C.G. Jung Society, Seattle

Fall 2001 Events and News

The daemonism of nature, which man had apparently triumphed over, he has unwittingly swallowed into himself and so become the devil's marionette. This could happen only because he believed he had abolished the daemons by declaring them to be superstition. He overlooked the fact that they were, at bottom, the product of certain factors in the human psyche. When these products were dubbed unreal and illusory, their sources were in no way blocked up or rendered inoperative. On the contrary, after it became impossible for the daemons to inhabit the rocks, woods, mountains, and rivers, they used human beings as much more dangerous dwelling places.

— C.G. Jung, "Marginalia on Contemporary Events," Miscellany, Collected Works

Jung Society Fall 2001 Events

Note: The C.G. Jung Society will be applying to offer Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits through the Washington Psychological Association for two of our events this year. Check this web site for further details.

Fall 2001 Inside Pages

This feature publishes member-to-member contributions. The Fall 2001 edition is available as an Acrobat (.pdf) file.

Library News

We want to thank Linda Sheaffer for her heroic service to the Society Library for the past two years. She has driven to Seattle from north of Bellingham every Monday and carefully entered all our books, tapes and periodicals into the database and added all our donations as they have come in. Linda will be coming in one Monday each month and will be here from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on August 27, September 24, and October 29. Karen Campbell has agreed to serve in the 2001-2002 term as Librarian—look for her column in the Winter Newsletter.

Regular library hours will resume in the fall. We are looking for volunteers to staff the library on Saturdays from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.; please call if you can do this starting in September or October.

Our June book sale was a limited success; most of our used psychology books sold but we have many general topic and fiction books left. Meanwhile, we have received donations from Alice Poggi, who gave us items from the estate of her mother, Janet Poggi, a longtime member of the Society. Sally Parks, a Seattle analyst, has given us many books, periodicals and tapes recently. Charles Ludwig has sent many periodical from the estate of Mildred Ludwig; they were members of the Society in the 1970s.

Some of our recent additions include:

—Bunny Brown

Call for Volunteers

Our C.G. Jung Society, Seattle has been thriving since 1973 when a small group of dedicated Friends of Jung Psychology in the Northwest gathered to share evenings with sandplay therapist Dora Kalff and mythologist Joseph Campbell. Our longetivity is due to the dedication of many individuals over the past twenty-eight years.

Has Jung's psychology made a difference in your life, in your philosophy, in your approach to everyday relationships and events? Do you value Jung's psychology enough to invest your time in assuring that the Jung Society continues as a Seattle area presence? If so, then the Jung Society needs you.

Currently a few of our board members are doing their job plus filling in for a vacant board position. We would like the multitudinous tasks of this organization to be shared by its many members—as you know, many hands make a task light.

We welcome new volunteers to attend three board meetings to acquaint themselves with current board members and the organization. After that time you may join the board in an appointive capacity until the next regular election. If you contact John Krausser right away, candidates for the position of Publicist may attend the Autumn meetings and stand for appointment in January 2002, to continue in an appointive position until the June 2002 elections.

Call John, our President (206) 283-5334. You may also call the Society office at (206) 547-3956.

President's Message

Our annual meeting was held on Saturday, June 2 in the tasting room at Tully's corporate offices. Several members shared their favorite poem or reading from Jung, and a very pleasant sense of community developed. We all hoped to have other occasions like this in the future.

Elections were held for the following board positions and candidates: President, John Krausser; Recording Secretary, Connie Eichenlaub; Treasurer, Barbara Vicent; Program Planner, Sharon Green; and Technical Support, Korey Schulz. Not all board positions were on the ballot as the result of by-law revisions initiated through a subcommittee led by Debra Tachibana. These changes call for board members to each serve a two-year term, with half of the members elected each year. Any member can hold office for a maximum of two terms.

In addition, a new position was created for an Event Coordinator, who will be responsible for all aspects of speaker support while they are in Seattle. The Event Coordinator will also act as Vice President on the few occasions it may be needed. Because of the cycle for other board positions, this position was not on the ballot at the annual membership meeting, but Paul Collins has agreed to take on these responsibilities. Paul grew up on a farm near Pullman, took his Master's at Berkeley, and is now Priest at Trinity Episcopal Church at Eighth and James. He has been a student of Jung for most of his life.

Sharon Green joins the board after participating in the San Antonio and Austin, Texas Jungian communities for over ten years before moving to Seattle. She recently left a position as psychotherapist at the University of Washington to start a private practice of contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Renton. She is a member of the Jungian Psychotherapists Association.

Karen Campbell is returning as Librarian but, through an oversight, her name was omitted from the ballot. The board appointed her at the annual retreat in August. At the retreat the board also established a new position of Board Recruiter. Lucretia Devine has agreed to fill this position and was also appointed at the retreat.

It was with regret that we received word from Doug Beneke of Hidden Spring Books that he can no longer be present at our events. A beginning effort to continue providing book sales at the lectures will be made through East West Books.

— John Krausser, President

Membership

The time is past due to acknowledge that for the past year Bunny Brown has been maintaining the membership file and keeping up the correspondence. Thanks, Bunny, for hours of effort and a job well done. Since our last publication thirteen more students of Jung have joined us. In the same interval, renewals have continued in an encouraging way. Nancy Haft, John Krausser, and Dr. Mickey Riggs have all renewed at the Sustaining rate. Sixty-seven others have renewed as well.

For more information about membership, see the Membership Information and Form page.

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Updated: 27 September 2001

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