Lecture: Friday, January 14, 2000, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$10 members, $15 nonmembers
Workshop: Saturday, January 15, 2000, 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.
There are times in life when dreams offer uncanny messages--they are, in Jung's idea, "meaningful coincidences." A common example is a dream that acts as a messenger announcing someone's death; a message that turns out to reveal something unforseen but true. There are other kinds of dreams of this sort that seem to act as "angels" (Greek angelos: messenger)--warning, announcing, confirming, predicting.
The great challenge in dealing with synchronicity and dreams is discerning their meaning when their message is not self-evident. Discernment, interpretation and "containing" this kind of experience has a wide range of history, from what we know of the Delphic oracles and the Biblical portrayal of dreams, to the instances of synchronicity within the analytical container.
This lecture will explore the concept of synchronicity from different perspectives (quantum physics, religious tradition, psychoanalysis) and offer examples of synchronicity in the dreams of individuals and groups. It will also offer, from clinical experience, reflections upon the curious phenomena of "doubling images."
Saturday's workshop will offer an opportunity to take a deeper look at synchronicity and dreams.
Kimbrough A. Besheer, M.Div., is the current President of the North Pacific Institute for Analytical Psychology. He is a Jungian analyst in private practice on Mercer Island.
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