Events

We will consider an introductory outline on visionary thinker Jacob Bohme, self-taught mystical philosopher who observed deeply into the mysteries of God and Creation via direct connection to source. These ideas encompassed topics such as the Nature, Fall, Creation, Rebirth, Freedom, and Sophia as the feminine aspect of God. The works of Boehme have been […]

What is projection? What happens when we become aware of our projections, individual and collective? We will dive into Chapter 4, “The Hypothesis of the Collective Unconscious,” perhaps the most exciting chapter so far. Von Franz both distills and elaborates the ancient and now unconventional idea—anima mundi, world soul—referring to Jung’s exposition of its mythological […]

Tonight, we will finally celebrate the launch of Lisa’s second book. After a short introduction to it, we will toast to the forces of Synchronicity that finally allowed this book to be born. If you want, bring some food or drink to share.  Books will be available for purchase.  If you make a donation to […]

Each of us is now called upon to rethink our individual risk and safety, as well as our relationship with our community, the world, and our environment. Some of us are thinking about and tackling new and complex issues. All these challenges require an adaptation for an uncertain future. The uncertainties we each face have […]

Katherine will emerge from her shell and share some of her quest for self-knowledge through her provocative artwork. This being a showing of original works that have been influenced by James Hillman’s ideas of soul making, polytheism, personifying, and a poetic basis of mind. The artworks are an exploration of the artist’s feelings about herself […]

Given our inescapable awareness that the environmental crisis on Earth is deepening, we continue to consult Jung for his insights concerning Anima Mundi, the soul of the world. As he writes: “Nature, psyche, and life appear to me like divinity unfolded—what more could I ask for?” We continue readings from the anthology edited by Meredith Sabini: Chapter […]

Joining us from Vancouver tonight, Steve Rosen will describe and engage in conversation regarding proprioception, as he puts it, “a phenomenological reversal of the prevailing orientation of thinking.” Here is an abstract taken from Steve’s books Topologies of the Flesh (2006) and The Self-Evolving Cosmos (2008): The task of thinking is to think proprioceptively. We […]

How do we hold the paradoxical tension of opposites to receive the Gnosis that is the birthright of each of us at this moment between chaos and transformation? At this Kairos moment between worlds, we will explore the meaning of Gnosis in the Individuation journey and its relationship to the psychoid realm known as the subtle body as it […]

What is your feeling about the collective unconscious? While Jung is widely known for his hypothesis, his meaning seems generally to be misunderstood. A sense of Jung’s actual usages of this term feels urgently needed for us in 2024, nearly a quarter of the way through the 21st century, as we find ourselves living out […]

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 […]

“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” Carl Jung                                        Jung is perhaps one of the most Hermetic/Gnostic thinkers of our era.  He wrote about the Nag Hammadi Hermetic scripture, Zosimos’s visions, and the influence that Paracelsus and Goethe had on him. Although Jung is known as a […]