As a thoughtful learning community, we strive to make Jungian and depth psychological thought available to the general public through workshops, seminars and other resources that help liberate the soul and transform culture.
Discover the latest reflections, events, and explorations in our newsletter to keep up to date with the Jung Society’s activities this season.
The Nancy Alvord Library, one of the most unique libraries in America, is housed at the Good Shepherd Center in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle.
Wisdom School Seminar: Writing From Inside the Inside
Locally based in Everett, Washington, Dr. Lockhart is a Jungian analyst, trainer, scholar, writer, editor, and publisher over more than 50 years. He writes, “One of my favorite things I did when teaching was to give seminars on writing. In the late 70s, 80s and into the 90s, I did several of these with analysts, candidates, lay groups, and others. My basic approach was to illustrate various ways to “write from the inside out.” My intent was to get people to write from where dream and word, like twins, are born, that is, from the depths of psyche and not from the ego”.
If you have any interest in writing or deepening your writing in relation to in-depth psychological work, I invite you to participate in this seminar.
We live in apocalypse, and all suffer “extinction anxiety.” Apocalypse is the violent end of the world order we have known through the surfacing of the collective shadow of all that has been denied and repressed. Such times are inherently cosmic and archetypal. They herald the possibility of either individual and world recreation or utter destruction. What are the archetypal conditions of apocalypse? How does it reshape our inner as well as outer worlds? And how can we awaken, energize, and restore soul and bring it to bear on these conditions such that we aid in self, community, and world recreation? Through lecture, exercises, and discussion we will consider the archetypal conditions of both apocalypse and soul, explore how they collide in our personal and professional lives and our contemporary world, and consider how we might relearn the ways of soul to help heal our troubled times.
We are devoted servants of healing, and the roots of our calling are in psyche, the soul, and that which serves and heals it. But in the evolution of civilization and especially our modern world and its beliefs and practices, both medicine and psychology have lost their souls. What were the ancient origins of our callings as healers? What were the archetypal philosophy and practices of soul healing? How have we lost them such that much of modern healing has become mechanical, impersonal, medicated, and soulless? How can we restore essential conditions of soul, and the dignity and spiritual openings provided by suffering, to ourselves, our healing practices, and our world? Through lecture, discussion, and experiential exercises, we will seek together for the restoration of soul to our modern lives, professional practices, and world.
As Jung wrestled with powerful images and experiences sent forth by the unconscious, he was “taken to the mat” again and again. As he sweated it out intellectually, physically, morally, and spiritually, within these pages, so will we. As we read and discuss The Red Book together, we, too, will struggle with the implications of this material for our own understanding of ourselves, the times we live in, and the meaning and consequences that our own encounters with the unconscious present to us, and the way the unconscious effects society at large. The Red Book lays the groundwork in which Jung began to formulate the constructs which later appear throughout his Collected Works.
A online study and discussion of various fairy tales facilitated by Stephanie Gierman, Jungian Analyst, and our very own Co-President, Bette R. Joram, Ph.D.
Purchase a Member or Non-member ticket to join the discussion. CEU ticket sold separately.
Locally based in Everett, Washington, Dr. Lockhart—Jungian analyst, trainer, scholar, writer, editor, and publisher over more than 50 years—has generously offered to use a question and answer format to invite discussion and share his extensive Jungian knowledge with participants. The first session will engage with Dr. Lockhart ‘s Appassionato for the Imagination. In this essay, Dr. Lockhart discusses the relationship between Jung’s Red Book, modern art, and the concept of Other. From this perspective, Dr. Lockhart asks for us today,
“How…and in what way, can the Red Book be a guide?”
No prior knowledge, experience, or previous participation in the group is required.
Our in-person discussion group continues to meet weekly on Saturday mornings, 11am – 12:30pm in the Nancy Alvord Library, room 222 of the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle. Participants suggest and discuss a variety of Jungian and depth psychological topics and benefit from community connection. Please join us!
Contact Laura at arweninrivendell@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you!
(IN THE LIBRARY!) FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH
In the library, Lael Cassidy and Tamara Walker co-host an in-person discussion group based on Jung’s Dream Analysis: Notes on the Seminar Given in 1928-1930.
In this study group, we intend to invite the voice of C.G. Jung into the room and to provide a space to reflect with our whole selves. We will attend his seminar and enter into specific dreams with him.
We are reading C.G. Jung’s Dream Analysis: Notes on the Seminar Given in 1928-1930, one lecture per month. New participants are welcome at any time. We send a PDF version of the upcoming lecture a few days before each meeting (typically about 15 pages). If you want to receive this email, please reach out to Lael Cassidy, laelcassidy@gmail.com
Print-outs can be provided in the meeting if needed.
(If you want your own copy of the book, Part 1 of the lecture series is readily available in paperback and on kindle where books are sold. The full volume is only available in hardback, and quite expensive, but at the current rate we won’t reach part 2 until mid-2025)
To invite the unconscious to participate, art supplies will be available for those who wish. There will also be time to discuss/share art and other feeling/thinking responses to the work.
Photo Credit: Milky way, South Africa – Conrad Walker
Membership is open to anyone interested in learning about Jungian thought.
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”
- C. G. Jung, CW 13, para. 335
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As we step into the New Year, we reflect on the growth, learning, and connections we’ve shared with our community. Your support and engagement have been at the heart of our mission to explore the richness of Jungian thought and its relevance to today’s world.
This year, we’re excited to bring you new opportunities for learning, discussion, and discovery. From lectures and workshops to community events and library resources, we invite you to join us in deepening our collective understanding and personal growth.
Thank you for being a valued part of the Jung Society of Seattle.