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SUMMARY:THEODYSSEUS AND THE NIGHT SEA JOURNEY : What it  May Take to Heal a Man of His Wounds
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URL:http://www.jung.org#Damron
LOCATION:The Jung Society Library
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 Who: Bonnie Damron, PhD, MSW=0D=0A=
 When: Six Alternate Mondays=0D=0A=
 Fees: $150:00, members; $175.00, nonmembers; $125.00, full-time students and seniors over 65=0D=0A=
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 What does it take to heal a man of his wounds, visible and invisible, after ten years in the killing fields?  Can he ever become whole, able to embrace a woman fully, lovingly, as an equal?  Can he ever open himself to his sons and daughters and teach how to live fully as a father ought?  What powerful medicine holds the potential to heal the soul of a warrior king?=0D=0A=
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 Some say that what does not kill you can heal you.  Odysseus’s healing comes by way of the Oldest of the Old, the Goddess and her consort, the god Poseidon.  After ten years of war in Troy, Odysseus begins his journey back home to Ithaka and Queen Penelope and Prince Telemachos.  He and his men set off with ships laden with the spoils of war.  Ten years in the killing fields can change a man, even an anointed king like Odysseus. Immediately he brings the war to the lands where he stops, as he continues to kill, to loot, and to pillage.  How does a man stop the violence within?=0D=0A=
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 Zeus sends a terrible storm and blows Odysseus not only off course, but more than this, he sends Odysseus into nekyia, the night sea journey, into the Netherworld of the ancient, primordial Goddess.  In this place she is the Once and Future Queen - Kirke, Kalypso, Persephone, Arete, and Nausikaa.  In her land she is the Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Terrible, for she is also Skylla, Charybdis, and Siren.  The lesson is this, and hopefully the healing as well: all encounters with the Goddess ultimately refer to and lead back to Penelope and home.=0D=0A=
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 This is Odysseus’ s story, his part of Homer’s Odyssey.  He is Sun, King, husband, and in the end, just an ordinary man come home from the wars.  Penelope is Moon, Queen, wife, and just  an ordinary woman.  Odysseus’s story is about the restoration and redemption of his humanity, and the Odyssey is the cornerstone of our Western mythopoetic imagination.  The tales woven therein are the oldest of the old, and come to us through Homer from the Ages of Stone.  How interesting that the Odyssey is an odyssey of the healing of a war-torn soul?=0D=0A=
 Won't you join us in this "odyssey," where we will explore Odysseus's story, the old stories woven therein, and maybe even our story. =0D=0A=
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 Bonnie Damron is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice in northern Virginia who also leads seminars on the plays of Shakespeare, considering his work an exceptional lens through which to view soul's becoming.  Bonnie is a long-time Jung Society member who has contributed lecture, workshop, and many courses to our programs.  =0D=0A=
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 Note: For this program, it is our intent to have CEUs available for Social Workers.
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