C.G. Jung Society, Seattle
Spring 2000 Events and News

Theme: Dreams

The whole dreamwork is essentially subjective, and a dream is a theatre in which the dreamer is himself the scene, the player, the prompter, the producer, the author, the public, and the critic.

--C.G. Jung, The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche,
Collected Works, vol. 8, para. 509

Jung Society Spring 2000 Events

Library News

Fall seems a long way off with spring not yet here. Nonetheless, I am asking for input regarding library hours for the 2000-2001 season. In 1999, the library was open a total of 311 hours. About 95% of these hours occurred on Mondays throughout the year. I can attest to the fact that for 90% of the Monday open hours there are no library patrons. (Monday is the day I put in most of my volunteer hours.) Further, Saturday hours are often staffed for no library patrons. The vast majority of patronage occurs on the weekends when there are Friday night lectures and Saturday workshops; that is, about one weekend a month.

I do not have much in the way of information on how other Jungian societies run their libraries except for the Portland group. That group opens their library only during scheduled events. I do know that societies in areas where there are Jungian training centers have access to libraries on a more daily basis, but that is because of the training centers associated with them. In these cases the library is operated on a more professional level with paid staff. Some of these libraries are even members of professional library associations.

I am committed to keeping the library open 5-6 hours, one day per week, and I selected Monday only because the monthly board meeting occurs on Mondays (I am a board member). I am willing to open the library on a weekday other than Monday (excepting the day on which board meetings occur). Here is what I want to know from our membership:

  1. Is a day other than Monday better and, if so, what day?
  2. What additional hours would seem appropriate? Some thought has been given to opening during the one evening per week—say from 5 to 8 p.m. For those of you who have thought about volunteering but have not liked the Saturday commitment, please give question 3 special thought.
  3. On what day and what time of the day would you be willing to volunteer?
  4. Also, what about summer hours? We try to stay open at least a few hours during July and August, but as always we are dependent on volunteers.

Due to circumstances beyond our control and because of low patronage, I have been reluctant to staff the library on Saturdays except during scheduled events. However, if Saturday seems better and if we can get volunteers, I am willing to resume the Saturday hours. I do want input from the membership. Please either call the Society Office & Library on Mondays (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or at any other time and leave a message. You can also fax a message. The Society phone numbers are located on the home page; or e-mail us at Librarian@Jungseattle.org.

The library itself has regained some order and we have three new bookcases arriving soon that will give us some additional shelving. Our journals are slowly being entered into a computer database. I am designing fields appropriate to each journal, but generally the two major fields are: titles of individual articles and authors. For The Journal of Analytical Psychology, I am also including subsets of book reviews and other journal articles, with authors. We eventually will have a print-out as well as instructions on how to search the database itself on the computer. Bunny Brown has devoted time to removing and storing extra copies of titles so that we can shelve as many different titles as possible. We continue to add new titles appropriate to event speakers and to receive donations. Needless to say, we are bursting at the seams. When you cannot find that Jungian book or books linked to the Jungian paradigm, remember your Society Library. It is a rich resource.

—Linda Sheaffer, Librarian

President's Message

At the December meeting, we elected candidates Debra and Kenji Tachibana to the board position of newsletter editor. Welcome and thank you, Kenji and Debra.

Next year's programs are beginning to fill in the schedule. In the coming season we have decided to work without a theme, thus freeing our speakers to share their own particular interests and thinking. Hold the dates September 15-16 open on your calendar for the first event, to be announced at the annual meeting. Peter Elting has arranged for John Granrose, Director of Education in Zurich, to be with us in October. David Hufford has agreed to talk on "The Alchemy of Desire" in November, and in December Sheila Zarrow will share her experience of using dreams to help discover a brain tumor. Tom Kirsch will return next February to present a history of Jungian psychology. Many other interesting speakers are under consideration.

Michael Horne's three-session course, "Dreams and the Transcendent Process," was oversubscribed, and it seems to indicate that there is a lot of interest in classes like this. We will continue to develop more for next season. Please note the announcement of another course, "Dreams and Their Metamorphosis," offered by Kimbrough Besheer in March.

Finally, here is a "good news-bad news" item. The good news is that three more bookcase sections are finished and ready for library installation. The bad news is that we have been denied, for the second time in six months, an opportunity to lease a larger space at the Good Shepherd Center in which to install them. The Center is ideal for low rents, convenience, and atmosphere, but if anyone can suggest a comparable site with more space, we would love to hear about it.

—John Krausser, President

Grantsmanship Anyone?

As we continue to consider the alternatives for expanding the Society and its programs, many possibilities are suggested. For some of them the issue of funding becomes critical, and this leads to the idea of searching for grants. A few board members are willing to work on this, but their time and experience are fairly limited. If anyone you know has some knowledge or experience in applying for grants, and would be interested in sharing some of that with the Jung Society, please have them contact Lucretia Devine by phone at (206) 818-8445 or (253) 851-5023, by e-mail at programs@jungseattle.org, or else leave a message at the Society Office, (206) 547-3956.

Membership

Dr. Micky R. Riggs of Bellevue has joined us at the Sustaining level. Thank you Micky, and welcome to our Society. Sixteen new members have joined us since last November, and we offer a sincere welcome to them.

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

Upcoming Program Events

See the President's Message above to learn about next year's planned events.

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