Organiser
C.G. Jung Society, Seattle
Website
https://jungian.directory/related_organisation/c-g-jung-society-seattle/The purpose of the C.G. Jung Society, Seattle, is to support a sustainable learning community centered on the life and work of Carl Gustav Jung. We promote Jung's analytical psychology, which emphasizes the development of the whole person as the path to self-knowledge, creativity, and well-being. At the Society, we examine the interplay of the conscious and the unconscious through the lens of diverse traditions, including religious, transpersonal, and mythological ones. We organize events such as lectures, workshops, and discussions that offer intellectual, participatory, as well as experiential engagement with Jung's work.Last visited Aug 23/2021 - no events
American Gun Violence: A Jungian Depth Psychological View
The intractable nature of the gun violence problem in the United States resists meaningful analysis. Even more so, the problem resists effective solutions. Perhaps this resistance itself is meaningful, pointing to suppression and denial of deeper problems in the national psyche. Pushing beyond familiar
treatments of gun culture, this presentation will examine the depth psychology of homicide by firearm by considering the collective myths and cultural complexes that make this particular form of violence so prevalent. Compared to similar societies around the globe, these myths and complexes both heighten the propensity to target and shoot others and lower the capacity for the soul-searching necessary to mitigate this propensity. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of where responsibility for gun violence lives, and where transformative possibilities may also be located.