C.G. Jung Society, Seattle C.G. Jung Society, Seattle
Lecture: Friday, September 13, 2002, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$10 members, $15 nonmembers
Humans are story tellers and have told tales in different places and throughout the ages: to teach or to heal, to transmit generational wisdom or to simply entertain family and tribe. Each culture has its treasure trove of stories that make us laugh or weep or be inspired as they speak of human joy and misery, of dilemma and conflict, of gifts and poisons, of everything that is typically human.
In this evening presentation, we will explore The Thousand and One Nights, a collection of stories from Persia dating to the years before 1000 A.D. The storyteller is Shahrazad, daughter of a court official, who finds a way to heal the king's heart that was profoundly hurt by betrayal. Shahrazad's wisdom shows us how to be with a person in pain, how to relate with sensitivity, clarity, and purpose so that healing can occur and mind, heart, and soul can live, grow, and bloom again.
Workshop: Saturday, September 14, 2002, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$30 members, $40 nonmembers, $25 student/senior members, $35 student/senior nonmembers
To learn about preregistering for the workshop, see Preregistration Policy and Form.
We approach the unknown through what we know: through metaphor we carry understanding from the better known to the lesser known. Metaphors surround us: do we create them? Do they create us? When do they extend and deepen our understanding and enrich our lives? When do they narrow and limit our understanding and hurt us? Where and how do metaphors arise?
In this workshop we will reflect on those questions and explore metaphors that we encounter in everyday experience, in stories, in dreams. We will let faded ones come alive again and thus hear more clearly what they tell us. Tuning in to the vivid language and subtle power of metaphors, we will open to the deepening of experience they can bring while also fostering awareness of their capacity to control and limit our lives.
In preparation for the workshop, catch some metaphors you hear; reflect on your most favorite metaphor for "time" or "life" or "love" or any other experience; find a short poem with a metaphor you like. We will discuss, draw, journal, share insights and reflections.
Marga Speicher, Ph.D., LMSW-ACP, is a Jungian psychoanalyst and psychotherapist in private practice in San Antonio, Texas. She is a faculty member, supervisor and senior training analyst in the psychoanalytic training program of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Dr. Speicher has a long standing interest in folklore and in the wisdom contained in its symbolic language. She has lectured and presented workshops on symbolic understanding of folklore, literature, and dreams and on clinical process. In October 2001, she presented a series of lectures on folklore and psychological development at the Harvest XVIII Conference, held in Richmond, Virginia.
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