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About Oregon Friends of C.G. Jung About our Fall 2019 presenters

The visionary Swiss psychiatrist Jeffrey Raff, PhD Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) Jeffrey earned his MA in from The remains a source of inspiration and New School for Social Research, and his PhD enlightenment for those who wish from Union Graduate School. He is a 1976 graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute of Zurich to explore the wisdom, creativity, and is in private practice in Denver. He is a and healing potential of the . Senior Analyst and former president of the C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado, where he taught. He has also taught at Pacifica Graduate Jung invited us to connect with the powerful uncon- Institute, has given workshops on and Active Imagination scious energies that move through each of us, are across the country, and is the author of four books, including Jung present in our and creative imagination, and and the Alchemical Imagination, and numerous articles. speak to us in symbolic language. By engaging in this Richard Tarnas, PhD inner work, Jung believed we are able to discover and integrate our undeveloped or neglected capacities, Richard is a professor of psychology and cultural history at the California Institute of embody our authentic selves, and gain meaning in Integral Studies, where he founded the grad- our lives. uate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and . He is the author of The Passion Since 1974, Oregon Friends of C.G. Jung has invited of the Western Mind, a history of the Western world view from the leading Jungian analysts and scholars from around ancient Greek to the postmodern widely used in universities. His the world to bring their insightful and innovative second book, Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, received the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical perspectives to our community in Portland. OFJ’s Network, and is the basis for the upcoming documentary film, annual program season features eight weekends Changing of the Gods. of Friday Talks and Saturday Workshops in which Jungian ideas are explored in depth. Samuel Kimbles, PhD Samuel is a clinical psychologist, Jungian ana- We are a community of people seeking to enlarge and lyst, member of the faculty and former presi- deepen our understanding of life’s challenges and dent of the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, stages through an inner exploration that offers an and a clinical professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University abiding sense of shared meaning and purpose. of California, San Francisco. He is a clinical consultant, has taught We invite you to join us. at colleges and universities, and has trained mental health and LIVING THE IMAGINAL LIFE: DREAMS, analytic professionals. His internationally presented papers are ACTIVE IMAGINATION, board of directors significant contributions to the theory and practical applications SEPTEMBER 20 – 21 of . His published work includes The Cultural Our board members come from all walks of life, united : Contemporary Jungian Perspectives on Psyche and Society (Singer in their interest in promoting the spirit of inquiry, which & Kimbles, eds.), and Phantom Narratives: The Unseen Contributions of CHANGING OF THE GODS: was the hallmark of Jung’s work. Current board members Culture to Psyche. WEATHERING THE STORM IN are Rick Brodner, Warren Buss, Jelly Helm, Rebecca Lam, AN ARCHETYPAL COSMOS Brian Lanahan, Jolinda Osborne, Leonora Perron, Cleo Geri Grubbs, PhD, LCSW OCTOBER 18 – 19

Reilly, and Katharyn Waterfield. Write to us at info@ofj. Geri is a 1998 diploma graduate of the C.G. org or leave a message at 503-223-3080. Jung Institute, Zurich, and a training analyst at the C. G. Jung Institute of Seattle. She is a WHERE THE WILD THINGS LIVE certified teaching member of the International 20th Avenue TURNING GHOSTS INTO ANCESTORS

Society of Sandplay Therapists (ISST/STA). nw Her many publications include Bereavement Dreaming and the NOVEMBER 8 – 9 pnsja analyst seminars 223-3080 (503) 811 97209 OR Portland, Individuating Soul, a book detailing dreams people had following the Last year, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest sudden death of a loved one. Spiritual practice is an important part Society of Jungian Analysts, OFJ launched a series of of Geri’s work as an analyst. She is a long-time devotee of Indian THE ESSENCE OF KUNDALINI three in-depth, small-group seminars, on the topics of guru Paramhansa Yogananda and a certified instructor in EXPERIENCING THE CHAKRAS Fairy Tales, Symbols, and . They filled up the Ananda tradition. DECEMBER 6 – 7 quickly, with members receiving priority. This year we’re offering a new series. Another reason to join OFJ! For more information, visit ofj.org. Information about our Winter/Spring programs and presenters will be in the OFJ Winter/Spring brochure, December 2019 FALL 2019 Membership & program registration Oregon Friends of Jung 2019/2020 Season Fall 2019 program descriptions & details

Become an OFJ Member Fall Winter/Spring SEPTEMBER Living an Imaginal Life: NOVEMBER Between the World and Me: A membership in Oregon Friends of Jung brings you into a vibrant, diverse SEPTEMBER 20/21, 2019 JANUARY 17/18, 2020 Dreams, Active Imagination, Where the Wild Things Live community of other engaged individuals on the journey to understanding Living an Imaginal Life: Dreams, How to Love a Synchronicity SAMUEL KIMBLES, PhD and wholeness. Annual (Sept 1, 2019 – Aug 31, 2020) benefits include: Active Imagination, Synchronicity Narcissist In this historical moment we unconsciously live jeffrey raff susan schwartz JEFFREY RAFF, PhD Friday Talk • Free admission to all eight Friday Talks (Value: $160) out the split between the psyche (personal) and the Friday Talk The term “Imaginal World” refers to a dimension November 8 • Reduced Saturday workshop fees — save $20 per workshop sociopolitical world. Emotional suffering is located (Value: $160) OCTOBER 18/19, 2019 FEBRUARY 21/22, 2020 of life outside the norm, a dimension only perceiv- 7:30 – 9:30 pm September 20 in the individual and his/her relationships; social • Library privileges — borrow books, audio/video from our vast collection Changing of the Gods: Weathering Soul Lost and Found Between able through the imagination. The imagination, Unity of Portland 7:30 – 9:30pm context is rarely acknowledged as a major contri- • Online audio streaming — listen to archival recordings of OFJ Friday Talks however, is not something unreal or ungrounded, 4525 se Stark St the Storm in an Archetypal Cosmos and Authentic Living Unity of Portland bution to our psychological health, as it is seen as • Reciprocal membership — Jung Society/Seattle and Eugene Friends of Jung a creator of fantasies and illusions. Rather, it is a richard tarnas ann ulanov a backdrop. Within such a perspective, we lose the 4525 se Stark St powerful mode of perception that connects us with • Early bird-registration for PNSJA Analyst Seminars opportunity to create and use the potential space a world just as real as our ordinary everyday world. NOVEMBER 8/9, 2019 MARCH 20/21, 2020 in cultural life for engaging and processing racism, Membership — includes free admission to all eight Friday talks and Jeff Raff discusses the nature of the imaginal, its Between the World and Me: Alchemical Ecology sexism, gender, poverty, class social justice and the reduced fees for Saturday Workshops (Value: $320+)...... $95 relationship to Jung and the process of individu- traumatogenic environment of uncertainty, pain Where the Wild Things Live Jung & the New Sciences ation, and the transformative nature of imaginal and suffering they create. Dr. Kimbles will address samuel kimbles jeffrey kiehl experience. Become an OFJ Journey Member a way of thinking and working with issues that cut OFJ Journey Membership is designed for those seeking deeper engagement DECEMBER 6/7, 2019 APRIL 17/18, 2020 Saturday Workshop We will continue our exploration of the theoretical across the artificial divide between inner and outer. nature of the imaginal and imagination, concen- Two stories from literature: Maurice Sendak, with the work of . Journey Members receive all of the above The Essence of Kundalini Love Between Equals: September 21 Where trating on experiencing several methods for living and Ta-Nehisi Coates, benefits, plus: Experiencing the Chakras Relationship as a Spiritual Path 10am – 3 pm the Wild Things Are Between the imaginal life. There will be opportunity to will illustrate destructive cultural Unity of Portland the World and Me • Free admission to all eight Saturday Workshops geri grubbs polly young-eisendrath practice and discuss our experiences with - attitudes that challenge us all. (Value: $880) 4525 se Stark St ing, active imagination, and working with inner Journey Membership — includes free admission to all eight We welcome all people, in all stages of life, at all impulses and . We will also discuss Turning Ghosts into Ancestors Friday talks and eight Saturday workshops (Value: $1,040+)...... $445 ways to live the imaginal life on a daily basis. The levels of familiarity with Jung’s work. practices used in the workshop are suitable for Saturday Workshop Intergenerational traumas are living memories Individual Friday Talks & Saturday Workshops both those new to Jung and active imagination, as November 9 that express and perpetuate themselves through Our sixty-minute Friday Talks provide a stimulating introduction to the group unconscious story formation, i.e., phan- well as those more advanced. 10am – 3 pm Living the Imaginal Life: Dreams, Active Imagination, Synchronicity speaker and their ideas. Programs run from 7:30 to 9:30 pm, including a tom narratives. They offer us an opportunity to Unity of Portland Jeffrey Raff, September 20-21 short break and time for questions and discussion. Lobby doors open at 6:45 acknowledge, engage, and mourn the unresolved, 4525 se Stark St Friday Talk ...... Public $20 for members and guests to buy tickets, browse through books, and socialize. OCTOBER Changing of the Gods: unprocessed violence, both of the past and as it Saturday Workshop...... Member $90 / Public $110 appears in present day sociopolitical processes. Saturday Workshops allow for a deeper and more intimate experience with Weathering the Storm in The psychological work of transforming ghosts Changing of the Gods: Weathering the Storm in an Archetypal Cosmos the presenter and their material, and sometimes include writing, art-making, an Archetypal Cosmos that haunt our current lives into ancestors (helpful Richard Tarnas, October 18-19 movement, and films. Lobby opens at 9:15 am, workshops begin at 10 am presences) will be our focus. RICHARD TARNAS, PhD Friday Talk ...... Public $20 and finish at 3 pm, with occasional breaks, including a 45-minute lunch Saturday Workshop...... Member $90 / Public $110 break—please bring your own lunch. Complimentary coffee/tea is available. Friday Talk In their distinct and brilliant ways, both C. G. Jung DECEMBER The Essence of Kundalini October 18 and broke free of limiting modern Between the World and Me: Where the Wild Things Live General admission to Friday Talks is $20. Saturday Workshops are $110. assumptions and recognized that psyche was not 7:30 – 9:30 pm GERI GRUBBS, PhD Turning Ghosts into Ancestors through Phantom Narratives OFJ Members receive free admission to all eight Friday Talks and discounts confined to the human, that it permeated all of on workshops. OFJ Journey Members receive free admission to all Friday Unity of Portland Friday Talk As we participate in spiritual practices and inner Samuel Kimbles, November 8-9 nature, the cosmos itself. Both also recognized creative work, kundalini energy may rise up the Talks and all Saturday Workshops. To join us, use the form on the left, go to 4525 se Stark St December 6 Friday Talk ...... Public $20 the extraordinary value of astrology in shining an chakras located in the astral spine and awaken ofj.org, or sign up at the registration table at an event. unexpected light on the archetypal dynamics of 7:30 – 9:30 pm Saturday Workshop...... Member $90 / Public $110 us spiritually. When this happens in a contained Unity of Portland human life in synchronistic correlation with plan- environment, it slowly merges the north and south The Essence of Kundalini / Experiencing the Chakras etary movements. Our moment in history clearly 4525 se Stark St ceu credits scholarships poles of our being (feminine and masculine, nega- Geri Grubbs. December 6-7 represents a threshold of great consequence, and tive and positive) and creates a greater wholeness You may sign up at the event for A limited number of scholarships are the current planetary alignments can provide us Friday Talk ...... Public $20 in our well-being. We will focus on the meaning of Continuing Education credit, avail- available for workshops. Please write with valuable insights about the deeper impulses Saturday Workshop...... Member $90 / Public $110 kundalini, its images in creative expressions, and able from NASW. Friday Talk: $5, to us at info @ ofj.org or call us at 503- at work in the drama now facing the Earth com- how to use our understanding for personal change. Your tax-deductible donation helps cover the cost of our programs. Thank you! $ ______Saturday Workshop: $10, Friday Talk 223-3080 to apply. munity. What is the planetary situation now, what We will then experience what kundalini may feel & Saturday Workshop: $10. are the historical precedents, and how might our like through guided meditation and sound. Total ______contemporary culture be transformed by the rec- Name ______volunteers subscribe to e-newsletter ognition that an intimate bond exists between the Experiencing the Chakras Address______OFJ relies on the help of volunteers to Sign up at ofj.org to receive updates deep psyche and the cosmos? Join Richard Tarnas The theory of the chakras comes from the deliver these wonderful programs. As on our weekend programs and speak- for a “state of the world report” on the archetypal Saturday Workshop City, State, Zip ______context of our national and global moment. December 7 Sanskrit tradition of India and the ancient science a thank you, volunteers receive scrip ers, and advance notice of special of kundalini yoga. We will explore the psychologi- Email ______Phone ______to use toward Saturday Workshops. small-group seminars. We’ll never Saturday Workshop The workshop on Saturday will provide an 10am – 3 pm cal, spiritual, and emotional characteristics of each You must be a member to volunteer. share your email address. October 19 opportunity to deepen our understanding of the Unity of Portland of the seven chakras that are located along the Please mail completed form with check payable to Oregon Friends of Jung, Contact us at [email protected]. complex archetypal dynamics at work in our time, 4525 se Stark St astral spine as we view images of their expressions 10am – 3 pm 811 nw 20th Ave., Portland, OR 97209. You may purchase memberships and place them in the larger context of history and in sandplay. We will experience their unique ener- Unity of Portland and program tickets through our website, ofj.org, or at the registration table visit the fae dougan library humanity’s psychological evolution. gy forms through guided and discuss 4525 se Stark St the symptoms of and reasons behind spiritual at our events. Confirmation for check registration will be sent by email. Please Our library at 811 nw 20th Ave, is open Saturdays 12 pm – 3 pm, except pro- There will also be a private advance screening of pick up your membership card at a Friday Talk or Saturday Workshop event. gram and holiday weekends. Our large collection, including past program emergencies. Episode 1 of Changing of the Gods. No refunds offered for Friday talks. Written requests for workshop refunds recordings, Jungian books and journals, and the latest books by recent speakers, will be honored if received a week in advance, minus a $15 handling fee. can also be viewed online at ofj.org. Only members may checkout materials. For directions, futher information about these programs, or to pay online, please visit ofj.org