Late in his career, Jung explored the notion of the human body as a transformer station through which the objective psyche flowed, like radio signals toward an antenna. In a letter to Marie Louise Von Franz, he pondered: “Our brain might be the transformation, where the relatively infinite tensions or intensities of the psyche are tuned down to perceptible frequencies and extensions.” Surrounded by the timeless totality of an objective psyche, Jung imagined our physiology as gate-keepers within a space-time continuum – the metaphoric tuning dial on the radio clearing static until it finds a station. Enter the psychotic mind – a state in which the antennae picks up too many signals to find its way into a grounded or time-bound frequency. The brain overloads and the body floats out of reality.

I invite you to join me for a 2-hour exploration into the realm of these hyper-stimulated connections to the objective psyche, not only in psychotic states, but across a scale of energic intensities. I will share my own experiences along with autobiographical descriptions from others. Through guided discussion, participants will be encouraged to analyze their own perspectives on current depth psychological theories of psychosis, as well as on Jung’s original work. How does first-hand experience illuminate current theory? Does it amplify Jung’s own writing and perspective or contradict it?

This program is appropriate for clinicians and non-clinicians, alike, as descriptions of these altered states touch every aspect of what makes Jung’s work so rich and intriguing.

Did you miss the workshops with NY and LA? There is another opportunity to participate!

The Collective Unconscious in the Age of Neuroscience: Severe Mental Illness and Jung in the 21st Century

This is a free, online Zoom event. For more information and to register, visit https://www.junginoc.org/2022-06-26-durchslag

Please note time zone!

Is all psychosis the same? Depth psychology treats it as such, yet medical models of severe mental illness say different. While medication may be frowned upon in some Jungian circles, some disorders cannot be treated without it. Is there common ground? Can Jung’s bedrock notion of a collective unconscious coexist within scientific advances that have occurred since his death? The answer is a resounding yes. This workshop will explore the remarkable prescience of Jung’s work, how medical models actually advance his theory, and the challenges and opportunities for analytical psychology moving forward.

This is Eastern Standard Time. There is also an in-person option if you are in the Los Angeles, CA area. Local workshop time is 10 am - 3 pm Pacific

Join us for a personal journey of enchantment, then disillusionment, with Jungian practice through the presenter’s own struggle with bipolar I disorder and psychosis. The research Dr. Durchslag will share was born out of the lived conundrum of reconciling medical and depth psychological models of treatment.

Astrology is a rich and deeply symbolic language that has the potential to become an ever-evolving tool by which to come to know and understand yourself. Your birth chart is the pictorial landscape of your inner psyche that allows you to observe a narrative larger than your current understanding of the story of your life.

When overlaid on an archetypal foundation, astrology can provide direction, link the deepest part of who you are to the cosmos, help identify your unique nature, and point the way toward personal and spiritual growth.

Join together with others to discover how the “gods of the psyche” may make themselves known through a metaphorical look at this ancient intuitive art.

• Understand astrology as an unparalleled tool for self-discovery, personal growth, and spiritual development.Learn how to read the natal chart as a unique blueprint for the interior self
• Recognize the unique building blocks of one's personal reality
• Contemplate Jung's involvement with astrology, including the ancient, medieval, and modern sources he drew upon

COST: $40

Participants will want to have a hardcopy of their astrological birth chart by inputing their birth data (birth date, birth time, and birth location) into www.astro.com

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Bethany Ward has traversed a long and meaningful career helping others creatively interpret and courageously explore their spiritual journeys. She is a former religious professional and active Spiritual Director who seamlessly blends the grounded application of spiritual counsel with the vast richness of practical mysticism. With over twenty years of experience as a Tarot reader and Psycho-Astrologer, Bethany brings both wisdom and wonder to the work of personal and spiritual development.