Event Title: ENTERING THE UNDERWORLD OF DREAMS

Where: The Jung Society Library

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Time: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

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What: Workshop
Who: Julie Bondanza
When: Saturday
Fees: $150:00, members in advance; $175.00, general; $125.00, full-time students and seniors over 65

An unexamined dream is like an unopened letter from God. -Talmud Dreams speak to us in images whose meanings are often elusive, just beyond reach. In this series of workshops, we will use various forms of expression to help us go more deeply into our dream images. We will work with poetry, collage, memoir, and movement to approach our dreams with the spirit of inquisitive play. Using a variety of expressive techniques, we may reveal our dreams' healing messages and enlarge our sense of ourselves. No prior experience with art, writing, or movement is necessary. Bring dreams you would like to explore.

This series of four three-hour workshops will be led by Julie Bondanza, Ph.D., a Jungian analyst in Takoma Park, Maryland. Dr. Bondanza is presently Director of Training at the Philadelphia Seminar and is the former Director of Training for the New York Institute. She is on the board of the Jung Foundation in New York and has taught extensively. She will be joined by Joanne (Rocky) Delaplaine, a yoga therapist, poet, and graphic artist, who will work with collage and dreams; by Janice Gary, a professional writer and memoirist, who will help the participants to use writing to go further into their dream imagery; and by Kate Amoss, a licensed professional counselor, who works with movement and improvisation and who will bring that expertise to our work with dreams.

For this program, we intend to offer CEUs for Social Workers.

Event Title: BECOMING WHOLE AS A SPIRITUAL NECESSITY: A Jungian Guide for Renewing the Mystic Vision

Where: Ernst Auditorium, Sibley Memorial Hospital

Friday, March 14, 2008

Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

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What: Lecture
Who: Bud Harris
When: Friday
Fees: $20.00, all

In his last great book, Mysterium Coniunctionis, Jung points out that it is the mystic vision that takes us out of religious decay. The mystics carry the Soul force of religion. They bear the mystery that can return creativity to religion and transform it into a spiritual quest that emanates from the ground of our being. When the Soul force is lost, religious institutions rigidify, become fear based, and leave many of us feeling wounded and alienated. Jung's emphasis on the spiritual life as a journey toward wholeness heals these wounds, supports and guides personal spiritual development, and offers a new vision for renewal to institutions. Renewing the mystic vision is more than an intellectual exercise. It engages us fully in life and, through growing self-knowledge, softens and strengthens us while helping us to love life and other people. This lecture will explain the importance of this Soul force, how we lost it, and what happened to our religious institutions as a result of this loss. Jung's process of becoming whole - the individuation process - becomes a spiritual necessity when we recognize its dynamic, creative emphasis on transformation, and that the spiritual quest is to become fully alive. Dr. Harris will explain how we are challenged individually to renew the Soul force in our lives, and how Jungian psychology offers us a modern path to renew this vision. Individuation and the mystic vision emphasize that mind, body, and spirit are connected by the level of consciousness we grow into and growth is the path of love and individuation.

For this program, we intend to offer CEUs for Social Workers

Bud Harris, Ph.D., is a Zurich-trained Jungian analyst practicing in Asheville, North Carolina. Formerly a businessman, he now has over thirty years experience as a practicing psychotherapist, psychologist, and Jungian analyst. He has lectured widely and written a number of articles. His books include: The Emasculation of the Unicorn: The Loss and Rebuilding of Manhood; The Father Quest: Rediscovering an Elemental Psychic Force; Like Gold through Fire: Understanding the Transforming Power of Suffering (co-authored with his wife, Jungian analyst Dr. Massimilla Harris), and Sacred Selfishness: A guide to Living a Life of Substance. His new book, The Fire and the Rose: The Wedding of Spirituality and Sexuality, was published in September 2007. More information is available at budharris.com http://www.budharris.com/

Event Title: BECOMING WHOLE AS A SPIRITUAL NECESSITY: A Jungian Guide for Renewing the Mystic Vision

Saturday, March 15, 2008

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What: Workshop
Who: Bud Harris
When:Saturday
Fees: $50.00, members in advance; $75.00, general; $40.00, seniors over 65 and full-time students

During this workshop we will explore some of the most important and specific exercises in the mystical journey and how in each stage of spiritual development Jungian psychology brings them into a focus that can change our lives.Each of us will be invited to respond personally and to discuss in small groups a series of questions or observations that mark the path of individuation and mysticism. We will seek to amplify and understand the personal and collective forces that have molded our lives and created our scripts, and the ways we can free ourselves from these influences and allow the potentials we have formerly curtailed to flourish with new life and transform us. The mystics call this process "awakening," "purification," and "illumination." Jungians call it the journey into individual consciousness. We must learn that thinking about ourselves in a profound way is not only not selfish, it is the discipline that makes us a vessel for the expression of divine creativity. To help us in this process, we will look into the lives of the mystics and their stories.The highest form of unity impels us to become fierce participants in life, following in the footsteps of people who have shaken the foundation of convention and progressed far enough in their development of consciousness to realize their ego must be transformed from a position of "I want" to "I serve" the highest values of the Divine within themselves.Each participant should bring pencil and paper in order to write their reflections upon the discussion topics. We will conclude by exploring how we can live our lives as authentically as the mystics lived theirs. For this program, we intend to offer CEUs for Social Workers.
Bud Harris, Ph.D., is a Zurich-trained Jungian analyst practicing in Asheville, North Carolina. Formerly a businessman, he now has over thirty years experience as a practicing psychotherapist, psychologist, and Jungian analyst. He has lectured widely and written a number of articles. His books include: The Emasculation of the Unicorn: The Loss and Rebuilding of Manhood; The Father Quest: Rediscovering an Elemental Psychic Force; Like Gold through Fire: Understanding the Transforming Power of Suffering (co-authored with his wife, Jungian analyst Dr. Massimilla Harris), and Sacred Selfishness: A guide to Living a Life of Substance. His new book, The Fire and the Rose: The Wedding of Spirituality and Sexuality, was published in September 2007. More information is available at budharris.com http://www.budharris.com/

Event Title: I WEAVE MY OWN WILES: Reweaving the Odyssey from Penelope's Point of View, part II

Where: The Jung Society Library

Monday, March 17, 2008

Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

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What: Course
Who: Bonnie Damron
When: Five Alternate Mondays
Fees: $125:00, members; $150.00, nonmembers; $100.00, full-time students and seniors over 65

Most of us think of Homer's Odyssey as the story of the 20-year homecoming of the hero Odysseus. However, this story belongs equally to his wife, Penelope. How does she fare during this long time? Homer loved the fully-human Penelope. When he created her, he gave her the heart and soul of a flesh-and-blood woman, with real values, feelings, and conflicts. She is Queen and mother, but is she wife or widow? Penelope's home-coming is different from that of Odysseus; it's the story of her coming home to herself. In this rich course, begun in the fall and now open to new participants, we bring Penelope to the center of her own story and her own life. Please join us as we celebrate Penelope's inner odyssey and her significance for us today.

For this program, we intend to offer CEUs for Social Workers.

Bonnie Damron, Ph.D., M.S.W., 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 several courses to our programs.

Event Title: THE INNER REACHES OF OUTER SPACE: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion by Joseph Campbell

Where: The Jung Society Library

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

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What: Book Exploration
Who: April Barrett
When:Six Tuesdays
Fees: $50.00, members; $75.00, nonmembers

We are interrupting our study of books on dreams to include Joseph Campbell's The Inner Reaches of Outer Space, which is divided into four parts: Myth and the Body, Cosmology and the Mythic Imagination, Metaphor as Myth and as Religion, and The Way of Art. It is anticipated that this work will help support the larger study, which we will resume in the fall. As usual, copies of this book will be given to the first six registrants. Please read the Prologue, Myth and the Body, for the first class meeting.

April Barrett is in service to the dissemination of Jung's thought through her participation and training with the Creative Initiative Foundation, the Guild for Psychological Studies, and the Jung Society of Washington, for which she is program director, executive director, and vice-president of the board.

Event Title: LISTENING TO THE ORACLES: An Introduction to Occult Tools

Where: The Jung Society Library

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

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What: Course
Who: Geraldine Amaral
When: Five Thursdays
Fees: $125:00, members; $150.00, nonmembers; $100.00, full-time students and seniors over 65

Is the Universe whispering to us? Is there an "oracular consciousness?" How can we attune ourselves to hear its voice? Synchronicity, described by Carl Jung as meaningful relationships that are acausally connected, suggests a wholeness of existence - an underlying oneness and interconnectedness of all things. Identifying, honoring, and working with synchronicity is a means of exploring "meaningful coincidence." Using a variety of both modern-day and ancient oracles, such as Tarot, I Ching, and Rune Stones, this course will help us tap into the deeper realms of the psyche. These tools work by means of synchronicity and can teach us to align ourselves with their source and our inner sage.

If life is an intricate and interconnected web, the universe is whispering to us in every moment -- through various signs and symbols -- whether we are conscious of it or not. Even ordinary events in our lives may carry communications from the numinous realms. Synchronicity is one way to understand some of the mysteries of human consciousness, and this course invites us to explore aspects of the underlying Oneness of Life through a variety of Oracles. Each one of us has an innate ability to listen to the universe, to allow the universe to reveal how to connect with our inner selves, and to receive the wisdom of the inner sage. Join us as we explore some ways that coincidence, intuition, and synchronicity are not accidents but cosmic "nudges" that can move us along our path of growth and healing, helping us become awake and aware.

Geraldine Amaral is the co-author of Tarot Celebrations: Honoring the Inner Voice and publisher of Celebrating the Tarot Journal. She is also the creator of Tarot 1-2-3, a Tarot instructional DVD. She conducts a series of unique and creative Tarot classes in the Washington, D.C., area, utilizing Jungian and archetypal psychology, applying the Tarot's esoteric principles in highly pragmatic ways. Her book, journal, video, and classes provide a unique blend of spirituality, psychology, philosophy, literature, and personal empowerment. Geraldine holds a BA in psychology and an MA in English. You may visit her website at www.tarotcelebrations.com.

Event Title: THE INNER REACHES OF OUTER SPACE: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion by Joseph Campbell

Where: The Jung Society Library

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

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What: Book Exploration
Who: April Barrett
When:Six Tuesdays
Fees: $50.00, members; $75.00, nonmembers

We are interrupting our study of books on dreams to include Joseph Campbell's The Inner Reaches of Outer Space, which is divided into four parts: Myth and the Body, Cosmology and the Mythic Imagination, Metaphor as Myth and as Religion, and The Way of Art. It is anticipated that this work will help support the larger study, which we will resume in the fall. As usual, copies of this book will be given to the first six registrants. Please read the Prologue, Myth and the Body, for the first class meeting.

April Barrett is in service to the dissemination of Jung's thought through her participation and training with the Creative Initiative Foundation, the Guild for Psychological Studies, and the Jung Society of Washington, for which she is program director, executive director, and vice-president of the board.

Event Title: LISTENING TO THE ORACLES: An Introduction to Occult Tools

Where: The Jung Society Library

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

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What: Course
Who: Geraldine Amaral
When: Five Thursdays
Fees: $125:00, members; $150.00, nonmembers; $100.00, full-time students and seniors over 65

Is the Universe whispering to us? Is there an "oracular consciousness?" How can we attune ourselves to hear its voice? Synchronicity, described by Carl Jung as meaningful relationships that are acausally connected, suggests a wholeness of existence - an underlying oneness and interconnectedness of all things. Identifying, honoring, and working with synchronicity is a means of exploring "meaningful coincidence." Using a variety of both modern-day and ancient oracles, such as Tarot, I Ching, and Rune Stones, this course will help us tap into the deeper realms of the psyche. These tools work by means of synchronicity and can teach us to align ourselves with their source and our inner sage.

If life is an intricate and interconnected web, the universe is whispering to us in every moment -- through various signs and symbols -- whether we are conscious of it or not. Even ordinary events in our lives may carry communications from the numinous realms. Synchronicity is one way to understand some of the mysteries of human consciousness, and this course invites us to explore aspects of the underlying Oneness of Life through a variety of Oracles. Each one of us has an innate ability to listen to the universe, to allow the universe to reveal how to connect with our inner selves, and to receive the wisdom of the inner sage. Join us as we explore some ways that coincidence, intuition, and synchronicity are not accidents but cosmic "nudges" that can move us along our path of growth and healing, helping us become awake and aware.

Geraldine Amaral is the co-author of Tarot Celebrations: Honoring the Inner Voice and publisher of Celebrating the Tarot Journal. She is also the creator of Tarot 1-2-3, a Tarot instructional DVD. She conducts a series of unique and creative Tarot classes in the Washington, D.C., area, utilizing Jungian and archetypal psychology, applying the Tarot's esoteric principles in highly pragmatic ways. Her book, journal, video, and classes provide a unique blend of spirituality, psychology, philosophy, literature, and personal empowerment. Geraldine holds a BA in psychology and an MA in English. You may visit her website at www.tarotcelebrations.com.

Event Title: THE STRUGGLE TO INDIVIDUATE IN TWO SYMBOLIST PAINTERS: Odilon Redon and Paul Gauguin

Where: The Jung Society Library

Friday, March 28, 2008

Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

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What: An Evening With . . .
Who: Beverly Fourier
When: Friday
Fees: $15.00, members; $20.00, nonmembers; $10.00, full-time students and seniors over 65

The paintings of these two symbolist artists are psychologically revealing, showing their inner transformation through life. Both artists had difficult childhoods and were examples of what Kathrin Asper has described as "abandoned children within." Redon, one of the earliest of the symbolist painters, eventually overcame his insecurities to become a successful artist with a happy family life. This is illustrated by his earlier drawings of dark snaky creatures, followed by his later paintings of brightly colored flowers and butterflies as he worked through his "chrysalis" period to a successful individuation. Redon's painting entitled The Chrysalis contains hidden, tortured faces and is reminiscent of Marion Woodman's discussion of the chrysalis stage we go through when we are struggling to individuate.

In contrast, Gauguin did many paintings of himself as the Christ. These can be compared with Jung's writings on the Christ figure as the inner Self. One of Gauguin's most intriguing pieces of art illustrates his transformation from a financially successful stockbroker, a career that did not feed his soul, into a starving artist. It is a small wooden coffin with the artist's body inside, which he sculpted for his wife before abandoning his family to pursue his art work. He later traveled to Tahiti, in a metaphorical and literal search for paradise. There he painted some of his most famous works of art, but success eluded him and he died an unhappy man. Yet, his paintings of this exotic paradise are now worth a fortune. These artworks and life stories can lead us into a discussion of the lifelong struggle to individuate, our own chrysalis periods, and the sacrifices that are sometimes made for the sake of an inner calling.

Beverly Fourier has been a student of Carl Jung's psychology since the early 1990s. She is a frequent contributor to the Jung Society's Wisewoman Group. In recent years, she has made a special study of the images of women in art and myths through the ages. Her two graduate degrees are in Counseling and Human Development, and in Education.

Event Title: WISEWOMAN/CRONE'S FORUM: A discussion group for women

Where: The Jung Society Library

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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What: Discussion Group for Women
Who: Janet Kane
When: Saturday
Fees: $5:00 per session, pay at the door; or register online for all six sessions for $30.00

Join with other women to explore and discuss the crone arche- type, women's unique gifts to society, how we can contribute our wisdom to heal and transform our global problems, and other relevant topics.

God and Self in the New Millenium: Jung and Neurobiology - Presented by Maura Moore. Maura Moore will discuss her new book that traces the evolution of the idea of divinity in human culture and its parallel to the evolution of consciousness. Her work, based in part on the research of Jungian disciples such as Erich Neumann, reveals the origin of divinity in feminine form in our earliest cultures when consciousness had not yet fully evolved, passing into the stage when deities became masculine and feminine goddesses became anathema, while misogynistic beliefs became the norm. It ends with the current stage, which is characterized by a worship of the individual and represented by hero myths. This process is paralleled by the evolution of human consciousness from an elementary state characterized by "right-brain" functions such as intuition and culminating in the current state of self-awareness, self-reflexivity and intellectual processes that we generally characterize as "left-brained.".

Event Title: I WEAVE MY OWN WILES: Reweaving the Odyssey from Penelope's Point of View, part II

Where: The Jung Society Library

Monday, March 31, 2008

Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM

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What: Course
Who: Bonnie Damron
When: Five Alternate Mondays
Fees: $125:00, members; $150.00, nonmembers; $100.00, full-time students and seniors over 65

Most of us think of Homer's Odyssey as the story of the 20-year homecoming of the hero Odysseus. However, this story belongs equally to his wife, Penelope. How does she fare during this long time? Homer loved the fully-human Penelope. When he created her, he gave her the heart and soul of a flesh-and-blood woman, with real values, feelings, and conflicts. She is Queen and mother, but is she wife or widow? Penelope's home-coming is different from that of Odysseus; it's the story of her coming home to herself. In this rich course, begun in the fall and now open to new participants, we bring Penelope to the center of her own story and her own life. Please join us as we celebrate Penelope's inner odyssey and her significance for us today.

For this program, we intend to offer CEUs for Social Workers.

Bonnie Damron, Ph.D., M.S.W., 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 several courses to our programs.