The C. G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe is a non-profit organization for persons interested in the depth psychology of Carl Gustav Jung. The Institute offers a variety of programs to both professionals and the general public to introduce and deepen understanding of Jung’s psychology individually and in the world.
For Fall 2021 – Spring 2022, we are offering Public Programs as Zoom interactive Saturday morning webinars.
We had hoped to resume in-person lectures and workshops beginning in March 2022. However, due to the continued threat of COVID-19, all Spring 2022 programs will be held online via Zoom.
You can register and pay for public programs online. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Note: All times for programs are in Mountain Time zone, unless otherwise stated.
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February 2021
Psyche and the Given Earth
BRADLEY A. TEPASKE, Ph.D. Dr. TePaske’s presentation offers four segments on our depth psychological relationship with our planetary environment. The focus of tonight’s lecture is “Pacha Mama: Reflections of Eros in Nature.” While Pacha Mama is indigenous to the Andes and Amazonia, an initial sense of her nature is conveyed in biblical passages such as Wisdom in the 8th Chapter of Proverbs who fashions the world and in the Apocryphal book, Wisdom, where she possesses knowledge of solstices, the nature…
Find out more »March 2021
Archetypal Nonviolence: King, Jung and Culture through the Eyes of Selma
RENEE CUNNINGHAM, M.A., M.F.T. The lecture will focus exclusively on the March from Selma to Montgomery and the development of culture through the implementation of the eightfold path of nonviolence. The concepts of individuation, the Ego/Self Axis, the cultural unconscious and cultural complex will be demonstrated and amplified as key components of development within the individual and culture. Archetypal nonviolence will be defined and amplified utilizing Gandhi’s concepts of Satyagraha and Ahimsa, and King’s six tenets of nonviolence. The group…
Find out more »April 2021
Archetypal Manifestations in the World of Warcraft: The Gamers’ World in Jungian Analysis
SHERYL CORCHNOY, M.A., LMFT Well before the Covid-19 Pandemic there were half a billion gamers in the world. Since the global movement to 'shelter in place', the games industry has reported record numbers, as millions more have turned to online gaming for related contact and entertainment from home. The most highly populated Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) today? World of Warcraft (WoW) —but it isn’t just a game. It’s a virtual environment—a derivative story wherein world mythologies are…
Find out more »September 2021
Introducing The Collected Works of Marie Louise von Franz: Archetypal Symbols in Fairytales
STEVEN BUSER, M.D. At the age of eighteen, while still in high school, Marie-Louise von Franz met Carl Jung at his Bollingen Tower. She later described this as the most decisive encounter of her life. She entered into analysis with him months later, completed her doctorate in classical philology and began seeing her first analysands soon after. She was wholeheartedly dedicated to the unconscious, both in her own life and that of her analysands. She developed a far-reaching expertise in…
Find out more »October 2021
Behind the Seen: Contemplating the Relationship Between the Persona and the Self
SUSAN CLEMENTS NEGLEY, MA, LPC According to Jung, the Persona is an image—a social mask—that helps us meet the universal need for relationship to the outer world. This presentation will explore the necessity and usefulness of the Persona but also the conditions under which the Persona becomes a problem. We will use a series of charming and intimate cartoons created by Texas artist Mark Smith to explore Jung’s theory of the Persona. Jung’s theory of the personal Shadow stands on…
Find out more »November 2021
Our Country in Crisis
DONALD KALSCHED, Ph.D., JEROME BERNSTEIN, M.A.P.C., NCPsyA., and JACQUELINE WEST, Ph.D. For the past few years, each November, a group of panelists—Jerome, Jacqueline, and Don—have each presented their current reflections about the dynamic state of our country. This year we will address how the past months have presented each of us, personally, and socially, with a world that is bearing remarkable changes that are intensified by the profound threats of climate change compounded with the COVID 19 pandemic. These forces…
Find out more »February 2022
The Magic of Dreams: A Study of the Transcendent Function [Zoom Webinar]
WARREN SIBILLA, PHD, HSPP In the throes of his Red Book period, Jung wrote an essay on what he called the Transcendent Function (1916) in which he laid out the workings of the unconscious, the transformative energy in symbols, and the means of accessing such energy—namely the dream. Using real life examples drawn from his newly published book, My Journey to Ironman: Endurance Sports as a Means of Individuation, Dr. Sibilla will guide us through this seminal essay drawing from…
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Oedipus Revisited: The Hero as Initiate [Zoom Webinar]
FRANCES HATFIELD, PHD, MFT By the time of Homer’s Odyssey, where we find the first mention of Oedipus, the myth was already ancient, reaching into prehistory. Sophocles’ play Oedipus Tyrannus was first performed in Athens shortly after the plague years of 430-426 BCE, in which more than a quarter of its inhabitants died, leading to its defeat by Sparta and ending its status as a superpower in Ancient Greece. The play opens with the inhabitants of Thebes begging King Oedipus…
Find out more »April 2022
From Toxic Masculinity to the Wounded Healer [Zoom webinar]
GUILFORD DUDLEY, PHD It was inevitable that someday a man in a highly visible leadership position would give flesh and blood to the cultural archetype of toxic masculinity lurking in the collective psyche as Donald Trump did. We have him to thank for the personification, mirroring back to us a distorted masculinity that thrives on aggression, domination of other humans, and dominion over the natural world. Cultural ideals and archetypes change and evolve, and we have the opportunity to embrace…
Find out more »May 2022
Becoming Conscious: A Jungian Lens on Artist Hilma af Klint [Zoom webinar]
MARYBETH CARTER, PHD The Swedish artist, Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), has transitioned from obscurity to prominence as was illustrated recently by a solo exhibition of her work. This exhibition (October 12, 2018-April 23, 2019) became the Guggenheim New York’s most popular show since the museum opened 60 years ago. In addition to the incredible visual quality of her art, af Klint impels the viewer to consider concepts and states similar to Jung’s (1875-1961) creative expressions, both through his visual works…
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New Light out of Darkness
In this time of the great darkness turning toward a new light, we at the Jung Institute of Santa Fe wish all of you —all the earth— a time of rest, rejuvenation, and deep joy. While the winter sun’s light is weaker and further off, the stars seem to draw closer, cold...