Discussion Groups

The Science Delusion Discussion Group with Facilitator, Jeff Pinnette.
Free for Jung Center Members

Last Meeting Date: September 17, 2017

The Science Delusion discussion group was originally the Gaia discussion group, but changed the name when it started its next book. The basic goal is to read science literature that informs Jungian thought.

Currently, we are reading Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery by Rupert Sheldrake. The British version of this book is titled The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Inquiry. The book addresses 10 dogmas of modern science as shown in the attached table of contents:

Introduction: The 10 dogmas of modern science

Is nature mechanical?

Is the total amount of matter and energy always the same?

Are the laws of nature fixed?

Is matter unconscious?

Is nature purposeless?

Is all biological inheritance material?

Are memories stored as material traces?

Are minds confined to brains?

Are psychic phenomena illusory?

Is mechanistic medicine the only kind that works?

Illusions of objectivity

Scientific futures

One Sunday/Saturday per Month: October 8, November 12, December 9, 2017
*Spring dates will be announced at a later point*

Required Text: Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World, ed., Martin Keogh. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic.

In this discussion group, we explore together selected essays from this exceptionally good anthology which features short essays by a number of leading writers, activists, religious figures and indigenous leaders engaged in the ecology movement. The writers offer perspectives and strategies for finding hope and creating change in ourselves, our communities, and the world. We draw on Jungian contributions to understanding the Nature and Psyche relationship, using these to bring together psychology and environmental science, ecological reflections, and activist strategies. As the volume’s editor Martin Keogh states, “We can thrive on the body of this earth only when we stop seeing the earth and its inhabitants as separate from ourselves and our survival. Every living being is part of the remedy.”

Teresa Arendell, Ph.D., IAAP, is a Maine-based Jungian analyst. She’s taught and offered lectures and seminars and served on committees at the Brunswick Maine Jung Center, the C.G. Jung Institute, Boston, and other Jungian associations. She’s exploring the significance of Jungian thought and practice in climate change and the wild and wilderness, and working to integrate Jung’s Analytical Psychology with Deep Ecology. She’s working on a volume titled, Jung, Nature, Psyche – and the Wild.

Third Sunday of the Month:
October 15, November 19, December 17, 2017, January 21, February 18, March 18, April 15, May 20

Required Text:  Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World Order, by Richard Tarnas. Penguin Publishing Group, 2007.

In Cosmos and Psyche, Dr. Richard Tarnas traces the connection between cosmic cycles & archetypal patterns of experience. Drawing on years of research and on thinkers from Plato to Jung, he explores the planetary correlations of events like the French Revolution, the world wars & 9/11.

In this book discussion group, we will explore the causal connection between the outer world and the human psyche, the synchronicity of planetary alignments and patterns of human history.

As an added bonus, Dr. Tarnas will join us via Skype toward the end of our readings for a lively discussion on his book!

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

One Sunday/Saturday per Month: October 8, November 12, December 9, 2017
*Spring dates will be announced at a later point*

Required Text: Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World, ed., Martin Keogh. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic.

In this discussion group, we explore together selected essays from this exceptionally good anthology which features short essays by a number of leading writers, activists, religious figures and indigenous leaders engaged in the ecology movement. The writers offer perspectives and strategies for finding hope and creating change in ourselves, our communities, and the world. We draw on Jungian contributions to understanding the Nature and Psyche relationship, using these to bring together psychology and environmental science, ecological reflections, and activist strategies. As the volume’s editor Martin Keogh states, “We can thrive on the body of this earth only when we stop seeing the earth and its inhabitants as separate from ourselves and our survival. Every living being is part of the remedy.”

Teresa Arendell, Ph.D., IAAP, is a Maine-based Jungian analyst. She’s taught and offered lectures and seminars and served on committees at the Brunswick Maine Jung Center, the C.G. Jung Institute, Boston, and other Jungian associations. She’s exploring the significance of Jungian thought and practice in climate change and the wild and wilderness, and working to integrate Jung’s Analytical Psychology with Deep Ecology. She’s working on a volume titled, Jung, Nature, Psyche – and the Wild.

Third Sunday of the Month:
October 15, November 19, December 17, 2017, January 21, February 18, March 18, April 15, May 20

Required Text:  Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World Order, by Richard Tarnas. Penguin Publishing Group, 2007.

In Cosmos and Psyche, Dr. Richard Tarnas traces the connection between cosmic cycles & archetypal patterns of experience. Drawing on years of research and on thinkers from Plato to Jung, he explores the planetary correlations of events like the French Revolution, the world wars & 9/11.

In this book discussion group, we will explore the causal connection between the outer world and the human psyche, the synchronicity of planetary alignments and patterns of human history.

As an added bonus, Dr. Tarnas will join us via Skype toward the end of our readings for a lively discussion on his book!

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

One Sunday/Saturday per Month: October 8, November 12, December 9, 2017
*Spring dates will be announced at a later point*

Required Text: Hope Beneath Our Feet: Restoring Our Place in the Natural World, ed., Martin Keogh. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic.

In this discussion group, we explore together selected essays from this exceptionally good anthology which features short essays by a number of leading writers, activists, religious figures and indigenous leaders engaged in the ecology movement. The writers offer perspectives and strategies for finding hope and creating change in ourselves, our communities, and the world. We draw on Jungian contributions to understanding the Nature and Psyche relationship, using these to bring together psychology and environmental science, ecological reflections, and activist strategies. As the volume’s editor Martin Keogh states, “We can thrive on the body of this earth only when we stop seeing the earth and its inhabitants as separate from ourselves and our survival. Every living being is part of the remedy.”

Teresa Arendell, Ph.D., IAAP, is a Maine-based Jungian analyst. She’s taught and offered lectures and seminars and served on committees at the Brunswick Maine Jung Center, the C.G. Jung Institute, Boston, and other Jungian associations. She’s exploring the significance of Jungian thought and practice in climate change and the wild and wilderness, and working to integrate Jung’s Analytical Psychology with Deep Ecology. She’s working on a volume titled, Jung, Nature, Psyche – and the Wild.

Third Sunday of the Month:
October 15, November 19, December 17, 2017, January 21, February 18, March 18, April 15, May 20

Required Text:  Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World Order, by Richard Tarnas. Penguin Publishing Group, 2007.

In Cosmos and Psyche, Dr. Richard Tarnas traces the connection between cosmic cycles & archetypal patterns of experience. Drawing on years of research and on thinkers from Plato to Jung, he explores the planetary correlations of events like the French Revolution, the world wars & 9/11.

In this book discussion group, we will explore the causal connection between the outer world and the human psyche, the synchronicity of planetary alignments and patterns of human history.

As an added bonus, Dr. Tarnas will join us via Skype toward the end of our readings for a lively discussion on his book!

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