February 2023
MEDEA AND THE MODERN MOTHER: TRANSMUTATIONS IN MOTHERHOOD
By bringing attention to Medea as the Death Mother archetype,
we may transmute aspects of the shadow for women and mothers.
IMAGINING THE GOOD SOCIETY: JUNG, THE ARCHETYPE OF JUSTICE, JURISPRUDENCE & PSYCHE
Using active imagination to bring together ancient archetypes of justice,
law integrated with spirit and matter, in order to reveal new potentials
for democracy in the U.S.
PAINTING AT THE INTERSECTION OF PSYCHE, SCIENCE AND MYSTERY
The creative process remains hidden and mysterious, even for the artist. All we can do is dance around its source, look at it from different angles, nurture its growth and appreciate its expressive flowering. It is equally mysterious to ask how an artist finds her specific inspiration. Why be drawn to this? For painter Johanna Baruch, it’s almost as if the inspiration chose her. In this image-rich presentation, Johanna will explore the many facets of the creative process through her…
Find out more »March 2023
THE HEROINE’S QUEST IN FILM
Feminine Initiation and Healing Seen Through the Female Gaze
Find out more »THE CREATIVE INSTINCT: ART THERAPY AND CREATING OUR OWN RED BOOK
When we engage with the creative instinct through making our own
images we invite the unconscious to express its own spontaneous
energy and wisdom.
April 2023
ERICH NEUMANN’S DEVELOPMENTAL RELATIONAL THEORY — A SYNTHESIS
By unifying and synthesizing Neumann’s writings, his archetypal
developmental relational theory emerges, differing the masculine and
the feminine, and further, male and female.
A JUNGIAN LENS ON TRAUMA, RECOVERY, AND RELATIONSHIPS
Presenting current scientific trauma theory related to addiction and
recovery, including attachment theory as it relates to developing reciprocal
relationships in the context of a Jungian perspective.
May 2023
FUTURE HISTORY: A SEARCH FOR WHOLENESS THROUGH SONG
A singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist shares her stories
inspired by Jungian ideas.
OEDIPUS AND THE RED PILL: INITIATION AND EVOLUTION
An evolutionary path through our current planetary crisis is explored
through the myth of Oedipus, ancient Orphic origin stories, and
C. G. Jung’s The Red Book.