We are honored to welcome for our Jung 150th-Birthday Lecture, Carolyn Bates, the\u00a0North American Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Analytical Psychology and Jungian analyst in Austin, Texas.\u00a0 When we talked about topics, she suggested that she did not want to be “a downer.” \u00a0We reassured her that we were already braced to hear whatever she was thinking about.\u00a0 When she said, “War,” we said that our members of and visitors to the Jung Society of Washington are ready to hear about that.\u00a0 We can hear about the wars that affected Jung and how they affected his development.\u00a0 We are also prepared to think about the larger image of war, whether the effects are internal, interpersonal, cultural, or international.\u00a0 We hope that you will join us for this bold and topical subject.\u00a0 This is our “Free Fundraiser” \u2014 if you are in need of a gift, please come as our guest.\u00a0 If you are in a position to support us and others by giving a donation to our scholarship fund or to our operations, please donate.\u00a0 We all have periods when we need a gift and when we need to give.<\/p>\n
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION<\/strong><\/p>\n C.G. Jung was born into a world recovering from the effects of the Franco-Prussian War, the restructuring of empires, and a rising tension between European powers. The Panic of 1873, a major international financial crisis that triggered a years-long global economic depression, had only just ended its acute phase. Jung\u2019s descent into his creative illness occurred at the brink of the outbreak of the Great War, and in the aftermath of World War II, in his essay After the Catastrophe, he emphasized humankind\u2019s need for psychic renewal and symbolic reckoning.<\/p>\n How might the presence and effect of wars have influenced Jung? How might they influence us now? As Europe began its long recovery after WWII, Jung wrote that effective analytic work requires mutual transformation, wherein both practitioner and patient are open to being transformed throughout the process. This necessity for mutual influence reflects how we are never isolates, but rather, we live within, and are affected by, wheels within wheels of personal, cultural, and political dynamics.<\/p>\n As we gather to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Jung\u2019s birth, this presentation and participant discussion will invite us to explore how the presence and effects of war marked each of these three pivotal moments in his life: his birth, his descent, and his reflections on war. In exploring how war may have influenced Jung\u2019s development and his perspectives, participants will be invited to discuss how, in kind, the presence and effects of war \u2013 whether it is an internal, interpersonal, cultural, or international war \u2013 are influencing their own lives.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We are honored to welcome for our Jung 150th-Birthday Lecture, Carolyn Bates, the\u00a0North American Co-Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Analytical Psychology and Jungian analyst in Austin, Texas.\u00a0 When we talked about topics, she suggested that she did not want to be “a downer.” \u00a0We reassured her that we were already braced to hear whatever she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":113350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[2378,184,542],"mec_speaker":[1632],"class_list":["post-113455","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-free-event","mec_category-lecture","mec_category-webinar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n