C.G. Jung Society, Seattle C.G. Jung Society, SeattleLecture: Friday, December 8, 7 to 9 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$10 members, $15 nonmembers
2 CEUs
All true journeys are pilgrimages to the heart.
- Joseph Campbell
During the panel discussion after the world premier of The Hero’s
Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell, at the Director’s Guild in
Hollywood, in 1987, Professor Campbell was asked what might help
the world become a better place. Campbell’s laconic answer stunned the audience and has
puzzled readers and students of his work ever since: “Tourism.” After the laughter died
down, Campbell went on to say, “Go out and meet someone new. Learn a new language,
another mythology and religion. If enough people did just that, we might see the beginning
of the end of the demonization of other peoples around the world.”
In this evening’s presentation best-selling author and award-winning documentary
filmmaker Phil Cousineau will give a multimedia performance that will explore Campbell’s
deeply held belief that there are fascinating parallels between spiritual pilgrimage and the
mythic quest. For Campbell, the two journeys were the inner and outer manifestation of
what he called “the soul’s high adventure.” For us, the emphasis will be on how uncannily
prescient Campbell’s remarks were. According to the United Nations, by the year 2000
tourism became the number one industry in the world.
While tourists circumambulate the globe at record rates, pilgrimage - the transformation
journey to a sacred site - is enjoying a revival not seen since the Middle Ages. More than
ever, people are seeking out sacred travel as a means of cross-cultural understanding as well
as spiritual and psychological practice. Cousineau will draw from his own work on The
Hero’s Journey, including rarely seen outtakes of Campbell, as well as a slide presentation
from his book, the internationally acclaimed The Art of Pilgrimage. We will also have
ample discussion based on Campell’s own odysseys around the world and the fifteen literary
tours and pilgrimages that Cousineau has led to sacred places from Ireland to India.
Workshop: Saturday, December 9, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle
$10 members, $15 nonmembers
4 CEUs
To learn about preregistering for the workshop, see Preregistration Policy and Form.
Joseph Campbell is well known for his contributions to the realms of mythological studies. His work has helped millions of readers to see the role of the mythic imagination in literature, religion, and psychology. But less well known is his enormous influence in the modern storyteller’s cave of the movies.
In this workshop we will explore Campbell’s relationship to the mythic dimension of film. We will discuss the movie stars that influenced him as a boy, such as Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks, his role as President of the Creative Film Foundation, in New York, in the early 1950s, and his extraordinary impact on directors such as Stanley Kubrick, George Miller, Chris Columbus, and George Lucas.
Throughout the workshop we will explore, through the use of film clips, stories, and open discussion, the mythic structure of movies, the use and abuse of archetypes in film, the role of dream in moviemaking, and the phenomenal popularity of the hero’s journey model in Hollywood, and the resurgence of mythic themes in contemporary films such as Whale Rider, The Matrix, The Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe, and The Lord of the Rings.
Phil Cousineau is a writer, filmmaker, photographer, teacher, sports coach, and adventure tour leader. He co-wrote the award-winning documentary film, The Hero’s Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell, and edited its best-selling companion book. He has published eighteen other books, including the internationally acclaimed The Art of Pilgrimage: A Seeker’s Guide to Making Travel Sacred, and Once and Future Myths: The Power of Ancient Stories in Modern Times. Cousineau has written fifteen documentary films, including Forever Activists, nominated for an Academy Award in 1991, and most recently, with Huston Smith, A Seat at the Table: Struggling for American Indian Religious Freedom (2004). He has also been a frequent consultant in Hollywood, being interviewed most recently for the Special Edition DVDs of Constantine (with Keanu Reeves) and Superman: The 60th Anniversary Edition.
This program has been approved for 6.0 CEU’s by the Washington Chapter, National Association of Social Workers (NASW) for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. Provider number is #1975-157. The cost to receive a certificate is as follows: 6.0 units for lecture and workshop $15; 2.0 units for the Friday lecture $10; 4.0 units for the Saturday workshop $10.
Updated: 15 September, 2006
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