These Women! ICC SPECIAL EVENT CO-SPONSORED BY OPUS ARCHIVES -
June 24 - 26, 2011 These Women! An extraordinary weekend of dialogue, exploration, and dynamic conversation with the seminal voices whose life work shaped and expanded the evolution of Depth, Archetypal, and Jungian psychology: Pat Berry, Lyn Cowan, Christine Downing, Nor Hall, Ginette Paris, Hendrika de Vries, Mary Watkins, and Marion Woodman.
Champagne Reception and Screening with
Andrew Harvey and Banafsheh Sayyad
Friday, May 27th
6:30- p.m.- 8:30 p.m.
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Launch of the
Jane Hollister Wheelwright Lecture Series
Betty Wheelwright, PhD
Saturday, May 21 2011
6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Read the press release sent to local media about this event here.
Jung, Myth and The Soul's Journey The C.G. Jung Foundation presents
a daylong workshop led by G. Kwame Scruggs, PhD
Saturday, February 26, 2011 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology. — C.G. Jung, Symbols of Transformation
Give people a fact or an idea and you enlighten their minds; tell them a story and you touch their souls. — Hasidic proverb
In this workshop, we will discuss from a Jungian perspective how the use of myth can engage people in shaping their own lives as they "dialogue" with their vocātiō, or their calling. We will come to imagine how — by incorporating the common themes of myth and the character traits of the hero — we can become the hero or heroine of our own stories, analyzing a myth while the myth analyzes us.
G. Kwame Scruggs, founder and executive director of Alchemy, Inc., holds an MA and PhD from Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California, where he studied depth psychology and the use of mythology in human development.
He also has more than fifteen years of experience working with urban youth. His doctoral dissertation, "There's a Secret in the Village: Using Myth to Engage Urban Adolescent Males," was recently published in book form by a major international publisher. He is a Certified Facilitator of the Akan System of Life Cycle Development (African-based rites of passage), and completed his first level of post-certification in Ghana, West Africa.
Saturday, February 26, 2011, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
To be held at the C.G. Jung Foundation
28 East 39th Street, New York City
Workshop Fee: Foundation Members/Students: $55; General Public: $70
Tickets should be purchased in advance by mail, by phone or fax with credit card, or in person Monday – Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
For further information, please call 212-697-6430 or FAX 212-953-3989.
You can also email your questions to info@cgjungny.org
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"Antartica: Inner Journeys in the Outer World" by Robert Romanyshyn, Ph.D. Thursday February 17th, 2011
"The DVD ‘Antarctica: Inner Journeys in the Outer World’ is a documentary of a trip I took with my wife to that region of the world in November 2009. The 86 images set to music and accompanied by a voice over set a tone of reverie that invites one into a landscape of beauty that awakens the ancient bonds between us and the living soul of the world. The frozen forms of ice that dwarf our human presence are crystal cathedrals, which echo the ancient music of nature. Responsive to these harmonies one begins to realize how out of synch with nature we are, and one begins, perhaps, another journey, an interior one from exile toward homecoming.
This documentary points to the necessity of a psychological response, a response of the human heart that beats in harmony with the rhythms of the heart of nature. Drawing upon Jung’s rehabilitation of the feeling function as a legitimate way of engaging the world, the DVD is an appeal to keep heart in mind.
The DVD is an example of such a feeling response. Its final image is the one I photographed as we were leaving after the last landing on the ice. Before I saw the blue heart at the core of the melting ice, I heard a barely audible sound. That sound turned me around. It was and is the appeal not to forget our place in the natural
world."
All proceeds from this event will go towards supporting the collections at OPUS Archives and Research Center.
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Ecopsychology Certification Training - Registration now open:
Training Session begins February 1, 2011. This 9-month training course will examine fundamental concepts in ecology, depth and archetypal psychology and explore how ecopsychological relationships can provide valuable and practical information for living a more sustainable life.
This is an hybrid online training program. Students meet weekly online and in the spring we will meet in person for a long weekend session in nature.
72 CEU's Available.
Ecopsychology Training Recommended For:
* Those seeking practical and meaningful ways to incorporate an ecopsychological ethos in daily life.
* Health Care Practitioners - Clinicians, Psychologists, MFT, LCSW, Nurses, Hospice, Psychotherapists
* Educators
* Natural Resource Managers, Landscape and Urban Planners
* Environmental Consultants and Activists
* Ecologists
* NPO & NGO Management and Staff (nonprofit sectors)
ICC's Mission is to provide ways that we can engage with change, to further our understanding of who we are, to become more conscious individuals. This weekend was created because so many people asked for an opportunity to work in depth with Ernest & Kathryn Rossi, to learn how to change patterns in the the brain.
Experience how creativity, beauty, art, and diverse experiences can turn on gene expression and change brain patterning. Learn how to facilitate the 4-stage creative process for optimizing of brain growth, problem solving, and mind-body healing.
Join us for a weekend training for psychotherapists and the general public in learning how to change your brain for health and well being.
“Open the doors in the center of your chest
and let the Spirit fly in and out.” Rumi
Explore the language of your soul through the words of the beloved Sufi mystic, Jalal Al Din Rumi. For 800 years, Rumi’s words have been inspiring the hearts of people who seek enlightenment. The hidden wisdom of his mystical verses will take you step by step to the God Within. Rumi wrote 60,000 verses about the soul’s journey, describing the language of spirit on earth and its longings to connect with the Beloved. A poet, mystic and prophet, his words resonate today as the day they were written. Rumi leads us along a universal path, beyond all religious devisions towards spiritual integration in the presence of the Eternal Beloved. Rumi’s path parallels and complements many traditional religious paths, offering new insight and deepening of any spiritual practice.
DATE: December 3 - 5, 2010 Friday, 7:30 pm, to Sunday, 1 pm.
FEE: $325 Includes shared room, board and tuition. $225 commuter rate (board & tuition). A $75 non-refundable deposit is requred for registration. Balance due 11/25.
(Partial scholarships are available; please inquire.)
Or by mail send deposit to:
La Casa de Maria Retreat Center, 800 El Bosque Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Phone 805-969-5031; FAX 805-969-2759
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Celebrate the incandescence of humanity’s interdependence with Earth at the Gaia Festival
Gaia - she is the ancient Greek name for Earth, our mother, and with her comes a deep, archetypal appreciation for Earth as an animated creature;a world soul or Anima Mundi, if you will. The explosion of eco-consciousness in the last forty years represents a synthesis between science and mythology. It represents a return to reverence for Earth, and humanity’s place in movement of Earth’s soul. Gaia Festival is just such a bodily experience of soul.
This festival begins with an opening circle featuring the hauntingly primal sounds of the flute and includes a beach ritual intended to send healing energies back to Gaia’s oceans and help establish reconnection between the human souls engaging in the ritual. Further presentations include explorations of creative movement, healing and archetypal meditations on human impact on Gaia’s natural cycles.
OPUS Archives and Research Center is pleased to announce Gaia Festival presentations from the following voices familiar to our community:
Stephen Gerringer
“FROM HADES TO HEAVEN: A Labyrinthine Legend of Love & Loss”
Stephen is a member of the leadership team that steers the Joseph
Campbell Foundation (JCF). As a vital colleague at the JCF, he is
instrumental in the continued development of community organization and
the development of the community’s shared vision.
Catherine Svehla
“Birthing, Breathing, Thinking, Weaving: Gaia and Grandmother Spider”
Catherine is a writer, scholar, and storyteller with a Ph.D. in
mythological studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Catherine is also
a recipient of the first New Mythos grant cycle that OPUS awarded
in 2010. Her writing and workshops explore the relationships between
mythology, consciousness, and culture, and the potential for a
more beautiful, just, and sustainable way of life.
G. Kwame Scruggs, Ph.D., recipient of The New Mythos Grant is holding an event in conjunction with the grant received from OPUS.
Alchemy, Inc. is a non-profit organization that offers a safe group environment for youth to focus on topics directly related to their stage of development. Alchemy Inc. has a unique and innovative approach which uses myth and fairy tales in group discussions of common mythological motifs such as sacrifice, trials, conflict resolution, decision-making, perseverance, humility, confidence and strength to promote an understanding of the developmental processes for the youth to emulate in their academic and social behavior.
For more information on upcoming events, check outTHIS FLYER.
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OPUS Event - Premiere Screening of
Marion Woodman: Dancing in the Flames
September 25, 7:00-9:30pm
Please join OPUS for a premiere viewing of this newly released biographical film which chronicles Marion's life through conversation with renowned scholar and mystic Andrew Harvey. Following the film there will be a discussion with the director Adam Greydon Reid.
This screening and discussion is a benefit event for OPUS and the Marion Woodman Collection.
Suggested ticket donation is $25 each and tax-deductible
Secure ticketsHERE and fill out our standard donation form. If you want to secure one (1) ticket, enter the suggested donation amount of $25. If you want to secure
two (2) tickets, enter $50.
If you would like to secure tickets over the phone or by check please call our office at (805) 969-5750.
Co-sponsored by OPUS, this conference at Pacifica Graduate Institute will explore practices recognized by Jung and the post-Jungians including active imagination, story and metaphor, alchemy, spirituality, authentic movement, and dreams.
OPUS is thrilled to present a special art exhibition and fireside chat with Katie Sanford. In 2006, Katie published The Serpent and the Cross, a collection of paintings grounded in the practice of dialoguing with the soul through active imagination. Katie's 30-year collection of paintings joined the archival collections at OPUS last year. A selection of her paintings will be on view during the conference and on Saturday evening Katie will host a fireside chat amidst her work.
(Painting 25 in The Serpent and the Cross, dated February 1966)
For more information on this conference and to register for this event please visit Pacifica's Public Programs website by clicking HERE.
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The Philemon Foundation is pleased to announce a series of Red Book important events in Los Angeles
The Red Book exhibition, lecture and all events are made possible through the generous support ofPacifica Graduate Institute and OPUS Archives & Research Center, The F. F. Foundation, Susan Smalley & Kevin Wall, and Stacy & Ron Pulice.
The Philemon Foundation also wishes to thank the Hammer Museum, The C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, Orange County Friends of Jung, San Diego Friends of Jung, the Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism(ARAS), the Analytical Psychology Club of Los Angeles, and the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco for their support in these events.
Prophecy, Divine Madness, and Psychology:
Liber Novus, the Red Book of C. G. Jung
Public lecture by Prof. Sonu Shamdasani (Red Book Editor and co-translator; General Editor of the Philemon Foundation; & Philemon Professor of Jung History at the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London)
Friday, April 23, 7:30–9:30 PM UCLA Schoenberg Hall
Limited Seating. Advance purchase is strongly recommended. $50 General Admission (non-reserved seating) Reserved seating available to those supporting the work of The Philemon Foundation by purchase of a tax-deductible Philemon donor/patron events package of $1,000 or $5,000. For tickets and information, go to: www.philemonfoundation.org/laredbookevents or call: 805-969-3626, ext. 103. All proceeds benefit the Philemon Foundation.
Exclusive West Coast Exhibition of:
The Red Book of C. G. Jung: Creation of a New Cosmology
Public Exhibition: April 11, 2010–June 6, 2010
Hammer Museum: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
For museum information go to www.hammer.ucla.edu. This exhibition was organized by the Rubin Museum of Art, New York, in collaboration with the Foundation of the Works of C. G. Jung. The Hammer’s presentation is organized in collaboration with the Philemon Foundation and the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior.
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Marion Woodman Cornerstone Dedication: Santa Barbara, January 2009
On January 22, 2009 Marion Woodman was celebrated with a cornerstone dedication ceremony. The "Presence" cornerstone will be placed in the future home of OPUS Archives and Research Center in honor of Marion Woodman's work and vision. Over 50 people attended the event and were treated to words by Marion and Ross and a spectacular piano performance by a close friend of Marion's.
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Celebration of James Hillman’s Life Work: Pittsburgh, June 2008
In June, a great group of people gathered in Pittsburgh, PA to celebrate the life work of James Hillman. The committee that organized and planned the event consisted ofStanton Marlan, David Miller, Tom Kapacinskas, Paul Kugler, Jan Marlan and Nancy Cater.
Roundtable conversations, festive meals, dancing and even sightseeing made the event memorable for all who participated.
The following countries were represented in addition to the U.S.: Canada, Ireland, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Switzerland, Australia, and England.
Baseball & Hanging Out with James Hillman- click here to see the "choreography" of the event.
Friends of James Hillman conference participants click here to enter the Gateway
