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Facilitated by Jeff Pinnette
One Sunday per Month:
Starting October 28, 2018
10 to 12 pm

FREE for members; No pre-registration is necessary

Required Text: Psychology of the Future by Stanislav Grof

This is an accessible and comprehensive overview of the work of Stanislav Grof, one the of the founders of transpersonal psychology. It serves as a summation of Grof ‘s enormous contributions to the fields of psychiatry and psychology, especially his central concept of holotropic experience, where holotropic signifies “moving toward wholeness.” Grof maintains that the current basic assumptions and concepts of psychology and psychiatry require a radical revision based on the intensive and systematic research of holotropic experience. He suggests radical inner transformation of humanity and a rise to a higher level of consciousness might be humankind’s only real hope for the future.

Stanislav Grof heads the Grof Transpersonal Training Program. He was formerly Chief of Psychiatric Research at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Scholar-in-Residence at the Esalen Institute.

For more information and detailed syllabus, see:

Psychology of the Future 2018-19 Discussion Group Syllabus

Bio: Jeff Pinnette is a long-time member of the Center who served on the Board for six years including two as Board co-chair and four as Program Committee chair.

Core Course: Myth and Fairy Tales
Three Sundays: December 2, 9, & 16, 2018
Members $60, Non-Members $70

In his Collected Works 9:1, C. G. Jung writes, “Myths and fairy tales give expression to unconscious processes, and their retelling causes these processes to come alive again and be recollected, thereby re-establishing the connection between the conscious and the unconscious.”

In this workshop, we will read and discuss selected fairy tales to gain insights into how studying the symbols and images in these stories can illuminate our understanding of ourselves and of today’s world.

This is a core course of the Maine Jung Center, and so it is open to all who enjoy reading and discussing fairy tales, whether or not they are well-versed in the ideas of Jung.

Bio: Mary Kelley is a local psychotherapist and a former co-chair of the Maine Jung Center. In addition to studying at the Maine Jung Center, she has enjoyed travelling with other members of the center to week long seminars in Ireland and in Switzerland where among other things she learned about how fairy tales are used to deepen our understanding of ourselves and our world. She is an experienced presenter, currently exploring with other therapists the use of story in therapy work. She also finds joy in sharing fairy tales and building fairy houses with her grandchildren.

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003) | Directed by Kim Ki-duk
Viewing facilitated by Audrey McMorrow

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring is a 2003 South Korean film about a Buddhist monastery that floats on a lake in a pristine forest. The story is about the life of a Buddhist monk as he passes through the seasons of his life, from childhood to old age.The film was released in the United States in 2004 in subtitle format. It is divided into five segments (the titular seasons), each segment depicting a stage in the life of a novice Buddhist monk and his older teacher. The segments are roughly ten to twenty years apart, and the action of each takes place during the season of its title. The story unfolds rather simply, but the implications of the characters’ actions are silently commented upon by the presence of Buddhist symbols and iconography.