Lecture: Friday, January 12, 2001, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$10 members, $15 nonmembers
The Visions Seminar is Dr. C.G. Jung's great exploration of active imagination as a potent method for expanding the psyche and reuniting the patient with archetypal and healing images that lie beneath personal complexes. In this lecture, Dr. Douglas will explore the historical background of active imagination and reveal the importance of The Visions Seminar in teaching us about the psyche. She will examine the Seminar's relevance in the creation of Jungian theory on active imagination, the anima and animus concepts, typology, and the psychology of women..
Workshop: Saturday, January 13, 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
To learn about preregistering for the workshop, see Preregistration Policy and Form.
Dr. C.G. Jung described active imagination as "the creative secret of the mind" where—through visioning, dance, and artwork—consciousness and the unconscious work together in a profoundly healing way. He taught it to his patients (including Christiana Morgan) as a vital tool to access their own source of healing. In this workshop, using slides of Morgan's powerful paintings as the prime source, Dr. Douglas will demonstrate how active imagination leads to a greater understanding of one's real self and helps promote growth and transformation. Jung's ambivalent experience of the dark, fiery, powerful aspects of the feminine gave great poignancy to The Visions Seminar. It is an aspect of the feminine that women are struggling to reclaim today. Dr. Douglas will include contemporary clinical and creative uses of active imagination as illustrations. There will also be an opportunity for participants' own experiential use of the technique, discussion, and response.
Claire Douglas, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and a training and supervisory analyst with the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. She is the author of Translate This Darkness: The Biography of Christiana Morgan, and the editor of C. G. Jung's The Visions Seminar (Princeton University Press, Bollingen Editions, 1997). Dr. Douglas' analytic practice is in Malibu, California.
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