The Master Narrative has had many contenders in analytical psychology. None has as wide a claim as the Liminal-Archetypal School, the energetic doorway to accomplishment and realization of Jung’s concept of Unus Mundus, the One World. In recent years and in some quarters of Jungian thought, an accelerating diminishment and neglect of this glimmering theoretical jewel of depth process has emerged.
 
This seminar will explore theoretical and clinical ways to invite and evoke liminal/numinal space. We will discuss staying non-anxiously awake in the healing interaction with archetypal energies. Liminal/numinal realms are dangerous. The Liminal is the All: abyss, enigma, emptiness. As much, perhaps more, the Liminal-Numinal-Archetypal is beauty, meaning, and vision.
 
Though intensely personal, analysis and its potential individuations do not happen outside of the collective. Analysis is a political event as deeply as it is a personal act. It is a pilgrimage. It is an aesthetic experience. It is a sacrament. This day, then, will also explore these essential planetary dimensions of analytical enactments.
 
Learning Objectives:
(1)    A brief yet in-depth history of the unique Liminal-Numinal-Archetypal legacy of Analytical Psychology.
(2)    Suggestions about creating, or better yet, inviting the liminal; suggestions about safely working in the mercurial presence of the liminal.
(3)    Reflections about recognizing and creatively amplifying the essential political dimensions of clinical practice.

When: Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (luncheon provided)

Where: Trinity Episcopal Church, 609 – 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104-1997.

Parking: Note that this is an update from the PDF brochure. See the following web information/map regarding directions to current parking accommodations: http://www.trinityseattle.org/parking.aspx
Parking is located in the parking garage at Skyline at First Hill. The entrance to the garage is located on Columbia Street (2 blocks north of Trinity Episcopal church) between 8th and 9th Avenues. Fee: $12 for the day.

For more information, and a registration form, download the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) brochure.
Alternatively, to register online using PayPal, use this form.

Registration:

• Advanced general registration, postmarked by 10/7/2011: $110
• General registration (onsite or postmarked after 10/8/2011: $120
• Advanced student registration (by 10/7/2011): $60
• General student registration after 10/8/2011 or onsite: $80
• 65+ Senior registration: $90
• Advanced JPA member registration (by 10/7/2011): $65
• General JPA registration after 10/8/2011 or onsite: $80

6 CE credits are available.

EMERGENCY PHONE/last minute questions only: (206) 898-6563; ablake1@antioch.edu

Terril L. Gibson, Ph.D., is a Jungian analyst, diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, and an approved supervisor for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Dr. Gibson practices individual and family therapy with Pastoral Therapy Associates in Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Gibson lectures and writes widely on the basic theme of the integration of psychotherapy and spirituality. He has been a frequent consultant, faculty member, supervisor, and facilitator for a variety of Pacific Northwest universities, social service agencies, corporations, and religious congregations.