Four Tuesdays, July 5 - 26  |  7:30 - 9:30pm, Eastern Time

Mandala as Compass to the Self: a course with Jane Selinske

The Sanskrit word mandala means circle.  It is an archetypal image found in all cultures and can be seen in religious practices and in psychological development. The universality of the circle image is visible in the stained-glass windows of cathedrals, in Tibetan Buddhism mandala meditation, in Navaho sand painting, and in children’s first drawings.

The class is didactic, experiential, and will sharpen the participant’s Jungian lens when exploring the dynamics of the mandala, personally and clinically.  In addition to learning the language of images and symbols, course participants will learn to give prominence to symbol amplification, personal associations, and the objective nature of the psyche when interpreting mandala images.  Participants will create mandalas, learn basic interpretive skills, and, like Jung, experience the mandala as a teleological compass to the Self during the individuation process.

_____________________________________

Friday, July 15  | 7:30 - 9:00pm, Eastern Time

All You Need Is Love: Jung Meets The Beatles in the Global Village of ‘Generalized Media Disorder,’ Dissociation, and ‘Disindividuation’ A lecture with Royce Froehlich

Inspired by the 55th anniversary of “the summer of love,” when The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper was the #1 album, this presentation looks at the dysregulating clinical effects of electronic-communications media on the psyche through the lens of analytical psychology and media philosophy, with therapeutic insights and motifs drawn from The Beatles’ music and lyrics released in 1967.  

An inquiry concerning the effects of technology will act as a gateway for a fresh listening to some of The Beatles’ music and Jung’s call for individuation through psychological balance in a hyper-mediated world.

_____________________________________

Saturday, July 16  |  1:00 - 4:00pm, Eastern Time

All You Need Is Love: Jung Meets The Beatles in the Global Village of ‘Generalized Media Disorder,’ Dissociation, and ‘Disindividuation’ A workshop with Royce Froehlich

C.G. Jung was sensitive to the technological transformations happening in the world around him. In various writings, he addresses what is arguably the most important question of our age: What is the effect of technology on the psyche? A question, which, he admits, "is not at all easy to answer." 

The Red Book, in which the word ‘’love” appears 300 times, came into being during the unprecedented technological horror of the First World War. Jung’s later writings reverberate from the aftershock of the Second, as he looked for a way to show his readers that it is most important to understand how love brings opposites together.

_____________________________________

Friday, July 22  | 7:30 - 9:00pm, Eastern Time

An Evening with Brendan Feely: The Living Dream and the Imaginal Realm

The great gift that we receive from the work of C.G. Jung is that psyche wants to be heard, and it demands our attention through the visitations that come to us through dreams, images, and fantasies, as well as visions and synchronicities (Lockhart, 1985).  But do we listen?  Dreams are a manifestation of the soul and are an essential part of soul making. 

In some traditions, it is believed that the dream figures are dreaming us.  But regardless of belief, we know that the dream landscape is a place where the visible and the invisible realms interact, and once we allow the images to play a role in our lives, they lead us to "the depth beyond depth."

_____________________________________

Saturday, July 23  |  12:00 - 1:30pm, Eastern Time

The God-Image: From Antiquity to Jung, The C.G. Jung Birthday Fundraising Lecture with Lionel Corbett

Free Fundraising Lecture

The Jung Society of Washington presents our annual celebration of the birthday of Carl Jung (July 24) with a free lecture by the internationally known and highly regarded Jungian author and analyst Dr. Lionel Corbett. Lionel Corbett trained in medicine and psychiatry in England and as a Jungian Analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. Dr. Corbett is a professor of depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, in Santa Barbara, California. His primary interests are: the religious function of the psyche, especially the way in which personal religious experience is relevant to individual psychology; the development of psychotherapy as a spiritual practice; and the interface of Jungian psychology and contemporary psychoanalytic thought. Google him!

_____________________________________

Friday, August 5  | 7:30 - 9:00pm, Eastern Time

An Evening with Tim Lyons: Secrets, Precognition, and Synchronicity: Approaching the Numinous in Psychotherapy

Exploring our deepest secrets has the potential to generate precognitive and synchronistic revelations that may lead to numinous experiences.  As Jung stated: “[T]he fact is that the approach to the numinous is the real therapy, and inasmuch as you attain to the numinous experience, you are released from the curse of pathology.”  How we might use psychotherapy as a container to embody the healing energy of these experiences is the goal of tonight’s discussion.  

The more we become familiar with the secrets of our inner reality, the more we can become aware of manifestations of precognition and synchronicity.  These exciting dynamics can optimize the therapeutic alliance.  The numinous then becomes the catalyst that motivates our individuation and fulfills our unique potentials.

_____________________________________

Three Thursday, August 11 - 25  |  7:30 - 9:30pm, Eastern Time

Jung and Art: An Open Studio Experience, a course with Sandy Geller

OPEN STUDIO, a course on Zoom that moves with the seasons. A chance to come together on a hot August evening and refresh yourself, making art in community. An opportunity to relax -- to lose yourself in the soulful, creative search for Self.

I introduced Open Studio to the Jung Society in August 2021. We brought it back this past winter and spring. And now it’s back again this August, by popular demand.  It’s a course for all levels of skill with art.

_____________________________________

Eight Saturdays, September 2022 - May 2023 | 10:00am - 4:00pm, Eastern Time

JUNGIAN STUDIES READING SEMINAR, 2020-2021 Academic  Year 

Our Jungian Studies Reading Seminar is an(other) opportunity to study Jungian thought in depth, with a continuous cohort, over two years (or more). While some of the prior members of the Jung Studies Reading Seminar will be continuing with the program, the Jung Society opens up participation to new members for the next academic year program. Participation is open to anyone, regardless of background. 

This year (fall 2022 - spring 2023), the seminar will be held over Zoom. The curriculum will focus on Jungian classics. 

The seminar gathers monthly over the fall and spring to discuss assigned readings and material.  Licensed Jungian Analysts lead the seminar discussions. 

At the end of the two year cycle, a certificate of completion will be conferred (attendance is required for at least 6 out of 8 sessions per year).