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\u201c\u2026when we begin to live from within outward, in touch with the power of the erotic within ourselves and allowing that power to inform and illuminate our actions upon the world around us, then we begin to be responsible to ourselves in the deepest sense.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014Audre Lorde,\u00a0When I Dare to be Powerful<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To Audre Lorde the \u201cerotic\u201d within\u2014that personal well-spring\u2014has often been suppressed by those in authority. Some of us are \u201cothered,\u201d BIPOC, LBGTQ+, told \u201cwho we are is not enough,\u201d and therefore, find ourselves unable to draw upon \u201cthe power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feelings.\u201d Describing this life force, this passion, C.G. Jung utilized the word, libido\u2014chi, qi, prana<\/em>, or\u00a0manna\u2014<\/em>which included sexual desires as well as the instinctual trajectories of creative, intellectual and spiritual growth.\u00a0How does one tap into this inner strength, discover a passionate lifework?<\/em><\/p>\n

From the beginning, out of a deep need to draw upon this source, Lewis wrote short stories at seven, journaling at thirteen 28,000 pages until now, published a young adult book, the dissertation at Pacifica Graduate Institute, and finally, a memoir.<\/p>\n

Traveling to Africa, she discovered that the symbolism of the Kalahari San Bush-men-and-women\u2019s Promethean myth, \u201cWhy Ostriches Don\u2019t Fly\u201d embodied her own, igniting the need to shake herself free. Causing her to ask the following questions:\u00a0How can I write my way into and through it?<\/em>\u00a0In the womb of PGI she found the words to express the impact of her childhood wound, the San peoples\u2019 tales and the initiation with the Maasai Warriors of Kenya.<\/p>\n

In this talk, Dr. I. Murphy Lewis will conjecture that the \u201cact\u201d of writing, as well as the use of imagery in dreams and tales from\u00a0elsewhere,\u00a0<\/em>can help access this \u201cerotic\u201d power, breaking through the cultural blocks, divisions, the fractures of trauma, cracking the code to the myths we feel trapped in, into agency.<\/p>\n

We will explore \u201cthe othering,\u201d the critical voice that exists within and outside ourselves and often comes to us from our associations with familial, educational, social and political structures infiltrating the quotidian.\u00a0How do we face this critic? Become aware of its power over us? Where can we create safe places for accessing the \u201cerotic\u201d within? To individuate into our true and authentic selves\u2014in spite of all that is happening around us?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201c\u2026when we begin to live from within outward, in touch with the power of the erotic within ourselves and allowing that power to inform and illuminate our actions upon the world around us, then we begin to be responsible to ourselves in the deepest sense.\u201d \u2014Audre Lorde,\u00a0When I Dare to be Powerful To Audre Lorde […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":115103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[2378,542],"mec_speaker":[3363],"class_list":["post-115102","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-free-event","mec_category-webinar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAcross and Into and Through the Divided Self - JungianDirectory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Across and Into and Through the Divided Self\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201c\u2026when we begin to live from within outward, in touch with the power of the erotic within ourselves and allowing that power to inform and illuminate our actions upon the world around us, then we begin to be responsible to ourselves in the deepest sense.\u201d \u2014Audre Lorde,\u00a0When I Dare to be Powerful To Audre Lorde […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/jungian-events\/across-and-into-and-through-the-divided-self\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JungianDirectory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/divide-divine.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"527\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"238\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/across-and-into-and-through-the-divided-self\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungian.directory\\\/fcxfougk\\\/jungian-events\\\/across-and-into-and-through-the-divided-self\\\/\",\"name\":\"Across and Into and Through the Divided Self - 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