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The Eternal Feminine [WORKSHOP]
By Lucie Magnus
October 5 @ 9:00 am – 1:30 pm MDT
The Southern Belle is a familiar American archetype and as such draws “her” energy from deep within the instinctual nature of the eternal feminine. The Friday evening lecture will examine the archetypal nature of the Southern Belle, drawing from mythological stories, fairy tales, literature, and the movies. It will also look at the cultural and psychological layers that alternately enhance and restrict natural feminine energy. Specifically, I will explore the archetypal nature of some of the goddesses present in the Southern Belle. How have their energies been savored and how have they been soured? What are the “directives” inherited by some Southern women that warp and woo? How does the Southern Belle complex develop and how can it transform? Overall, this presentation is an attempt to tease out a sliver of the infinite resources of the eternal feminine energy inherent in life.
This Saturday workshop, “The Eternal Feminine: Reflecting on Toni Wolff’s article, “The Structure of the Feminine Psyche”,” will explore the eternal feminine and how “She” is experienced in the life of women and through a man’s anima. There will be a short presentation of Toni Wolff’s as yet unpublished article, “Structural Forms of the Feminine Psyche.” In it, Wolff explored women’s lived experience through the lens of patterns of relatedness. She identified a personal axis of relational preference as Mother or Hetaira and an impersonal axis of Medial Woman and Amazon. Together, we will explore goddesses embodied in these four types and how these types show up in our consulting rooms and in our lives. The workshop structure will consist of short presentations with time for personal reflection and discussion. Our resources will be from mythology, fairy tales, literature, popular culture, and our own experiences.
LUCIE MAGNUS, MA, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama, where she has lived all her life. She entered training with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA) in 2000 and graduated in 2007. She is an original participant in the New Orleans Jungian Seminar and has been a member of the core teaching faculty there since 2007. Lucie has held leadership positions in the IRSJA, serving on the Executive and Training Committees. Her interest in and introduction to the Feminine began with a reply from her first therapist when Lucie expressed her desire that her young daughter would enjoy being a girl. Her therapist’s response was, “She will enjoy being a girl when you enjoy being a woman.” She left his office wondering, “What does that mean? Do I need to start wearing pink?” Lucie has also lectured and presented workshops around the Southeast on such topics as the Southern Belle, the Eternal Feminine, love, Jung 101, and Jung for the Life Span.
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Select one of the Ticket options below. Online preregistration for this program ends on Friday, October 4, 2024 at 9:00 am Mountain Time. If you want to attend in-person, tickets will also be available at the door. Doors open at 8:30 am.
This 4-hour workshop is in-person only and runs from 9:00 am to 1:30 pm with a 30-minute break.
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