We are happy to announce the 1st International Conference on ‘Dreams, Depth Psychology, Soul and Spirit’, which will be broadcast in person and online. This Conference is hoping to bring together professionals, researchers, and scholars in an interdisciplinary context, to promote dialogue between topics such as the psyche and its relationship with spirituality, dreams, depth psychology, the body, and the spirit.
The breadth of themes we hope will be explored in the lectures include:
- Jungian psychology, the numinous, and the sacred,
-Dreams, spirituality, and the sacred
-The interface between clinical psychology and the sacred
-The dialogue between body, psyche and soul
-The soul and spirituality
Programme:
September 15th
5 pm – 5.30 pm Event Opening
5.30 pm – 6.30 pm Rafael Cheng (Gems of Light: Dreams and the Sacred) Moderator: Isadora Sandeville
6.30 pm – 7.30 pm Julienne McLean (The Diamond Heart: Interiority, Symbols, Soul and Presence) Moderator: Paulo Henrique Curi Dias
7.30 pm – 8.30 pm Professor Gilberto Safra (Cartographies of the Soul: from the Body to the Spirit) Moderator: João Pedro Alvera
8.30 pm – 9.30 pm Margaret Barker
The documentary O Encontro das Águas – The Meetings of the Waters broadcasts the encounter and dialogue between leaders of indigenous spirituality, from the Amazon, and leaders of the Orthodox and Catholic Christian traditions. The documentary discusses the importance of a global community that cultivates and exalts dialogue between different spiritualities, cultural otherness, differences, and plurality. Moderator: Isadora Sandeville
September 16th
8 am – 9 am Three workshops will be offered simultaneously during this period. The first workshop will be broadcast online to all participants and the other workshops (2 and 3) will be held only for the in-person audience.
Workshop 1 Patrycja Jackson (Dream Matrix) Moderator: Marcia Neuman
Workshop 2 Dr. Luis Saporetti (Sacred and Singularity)
Workshop 3 Marilena Dreyfuss, Éder Gonçalves Caetano, Amana Perrucci Machado Comfort (From the Body to the Spirit: The Subtle Touch as Path)
9 am – 10 am Professor Sandra Greger (Synchronicity: Symbolic Parallels in the Perspectives of Analytical Psychology, Quantum Physics, and Alchemy) Moderator: Marcia Neuman
10 am – 11am Gustavo Barcellos (The Imaginal in Gaston Bachelard) Moderator: Marcia Neuman
11am – 11:15 am Break, tea, and coffee
11:15 am – 12:15 am Professor Peter Tyler ( Amada en el Amado Transformada: Psychological Symbols of Spiritual Transformation in St John of the Cross’ Spiritual Canticle Moderation: Paulo Henrique Curi Dias
12:15 – 2 pm Lunch
2 pm – 3 pm A lecture and a workshop will be offered simultaneously during this period. The course will be broadcast online to all participants and the workshop (4) will be held only for the in-person audience. João Bezinelli ( Jung: Body, Self, and Spirituality) Moderator: Marcia Neuman
Workshop 4: Mara Castro (Authentic Movement) Moderator: Marcia Neuman
3pm– 4pm Roberto Gambini (The Lack of Perception of Sacredness and the Crisis of Civilization) Moderator: Gregory Caniche
4 pm – 5 pm Professor Paulo Toledo Machado (Traces of the Soul) Moderator: Marcia Neuman
5pm – 5.30pm Event closure
All lectures except for workshops 2, 3, and 4 will be broadcast online via Zoom and in person. Speakers can choose to present online or in person. Simultaneous translation from English to Portuguese and vice-versa will be offered.