When a patient begins to feel the inescapable nature of his inner development, he may easily be overcome by a panic fear that he is slipping helplessly into some kind of madness he can no longer understand. More than once I have had to reach for a book on my shelves, bring down an old alchemist, and show my patient his terrifying fantasy in the form in which it appeared four hundred years ago. This has a calming effect, because the patient then sees that he is not alone in a strange world which nobody understands, but is part of the great stream of human history, which has experienced countless times the very things that he regards as a pathological proof of his craziness.
— C.G. Jung, "The Philosophical Tree," Alchemical Studies, Collected Works volume 13, para. 325
Jung Society Spring 2001 Events
- April 20: The Power of Naming — Individuation in Egyptian and Archaic Greek Texts.
Lecture by Anne de Vore, Ph.D.- April 21: The Power of Naming.
Workshop by Anne de Vore, Ph.D.- May 11: Activating Self-Healing Power.
Lecture by Taki Reece, M.F.C.C.- May 12: A Jungian Perspective on the Japanese Tea Ceremony.
Workshop by Taki Reece, M.F.C.C.- June 2: Annual Members Event.
See topic below.
Spring 2001 Inside Pages
This feature publishes member-to-member contributions. The Spring 2001 edition is available as an Acrobat (.pdf) file.
Annual Members Event
Join us at the annual Members Meeting on Saturday afternoon, June 2nd (mark your calendar today!). We are looking for a comfortable spot to gather and read aloud together. During the next few months, gather up your favorite passages, poems, inspirations, Jungiania. Bring them with your reading voice and a little potluck to our circle of Jungian friends. If you haven't attended an event lately, come along to catch up and share. (We see your name on the roster and wonder how you're doing.) If you are too shy to read, come and listen. At the end of the afternoon we will elect next year's Board of Directors. The Society will send a postcard later with the specifics on time and place.
Library News
This is my last official column for the newsletter as Librarian for the Society. In June we elect new officers and I will not be running for a Board position. If you are interested in volunteering as Librarian—or any other Board position—please contact President John Krausser or any of the Board members. An e-mail message to webmaster@jungseattle.org will be re-directed to John by our webmaster, David Steinmetz, or a voice mail left at (206) 547-3956 will be brought to the Board's attention by Bunny Brown, our Office Manager.
With Bunny's persistence we have finally been able to open the library on a few Friday evenings and Saturdays on the weekends of workshops, as well as a few other Saturdays. I want to thank long-time Society members and volunteers, Betty Davisson and Nicki Hagoski, for making this possible. Three of our new members, Sarah Palmer, Siren Hakimi, and Donovan Tronson, have volunteered for library duty as well so we are hoping to be able to increase the number of Saturdays that we are open. Please check the website or call into the office and listen to the message for the latest on Saturday hours. Because of the nature of volunteering, we cannot post a list of Saturday hours in the newsletter but we try to be open from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Also, we are open regularly on Mondays from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. I am always willing to stay a little later if I know somebody is coming in—a phone call will make this possible to meet busy schedules. (Please note: during the month of April, Linda will be out of the country and the library will be closed on Mondays.)
In this issue, I want to continue with a thread of last quarter's library column theme, sources of Jungian books. Doug Benecke fits under the group called independent booksellers but I did not want him lost in the mass of electronic addresses in the last news column. Members who are regular attendees of the Friday night lectures are very familiar with "Doug's table"outside the door of the lecture room. When I first became a member of the local society, Doug's book table was a dominant feature of attending lectures and workshops. Approximately 40-50 of the Jungian titles in my personal library, maybe more, have come from "that table." Doug has been able to order books for me in a really timely manner as well as having a good selection of titles immediately available on the table. His friendly and helpful service is always a warm reward when purchasing books from him. Doug travels to us on Friday nights from Gold Bar, Washington, but he does have an e-mail address to make him more available than just once a month: hsbooks@aol.com. Many thanks to you Doug for the special service you have provided our Society for many years!
We have added to our collection Claire Douglas's Translate this Darkness: The Story of Christiana Morgan, Thomas Kirsch's The Jungians: A Comparative and Historical Perspective, and Thomas Singer's The Vision Thing: Myth, Politics and Psyche in the World. Claire Douglas's Visions, a two-volume set, sells for $120-150; we have not yet added it to our collection although we do have two copies of the original Vision Seminars by C.G. Jung. I note that Kirsch's The Jungians is now available in paperback at $20 less than the hardback edition.
— Linda Sheaffer, Librarian
Support the Society—Order Books Online
Now whenever you visit the Jung Society's web site, live links from any book or video listed on our web site will take you directly into Amazon.com's catalog. Primarily, this will make it easier to learn about or to purchase books that presenters have written or recommended. You'll find more information about this on our web page at Direct Links to Online Book Information.
Once you enter the Amazon.com catalog from a link on one of our web pages, or even from the search box on our home page, you can search in the usual way for any book, video, CD, or indeed anything in Amazon.com's inventory. The Society earns a small commission on any purchases you make following the direct link to Amazon from a link on our site. (Note that the commission does not change the book's sale price—there is no additional charge to the book buyer.) So, support the C.G. Jung Society, Seattle, by starting all your Amazon.com shopping sessions from our site!
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-seven years.
Has Jung's psychology made a difference in your life, in your philosophy, in your approach to everyday relationships and event? 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 positions of Librarian and Member Support may have time to attend the March-May meetings and stand for election in June 2001. Those interested in the positions of Publicist and Vice President/Event Coordinator would continue in appointive positions until the June 2002 elections.
Call John, our President, today at (206) 283-5334.
President's Message
In response to changing practices, the Board recently agreed to increase our speaker fees. While Peter Elting and Lucretia Devine have been very effective at getting us good speakers, the situation has become more competitive and this was a necessary step. One source of information for this decision is the Oregon Friends of Jung, an organization that has enjoyed considerable success over the years.
In another effort the Board has just concluded a review and update of Board position descriptions. We are seeking nominations or volunteers for several positions whose terms will be up for election next summer. Two in particular will be Library Chair and Member Support. In addition we are hoping to fill a revised position of Vice President / Event Coordinator who will work closely with each speaker to provide complete support for the presentations and workshops. It will offer a great chance to meet and interface with some wonderful people.
It is exciting and satisfying to be involved in the variety of ideas and issues that thrive in the Jungian community. Being a Board volunteer is a very good way to experience this.
— John Krausser, President
Membership
We've had 12 new members join us since the Winter issue of the newsletter, and 16 members have renewed in the same period.
For more information about membership, see the Membership Information and Form page.
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