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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.
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September 2019
Lecture: Dreaming Evolution Forward: Dionysos and the Ethics of the Sixth Orphic Age
Frances Hatfield, Ph.D. For the past 2,500 years, the development of human consciousness in the West has been shaped and dominated by an archetype which the ancient Greeks knew as Zeus. The Age of Zeus, instigated by the great goddesses themselves, has presided over the hyperdevelopment of faculties of consciousness associated with literacy and abstract thought, creating a model of the world that is hierarchical, dualistic, atomistic, and in which power is the ultimate ruling principle. The Orphics, however, foresaw…
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Lecture: Honoring Early Hermes
Sylvia Brinton Perera, M.A., L.P. We are living in a time of heightened border awareness as old securities of containment and simple divisions are forced open by new challenges. Walls don’t work well in the world of internet and drones, nuclear, biological, and informational contaminations, shifting climates, and vast populations of seeking refugees. In this fluid, open environment, beyond binary separations, we need attunement to the rich plurality of life on earth and the different levels of consciousness operative in…
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Lecture: Facing Climate Disruption and Extinction with Jungian and Moral Perspectives
Guilford Dudley, Ph.D. and Monika Wikman, Ph.D. As we continue to pass scientific thresholds of no return, two major psychological issues are emerging. One is our proclivity for self-deception and avoidance — dissociation from a reality staring us in the face like the barrel of a shotgun. Those who do look away from the shotgun as though it were not there can be appreciated with great compassion, since the reality can simply be too much to bear. The other issue…
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Lecture: From Gregorian Chant to Rap: Music is always the Bridge
Pamela Power, Ph.D. Jung wrote that visionary art provides a compensatory function to the time in which it is produced. If we can recognize what art expresses, we can be more deeply aware of the culture in which we live. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the evolution of Western music and describe the spirit that has propelled it since the early church. We then turn to the ‘music’ of Rap culture that today plays a powerful, and…
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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...
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