Hi Everyone,
Mollie asked me to post the 2010 seminar dates. Here is the information:
Friday (evening) October 15 to Monday, October 18
Apple Tree Inn & Restaurant
10 Richmond Mountain Road, Lenox
http://www.appletree-inn.com/Pages/2008%20Home%202.htm
Be there or be square!
I'll be emailing about snack preferences shortly.
Cheers,
Paula
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Could It Be Synchronicity?
Hi all,
I'm taking this as a synchronistic event: one of my all-time favorite books I read as a child is The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. (The others are the Laura Ingalls Wilder series and Madeleine L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time - a heroine's journey.) I even reread it from time to time. As I've learned about individuation and the hero's journey over the years, I always link back to PT. It is a child's hero's journey: A boy with a bad case of ennui goes on a magical journey where he has to reconcile two brothers who are kings of Digitopolis and Dictionopolis, respectively by rescuing the princesses Rhyme and Reason with the help of his animal guide, Toc. The language is wonderful -- best to read aloud (like Shakespeare). There is even a numinous experience (check out the symphonic sunrise in the forest!).
Anyway, getting to the point, this morning on NPR Liane Hansen interviewed the author and the illustrator (none other than Jules Pfeiffer) about their new book (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129608795). I'm taking this as a sign that I should recommend you try to add Phantom Tollbooth to your readings. If you have children in your life, I urge you to read it aloud with them. Not Nietzsche, I know, but I know other adults who also treasure this book the way I do.
Warmly,
Paula
I'm taking this as a synchronistic event: one of my all-time favorite books I read as a child is The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. (The others are the Laura Ingalls Wilder series and Madeleine L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time - a heroine's journey.) I even reread it from time to time. As I've learned about individuation and the hero's journey over the years, I always link back to PT. It is a child's hero's journey: A boy with a bad case of ennui goes on a magical journey where he has to reconcile two brothers who are kings of Digitopolis and Dictionopolis, respectively by rescuing the princesses Rhyme and Reason with the help of his animal guide, Toc. The language is wonderful -- best to read aloud (like Shakespeare). There is even a numinous experience (check out the symphonic sunrise in the forest!).
Anyway, getting to the point, this morning on NPR Liane Hansen interviewed the author and the illustrator (none other than Jules Pfeiffer) about their new book (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129608795). I'm taking this as a sign that I should recommend you try to add Phantom Tollbooth to your readings. If you have children in your life, I urge you to read it aloud with them. Not Nietzsche, I know, but I know other adults who also treasure this book the way I do.
Warmly,
Paula
Monday, August 16, 2010
Spoto 2010 Reading List
Hi Everyone,
Here is the reading list information from Angelo. Looking forward to seeing you all in a few months!
Best, Paula
Ok, gang, below is a provisional reading list to play with for our October get together. As always, do what you can with it. Read at least a little, or read a lot...as your soul moves you (and as time permits). My guess is this is all mostly familiar material. So, it may be mostly rereading you are actually doing. I may throw in something else as it comes to me. We'll see. But, this should work for most people. I am getting the feeling too that this year's meeting is a summary of sorts of all that has gone before it. Perhaps, we will be moving to a different approach in future meetings, less didactic, more keyed to an intense, Jungian examination of pieces of literature or art, music, plays, etc. by the group. Perhaps, we'd want to tackle the Red Book next time, and utilize break-out groups more intensely. We could even follow a format like the Rubin Museum, where one person interviews another person on a pre-selected image from the Red Book unknown to the interviewee. An incredible amount of material has been covered over the years. So much to draw on. We have done weekends on Shadow, Anima-Animus, Dreams, Active Imagination, Greek Mythology, Alchemy, Synchronicity & Quantum Physics, Type and Archetype, and...what am I leaving out??? Someone solve the mystery! Reading list, below.
Hesse, H - Demian
Jacobi, J - The Way of Individuation
Jaffe, A - The Myth of Meaning
Jung, C.G. - Psychological Types or The Psychology of Individuation
Meier, C.A. - Personality: The Individuation Process in the Light of C.G. Jung's Typology
Spoto, A. - Jung's Typology in Perspective, Chapter 6
Stein, M. - Individuation
Von Frantz, M.-L. - Man and His Symbols, Part 3
Here is the reading list information from Angelo. Looking forward to seeing you all in a few months!
Best, Paula
Ok, gang, below is a provisional reading list to play with for our October get together. As always, do what you can with it. Read at least a little, or read a lot...as your soul moves you (and as time permits). My guess is this is all mostly familiar material. So, it may be mostly rereading you are actually doing. I may throw in something else as it comes to me. We'll see. But, this should work for most people. I am getting the feeling too that this year's meeting is a summary of sorts of all that has gone before it. Perhaps, we will be moving to a different approach in future meetings, less didactic, more keyed to an intense, Jungian examination of pieces of literature or art, music, plays, etc. by the group. Perhaps, we'd want to tackle the Red Book next time, and utilize break-out groups more intensely. We could even follow a format like the Rubin Museum, where one person interviews another person on a pre-selected image from the Red Book unknown to the interviewee. An incredible amount of material has been covered over the years. So much to draw on. We have done weekends on Shadow, Anima-Animus, Dreams, Active Imagination, Greek Mythology, Alchemy, Synchronicity & Quantum Physics, Type and Archetype, and...what am I leaving out??? Someone solve the mystery! Reading list, below.
Hesse, H - Demian
Jacobi, J - The Way of Individuation
Jaffe, A - The Myth of Meaning
Jung, C.G. - Psychological Types or The Psychology of Individuation
Meier, C.A. - Personality: The Individuation Process in the Light of C.G. Jung's Typology
Spoto, A. - Jung's Typology in Perspective, Chapter 6
Stein, M. - Individuation
Von Frantz, M.-L. - Man and His Symbols, Part 3
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Seminar: Jung's Red Book Revealed
Cindy wanted to share information about this Web-based seminar on Friday, January 22, 2010. You can view the seminar from yourhome computer.
http://ashevillejungcenter.org/RedBook.aspx
http://ashevillejungcenter.org/RedBook.aspx
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