WHAT HAPPENS IN A FAIRY TALE ENACTMENT? Small groups of four people choose a Grimm’s fairy tale, then enact it in a closed setting before two or three other small groups involved in the same workshop. Three to four enactments are made, in the course of the workshop, one by each group. Each group usually…
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Start the Christmas season with some laughter and some food for thought. John Betts will lead a discussion of archetypal themes explored in this comedy and what it means to live the symbolic life. Details Presented to the C.G. Jung Society Victoria Date: December 2nd, 2005
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These sessions deal with the powerful imagery of fairy tales and examine why their interpretation is such a crucial aspect of the Jungian tradition. Through fairy tales we access rich material from the collective unconscious, telling us how individuation may happen. Who hasn’t remembered the experience of listening to a fairy tale as a child?
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In this lecture we review a common reason why we act out when under stress – we “complex out.” Jung noted that we all have complexes, but what many of us fail to remember is that “complexes have us.” Why do we get upset when someone uses a particular tone with us? Why do we have problems doing our taxes? What
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Do you want to be able to be less prone to getting stuck in a complex? In this day-long workshop we will identify our core complexes in a safe and fun way, then find how to “de-potentiate” these structures. We’ll begin with the core complexes we all have to deal with – mother, father and money – then
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“So difficult is it to understand a dream that for a long time I have made it a rule, when someone tells me a dream and asks for my opinion, to say first of all to myself : ‘I have no idea what the dream means.’ After that I can begin to examine the dream”
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“….the experience of film offers a special place where the psyche can come alive, be experienced and be commented upon.” (Hauke, 2002, p. 2) Pan’s Labyrinth has been described as a modern-day fairy tale. Whatever your perspective, the movie, like all forms of art, clearly demonstrates central ideas within Jungian theory. First, we’ll all view the
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Lecture and workshop – details to be announced Details Comox Valley Jung Society Friday, September 23rd, 2011
The purpose of the workshop is to work through a Grimm’s Fairy Tale and complete a Jungian Interpretation of the material. The basis for the interpretation will be the practical guidelines developed from Marie-Louise von Franz’s ideas by Jungian Analyst Catherine Moreau. Members of the workshop will work on small groups (2 or 3) for
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