Imagination of Time
Part I: Imagination of Beginnings
5 consecutive Wednesdays, 6:00 – 7:40 pm.
Beginning October 4, 2006
Instructor: Sylvester Wojtkowski, PhD
“Once upon a time, God created …” In this course we will explore generating moments in their mythopoeic underpinnings. In our lives we are often confronted with new (or ever new) experiences: from the beginning of the day to the start of the new millennium, from the beginning of the analytic session to the rebirth. We will examine Theogony, Genesis, and other creation stories from various cultures, including evolutionary and emergence theories, to provide the archetypal scaffolding for reflection on our own beginnings.
Women Who Run with the Wolves:
Reconnecting with the Wild Woman Archetype
Part 1: 4 consecutive Wednesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
Beginning October 4, 2006
Part 2: 5 consecutive Wednesdays (excluding Nov 22), 7:00 – 8:40 pm.
Beginning November 8, 2006
Instructor: Jane Selinske, EdD, LCSW, NCPsyA
“Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species.Women Who Run with the Wolves is a book that nourishes our souls. Clarissa Pinkola Estes uses multicultural myths and folk tales to help woman connect with the Wild Woman Archetype, which then reconnects women to their creative power, passion and joy. Using the myths and folk tales in the book along with creative exploration and group discussion, this two-part course will explore various ways women can reclaim their Soul Self and reconnect to the riches of their dreams and the Wild Woman Archetype.
Reading the book prior to the opening of class is highly recommended.
Art and the Body: Archetypes and Personal Expression
4 consecutive Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:40 pm, Beginning October 5, 2006.
1 Session Friday, 6:50 pm, Date to be announced …
Instructor: Tobi Zausner, PhD
Through lecture and slide presentation, we will explore connections between analytical psychology, the body, and art. Among the topics to be discussed will be the quantified body and number archetypes; archetypal recognition (the face, the Persona, the Self); the decorated body as a reflection of initiation and stages of life; the tattoo and the attempt to use archetypes as magic; the Theory of Correspondences; and the mythological and cosmological body. The final class session will take place on a Friday evening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning at 6:50 p.m. and ending at 8:30 p.m.
Living Consciously:
Jung in Everyday Life
5 consecutive Mondays, 7:00 – 8:40 pm
Beginning October 9, 2006
Instructor: Heidi Kolb, MA, LCSW, NCPsyA
We will discern tools and techniques to integrate Jung’s view of the psyche in our daily lives, seeking a specific approach to engage life and to participate in it. Exploring such concepts as Otherness and Jung’s understanding of the shadow, we will examine how to relate to what we reject in ourselves, in others and the world at large. We will look at the dynamics of projections and discuss the need for a balanced attitude that takes the manifestations of the unconscious, such as dreams, daydreams, and fantasies, seriously without ascribing an all knowing authority to them. Other concepts we will explore include active imagination and Jungian work as a spiritual tradition.
Jung and Freud: Then and Now
5 consecutive Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:10 pm
Beginning October 10, 2006
Instructor: Carol J. Zeitz, Phd, LMFT
Psychological understanding has been profoundly marked by both the early relationship between Jung and Freud and later by their radical separation. In this course, we will venture five interrelated perspectives on the relationship: The early connection with its cross-currents of influence; the gains and losses for each in the later divide; the ways in which each individuation journey demanded the separation; an exploration of both typology and developmental psychology in relationship to the promise and vicissitudes of the ego; and, finally, a look at the contemporary challenge of integrating the two lineages while respecting their very real differences so that the distinct value of each is preserved.
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Fall II: Classes begin week of November 8, 2006
Imagination of Time
Part II: Imagination of Endings
5 consecutive Wednesdays, 6:00 – 7:40 pm
(excluding November 22, 2006)
Beginning November 8, 2006
Instructor: Sylvester Wojtkowski, PhD
Whatever begins ends. After inspiration expiration. From the foreboding “the end (of world) is near to the Nietzschean “God is dead, we are preoccupied with endings. In this companion course we will explore the other side of emergence — disappearance. Paradoxically, the end — happy or not — has been with us from the beginning. Using Jung’s teleological approach, we will reflect on the experiences of all kinds of endings, partings and departings, losses and destructions. We will look at myths of endings, and other “final narratives.
Women Who Run with the Wolves:
Reconnecting with the Wild Woman Archetype
Part 2: 5 consecutive Wednesdays (excluding November 22), 7:00 – 8:40 pm. Beginning November 8, 2006
Instructor: Jane Selinske, EdD, LCSW, NCPsyA
A continuation from Part I:
“Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Women Who Run with the Wolves is a book that nourishes our souls. Clarissa Pinkola Estes uses multicultural myths and folk tales to help woman connect with the Wild Woman Archetype, which then reconnects women to their creative power, passion and joy. Using the myths and folk tales in the book along with creative exploration and group discussion, this two-part course will explore various ways women can reclaim their Soul Self and reconnect to the riches of their dreams and the Wild Woman Archetype.
Reading the book prior to the opening of class is highly recommended.
Dream Analysis:
Jung’s Royal Road to the Unconscious
5 consecutive Thursdays 6:00 – 7:40 pm.
(excluding November 23, 2006)
Beginning November 9, 2006
Instructor: Maxon J. McDowell, Phd, LMSW-LP
Jung observed that “in each of us there is another whom we do not know. He speaks to us in dreams and tells us how differently he sees us from the way we see ourselves. The source of our dreams seems to look at us objectively. It offers corrections when we are off-center. It suggests action we might take and its likely outcome. Dream analysis requires not only a structure of logic but also symbolic thought. We will explore both aspects in this class. Dream analysis is a complicated skill that can only be learned slowly: this class will be appropriate for all, whether or not you have taken other classes on the subject. We will not analyze participants own dreams: participants will be asked to bring dreams (with permission) from friends or family.
Beyond Words:
Self-Discovery through Journaling in Images
5 consecutive Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:10 pm
(excluding November 23, 2006)
Beginning November 9, 2006
Instructor: Barbara Barry
Many individuals who strive for a greater self-knowledge keep journals, which are most often recorded in written language. However, Jung was particularly attuned to the place images play in the life of the psyche, telling us that “the psyche consists essentially of images . . . full of meaning and purpose. This class is instructive and experiential. Participants will learn techniques for eliciting images and how to give them visual expression using a simple painting approach in journal form. They will also learn ways to break through creative blocks and work in a spontaneous manner. No art experience or skill is necessary, only the desire to explore how a journal beyond words can enrich one’s life. Materials fee: $30
The Emptiness of the Psyche
5 consecutive Mondays, 6:00 – 7:40 p.m.
Beginning November 13, 2006.
Instructor: Morgan Stebbins, MDiv, LMSW
Does the Buddhist doctrine of Emptiness contradict western notions of the soul? How can we resolve the contradiction between the richness of psychic images and the notion of no-mind? We will look at some of the basic texts of Buddhism including the Heart Sutra and a portion of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, as well as some more recent writings, in an attempt to open our minds to these apparently divergent views of the human condition. By understanding these ideas in a broader context, we can determine if they are forcing us to choose between them or are a way of deepening our own spiritual processes.
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FACULTY
Barbara Barry is a visual artist, teacher, and the creator of Art for Self-Discovery studio programs. She has presented at William Patterson University, the C.G. Jung Foundation, and the Innovation Masters Symposium at Lucent Technologies, among others. [class description]
Heidi Kolb, MA, LCSW, NCPsyA, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City. She is a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute of New York, New York University, and the University of Salzburg in Austria. [class description]
Maxson J. McDowell, PhD, LMSW-LP, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Manhattan, President of the C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, and a faculty member of the C.G. Jung Institute of New York. [Class description]
Jane Selinske, Ed.D., LCSW, MT-BC, NCPsyA, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in New Jersey, a certified teacher and trainer of Mandala Assessment, and a Board Certified Music Therapist. [ Class description: Session 1; Session 2 ]
Morgan Stebbins, MDiv, LMSW, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City and a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute of New York. He has led seminars at the University of California, Berkeley,and Columbia University. [Class description]
Sylvester Wojtkowski, PhD., is a Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist in private practice in New York City. He received his doctorate from the New School for Social Research. [Class description: Session 1; Session 2 ]
Carol J. Zeitz, Phd, MFT, holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is a former faculty member of Antioch University Los Angeles Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology program and is now in pivate practice in Manhattan. [Class description]
Tobi Zausner, PhD, has an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Art and Psychology and is also an award-winning painter. She writes and speaks widely on the psychology of art and is Chair of Art/ Art History in the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences. [Class description]
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