Death, the Concept —with Eileen Murphy, MD
My presentation is on the concept death and the various ways Western philosophers, artists and, more recently, AI researchers have explored it. The idea of death has been trending. Many people are convinced that with the inevitable merging of humans with Artificial Intelligence, a superhuman creature who is deathless will come to be. No more death! This shocking possibility […]
Jung on Personality—Talk-Circle
Tonight, all are invited to share our various points of view about human personality. Many powers are converging to mutilate—but also to enhance the development of—our personalities. What is the meaning of an authentic, genuine, human personality? Is this question being raised in Silicon Valley C-suites? The achievement of personality means nothing less than the […]
The Meaning of Meaning: Jung, Jaffé, and Bohm
What do we mean by meaning? Such as, the meaning of being, as we take it up in our weekly dialogues. The lack of meaning in life is a soul-sickness whose full extent and full important our age has not as yet begun to comprehend. // A psychoneurosis must be understood, ultimately, as the suffering […]
Projection and Re-Collection in Jungian Psychology: Reflections of the Soul by Marie-Louise von Franz
What is projection? What happens when we become aware of our projections, individual and collective? We will take up chapters 5 and 6 on demons and daimons to understand how they relate to complexes and to “spirits.” In chapter 6, we will look into the tale of Eros and Psyche, so we will take a […]
WHAT DID THE THUNDER SAY?—with Elizabeth Wrightman and John Dotson
In a duo-exhibition, Elizabeth will show paintings and John will show sculptures at the Pacific Grove Art Center from September 6 through October 24—under the title, WHAT DID THE THUNDER SAY? In the Book of Revelation : ...a mighty angel…cried out in a loud voice, like a lion roaring… and the seven peals of thunder […]