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Core Course: Complex & Archetype
Jung’s Notions of Archetypes and Complexes Viewed through the Prism of the Second Half of Life: Aging and Being Aged
Teresa Arendell

Tuesdays, November 5, 12, & 19, 2019
7 to 9 pm
Maine Jung Center, 183 Park Row, Brunswick
Members $60, Non-Members $70

Archetypes and complexes are central to C. G. Jung’s model of the dynamic psyche. Jung was consistent in his view that archetypes are “identical psychic structures common to all”. The psychic forms of the collective unconscious, archetypes include the patterns that make up our images, affects, thoughts, and behaviors. We experience archetypes through their numinous and sacred qualities.

Complexes are “fragment personalities” which form around an emotionally charged nucleus. They are intimately related to archetypes: every complex is rooted in an archetype. Complexes are both personal and cultural. We come to know our complexes by bringing them into our conscious awareness.

In this introductory course, we explore Jung’s notions of archetypes and complexes with an excursion through experiences of and expectations about aging and being old. Jung was first among psychologists in viewing the totality of life as being an evolving process. He saw old age as a time of internal growth and personal development, a time to discern a new sense of purpose or meaning in later life.

Teresa Arendell, PhD, is a practicing Jungian analyst. A college professor in sociology for many years, she’s held multiple postdoctoral fellowships. She’s taught and offered lectures and seminars and served on committees at the Maine Jung Center, the C. G. Jung Institute – Boston, and various Jungian associations. She enjoys teaching and living in Maine.

New Psychedelics Research (series of short videos)
Viewing facilitated by Jeff Pinnette

Inspired by Michael Pollan’s most recent book How to Change Your Mind, we will explore a series of short videos on the new science of psychedelics and its implications including: Michael Pollan – “Psychedelics and How to Change Your Mind”; Robin Carhart-Harris – Ted Talk – “The Future of Psychedelics”; and “A New Understanding: The Science of Psilocybin”. Many people have explored psychedelics as part of a spiritual journey and now the new science of psychedelics offers a compelling case on the therapeutic benefits including addiction, depression and anxiety when these compounds are used in a safe controlled environment with appropriate oversight.

Facilitated by Jeff Pinnette
Third Sunday every Month:
Starting October 20, 2019
10 to 12 pm

FREE for members; No pre-registration is necessary

Required Text: Projection and Re-Collection in Jungian Psychology by Marie-Louise von Franz

This work is a classic of Jungian literature that at its most basic level provides a map and guide to the recognition and reclaiming of projections. More broadly, this book explores the Jungian foundation to consciousness and the collective unconscious.

The format of the discussion group will be to read one or more Chapters each month prior to the discussion group as shown in the syllabus (see website for more information). Key passages will be read again during the session so that it will be possible to not keep up with the reading, but still participate in a meaningful way in the discussion.

Projection and Re-Collection 2019-20 Discussion Group Syllabus

Jeff Pinnette is a longtime member of the Center who served on the Board for six years including two as Board chair and four as Program Committee chair. He is currently serving a new term on the Board as Co-Chair of the Program Committee.

Tools of Individuation
Symbolism in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, Revisited
David Peloquin

Sunday, November 17, 2019
2 to 4 pm
Maine Jung Center, 183 Park Row, Brunswick
Members $15, Non-Members $20

The problem for [poets] is to keep [their] symbol translucent, so that it
may not block out the light it is supposed to convey.
– Martin Lings, Symbol & Archetype
(referencing Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces)

Carl Jung considered Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick to be America’s greatest novel, and Harold Bloom declared that Melville was a “knowing bearer” of “hidden traditions”. Recent research and scholarship have uncovered several new hidden symbolic chains in Melville’s epic poem. This lecture will introduce the major findings of these symbolic arcs, including:

✴ The Persian symbolic source of Ahab’s single tear, representing the “drop” that returns to the Ocean of the Soul;
✴ Lunar symbolism that is woven into the chain of associations between Ishmael, Queequeg, the coffin, and the indecipherable tattoos;
✴ Melville’s intention of giving ‘little black Pip’ the symbolic role of a shaman; and
✴ The discovery of the ship carpenter’s symbolic roles as astrological Saturn and as mythic Chronos.

A refreshed methodology originally offered by Melville scholar Merton Sealts Jr. was used to sound these depths. Hidden symbolic associations and correlations were found along a “vertical”, archetypal, and timeless axis rather than along a “horizontal” narrative that unfolds in time.

David Peloquin is a lifetime artist, sound engineer, writer, and internationally known folk musician. He teaches Insight Meditation in seminars, talks, and in private instruction. His work draws from the well of all the great wisdom traditions. Mr. Peloquin is an independent Herman Melville scholar focused on spiritual themes and symbolism in Moby-Dick. He has worked as a sea-music performer and professional historic interpreter at Mystic Seaport Museum, and has presented four symposium papers on symbolism in Moby-Dick for the Melville Society’s annual Music of the Sea symposium.

Facilitated by Peggy Schick
Third Wednesday every Month:
Starting October 16, 2019
6 to 8 pm

FREE for members and non-members; No pre-registration is necessary

Required Text: Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change by Sherri Mitchell

The Maine Jung Center is pleased to offer a new book group beginning Wednesday, October 16, that will meet to read and discuss Sherri Mitchell’s 2018 book Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change. The Center is also excited to announce that Ms. Mitchell will be speaking to our community on April 3-4 in Portland. 

This book discussion experience will serve as an immersion into Mitchell’s profound and loving insight around affecting true global consciousness and change. Sacred Instructions is described as a narrative of Indigenous wisdom that provides a road map for the spirit and a compass of compassion for humanity.

Sherri Mitchel is a Native American attorney, author, teacher and activist from Maine. She has been actively involved with Indigenous land and water rights and the Indigenous way of life in the US, Canada and abroad for more than 25 years. Drawing from ancestral knowledge, as well as her experience as an attorney and activist, in Sacred Instructions Mitchell addresses some of the most crucial issues of our day, such as environmental protection and human rights. Sharing the gifts she has received from elders around the world, Mitchell urges us to decolonize our language and our stories. For those seeking change, this book offers a set of cultural values that will preserve our collective survival for future generations.

This book group will be gently led by Peggy Schick, astrologer, Reiki practitioner, activist, and co-chair of the board of the Maine Jung Center.

Introduction to Holotropic Breathwork
Jean Wood

Friday, November 22, 2019
7 to 9 pm
Maine Jung Center, 183 Park Row, Brunswick
Members $20, Non-Members $25

“Holotropic” is derived from the Greek holos—”whole”—and trepein—”to move towards”; thus it signifies “moving towards wholeness”. Holotropic Breathwork was developed to provide an experience in self-exploration. It is based on observations from modern consciousness research combined with the wisdom of multiple and diverse cultures that have used non-ordinary states of consciousness for healing, information-gathering, and spiritual connection. Holotropic Breathwork provides profound insights and archetypal connections.

In this class, we will discuss the background of Holotropic Breathwork and review techniques used in this practice. We will discover how supported experiences in non-ordinary states of consciousness can facilitate a deeper understanding of ourselves, our relation to others, and our place in the universe. These experiences will provide you with tools you can use daily, including levels of emotional and spiritual understanding to foster calm and optimism amidst the difficulties of the world.

Jean Wood has been participating in Holotropic Breathwork sessions since 1989, and certified as a facilitator with the Grof Transpersonal Training (GTT) in 2006. She has facilitated in large groups with Stan Grof and staff at Naropa University, Omega Institute, and Kripalu, and has assisted with smaller groups in the Pacific Northwest. She has long used this work as a primary psycho-spiritual discipline for her own personal growth and learning, and is always eager to share it with others. She lives in Maine and offers weekend workshops in the Midcoast area as well as in Boston.