Lecture: Friday, April 20, 2001, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$10 members, $15 nonmembers
Models for individuation such as alchemy, the mandala, or the Tree of Life are symbolic mirrors for the process of individuation. This lecture will examine the more essential meaning of individuation, that is, having an identity, a known presence, distinct from all others. The earliest examples come from Middle Egyptian sources describing the five great names assumed by Pharaoh on the day of his ascension. A later evolution of naming and its more personal meaning comes to
us from the archaic Greek work of Homer, The Iliad. To this day a ritual greeting in Greece is "Who are you, where do you come from, and who is you father?" In Renaissance magical texts, the importance of naming is revisited as an
initiate attempts to name his or her magical persona, the most essential name. The importance of naming is best applied in sub-personality work and in shadow work..
Workshop: Saturday, April 21, 2001, 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
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When working with parts of Self or the shadow, if one can name it one can begin to work with it. A modern application of this, and one that limits, is diagnosis—from the Greek which actually means to open (something) to explanation. If we work with that meaning properly, we should continually explore names of traits, habits, parts of Self—attempting to get as close to the essence of the issue as possible. Bring a dream or related dreams to the workshop, perhaps a habit, or something elusive that you can't quite name. We'll explore the various ways to name, and in that way have power over the content.
Anne de Vore, Ph.D., is an analyst in private practice in Seattle. She trained with the Inter-Regional Society. Her doctorate is in developmental psychology and diagnosis through projective testing with Rorschach and art/play forms. She has special interest in the work of poet W. B. Yeats.
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