Patricia Berry, Ph.D.
Two Events
February 12 & 13, 2010
The Jung Society of Port Townsend &
Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (QUUF) present:
A Public Lecture
Friday, February 12, 2010
7:00
p.m.--9:00 p.m. Price at Door: $10.00
At Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
2333 San Juan Avenue, Port Townsend
The
Hole in the Heart:
Why We Fail at Love
with
Patricia
Berry, Ph.D.
Jungian Analyst,
West Bath, Maine
Why is love so difficult? How
do we fail it? For centuries, love has been a topic for
philosophy, theology, and especially the arts. During the
past century, depth psychology, evolutionary theory and
modern science have taken up the topic as well. Yet
marriages and partnerships continue to break up, and the
divorce rate climbs. We seem to be failing at love. Are we
the problem? Modern society? Or is it love itself that is
so difficult? Could love be problematic even at an
“archetypal level”?
To explore the situation, this lecture will draw upon
the Upanishads
of the East,
Homer’s Hymn to Aphrodite
of the ancient
Greek world, Virgil’s Aeneid
of the Roman West.
To bring our view to the present, we will also look at some
contemporary film clips. By the end of the discussion, we
will have a better appreciation of why love is difficult,
how and why we fail at love, and what those failures could
be asking of us.
An
Open Public Workshop
Saturday, February 13, 2010
10:00
am to 4:00 p.m. (1½ hour lunch break)
Price at Door: $50.00
At
Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
2333 San Juan Avenue, Port Townsend
FAIRY
TALES &
THE JOURNEY TO ELSEWHERE
with
Patricia
Berry, Ph.D.
Jungian Analyst,
West Bath, Maine
Before the age of electronic
entertainments, or even the amusement of the printed word,
folks gathered around story tellers to hear tales richly
combining the marvelous and the ordinary. These fairy tales
portrayed an awareness of psychological patterns and a
wisdom of and beyond the ordinary run of daily activity.
Following in this tradition, Jungians today turn to fairy
tales as essential for learning “how the psyche works.”
In this all day workshop we will focus on “The Iron Stove,”
a medieval tale found in the Grimm’s collection. The story
involves the challenges of a young man and woman finding
their ways at last to each other. It is, in alchemical
language, a form of the ‘coniunctio’. We will examine this
story on a number of levels to discover what psychological
processes need develop for such unions either externally or
internally. We will turn then to clips from contemporary
film for discussion as to how such processes may or may not
have changed over the centuries. Is union still possible?
If so, in what forms?
Advance
Registration of $45.00
pays for BOTH Events
Send check by February 9, 2010 to
“The Jung Society”
711 27th Street,
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Reduced Fees
No
one will be turned away from a
a Jung Society event for
lack of funds.
If
you would like to attend this or any other Jung Society
event at a reduced fee, please call 385-3622
or ask at the door.
Patricia Berry, Ph.D. is a Zurich-trained
Jungian analyst. She is the author of Echo’s Subtle Body: A
Contribution to Archetypal Psychology
and numerous
articles. In 1991 she was the first Scholar in Residence at
Pacifica Graduate Institute of Depth Psychology in
California. She lectures internationally and has served as
president of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian
Analysts, as well as of the New England Society of Jungian
Analysts. Currently, she has a private practice in West
Bath, Maine.
Further
Information at:
385-3622
Patricia
Berry, Ph.D.