Jung’s Guru - The Voice of Philemon
Presented by: Norb Spencer, MS
Jung’s Guru - The Voice of Philemon:
The Seven Sermons to the Dead
The Red Book’s Conclusion
(a ZOOM Study Program)
The third and final part of Jung’s Liber Novus (The Red Book) he called Scrutinies. Jung is engaged in dialogues with his Soul and with Philemon. In his notebook, he draws a mandala, with many symbolic images. Then, one night, Jung has a vision - a “dark crowd” comes to his door and demands to be let in. They have many questions, for which Jung has no answers, and so Philemon appears and, over several nights, delivers The Seven Sermons to the Dead, describing and explaining the cosmology of Jung’s mandala.
Jung's Red Book experiences were the source material for all of his subsequent writings. They also birthed in him the experience of the Self and the process of individuation. In this study group we will contemplate Jung’s writing and how it touches our own soul and supports our life journey. To further illuminate and bring to life these readings, participants are encouraged to share their dreams, journaling, poetry, and art.
*Required: Please bring your copy of The Red Book to each class.
Two Semester Schedule
Fall - Oct 8, Nov 12, & Dec 10, 2022 – Fee $100
Winter/Spring - Jan 14, Feb 18, Mar 11, & Apr 8, 2023 – Fee $125
(Saturdays, 9:30am - 11:30am eastern)
Norb Spencer, MS practices psychotherapy in West Hartford, CT. In addition to a passionate interest in depth psychology and yoga, he has trained in gestalt therapy, family therapy, trauma therapy, Transactional Analysis, and Family Constellations. He has been the facilitator for CAJP's 'A Study of C.G. Jung's Red Book' seminar over the past 3 years.
'Philemon' - C.G. Jung
Healing in Depth, Part 2
Presented by: Ron Kittel, Th.D.
Healing in Depth, Part 2: Reclaiming the Center
(a ZOOM Study Program)
The four classes offered in Healing In Depth, Part 2, will look more deeply into those key points introduced in the first lecture: Healing In Depth (the Dynamic of the Gospel of Mark), May 2022.
There it was maintained that:
- The Jesus of Mark's Gospel should not be identified with either the divine Jesus of the major creeds or the biblical scholars' “Jesus of history”. Mark, in his gospel, portrays Jesus as one who is continuously present by means of the living interchange between written gospel and participating reader.
- The transformation urged by John the Baptist was for all who came to him, not just Jesus, and thus all were invited into the Exodus-like baptism in order to also realize their original “sonship” with the Source of Life (God, the Self, the Ineffable One)
- This Markan gospel is not only a never-ending narrative in itself, but an ongoing reality, i.e. the Self continues to seek expression through what we fundamentally are.
The overall focus for the present four sessions will be work on the following crucial Markan elements: the role of radical trust (pistis), demon possession and exorcism (including their possible modern equivalents), why (in Mark) the tomb needs to be empty, what it means to call this work a “gospel”, plus other issues as they may arise out of the discussion. Special attention will be given to Mark 11-15, Jesus' “assault” on the temple, the hard labor of breaking free (from a Past which “enslaves” us) and reclaiming the true Center of our lives.
And finally, how each of these elements may help illuminate for us our pathway toward individuation. A review of the ground covered in the first lecture, The Dynamic of the Gospel of Mark, will be a part of the workshops.
*Please bring your copy of the Gospel of Mark to each class.
Four Part Series – Fee: $125
Jan 7, Feb 4, Mar 4, & Apr 1, 2023
(Saturdays, 10am – 11:30am eastern)
Ron Kittel, Th.D., is a graduate from the Graduate Theological Union in New Testament Studies. He has lectured at the CAJP, JAWM, and at the Temenos Institute. He has published several articles in the Living Pulpit, applying Jungian insight to Biblical subjects. and has been an annual lecturer at the Northern New England School of Religious Education. Ron and his wife live in upstate New York.
Detail of "Saint Mark" (1621) Guido Reni
Soul Medicine and Dream Incubation
Presented by: Edward Tick, Ph.D.
Soul Medicine and Dream Incubation
Big Dreams, Oracles, and Visions in Ancient and Modern Times
(a ZOOM Workshop)
Western medicine and psychotherapy originated in ancient Greece over 3,300 years ago using holistic methodologies combined with dream questing under the guidance of Asklepios, the god of healing. It resulted in thousands of “miracle cures” to intractable conditions of body, mind, heart and spirit. Further, the ancients used theatre as communal healing ritual, oracles for life guidance, and the dialectical method of early philosophy was a basis for modern talk therapy. These practices are the foundations of archetypal psychology and available to us today.
The ancients taught that the key to healing is restoration of the soul and re-aligning with the cosmic Logos. Their practices are especially effective in enabling catharsis, transforming identity, providing life guidance, revealing destiny, reconnecting to the sacred, and providing direct healing or prescriptions through the facilitation of “big dreams.”
We will explore soul medicine and healing through dream pilgrimages and incubations, sacred theatre and philosophy. We will study ancient sanctuary practices that are the blueprints of healing today and seek big dreams and oracles for holistic healing.
Two Day Workshop – Fee $150
Saturday, February 11th, 2023 9:00am – 2:00pm (eastern)
Sunday, February 12th, 2023 9:00am – 2:00pm (eastern)
Edward Tick, PhD, is an archetypal psychotherapist, author, educator, poet and international journey guide. He is Director Emeritus of Soldier's Heart, Inc. and on the Board of the Western Mass. Jung Assoc. He is the author of seven books, including The Practice of Dream Healing: Bringing Ancient Greek Mysteries into Modern Medicine and the award winning War and the Soul. He has been a healer for over 40 years and has led more than 20 pilgrimages to Greece to study, replicate, and restore the sacred and holistic healing traditions. His most recent book, Coming Home In Vietnam was just published and his next book, Soul Medicine, will be published in January 2023.
Delphi
Conversations with Change
Presented by: Hilary Barrett
Conversations with Change
(a ZOOM Workshop)
Some 3,000 years ago in China, an oracle called Change came into being. By 136BCE, it had grown into the Yijing (or I Ching); in 1949, Jung wrote the foreword to a fine new English translation; as you read this, people on every continent are consulting with Change, and finding clarity, understanding, and confidence in their choices. The tradition, the conversation with Change, has continued unbroken for millennia - but why?
Partly because of the Yijing's vast depth and subtlety - and partly because it is, at heart, an extraordinarily simple oracle, that seems to be especially friendly to beginners. To tap into its wisdom, you need only pick up a translation* and consult it for yourself.
In these two sessions, we'll cover:
- the language of the oracle - its structure and imagery
- how to cast your own readings and how to interpret the oracle's response
No prior knowledge of the I Ching is needed, but it would help to bring a real translation. See the downloadable PDF below for a recommended translation list.
Two Part Series – Fee $50
Saturday, May 13th, 2023 9:30am – 11:00am (eastern)
Saturday, May 27th, 2023 9:30am – 11:00am (eastern)
Hilary Barrett is a Yijing diviner, teacher and author from the UK with over 20 years' experience, who delights in helping people to develop their own unique relationship with the oracle. She also enjoys gardening, cello playing and disappearing into deep woodland, and finds talking about herself in the third person quite awkward.