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OPTION 1
Three Tuesdays: October 3, 10, 17; 7 – 9 PM
Members $60, Non-Members $70

Life offers moments of what Rudolf Otto called the “numinous” – extraordinary encounters with the Holy Other. Invoking awe and dread, fascination and calling, these moments can prompt us to find new meaning and affect how we live life forward. Twelve-step programs’ reliance upon a Higher Power is but one indication of the significance of the numinous in healing.

We will examine three kinds of numinous experiences that are inner in nature: big dreams (of great importance individually or collectively), visions (as if we are dreaming while awake), and active imagination (C. G. Jung’s method of engaging the unconscious in order to learn from it). Striking examples will be given during the lecture, and others gone over in detail during the seminar. We will examine experiences from the lives of historical figures, such as Jung, Hildegard von Bingen, and Black Elk, as well as from our own lives and from the lives of our contemporaries.

Chris Beach, JD, Jungian analyst, has a private practice in Portland, Maine. He works with individuals, facilitates dream groups, and teaches courses on dream interpretation, psychological type, Jungian psychology, active imagination and ethics. Formerly, Chris served first as a teacher and headmaster in Kenya and later as a Maine assistant attorney general covering health care legal matters.

OPTION 2
Wednesday, October 18; 9 AM – 4 PM
Members $60, Non-Members $70

Life offers moments of what Rudolf Otto called the “numinous” – extraordinary encounters with the Holy Other. Invoking awe and dread, fascination and calling, these moments can prompt us to find new meaning and affect how we live life forward. Twelve-step programs’ reliance upon a Higher Power is but one indication of the significance of the numinous in healing.

We will examine three kinds of numinous experiences that are inner in nature: big dreams (of great importance individually or collectively), visions (as if we are dreaming while awake), and active imagination (C. G. Jung’s method of engaging the unconscious in order to learn from it). Striking examples will be given during the lecture, and others gone over in detail during the seminar. We will examine experiences from the lives of historical figures, such as Jung, Hildegard von Bingen, and Black Elk, as well as from our own lives and from the lives of our contemporaries.

Chris Beach, JD, Jungian analyst, has a private practice in Portland, Maine. He works with individuals, facilitates dream groups, and teaches courses on dream interpretation, psychological type, Jungian psychology, active imagination and ethics. Formerly, Chris served first as a teacher and headmaster in Kenya and later as a Maine assistant attorney general covering health care legal matters.

Lecture
Friday, October 20; 7 – 9 PM
FREE to Members and Non-Members
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*Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Lydia Salant sends her regrets that she will be unable to attend and will not accompany Dr. Salant in his presentation.*

Links between order and disorder take many forms in the psyche, but the Order-Disorder Paradox (ODP) stands out; it is ubiquitous both in everyday life and psychotherapy.

For instance, have you ever thought long and hard about a problem until you reached a solution that satisfied you, only to be depressed the next day, with no confidence in your decision, as though the time you’d spent thinking was
wasted? Or have you ever achieved something important only to feel much worse than before your triumph?

Nathan Schwartz-Salant will discuss the origin of the Order-Disorder Paradox, and will demonstrate this through scientific and mythological points of view that help reveal the mystery and transformative value of disorder in our lives.

Friday’s presentation will focus on Jung’s “visions” following a heart attack in 1944.

In Saturday’s workshop, in which audience participation will be welcomed, the ODP will be elaborated with clinical, mythological, and alchemical material.

Nathan Schwartz-Salant, Ph.D.
Nathan is a Jungian analyst, trained in Zurich, Switzerland (1970), also holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences. In this lecture, based upon the subject matter of his latest book, The Order-Disorder Paradox, Nathan blends rational-scientific approaches, mythological consciousness and the aperspectival awareness—a fourth dimensional consciousness introduced by philosopher Jean Gebser in 1949. He has been a psychoanalyst for the last 50 years, practicing for over forty years in New York City and in New Jersey. He is married to Lydia Salant who shares this presentation with him, contributes clinical material, and, especially, the aperspectival point of view.

Workshop
Saturday, October 21; 9 AM – 1 PM
Members $40, Non-Members $50

*Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Lydia Salant sends her regrets that she will be unable to attend and will not accompany Dr. Salant in his presentation.*

Links between order and disorder take many forms in the psyche, but the Order-Disorder Paradox (ODP) stands out; it is ubiquitous both in everyday life and psychotherapy.

For instance, have you ever thought long and hard about a problem until you reached a solution that satisfied you, only to be depressed the next day, with no confidence in your decision, as though the time you’d spent thinking was
wasted? Or have you ever achieved something important only to feel much worse than before your triumph?

Nathan Schwartz-Salant will discuss the origin of the Order-Disorder Paradox, and will demonstrate this through scientific and mythological points of view that help reveal the mystery and transformative value of disorder in our lives.

Friday’s presentation will focus on Jung’s “visions” following a heart attack in 1944.

In Saturday’s workshop, in which audience participation will be welcomed, the ODP will be elaborated with clinical, mythological, and alchemical material.

Nathan Schwartz-Salant, Ph.D.
Nathan is a Jungian analyst, trained in Zurich, Switzerland (1970), also holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences. In this lecture, based upon the subject matter of his latest book, The Order-Disorder Paradox, Nathan blends rational-scientific approaches, mythological consciousness and the aperspectival awareness—a fourth dimensional consciousness introduced by philosopher Jean Gebser in 1949. He has been a psychoanalyst for the last 50 years, practicing for over forty years in New York City and in New Jersey. He is married to Lydia Salant who shares this presentation with him, contributes clinical material, and, especially, the aperspectival point of view.

Sunday, October 22; 1 – 3 PM
Members $20, Non-Members $30

What is addiction?

Is it a brain disease, a disease of desire, a moral failing, a crime, a vice, a coping skill, self-medication, a behavior disorder, bad genes, bad choices, bad company? Mary has been working solely in addiction for 10 years now and still doesn’t know the answer.

In this talk we’ll look at addiction from many different perspectives. We’ll look at it through the lens of poetry and literature and try to understand what it means in our culture.

Mary Dowd is a physician specializing in addiction in the homeless population in Portland Maine. She works in detox and at various addiction clinics and sometimes does a stint at the county jail. She is married and has four grown children. Her poems have appeared in obscure and sometimes defunct literary journals. She has led poetry workshops for the Transformational Language Arts Network at Goddard College and The Examined Life Conference in Iowa. For many years she led a workshop reading and writing poetry with men in long term treatment for addiction at Milestone Foundation. Her collection of poems, “The Heroin Diaries,” is scheduled to come out later this year. She is a lapsed medievalist and a member of the Cloud Appreciation Society.

Four Tuesdays, October 24, 31, & November 7, 14; 7 – 9 PM
Members $80, Non-Members $90
Maximum Participants: 15

In the same way that the body needs food … the psyche needs to know the meaning of its existence—not just any meaning, but the meaning of those images and ideas which reflect its nature and which originate in the unconscious. – C.G. Jung, Collected Works, Vol. 13, par. 476

Carl G. Jung (1875-1961) is one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. In this introduction to Jung’s Analytical Psychology, we explore the Psychology’s basic concepts and theories. Among these are: consciousness and the ego; the unconscious – archetypes and complexes; individuation and the Self; life course development; symbols; dreams, fairy tales, and mythologies; the religious function of the psyche. We examine Jung’s contributions to psychotherapy and his understanding of the spiritual problems of modern humankind. We ponder the relevance of Jung’s Analytical Psychology for today’s social and ecological problems.

Jung was a brilliant and prolific writer. From among his many publications, we’ll use as our primary readings: Carl G. Jung, “Approaching the Unconscious,” part 1 in Man and His Symbols; Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, ed. Aniela Jaffe (a memoir); Anthony Stevens, On Jung, pp. 201-220. Strongly recommended: The Undiscovered Self with Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams. Princeton Univ. Press (foreword by Shamdasani) [one text, 2010].

Teresa Arendell, Ph.D., IAAP, is a Maine-based Jungian analyst who trained at the C. G. Jung Institute, Boston. A college professor in sociology and gender studies for more than three decades, she’s taught and offered lectures and seminars and served on committees at the Maine Jung Center, Brunswick, the C.G. Jung Institute, Boston, and other Jungian associations. She’s published widely in academic fields and continues to work on a book-length manuscript exploring the significance of Jungian thought and practice in climate change and the wild and wilderness: Jung, Nature, Psyche – and the Wild.

Sunday, October 29; 6 – 8 PM
Members $15, Non-Members $20

I heard the dogs howl in the moonlight night;
I went to the window to see the sight;
All the Dead that ever I knew
Going one by one and two by two.

– “A Dream” by William Allingham

On Halloween, the Irish believed that there was only a thin veil separating this world from the Otherworld. We will take this opportunity to share Irish ghost stories by candlelight.

Carl Jung asks the question of tales such as myths, fairy tales, ghost stories: What is the real reason why the same old stores are experienced and repeated over and over again? We will explore this question as we look at ghost stories in Irish Myth, Legend and Folklore edited by W.B. Yeats. It will be an evening of mystery, fun, and exploration, as we go through the stories one by one.

Mary Kelley is a Psychotherapist in Brunswick and past Co-Chair of the Maine Jung Center. She has extensive experience as a trainer in community mental health. She is also an Irish American.

Four Tuesdays, October 24, 31, & November 7, 14; 7 – 9 PM
Members $80, Non-Members $90
Maximum Participants: 15

In the same way that the body needs food … the psyche needs to know the meaning of its existence—not just any meaning, but the meaning of those images and ideas which reflect its nature and which originate in the unconscious. – C.G. Jung, Collected Works, Vol. 13, par. 476

Carl G. Jung (1875-1961) is one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. In this introduction to Jung’s Analytical Psychology, we explore the Psychology’s basic concepts and theories. Among these are: consciousness and the ego; the unconscious – archetypes and complexes; individuation and the Self; life course development; symbols; dreams, fairy tales, and mythologies; the religious function of the psyche. We examine Jung’s contributions to psychotherapy and his understanding of the spiritual problems of modern humankind. We ponder the relevance of Jung’s Analytical Psychology for today’s social and ecological problems.

Jung was a brilliant and prolific writer. From among his many publications, we’ll use as our primary readings: Carl G. Jung, “Approaching the Unconscious,” part 1 in Man and His Symbols; Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, ed. Aniela Jaffe (a memoir); Anthony Stevens, On Jung, pp. 201-220. Strongly recommended: The Undiscovered Self with Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams. Princeton Univ. Press (foreword by Shamdasani) [one text, 2010].

Teresa Arendell, Ph.D., IAAP, is a Maine-based Jungian analyst who trained at the C. G. Jung Institute, Boston. A college professor in sociology and gender studies for more than three decades, she’s taught and offered lectures and seminars and served on committees at the Maine Jung Center, Brunswick, the C.G. Jung Institute, Boston, and other Jungian associations. She’s published widely in academic fields and continues to work on a book-length manuscript exploring the significance of Jungian thought and practice in climate change and the wild and wilderness: Jung, Nature, Psyche – and the Wild.