The Jung Society of Washington is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt educational membership society open to all who are interested in learning more about the psychology of Carl Gustav Jung.

Our programs exist primarily of lectures, workshops, courses, book explorations, groups, and Evenings With invited speakers. 

Our facility houses our office, meeting space, and small but excellent lending library, which is available to members. 

The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not?  That is the telling question of his life. 
Only if we know that the thing which truly matters is the infinite can we avoid fixing our interests upon futilities and upon all kinds of goals that are not of real importance. -Carl Gustav Jung

            Jung also said, The path to the primordial religious experience . . . is like a still, small voice, and it sounds from afar.  The Jung Society of  
Washington exists to support that voice and to enrich the ego-Self dialogue, the religious function of the psyche in service to the human soul and the world soul.   There is a “divine discontent” that leads us beyond mere self-interest to find the creative meaning of our individual lives, which is essential to our well being.  Through our programs, the Jung Society of Washington promotes and supports an approach to life that assists in our efforts toward becoming the persons we are meant to be, toward wholeness of the personality, toward living an authentic life, and toward becoming connected to our own religious depths.  We recognize our longing and need for meaning in life, for transformative experience, for the soul's journey toward individuation, toward wholeness.  Knowing something of what it is to have found what we must have, the Jung Society of Washington  is dedicated to the experience of the Self, the imago Dei within.   It is our hope and our personal mission that the fullness of our response to the call to individuate will bring us to a more whole psychological condition, challenging us, through ego-Self dialogue, to fully explore, in humility and reverence, the boundaries of the human soul.
               

                     

NEW ARTICLE by Dr. Bud Harris
This is a transcript of The C.G. Jung Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Jung Society of Washington, D.C. Presented at the Embassy of Switzerland, June 3, 2011,
Individuation: The Promise in Jung's Legacy and Why Our Culture Has Trouble Accepting It

 

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Bill Dols
February 25 - Saturday

A Day of Retreat
Finding Myself in a Dark Wood, Bill Dols
10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Memorial Hall, Palisades Community Church, 5200 Cathedral Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Fees: $65.00, all

A day to discover more of ”myself” at the threshold of the second half of life, to explore a wilderness world of self filled with the promise of finding - as well as losing – the possibilities as well as costs of aging – encouraged by Mary Oliver, Stanley Kunitz, David Whyte, Dante and Jung, as well as more



 

Winter Webinar Series
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February 27th - Monday

Webinar
Love and Power in Relationships : A Webinar with Rosanne Shepler 
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Registration is $25.00, all

Romantic love is a mental illness.  But it's a pleasurable one.  It's a drug.  It distorts reality, and that's the point of it.  It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.  -Erich Fromm more



Sondra GellerMarch 1
- 5 Thursdays


Course
DREAMS AND ACTIVE IMAGINATION, Sondra Geller
7:30pm – 9:30 p.m., The Jung Society Library
Fees: $125.00, member; $150.00, general; $100.00, senior/student member

We will focus on dialoging with the figures and images in our dreams -- the technique that Jung named active imagination. Active imagination is a core principle of Jungian analytic work. It is a rich process that enlivens our dreams and creates experiences of integration. We may also use art making to deepen the work. more




Two Swamis
March 6 - Six Tuesdays

Course
ASTROLOGY AND THE DARK ANGEL OF COMPULSORY LEARNING: The Meaning of Saturn and Its Relationship to Consciousness , Heidi Lindemann and Michael Perry
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Jung Society Library
Fees: $150.00, members; $175.00, nonmembers;$125.00, s/s
over 65

For the kriya yogi, astrology is the mother language of symbolic thought and is used to help you interpret, describe, and categorize the symbols that arise in your dreams, in your waking life, and in meditation states. One of the most important precepts is that nothing is to be discarded as more



CostelloMarch 9
- Friday

Lecture
DREAM MIDWIFERY: Rebirthing the God Image in the 21st Century, Melanie Starr Costello
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm. The Institute for Spiritual Development, 5419 Sherier Place, N.W
Fees: $15.00, members in adv; $20.00, general, $10.00, s/s over 65

Jung made the distinction between the personal dream and the big dream, noting that while the personal dream helps us maintain the day-to-day psychic balance, the big dream concerns universal human problems and occurs during critical phases of life.  We will explore the images, symbols, and callings stemming from dreams that appear in response to the religious and political conflicts of our time. We will share dream experiences that help us transcend the polarities behind our alienation from nature, ourselves, and one another and that present new symbolic pathways for envisaging more

  


March 12 - Six Alternate Mondays

Course
JUNG'S SEMINAR ON NIETZSCHE’S ZARATHUSTRA, Brendan Feeley
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Jung Society Library
Fees: $150.00, members; $175.00, nonmembers;$125.00, s/s
over 65

Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra is written in four parts and it is said to be the masterpiece of his life’s work. The book has become a classic, and it is regarded by many as belonging to both philosophy and literature. Many of the themes in Nietzsche’s earlier philosophy are central to the teachings and preaching of the prophet Zarathustra: the struggle between light and dark, the denial of the more



March 14 - Four Wednesdays

Course
C. G. JUNG AND THE RED BOOK - Course I, Erminia Scarcela
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Jung Society Library
Fees: $100.00, members; $125.00, nonmembers;$75.00, s/s
over 65

Carl Gustav Jung’s Red Book is a description of Jung's encounter with his soul. Some say that it's also about his mid-life crisis, during which Jung asks himself what he must do with his life. He questions the strong possibility that his current thinking about the human psyche may need to shift to another way of exploring what lies behind the observable. more





WisewomanMarch 17 - Saturday


Women's Discussion Group
Wisewoman/Crones' Forum: - Plant Based Nutrition, Margaretha Backers
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Jung Society Library
Fees: $5.00, at the door

Margaretha’s presentation will include a demonstration of a green smoothie and a healthy, plant-based entrée. The handouts will include a list of website, cookbooks and recipes

Margaretha Backers is a RN and is certified by Cornell University in Plant-Based Nutrition.more





Julie BondanzaMarch 19
- 5 Alternate Mondays


Course
MODERN AMERICAN TRAGEDY: The Archetype of Tragedy as Seen in Major American Tragic Plays, Julie Bondanza
7:30pm – 9:30 p.m., The Jung Society Library
Fees: $125.00, member; $150.00, general; $100.00, senior/student member

This class will continue the study of tragedy, its archetypal meaning and its everyday manifestations, by studying some classic American dramas. These will be: "A Long Day's Journey into Night" by Eugene O'Neill; "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams; "The Death of a Salesman" by Arthur, more


March 23 - Friday

An Evening With . . .
ARCHETYPE OF STEWARDSHIP, Bonnie Damron
7:30 - 9:00 p.m., Jung Society Library
Fees: $15.00, members in adv; $20.00, general, $10.00, s/s over 65

So much is at stake and so much depends on the psychological constitution of modern man. Is he capable of resisting the temptation to use his power for the purpose of staging a world conflagration? Is he conscious of the path he is treading, and what the conclusions are that must be drawn from the present world situation and his own psychic situation? Does he know that he is on the verge  more




March 28 - Wednesday

All Day Symposium
JUNG AND AGING: Bringing to Life the Possibilities and Potentials for Vibrant Aging
9:30 am- 5:00 p.m., Library of Congress, James Madison Bldg., 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C
Fees: There is no fee for this program

Closest Metro stop: Capitol South (Orange/Blue Lines) - Exit station using main exit, walk approximately two blocks north on First Street SE.
Alternative Stop: Union Station (Red Line) - .5 miles

The Jung Society of Washington, the Library of Congress and AARP Foundation will bring together noted Jungian and non-Jungian experts from the U.S. and England to discuss C.G. Jung’s specific and .more


Book ExplorationApril 12
- 5 Thursdays


Book Exploration
THE UNSHUTTERED HEART (part 1): Opening Aliveness/Deadness in the Self, by Ann Ulanov, April Barrett
7:30pm – 9:30 p.m., The Jung Society Library
Fees:
$50.00, member; $75.00, general

From the Back Matter: In the face of loss and absence, we must again ask what makes us feel connected to the source of aliveness. Yet, we must also understand that feeling fully alive means that we must come to fresh insight about the contrary of aliveness, which is deadness. Both more

AmaralApril 13 - Friday

An Evening With . . .
THE SECRETS OF THE I CHING, Geraldine Amaral
7:30 - 9:00 p.m., Jung Society Library
Fees: $15.00, members in adv; $20.00, general, $10.00, s/s over 65

What language does your unconscious mind speak?  The I Ching (Book of Changes) is the oldest oracle of all ­– over 5,000 years old!    It is an ancient mystical system offering an Oriental philosophical perspective that invites insight into personal situations and problems; it is a direct link to more



WisewomanApril 14 - Saturday


Women's Discussion Group
Wisewoman/Crones' Forum: - Journal Writing Discussion, Janet Kane
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Jung Society Library
Fees: $5.00, at the door

Janet Kane will lead a discussion on journal writing, whether it is in a diary, nature journal or personal essay. Let us share what we have learned and experienced through writing. We will also discuss the best way to market our writing using blogs and newsletters. Janet Kane is a professional astrologer, teacher and writer. In her astrological consultations, she emphasizes bringing the archetypes or psychological patterns to consciousness. She believes that understanding these patterns and then developing the most positive aspects of these archetypes is a powerful method of more

 


April 18 - Four Wednesdays

Course
C. G. JUNG AND THE RED BOOK - Course II, Erminia Scarcela
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Jung Society Library
Fees: $100.00, members; $125.00, nonmembers;$75.00, s/s
over 65

Carl Gustav Jung’s Red Book is a description of Jung's encounter with his soul. Some say that it's also about his mid-life crisis, during which Jung asks himself what he must do with his life. He questions the strong possibility that his current thinking about the human psyche may need to shift to another way of exploring what lies behind the observable.

Jung developed the Red Book, both writing and art work, beginning in 1913. He developed more




ConfortiApril 20
- Friday

Lecture
THE GIFT AND WOUND OF WRESTLING WITH ANGELS: The Spiritual Mandates for Living an Inspired Life, Michael Conforti
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm. The Institute for Spiritual Development, 5419 Sherier Place, N.W
Fees: $25.00, all

With the gift of inspiration comes an experience of the transcendent. Suddenly the world opens up and vistas previously occluded from our sight are made visible. This experience of the non-material world of psyche has the capacity to truly transform our life but also carries with it certain challenges and spiritual mandates. Jung felt that the goal of life is not to find happiness but to find meaning and that more

 

ConfortiApril 21 - Saturday

Workshop
THE GIFT AND WOUND OF WRESTLING WITH ANGELS: The Spiritual Mandates for Living an Inspired Life, Michael Conforti
10:00 am – 3:30 pm., Jung Society Library
Fees: $75.00, all

With the gift of inspiration comes an experience of the transcendent. Suddenly the world opens up and vistas previously occluded from our sight are made visible. This experience of the non-material world of psyche has the capacity to truly transform our life but also carries with it certain challenges and spiritual mandates. Jung felt that the goal of life is not to find happiness but to find meaning and that.more

 

Susan TiberghienApril 27 - Friday

Workshop
WRITING OUR OWN RED BOOKS: Writing to the Soul, Susan Tiberghien
1:00 pm – 4:30 p.m. The Jung Society Library
Fees:
$30.00, member; $40.00, general; $25.00, senior/student member

In this workshop, you will look at the images in your writing, letting them open doorways to the soul. You will engage in conversations of imagination, asking the soul what it wants. And following the counsel of C.G. Jung, you will craft short pieces of writing, fragments to be copied into your own red more


May 4 - Friday

Lecture
STORIES TOLD, STORIES UNTOLD, STORIES THAT TELL US, James Hollis
7:30 – 9:00 p.m. The National 4-H Youth Conference Center, 7100 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Fees: $25.00, all

Our lives course with stories, stories that run through us from ancestors, stories that we tell others and tell ourselves, and stories of which we are unaware and therefore tell us. We will reflect on the role these stories play in the shaping of our lives, and how they invite us to greater consciousness of what invisibly informs the visible world. more


May 5 - Saturday

Workshop
STORIES TOLD, STORIES UNTOLD, STORIES THAT TELL US, James Hollis
10:00 am – 3:30 p.m., The National 4-H Youth Conference Center, 7100 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Fees: $60.00, member; $75.00, general; $50.00, senior/student member

This workshop will present the idea that for many people the practice of depth psychotherapy is a contemporary form of spiritual direction. Instead of thinking of the integration of spiritual direction into psychotherapy and depth psychology, which would be a traditional theistic idea, I suggest that these disciplines are synonymous. more



May 18 - Friday


An Evening With . . .
SANDTRAY AND ACTIVE IMAGINATION: A First Encounter, Sondra Geller
7:30 - 9:00 p.m., Jung Society Library
Fees: $15.00, members in adv; $20.00, general, $10.00, s/s over 65

Both C.G. Jung and Dora Kalff believed that the process of sandplay facilitates individuation. In sandplay we express the inner world through symbols and metaphors. The process is experiential, . more


WisewomanMay 19 - Saturday


Women's Discussion Group
Wisewoman/Crones' Forum: - Ecstatic Trance Journeys, Susan Birch Bannister and Ileen Root
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Jung Society Library
Fees: $5.00, at the door

Experience the Energies of the Sacred Archetypes through Ecstatic Body Postures and discover the power of Spiritual Anthropology as a doorway to reclaim our capacity for ecstasy.

Susan Birch Bannister M.A.,JD is a therapist with a practice anchored in dream-work, family, and Jungian therapy. Ileen Root, PhD Depth Psychology is a professional writer and a creativity, career and life transitions counselor in Clear Water Florida. more



June 1
- Friday

Jung Memorial Lecture
READING JUNG DEEPLY: Why Is He Still Relevant?, Tom Kirsch
7:30 – 9:00 p.m. The Embassy of Switzerland, 2900 Cathedral Avenue, N.W.
Fees: $25.00, all

It has been approximately 100 years since Jung became the mature Jung. With the publication of the Red Book, we now have an intimate knowledge of the deeply transformative experience that Jung underwent after the break up with Freud. This lecture will give my personal history of reading Jung and what it has meant to me over the past 59 years. Jung's relationship to the deeper layers of the more



June 2
- Saturday

Jung Memorial Workshop
THE JUNG/KIRSCH CORRESPONDENCE, Tom Kirsch
10:00 am – 3:00 p.m., The Embassy of Switzerland, 2900 Cathedral Avenue, N.W.
Fees:
$60.00, members in advance; $75.00, nonmembers; $50.00 full-time student members and senior members

James Kirsch, my father, was one of the first-generation analysts who had his primary analysis with Jung. As a young man in his 20s, he began a psychoanalysis that did not satisfy him, so he entered a Jungian analysis in Berlin. In 1928 he wrote to Jung asking if he could begin analysis, and more

   

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Where Have We Come to and Where Might We Be Trying to Go:
Larger Questions and Deeper Values in Current Politics

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Bernstein ends this sermon that we originally posted in 2008 with the following statement. Does this still hold up well today?

"It seems to me that Barak Obama is not only receiving our projections onto him as a transformative new leader; he is also mirroring back to us a reflection of our own projections and ideals.  He does so with the implicit question of, “And what about you?  Can you rise to this task you have given me?” more

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The economic, political, spiritual world crisis that we currently find ourselves in is a call to action. It is an opportunity for us to understand the realities around us and to rally together to do something different. We now have before us the possibility of using this current crisis to empower ourselves, and others, to actually get the planet to work. Embracing an uncertain future, we need to support leaders, who are inspired, courageous and effective to rise up. We need to renew the energy of people who are burnt out and apathetic in institutions and corporations. If we point individuals to an inner compass that renews their passion, there is hope for real solutions and inspired creativity. All that we need is already there, in the currency of people, and it only needs to be tapped into.
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Dream Patterning Certificate Program and Free One-hour Teleseminar


with Dr. Michael Conforti

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"...behind the subjective mist there lies an objective reality." Yoram Kaufman
  
Beyond the personal, lies the transcendent and the transcendent expresses the world of the self and what some have called, the ineffable. Through the lens of everyday life, we come to understand the world by the perceptions we have about it, however psyche and self exist independently of our personal perceptions. Our dreams are a threshold into a world of deep meaning and resonance; which Jung has called "The Self" and the "Objective Psyche", and what the ancients before him have called the "wisdom traditons". However, to truly unlock this inner wisdom, a recognition and knowledge of the objective truths that are gifts from our unconscious needs to be the foundation.
  
Based on the innovative and internationally recognized scholarship of Dr. Michael Conforti, this nine month certificate program will provide students with the platform to begin understanding and working with their dreams in a truly transformative way.
  
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For over fifty years, the Guild for Psychological Studies has conducted seminars that bring together the depth psychology of Carl Jung, the Records of the Life of Jesus (Synoptic Gospels), the Hebrew Scriptures, and material drawn from myth, poetry, world religions, and the evolving images of modern culture and science. Using a process based on Socratic inquiry and dialog, seminar participants carefully attend to images and feelings, discover connections between the personal and collective psyche, and often find a new commitment to the deep and unfolding truth that has been called the Self or Soul. Visit http://www.guildsf.org.

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