Events

We invite you to participate in a new series of events taking place in the Monterey Friends of CG Jung library. This evening in the library, we will host a forum of ideas centered around the concept of Anima in Jungian psychology. The participants will share their thoughts and insights on the topic while referencing […]

Tonight, we will discuss at-large the current film based on the biography American Prometheus.These quotes offer two points of departure: We knew the world would not be the same. Few people laughed. Few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade […]

Our planetary environmental crisis accelerates. We are reading and discussing these selected writings of Jung for his insights, such 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.”

Our group has a history of partnership with the Gebser Society in exploring similarities and differences in the work of Jean Gebser and CG Jung. This year, the California Institute of Integral Studies is hosting the Gebser conference to consider also the work of Sri Aurobindo, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and others. Group members can […]

Tonight, the theatrical dream interpretation workshop we have previously shared as "Dream-Sculpting" is back with a twist: Dreams will be brought to life using sound only. Participants will narrate and stage dreams using sound-making props. On the flip side, audience members will be kept in the dark, literally. Looking away from the stage, they'll be […]

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?”

As psychologist of the Will, Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) is the father of all modern psychology. As a teenager Jung was attracted to the philosophy of Schopenhauer for his being “the first to speak about the suffering and evil in the world.” Jung says, “Here was a philosopher who had the courage to see the fundamental […]

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.”

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?”

Lisa's Book presentation is postponed to December. This evening, we will take on the topic of language.