Events

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.

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?”