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\u201cThis knowledge is invaluable for a \u201ctherapist.\u201d That\u2019s why Jung said that studying fairy tales is
\na good way to study the comparative anatomy of the collective unconscious, the deeper layers of
\nthe human psyche.\u201d<\/em>
\nMarie-Louise von Franz, Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales (p. 21)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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\nA meaningful life is one lived in relationship to the Self and to the archetypal rhythms of nature. While we each need to navigate our own very personal way through life, we need to learn of these natural rhythms and the life offered by the Self when reading fairy tales, legends, and the mythological journeys of heroes and heroines. It is through these texts that we hear a voice extending beyond our personal understanding of life, a voice that both beckons us on to riches, while also warning us of great tragedy.<\/p>\n

Dr Rosaly Roffman reminds us that “mythology is the story of humanity\u2019s relationships to the divine”, while Marie-Louise von Franz provides a profound understanding of fairy tales and their articulation of archetypal dynamics \u2013which she referred to as “nature\u2019s constants”, allows us to understand the wisdom of the Self. This is the world of Psyche revealed to us through fairy tales.<\/p>\n

Through fairy tales, we are brought into the world which Jung referred to as “The Spirit of the Depths” where each adventure speaks to our hunger for soul, and each story illuminates that invisible path which leads to and at times, unfortunately even away from The Self. Here is a telling of time eternal, and the voice of the “antique soul” teaching us about life as it has been recounted by generations eternal.<\/p>\n

In this course, students will learn the art, love, and the discipline of seeing the depths of meaning contained within fairy tales and strengthen and perhaps re-awaken a passion for these seminal stories which remind us that \u201conce upon a time in a land far, far away\u201d is present here and now in our own psyches.\u200b<\/p><\/div>\n

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All classes take place on alternate Tuesdays from 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm US Eastern Time<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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