C.G. Jung Society, Seattle

John Ryan Haule, Ph.D.

Romantic Love: From Foolishness to Transformation

Lecture: Friday, September 12, 2014, 7 to 9 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. North, Seattle  98103 (driving directions)
$15 members, $25 nonmembers

Eros sets our ego aside and introduces us to soul. This is the reason love is called foolish and the lovers mad. Jung called such archetypal developments and the demands they make upon us “the masterpiece” in the process of our “individuation.” An alchemical change in our being and threat of our beloved that makes the experience of Eros
so powerful lies behind the medieval symbol of a love potion that unites two people forever. In the stories of Tristan and Lancelot, Church authorities confirm that the love potion exempts the lovers even from the accusation of sinfulness. But those tales also describe a naked sword the lovers place between themselves when they sleep
together. For love not only draws us toward fusion, it also requires that we maintain a distance that makes psychological growth possible.Ultimately, Eros invites us on a spiritual quest that has cosmic
dimensions. Main source: Haule, Divine Madness.

The Role of Eros in Analysis plus Lessons Based in Tantra

Workshop: Saturday, September 13, 2014, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Good Shepherd Center, Room 202
$50 members, $70 nonmembers

Advance registration for workshops is encouraged. You can mail your registration and payment to our office using this registration form or buy tickets in advance at brownpapertickets.com.

In the morning session we will talk about the challenges provoked when eros comes to dominate the therapeutic field of analysis--what it provides and how the analyst can learn to manage its dangers. (Main source: Haule, The Love Cure). In the afternoon session we will consider some of the spiritual claims of Tantric practice and how they “map” our differentiation of our feeling function. This tells us a great deal about the nature of transference and counter-transference as well as the process of individuation. (Main source: Haule, Tantra and Erotic Trance).

Learning Objectives

1. To understand the structure and dynamics of the Jungian psyche model.
2. To appreciate the role of the collective unconscious in erotic experience.
3. To find the transformative potential in experiences often dismissed as neurotic.

John Ryan Haule has a doctorate in religious studies from Temple University and a diploma from the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich. He has been a training analyst in Boston for more than 30 years, and is the author of 8 books, including Jung in the 21st Century. For more details, see: jrhaule.net.

Programs presented by the C. G. Jung Society, Seattle (unless otherwise noted) have approved CEUs 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.

Updated: 22 August 2014

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