Transgression

Saturday, May 4, 2024
10:00 am – 3:00 pm EST
a Zoom seminar led by Julie Bondanza, PhD

“Individuation cuts one off from personal conformity, and hence, from collectivity.”
C.G. Jung. vol 18. Par. 1095

Transgression, a sin against the law, a moral code, societal standards, or personal norms, obviously cuts one off from the collective and could become an important step in one’s individuation process. Archetypally, in the West, the first sin is disobedience against God’s command not to eat of the tree of knowledge which gives one the ability to know the difference between good and evil. The result, of course is the loss of paradise and the onset of human pain as well as the beginning of consciousness.

Consequently, transgression is double sided. From ancient times, art and mythology are full of transgressive actions. In this workshop, we will explore the double-sidedness of transgression through dreams, mythology and literature and personal story.

Learning Objectives:
The program is designed so that participants will be able to:

1. Differentiate the general definition of transgression from a definition that moves toward individuation
2. Describe a situation where a transgression results in disintegration
3. Describe a situation where transgression may lead toward individuation
4. Retell a myth or fairy tale about a transgression and the archetypal consequence

Julie Bondanza, PhD, is a Jungian analyst and licensed psychologist in private practice in the Washington DC Metropolitan area. She trained at the C.G. Jung Institute of New York, where she was on the teaching faculty for many years. She has been the director of training for both the New York Institute and the Philadelphia branch of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. She is the program director for the C.G. Jung Foundation of New York, where she had served for many years on its board, and she teaches in many Jungian venues across the country, both to the public and to analysts-in-training.

Contact hours: Contact hours: 4 CE contact hours for Licensed NYS Social Workers, Psychoanalysts and Creative Arts Therapists for this program.
The C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, Inc. is recognized by New York State Education Department’s State Board of Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0350.

The C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0015.

C.G. Jung Foundation for Analytical Psychology, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists, #CAT-0068.