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Summer 2004

2004 Intensive Program 1:

July 11 – 16, 2004

Betrayal, Revenge, and Forgiveness

Sunday, July 11, 2004
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Registration, Welcome and Orientation

6:30 – 8:00 pm
Opening Dinner

Monday, July 12, 2004
10:00 am – 1:00 pm, & 2:00 – 4:30 pm
Self-Betrayal and Self-Esteem

Using the Garden of Eden story, we will explore the differing contributions to self-esteem provided by the patriarchal Garden of Eden and, in contrast, the nurturing Paradise of Mother Earth. We will also look at narcissistic survival strategies to determine their contribution to our capacity to tolerate the intolerable, characteristic in self-betrayal. What may trap us in a self-betraying situation will also be explored.

Instructor: Irene Gad, MD, PhD

Tuesday, July 13, 2004
10:00 am – 1:00 pm, & 2:30 – 5:00 pm
Betrayal by the Other

From Eden to Hell, from womb to tomb, as a misanthrope might say, it is all deception upon treachery. And a mythologist would agree-myths are betrayal stories, often manifested in our relationships. In the spirit of depth psychology, we will explore vicissitudes of deceit, trickery, fraudulence, sedition and related abominations and their value for psyche and consciousness.

Instructor: Sylvester Wojtkowski, PhD

Wednesday, July 14, 2004
10:00 am – 1:00 pm & 2:30 – 5:00 pm
Vengeance and the Unconscious

Revenge is often the first fantasized response to betrayal. The sweetness of revenge, and its bitterness, will be explored through story, art, dreams, and life experience.

Instructor: Julie Bondanza, PhD

Thursday, July 15, 2004
10:00am – 1:00 pm, & 2:30 – 5:00 pm
Forgiveness and Transformation

What does it mean to forgive and to be forgiven? How does this experience transform our inner lives, our relationship with shame and guilt, and our perception of others in our lives and of society as a whole? This will be a vital exploration of the archetypal experience of forgiving, being forgiven, and withholding forgiveness. Video, literary, and clinical examples will contextualize our discussion.

Instructor: Harry W. Fogarty, PhD

Friday July 16, 2004
10:00am – 1:00pm, & 2:30 – 5:00pm
Forgiveness: Reconciliation with the Divine

Suffering and loss often stimulate a sense that one has been betrayed by God. We will explore how Paul the Apostle and Jung both wrestled with forgiving God, paying particular attention to ways that therapy and religious ritual offer means to incorporate reconciliation with the divine in the individuation process.

Instructor: William W. Rich, PhD

Farewell Dinner and Closing Comments

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2004 Intensive Program 2:

July 18 – 23, 2004

Body and Soul

Sunday, July 18, 2004
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Registration, Welcome and Orientation

6:30 – 8:00 pm
Opening Dinner

Monday, July 19, 2004
10:00 am – 1:00 pm, & 2:30 – 5:00 pm
Finding Meaning in Physical Illness

The body expresses the needs of the psyche and offers a path to transformation. Early primal experiences are manifest both psychologically and physiologically throughout one's life journey. This seminar explores the role of dreams, visions and artwork that bring meaning to the archetypal dimension of encounters with physical symptoms and examines the body's integral role in the expression of personal myth.

Instructor: Rose-Emily Rothenberg, MA, MFT

Tuesday, July 20, 2004
10:00 am – 1:00 pm, & 2:30 –5:00 pm
Relationship as Soul-Making

This seminar will focus on the mystery of love, the making and wounding of what we call the human soul, and the ego's use of power in self-protection and self-surrender. We will look at marriage and other intimate relationships as the alchemical vessel for self-transformation and the play of the gods.

Instructor: William Ventimiglia, DMin

Wednesday, July 21, 2004
10:00 am – 1:00 pm, & 2:30 – 5:00 pm
Body and Soul in the Analytic Process

This seminar will explore the role of the physical body in embodying and expressing the nature and intent of the individual soul. We will examine how this operates in contemporary analytic work. In addition to discussing the dynamics that obstruct and facilitate the union of soul and body, we will examine the role contemporary culture plays in this task, using archetypal material as a background for discerning necessary direction and technique.

Instructor: Mark Seides, PhD

Thursday, July 22, 2004
10:00 am – 1:00pm; 2:30 – 5:00 pm
Sexuality and the Soul

Through imagery, tales, dreams and historical autobiography, we will explore the role of sexuality in psycho-spiritual development. Viewing Eros as the most powerful determinant of personal destiny, we will reflect upon erotic longing as a potency that promotes biological life, calls us to healing, and awakens divine imagery in the soul.

Instructor: Melanie Starr Costello, PhD

Friday, July 23, 2004
10:00 am – 1:00 pm, & 2:30 – 5:00 pm
Kundalini Yoga

Yoga means “to Yoke” or connect with the divine. Kundalini Yoga is an ancient wisdom template that provides a path to individuation. It is an embodiment of the archetype of Coniunctio - that unites the opposites in our nature at a gradually increasing level of developmental complexity. Our masculine and feminine potentials, the Shiva and Shakti aspects of our personality do their dance together from the first root charka gradually up through to the seventh crown charka. As we harmonize these opposites at the seven synapses of the body, psyche, soul and the Spirit, our personal consciousness transcends to yoke with the universal consciousness. Our authentic nature is now aligned with our purpose in this world and its place in the program of the Universe - the Unus Mundus. The basic tenants of the Kundalini Yoga will be presented and amplified by clinical examples and movie clips.

Instructor: Ashok Bedi, MD

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