Aion: How to Make Sense of a Chaotic World
5 consecutive Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:10 pm.
Beginning October 1, 2008
(Excluding October 8, 2008)
NOTE: Manhattan location to be announced …
Instructor:Morgan Stebbins, MDiv, CSW
This course will serve as a thematic introduction to the ideas presented by Jung in one of his most developed works: Aion. We will use Jung’s method to look at current events, cultural manifestations, and cognitive science that show us the nature of our own aion (greater Self). The relevance of these methods to individuals will be discussed, including the crucial question of the role of consciousness in developing a better orientation to our inner and outer worlds.
Mystery of Eleusis: The Upperworld Perspective
5 consecutive Wednesdays, 7:00 – 8:40 pm.
Beginning October 1, 2008
(Excluding October 8, 2008)
This course will be held at 420 East 51st Street, Suite C, New York, NY 10022
Instructor:Sylvester Wojtkowski, PhD
For a millennium the ritual cry “Iacchus, O Iacchus” resounded through the Mediterranean announcing an annual procession from Athens to Eleusis. The mystery of death and rebirth, of loss and restitution, of sacred marriage and birth provided spiritual initiation that oriented the Athenian, and later, Hellenic soul. Faint echoes of the Eleusinian mysteries have survived into our times on pages of ancient hymns and classical studies, the material evoking curiosity in each emerging generation. We will attempt a Jungian reading of the sacred rites and their relevance to our experiences of loss, depression, separation and mourning. We will study the Homeric Hymn to Demeter and classical and archetypal interpretations of the mythologem.
Dream Analysis:
Jung’s Royal Road to the Unconscious
5 consecutive Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:40 pm.
Beginning October 2, 2008
(Excluding October 9, 2008)
Instructor:Maxson 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.
Basic Concepts of Analytical Psychology, Part 1
5 consecutive Mondays, 6:00 – 7:40 pm.
Beginning October 6, 2008
Instructor:Armin Wanner, STL
This course will introduce the basic principles of the psychology of C.G. Jung: consciousness, the personal unconscious, symbols, dreams, archetype, ego, persona, shadow, anima/animus, the Self, and individuation. Readings, lectures, and group discussion will lead participants toward an understanding of these concepts.
See the description for Part 2 of this class which begins November 17, 2008.
Music and The Symbolic
5 consecutive Tuesdays, 7:00 – 8:40 pm.
Beginning October 7, 2008
Instructor:Jane Selinske, EdD, LCSW, NCPsyA-LP
To date little has been addressed about music and the symbolic from a Jungian Analytic perspective. This is due to Jung’s complex relationship to music and his lack of exploration and application of music to analysis prior to his death. This didactic and experiential course will give an overview of Jung’s comments and connection to music, exploring the symbolic in music through music listening experiences and group discussion and emphasizing the importance of including music in future Jungian Analytic research and literature.
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Fall II: Classes begin week of November 12, 2008
Mystery of Eleusis:
The Underworld Perspective
5 consecutive Wednesdays, 7:00 – 8:40 pm.
Beginning November 12, 2008
(Excluding November 26, 2008)
This course will be held at 420 East 51st Street, Suite C, New York, NY 10022
Instructor:Sylvester Wojtkowski, PhD
This is the second part of the course on the Eleusinian Mysteries. Each figure in the mythical narrative of Demeter and Kore, can be imagined as a different archetypal perspective, a different style of consciousness. As Demeter grieves and rages, Helios sees and hears all, Hacate illuminates the threshold and offers guidance, Persephone descends and becomes the queen of underworld then periodically returns to spend time with her mother, Hades ascends and kidnaps her, Hermes mediates between Zeus and Hades. Imagine all these aspects happening simultaneously and eternally. Ego tends to identify with a single figure and experience the event only from its viewpoint. We will circumambulate the ineffable phenomenon at the core of the mysteries attempting to imagine it from various sides, and perhaps in the process to contribute a bit to altering our egoic preconceptions regarding psychic events.
Active Imagination Using Paints
5 consecutive Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:40 pm.
Beginning November 13, 2008
(Excluding November 27, 2008)
Instructor:Maxson J. McDowell, PhD, LMSW, LP
Active imagination helps us to talk with the unconscious: it requires a confrontation between two distinct agents in the psyche. The unconscious produces images; consciousness responds to these images with feeling and tries to understand their meaning. Painting allows us to express vivid, unconscious images. We will read Jung and von Franz on active imagination and then work with paints and explore the resulting images. If you have never used paints since grade school, so much the better!
Note: Fee for materials: add $10 to tuition fee.
Astrology as Seen through the Lens of Synchronicity
5 consecutive Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:40 pm.
Beginning November 13, 2008
(Excluding November 27, 2008)
Instructor:Ami Ronnberg, MA
In this course, we will explore the many remarkable coincidences between planetary movements and experiences and events in our own lives. By following the paths of the planets named after the ancient gods, such as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury, we can study the corresponding archetypes as they synchronistically unfold in time. These archetypal principles not only inform our individual lives but the world around us, thus suggesting a unified living cosmos, revealed through synchronistic events. In this light, the planetary transits become opportunities for transformation arriving at the “right time” where we are co-creative participants rather than accidental bystanders in an indifferent world. No previous knowledge about astrology is necessary.
Dreams — Personal and Collective
5 consecutive Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:40 pm
Beginning November 13, 2008
(Excluding November 27, 2008)
This course will be held at 7 West 96th Street #1E, New York, NY 10025
Instructor:Harry W. Fogarty, PhD
For Jung dreamwork is central to the process of Individuation. Our dreams allow us to encounter an objective perspective on ourselves, thereby moving us further in the process of our personal psychic development. For Jung, additionally, our dreams form a bridge between us and the collective: the community known within as well as the community we share with each other. We shall consider dreams specifically from this bridging perspective: how and what do our dreams enlighten us vis-a-vis our communal life. The dream once dreamt for the sake of the community, now known as part of a personal process, remains incomplete unless we engage what it asks of us as members of the human community.
Basic Concepts of Analytical Psychology: Part 2
5 consecutive Mondays, 6:00 – 7:40 pm.
Beginning November 17, 2008
Instructor:Armin Wanner, STL.
This course is a continuation of Basic Concepts of Analytical Psychology. Through lecture and discussion, participants will gain a deeper understanding of selected principles first introduced in the basic course, as well as explore concepts not yet covered, such as synchronicity, alchemy, and active imagination.
See the description for Part 1 of this class which begins October 6, 2008.
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FACULTY
Harry W. Fogarty, PhD, is a Lecturer in Psychiatry and Religion at Union Theological Seminary and a Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City. [class description]
Maxon J. McDowell, PhD, LMSW, LP, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City. President of the C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, he is also a faculty member of the Westchester Institute for Training in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. [Session I class description]; [Session II class description]
Ami Ronnberg, MA, is Curator and Managing Editor of the ARAS Publication Project. She is presently working on The Book of Images: Reflections on Symbols. She lectures widely on images and symbols. [class description]
Jane Selinske, EdD, LCSW, NCPsyA-LP, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in New Jersey and a Board Certified Music Therapist. She is a Fellow in the Association for Music and Imagery and is trained in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery, which uses music to clinically access the unconscious. [class description]
Morgan Stebbins, MDiv, LMSW,is a Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City. He has led seminars at the University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University. [class description]
Armin Wanner, S.T.L., earned his degree from the Institute Catholique de Paris and is a practicing Jungian analyst in New York. He is a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich and is on the faculty of the C.G. Jung Institute of New York. [Session I class description]; [Session II 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. [Session I class description]; [Session II class description]
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