Love, Imagination, and the Journey of the Soul
Sufism, the mystical path within the Islamic tradition, and depth psychotherapy, each gravitate around issues central to healing and human being – love, transformation, imagination, and the soul. Join four leading scholars, teachers, and analysts, at the intersection of these rich and diverse imaginal realms.
Rumi and the Secret of Being Human
Kabir Helminski
For Rumi, and the Sufi tradition in general, the “self,” our “I-…
Superhero phenomena exploded into 20th- and 21st-century popular culture by way of the visual medium of comic books. In an increasingly secular (yet spiritual) culture that has largely renounced “the gods” (and even religion), what does the return of the superhero through our own pop cultural mythologies say to us—or even about us? This collection of essays from leading and up-and-coming scholars in the fields of comparative mythology and depth psychology considers th…
The Archetypal Artist: Reimagining Creativity and the Call to Create
“It is generally the creative artist who creates the future. A civilization that has no creative people is doomed. So the person who is really in touch with the future, with the germs of the future, is the creative personality.”
~ Marie Louise von Franz
Depth Psychology has long maintained a paradoxical position to creativity and to the creative individual. On one hand, the artist is singled o…
Program Description
The Epigenetic Impact of Marianismo: Unburdening Myself and My Lineage
“My mother wounds are my mother’s wounds” –Cynthia Perez, LCSW
If you have done inner child healing, it may have led you down another stone unturned… mother wounds! This talk centers on the intersections of mother wounds that come from ancestral attachment wounds due to separation, colonization, and assimilation.
Marianismo is a term coined in Xicanx psychology as an ofte…
The process of healing is “like a little tiny seed, as it grows in the darkness it doesn’t shift its aspect. The minute it crosses over into sunlight, it immediately shifts, just by pushing through into the light of the sun.”—Marion Woodman
Healing is a disentanglement from the idea of irreparable pain and requires a willingness to embrace “not knowing.” In other words, redefining healing means letting go of seeking finiteness and, rather, demands orienting ourselves in th…
Join us for this Pacifica Online Author Spotlight with Dr. Susan Rowland as we talk about her newest JABR detective novel, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Chiron, 15th Feb 2023). In this novel, her newest addition in a series, Susan situates the psychological impact of the climate emergency within the framework of a murder mystery featuring a feminine hero.
Jungian arts-based research places creativity at the heart of knowing and being. In so doing it promotes a soci…
Animal-assisted therapy modalities are increasing in popularity in the field of mental health. Yet, there are many ways their effectiveness is still not fully known due to the enormity of factors that shape the therapeutic encounter. The implication for interested and practicing clinicians is to continually revisit human traditions of relating to horses while incorporating new understandings about the human and animal connection. This course introduces foundatio…
“Spring and Winter are both present in the moment. The young leaf and the old leaf are really one. My feet touch deathlessness, and my feet are yours. Walk with me now. Let us enter the dimension of oneness and see the cherry tree blossom in Winter.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Overview
This symposium is an invitation to look back on our rich, long lives, contemplate our gains and losses, and distill the lessons we’ve learned. It’s also an invitation to look forward to be…
Thousands of years ago, human beings huddled around campfires to listen to stories. Since that time, we’ve moved indoors and the campfires that we once hovered around have become digital screens. However, stories remain a vital part of the human experience. It’s been said that those that can offer the most compelling story in a society have an edge in advancing their ideas in the world. Our culture has never had more avenues for telling our stories, though few of us have much un…
What you will receive:
- 4 Live Webinar Sessions with Q & A
- 4 Links to the Recordings
Course Description
The Suffering of Ghosts is a four week webinar series with Jungian analyst, Samuel L. Kimbles, Ph.D., that will explore how the cultural unconscious is organized by complexes that manifest in archetypal story formations, which Samuel calls phantom narratives. Drawing from his newly released book: Intergenerational Complexes in Analytical Psy…
Join us for a thought-provoking webinar presented by David Shoen that delves into the fascinating correspondence between Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), and C. G. Jung. This program will present an overview of the psychodynamics of addiction, its true nature, and the crucial role of archetypal shadow and evil in the addiction process.
Through this webinar, you will gain a deeper understanding of the archetypal dynamics that underlie addiction and rec…