C.G. Jung Society, Seattle C.G. Jung Society, Seattle
Lecture: Friday, September 12, 2003, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$10 members, $15 nonmembers
Workshop: Saturday, September 13, 2003, 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.
For most of us, the events since September 11th have been a reminder of the many times we've been called to the unimaginable, both tragic and joyful. There, on the Edge of our former life, hovering on the cusp of our yet-to-be-revealed personality, our very soul challenges us with its truth: `Who are you meant to become? What difference can you make in this world?'
Here we are again. The unexpected shifts in our psyche, reflected back by outer events of our world, invite us back into the School of Life for a September inquiry. The more we give ourselves permission to be true to our nature, the more we plant our feet on that very foreign land which is our birthright. The Edge is the birthplace of our becoming. On this New Frontier, the Self longs for greater connection, development, and unsaddling from burdens which bring greater World Weariness.
To approach this Edge, however, is to take courage in hand. For such a place pulls us away from the conventional, calls us to face our own personal and ancestral fear. For as we approach the aloneness of such a place, we confront our inability to communicate what rings truest to our heart.
In this lecture and workshop, Dr. Barker will explore what a Jungian perspective has to offer us in such an archetypal encounter. Drawing upon the symbolic, she will weave ancient story and modern research with current expressive arts to illustrate how holding the tension of Opposites can bring forth not only the Transcendent Function, but the pure gold of human intimacy.
Cara Barker, Ph.D., is an artist, author and Jungian Analyst who trained at the Jung Institute in Zurich. She has also received degrees from Union Institute & University, University of California in San Francisco, and the University of Washington. Dr. Barker is drawn to the issue of transforming suffering through finding the creative voice. She teaches at Seattle University and offers creativity courses globally and locally. Her publications include World Weary Woman, Grieving the Loss of a Child, and Reclaiming Your Feminine Authority. Her artwork has been featured in Scottsdale, New York, Baltimore, and Asia.
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