Jung assures: “Inner peace and contentment depend in large measure upon whether or not the historical family which is inherent in the individual can be harmonized with the ephemeral conditions of the present.”
—Memories, Dreams and Reflections, p. 237
We welcome Stephani Stephens, who will be joining us from her home in Australia. The evening’s discussion will be based on her essay, “Barbie’s Question,” published by Chiron in the book Confronting Death. The film Barbie, will serve as a springboard for us to examine Jung, what he learned from the dead, his moral position with respect to his ancestors and what he gleaned about the unconscious as a result of all of it. Barbie herself, caught in the joys of a celebratory unconscious, grows to individuate around this basic of questions as she journeys to embrace a new vision of consciousness. Dr. Stephens suggests that as we move through this discussion let’s pose our own question: does Jung’s worthy work in this area help us with our own hauntings and relationship with an unconscious that might accommodate our ancestors?
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