Events

We will discuss Jung’s introduction to Richard Wilhelm’s translation of the I Ching. This will lead to an overview of Synchronicity, and further to an introduction of Chinese alchemy using the magic square of three. Finally, there will be a demonstration of how to use the I Ching. The image is that of Luo Shu […]

The spirit of the depths took my understanding and all my knowledge and placed them at the service of the inexplicable and the paradoxical. —CG Jung (Red Book p229) Jung’s view of psyche is rooted in an appreciation of opposites and the roles they play in our individuation process. He found that creatively embracing life’s […]

Our monthly discussions are focused by the acute awareness of our deepening planetary crisis, while consulting Jung for such insights as “Nature, psyche, and life appear to me like divinity unfolded—what more could I ask for?”

Projection is flagrant in American culture. What is projection? What happens when we become aware of our projections, individual and collective? This trimester, we will finish the last sections of Chapter 3 (“Energy and Field of Force,” “Psyche and Matter”) and take up Chapter 4: “The Hypothesis of the Collective Unconscious.”

Winding down the year…it’s a time of no-time. It’s been a year of new possibilities in our midst, and new threats. Come join in a sharing of “past and future,” and what is present for you now, with your poetry, stories, and ideas. Bring food and drink to share.

Join us in our library for another informal, cafe-style discussion. We will delve into the symbolism and psychological implications of the Cross. We invite you to explore intersections of rites of passage, universal and cultural representations, and the multifaceted meanings this symbol has carried in human lives through the millennia—and in our lives. Let us […]

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?”

Julia Yusupova is a master’s student at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco and has been independently studying consciousness and synchronicity for over a decade. Years ago, after learning to meditate, she began to experience enhanced intuitive abilities, precognitive clairvoyance, kundalini, and high rates of synchronicity. In tonight’s discussion, Julia will […]

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 […]

In the philosophy of organism, Alfred North Whitehead finds that reality consists of vibratory events of self-realization, processes growing out of processes in societies of societies. Each nexus of the cosmo-organic process brings together the World of Facts and the World of Values. Actual occasions arise from the primordial nature of God in all things […]