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Fri, Oct 25
|Virtual Lecture
The Transcendent Third: Jung, Alchemy & Visions of Three with Cybele Brandow
Join Cybele for an exploration of the Third as it has been represented textually and mythologically from some of the oldest epics through to our current era. This 'third way' unites and transcends the held tension of any pair of opposites, and was described by Jung as crucial to individuation.
Time & Location
Oct 25, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Virtual Lecture
About the event
Friday, October 25 from 7 - 9 pm
(This program will be recorded and sent to registrants)
"The conflict between the opposites can strain our psyche to the breaking point, if we take them seriously, or if they take us seriously. The tertium non datur [the third that is not given] of logic proves its worth: no solution can be seen. If all goes well, the solution, seemingly of its own accord, appears out of nature. Then and then only is it convincing. It is felt as "grace". Since the solution proceeds out of the confrontation and clash of opposites, it is usually an unfathomable mixture of conscious and unconscious factors…"
— Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1962)
"As a rule [the third] occurs when the analysis has constellated the opposites so powerfully that a union or synthesis of the personality becomes an imperative necessity. … [This situation] requires a real…