people who
have disorders of the self and other complex presenting patterns. The lectures
and seminars are open to clinicians of any background whether they are
familiar with Jung’s work or not.
AnZSJAprofessional development program
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professional development program
Jungian Analysis: THe NATURe oF THe PSYcHe AND PRoceSSeS oF THeRAPeUTIc cHANGe
location: Melbourne. Friday night lecture: 8th May,
Saturday seminar/workshop: 9th MayThe focus of this lecture and seminar is Jung’s idea that change is inherent in the nature of the psyche, and that this, and the psyche’s self-regulating character can be used as the basis of the therapeutic process. These discussions will also look at the role of the therapeutic relationship in clinical work, focusing on Jung’s observation that clinicians cannot influence their clients unless they are available to be influenced by the client. Presenters: Alison clark (Sydney, NSw), Dr leslie Devereaux (canberra, AcT) and Joy Norton (melbourne, VIc).
Jungian Analysis: THe PeRSoNAl AND collecTIVe PSYcHe - THeRAPY AS A PRoceSS oF
INDIVIDUATIoN
location: Sydney
Friday night lecture: 6th november, Saturday seminar/workshop: 7th novemberThis lecture and seminar will focus on Jung’s ideas about the personal and collective layers of the psyche, archetypes, and analysis / therapy as a process of individuation.Presenters: Andrew Gresham (christchurch, NZ) and Dr John merchant (Sydney, NSw),.
Please note: these events will rotate between Perth, melbourne, Sydney and christchurch NZ over the next 3 years ensuring that by the end of 2011 each event will have run in each city.
Jungian Analysis: THe SelF AS PRoceSS IN THeoRY AND PRAcTIceIt is also our pleasure to announce that warren colman, senior training analyst at the Society for Analytical Psychology in london and co-editor of the Journal of Analytical Psychology, will be running professional development events on the Self for ANZSJA in Sydney and melbourne in August 2009.
To be placed on the ANZSJA mailing list for further details of these events, please contact lenore Kulakauskas pds@anzsja.org.au or on +61 2 9365 7750.Also see ANZSJA’s website at http://www.anzsja.org.au/
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of the Swiss analyst and psychiatrist carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961). The Society is open to all members of the general public, and offers a rich and varied programme of monthly talks and seminars from Australian and international guest speakers. In addition the Society provides a dedicated research and reference library.
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CONFERENCE: ThE AUsTRAliAN AssOCiATiON OF GROUp psyChOThERApisTsFebruary 21st and 22nd 2009 – The Treacy centre, 126 The Avenue, parkville, victoria
Keynote Speaker: Dr Robi FriedmanDr Robi Friedman is President of the Israeli Association of Group Psychotherapy, and co-founder of the Israeli Institute of Group Analysis. He has published widely and co-edited a book with claudio Neri & malcolm Pines, 'Dreams in Group Psychotherapy' Jessica Kingsley Press, UK 2002. All of his works apply equally to individual psychotherapy as well as to group work.
Day one: February 21st, 2009 dream telling as a request for containment: A study day, combining theory and experiential work with Dreams. Dr Friedman will describe how a dream told has an interesting past, an important present and a worthwhile future, because of its interpersonal and intersubjective influence on the dreamer-audience relationship.Gender, passion and desire as reflected in dreams will also be explored in detail during dialogue with the audience.
Day two: February 22nd, 2009Working psychotherapeutically during Times of War: conducting Israeli/Palestinian groups and opening up a space for conflict laden dialogue between the west and Islam.understanding and Treating relational disorders: Robi will use clinical case material to demonstrate the value of using this framework in the management of individuals and groups.
conference Fees: $290 both days and $165 one day cheques to: Australian Association of Group Psychotherapists Vic Branchmail to: The congress organizer, P.o.Box 2123, moorabbin, Vic 3189All enquiries to Dr. Sabar Rustomjee, email: sabar@iprimus.com.au, or Paging Service: 8508 9000
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ANZAP SAtURDAY moRNiNG SemiNARSat the Australian Museum, college Street Sydney
ThE MoThEr-InFAnT rElATIonShIp – FEBruAry 14ThProfessor Jeannette milgrom and Professor louise Newman will present the latest research in this area which has crucial implications for our work as psychotherapists.
A SyMpoSIuM on lovE – MArch 28ThDr Judith Pickering will head a panel of eminent psychotherapists who will look at what love has to do with our profession. As it turns out, quite a lot!
clInIcAl ASpEcTS oF SElF-hArM – MAy 9ThProfessor Gillian Straker and Dr michael Fairley will examine the theoretical and clinical aspects of this most contentious and confusing of areas.
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NotiCeboARD
ComiNG SooN:The Jung Society of Sydney will soon be publishing the first in a projected series of books, which hope to catch the excitement of the Jungian scene in Australia. These books will be quality format paperbacks, with possibly a limited hardcover release.
The first in the series will be called Depth Psychology and Climate Change. It is a collection of essays, stories and poems inspired by our successful evening on climate change and ecological thinking.
Authors include Anne Di lauro, Anne Noonan, craig San Roque, Glenda cloughley, Jon marshall, Julie macken, lenore Kulakauskas, marie Tulip, Peter Dicker, Robert Bosnak, Sally Gillespie, and Terry mcBride. other writers are possible.
The book will be published by mid year and launched at Gleebooks sometime in the second half of this year. Keep your eyes open for announcements!
Australasian college of natural Therapies: www.acnt.edu.au
JunGIAn AnAlyST: pSychoThErApISTmarcelle lawrence, B.ec.ll.B (Hons.) ANZSJA, IAAPTrained at the c.G.Jung Institute of Zurich, her professional career in Australia includes 20 years working in the therapeutic community. Her interests encompass mythology, art, poetry and creativity, and the role that culture plays in shaping the bodymind of the individual. She works with sandplay, dreams and images in exploring unconscious processes.Her private practice is in Paddington. Phone (02) 9361 3283
BodySoul WorkShopS WITh JoAn hArcourTwill be held monthly from June to September 2009At The centre, 14 Frances Street, Randwickon Sundays: June 21, July 12, August 9, September 20‘The Dance of Three ’ 10am to 1pm‘Becoming Crones’ 2.30pm-5.30pmFor more information email Joan at: bodysouldownunder@yahoo.com.au(Joan Harcourt is authorised by the Marion Woodman Foundation to lead BodySoul workshops)
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Starting march 19-22, 2009 in Sydney a three year training program, leading to an international certification as an embodiment therapist™ or embodiment coach™ (depending on previous training) and a membership in the International Society for embodied Imagination, founded in Guangzhou, china in 2006. Since 1972, Zurich-trained Jungian analyst Robert Bosnak, PsyA, has led dream groups and explored dreaming with individuals, in both analytical and didactic contexts, developing a method called Embodied Imagination.
Program collaborators are: Jill Fischer, m.S., APRN, B.c., Jungian
therapist; craig San Roque, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst; Susan murphy,
Ph.D., Zen teacher, writer, director.
This program explores images in dreams, flashback memories,
perception, active imagination and art, the physical body,
relational fields, the neuroscience of dreaming, the scientific study
of the placebo effect, complexity theory, imagination in gender,
race and ethnicity, and in other political issues (e.g. ecology),
phenomenology, alchemy as a metaphor system of embodied
imagination, mimesis and theater, enactment in relational fields,
trauma and dissociation studies, history of dream incubation and
intentional dreaming, history of psychoanalysis via the Jungian,
post-Jungian, and relational schools, dreaming and the Australian
experience, imagination and spirit, and groups
[psychotherapeutic and dream groups which explore
the imagination. Please contact –
Jill Fischer: jillyfisch@mindspring.com or
Robert Bosnak: rbosnak@mindspring.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_Imagination
The International Society for Embodied Imagination
www.jungdownunder.com
nEW! Friday Evening reading Group
STArTS FrIdAy, March 20 — June 12
The Work of James Hillman peter dicker
Explore over 5 sessions some of the central
themes in the extensive work of James hillman.
page 20–21
nEW! dream course
STArTS WEdnESdAy, April 29 — July 8
Engaging Dreams Sally Gillespie
Introduction to key elements of dreamwork.
page 24–25
SATurdAy, FEBruAry 14
Dreaming:recent research and a new Theory of dreaming
Ernest hartmann Md page 14–15
SATurdAy, MArch 14
BrIEF AGM BEForE TAlk
Oedipus: The oedipus complex in psychological
development through the life span
roger Brooke ph.d page 16–17
SEMInAr: SundAy, MArch 15
The Family Romance:The significance of the father and mother in the
development of the individual
roger Brooke, ph.d page 18–19
SATurdAy, AprIl 18
Circumambulating the Centre:The Symbolism of the Bees, the honey, and the
hive
Frith luton page 22–23
SATurdAy, MAy 16
The Politics of Depression: liberal values and Emotional health
pam Stavropoulos page 26–27
SATurdAy, JunE 13
Can These Bones Live?: Symbolic Imagery in Ezekiel’s Work
lucy davey page 28–29
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