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Jung and the Mandala at Cirque Lodge
Free Webinar with Malidoma Somé on Gift and Purpose
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Dear Jung Society guest,
Don't miss a special workshop on Jung and the Mandala at Cirque Lodge next month.
Join us on Saturday, September 30th for this wonderful event! See the second text box below for more information.
We're excited to welcome Andrew Harvey back to Salt Lake City in October! Join us for a lecture on Rumi and the Joy of Ecstatic Love at the Leonardo on October 27th, and for a workshop by Andrew Harvey and Machiel Klerk together on Finding Hope, Joy and Empowerment in Disturbing Times, October 28th and 29th. The tickets will go on sale next week.. stay tuned for that newsletter!!
The African shaman Malidoma Somé will do a series on Gift and Purpose via Jung Platform. Enroll for the
free webinar
on August 29 and then followed by a
five class course
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The Jung Society of Utah Team
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Jung and the Mandala: Workshop at Cirque Lodge
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Date: September 30th
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location: 777 N Palisade Drive
Orem, Utah 84097
Cost: Free (including 3 CEUs)
"The Mandala is a symbol of wholeness that tries to embrace the whole"; so said Carl Jung in an interview in 1957. Among the other things he said at the time were that the Mandala is the main archetype, an alchemical union of the circle and the square and often is an expression of either the Deity or the Self which he believed to be psychologically related. He also said that Mandala imagery often arises in dreams or other forms in times of psychic chaos or tension, offering compensation in the possibility of an inner order, a periphery and a center, bringing a sense of centering and healing to the whole. In this workshop we wish to explore and celebrate Jung's deep wisdom about the healing power of Mandalas: Hindu term for a sacred circle.
Jung developed the use of Mandala creation originally for his own personal soul work. He later expanded its use as a therapeutic technique to draw out images or "cryptograms" that he believed revealed the state of the Self in a given moment or day. Mandala creation can be a useful inner work tool for centering oneself or a client and can provide a glimpse into the Soul, inner-being of an individual.
We will discuss the origins of Jung's use of Mandalas for inner work or in therapy with clients. In the context of the workshop you will have an opportunity to create your own Mandala, and if you desire, share about the image and experience with others. There will be time to ask questions about using Mandala drawing in your own inner work as well, and if you are a clinician, how you might incorporate their use into your work with clients.
Presenters:
Burton Fullmer is a Clinical Counselor with a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology: University of Utah and Certificate in Process-Oriented Psychology: Process Work Institute of Oregon; working 20 years in mental health settings like Alpine Center and Cirque Lodge Sundance.
Beverly Roesch has served as the Clinical Director of Cirque Lodge since its beginnings. She has worked in the field of chemical dependency for over 25 years as both a clinician and an educator. Her passion and dedication for this work is on display each and every day with her commitment to the individuals and families treated at the Cirque Lodge alcohol and drug rehab program.
This event is co-hosted by the Jung Society and Cirque Lodge. Cirque Lodge is the premier addiction treatment center in Utah (
www.cirquelodge.com).
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| Free webinar on Gift and Purpose with Malidoma Somé |
Have you ever felt like you're here in this world to do something specific, good and big, but can't seem like you know what it is? Do you know that you have a gift and wonder how best to bring it into the world? Do you feel like a person of service who does not know what to serve? Are you trying to share the gifts you know you embody while feeling like all kinds of obstacles are blocking you from doing just that? Are you aware of your gift and purpose already; yet feeling inspired to deepen your relationship and experience with it? If any of the above rings a bell, you are invited to this online course.
Date: August 29, 2017
Time: 8:00 - 8:45pm EST / 5:00 - 5:45pm PST
Cost: Free
If you can't make the live event, we will send you an audio and video recording of the event.
Free sign up here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/c41a90ffce15047d7510d14dfea9e911
(feel free to forward this free sign up link to anyone that you know!)
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Gift and Purpose with Malidoma Somé
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Jung Platform Blog:
On Gift and Life Purpose
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Michael Meade: Touching the Soul of the World
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A five class web seminar in discovery and implementation
Have you ever felt like you're here in this world to do something specific, good and big, but can't seem like you know what it is? Do you know that you have a gift and wonder how best to bring it into the world? Do you feel like a person of service who does not know what to serve? Are you trying to share the gifts you know you embody while feeling like all kinds of obstacles are blocking you from doing just that? Are you aware of your gift and purpose already; yet feeling inspired to deepen your relationship and experience with it? If any of the above rings a bell, you are invited to this online course.
In indigenous Dagara culture each person comes into this world with, and as a gift. The purpose of life is to deliver the gift using a style that is personal to maximize elegance, ease and beauty. This means that gift makes life purposeful.
This course that comes with a study guide is intended to empower you as you bring forth your gift out into the world, to help you recognize and acknowledge it, and to embrace it in the style that is consistent with who you are. In our core, we all want to contribute that which defines us as people of service.
The introductory course will situate gift and purpose within cosmology and mythology with a mind to capture its concise definition to help everyone including those who already have an idea of their gift, but are not sure; as well as those who have no clue at all.
Free introduction webinar on August 29th at 8:00pm to the online course. Register for this free introduction HERE.
Class Dates:
Thursday, September 14th
Tuesday, October 3rd
Wednesday, October 18th
Wednesday, October 25th
Wednesday, November 8th
Times: 8:00 - 9:00pm EST (5:00 - 6:00pm PST)
Cost: $125 (including audio and video access of the live event + Study Guide).
Early bird discount for only $99
if you sign up before September 5th.
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It is inconceivable that we humans could be in this world for no reason. There is no way we and our purpose can be ignorant of, or completely alienated from each other like twins who were separated at birth. We either know our purpose or it knows us. There is a larger issue and it is whether we are waiting for someone to confirm what we already know before we truly believe it, or we are strong and bold enough to embrace our convictions. As people under the umbrella of modernity, we long for acknowledgment and recognition. As humans, we want to be witnessed: to be seen in our gift means a lot to us. It means that we have the permission to fulfill a mission. It is as if someone, preferably an authority, has pronounced us fit to do what is seen as a mandate to fulfill a destiny. This witnessing or pronouncement from a valued person is like an authorization, a permission to go ahead and do what we must do. Consequently, if purpose is mission, purpose without the "permission" is purpose denied deep down. At least, this is what the human psyche reads.
Purpose and gift are one and the same. Each of us came into this world with a gift. The gift is our profession, the thing we are most qualified to do in this lifetime. In indigenous thinking, there is no way one can arrive in this world without one. So the larger issue in the modern world is to quickly find out what that gift is in order to radiate and live it. This is what initiation in indigenous culture takes care of. Initiation allows the individual to become aware of, and to see their gift directly from the other world. Seeing the gift is seeing the light. It bursts open the floodgate of emotion and commitment and anchors a person's life in it.
Read more on the Jung Platform blog HERE.
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Description: We live in a radical time, amidst severe climate changes, the expansion of human tragedy and the growth of collective fear and anxiety. Yet, the great crises of the world do not take place outside the human soul. Rather, history is made in the struggle of the individual soul to survive and make sense of the world no matter how dark things may become.
When everything seems about to fall apart, something deep in the soul of humanity responds. This inner inheritance includes both deep instincts for survival and surprising capacities for renewal. In mythic terms, each soul is connected to the Soul of the World and each person is pregnant with meaning and an innate genius waiting to express itself.
In the struggle for meaning and truth it becomes necessary to call upon the array of genius, talents, and abilities hidden in people of all ages. Only then can we help balance nature and heal culture.
Michael Meade, D.H.L., is a renowned storyteller, author, and scholar of mythology, anthropology, and psychology. He combines hypnotic storytelling, street-savvy perceptiveness, and spellbinding interpretations of ancient myths with a deep knowledge of cross-cultural rituals. He has an unusual ability to distill and synthesize these disciplines, tapping into ancestral sources of wisdom and connecting them to the stories we are living today.
Date: September 26, 2017
Time: 19:30pm Cape Town Time / 1:30pm EST / 10:30am PST
Length: 90 minutes. 60 minutes talk and 30 min Q&A with SAAJA in Cape Town
Cost: $17.50 (incl. audio copy of the live event).
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"[Thus] men forgot that All deities reside within the human breast."
"Perhaps the most important thing we do is to help people promote their own creativity and also promote some sense of play, now when you're dealing with people with serious illness it can be hard to remember that... but that's really where we need to be."
- Dr. Richard Kradin, MD, Jungian & Freudian analyst, "Imagination and Medicine"- Lecture Series.
Weeks of summer have passed in a year with no time for vacation. Perhaps this has happened to you, the months plod forward and you're working, hard immersed in day to day matters, thoroughly wrapped up in meeting your goals. Then a morning of unexplainable aggravation arrives, and you recognize you've neglected creating time for freedom. The claustrophobic voice of stress has a chorus of complexes backing it up: anxiety, neurosis, obsessive compulsive, and dissociative characters fill the mental stage. Clarity is fleeting, thought fog prevails, along with a fetishistic anger moving around like a lightening net, as if seeking some kind of prey.
Read more on the JSOU Blog HERE.
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