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“My friends, it is wise to nourish the soul, otherwise you will breed dragons and devils in your heart.”
C.G. Jung, Letters
"The universe (which others call the Library)..."
Jorge Luis Borges
We are a group converging around the ideas, concepts, and extensive writings of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. Our intent is foremost to establish and nurture a community of curious and inquisitive explorers wishing to dive deeply into Jung’s ideas.
Memberships support educational programs that provide access to Jung’s therapeutic model to the public at large, while fostering a sense of community and interconnectedness.
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Making Mandalas - Imaging the Whole Self
Join Library Board Member and Guest Presenter, Laura Hensley, LMHC, for a Red Book inspired evening of exploration and visual creativity. We will dive deeply into the symbolic nature, psychological function, and cultural history of mandalas, and participants will be invited to give form and expression to the archetype of the Self by making a “sacred circle” of their own. This will be an easy, low pressure process, and requires absolutely no artistic “skill” or training. Art materials will be provided, though participants are welcome to bring their own if they’d like.
What is it about the circular form and its compelling and frequent presence in the cosmos, in our earthly world, and in human culture? As Jung did through the creation of his own Red Book mandalas, we can observe its geometry from a symbolic standpoint. It becomes clear that across time and history, the circle has been regarded as an image of wholeness, unity, integration, and completion. Take part in the rich tradition of observing and making mandalas. You may well find, as Jung describes it, "the psychological expression of the totality of the Self."
| |  | Laura Hensley, LMHC, facilitates creative healing processes for other adults through her psychotherapy practice in St. Petersburg, Florida, where she specializes in Expressive Arts Therapy, Sandplay Therapy, Jungian dreamwork, and EMDR. | |
Guest Presenter: Laura Hensley, LMHC
Date: Thursday, May 21st
Location: Saint Leo Education Building
1403 N. Howard Ave.
Parking: Free parking - entrance on LaSalle)
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
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Free Reading Discussion ~ May 7th
A Field Guide to American Cultural Complexes: The Battleground of the Splintered American Psyche
by Thomas Singer, MD
Featuring more than 100 symbolic images and text, A Field Guide to American Cultural Complexes: The Battleground of the Splintered American Psyche (Chiron Publications) identifies the common species of cultural complexes that populate the American political, social, and psychological landscape. These complexes are splinter personalities of the American psyche. When triggered, they behave like nuclear-powered sources of potent emotion, black-and-white thinking, self-reinforcing memory, and stereotypical behavior.
Join the C.G. Jung Library Reading Discussion Group as we consider this recently published book. There are a select number of copies pre-ordered and available for a discounted price. Those interested in obtaining a copy, please email info@jungtampa.org to find out more.
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Module 5: Ego ~
Online Q & A Discussion
Encountering the Psyche: Fundamental Concepts in Analytical Psychology is a 12-part video lecture series intended to elucidate Jung's most foundational concepts in a comprehensive and relatable way. A unique Library offering, this series serves as a video lecture reference library poised to enhance your understanding and engagement with Jung's model. Included in individual modules are curated reading lists, integrative quizzes, and visual downloadables.
Those registered for Module 5 or for the full 12-part course by May 12th will receive an invitation to this bonus Q & A on zoom with lecture presenter and Library Education Director, Angelo Spoto.
Date: Wednesday, May 13th
Location: Online (Zoom)
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. (EST)
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Free Reading Discussion ~ June 4th
Jorge Luis Borges: The God's Script
“The God’s Script,” sometimes translated under the title “The Writing of the God,” is a 1949 short story by the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). The story concerns a Mayan priest who is imprisoned with a jaguar; the priest comes to realize that his god has hidden magic writing within the jaguar’s skin. “The God’s Script” takes in, among other things, some quintessentially Borgesian themes including the infinite, the power of writing, and the individual who is granted access to arcane knowledge. (Dr. Oliver Tearle)
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph (transl. The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers and mythology. Borges’s works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magic realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
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Reading Jung: A Study of Selected Writings from the Collected Works
Session# 10: Mysterium Coniunctionis, Chapter 6 (CW14)
Many people drawn to Jung and Analytical Psychology have not read (or read very little) of Jung in the original. This 10-part series is an opportunity to immerse yourself in some of Jung’s major essays and extracts from the Collected Works in a small seminar-style, group discussion setting.
Date: Wednesday, May 27th
Location: The Library (E. River Hills)
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Pre-registration is required.
Members sign in to receive your 10% discount.
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Gift With Membership ~ Video Lecture: The Life & Work of C.G. Jung
The Library is pleased to offer members this comprehensive introductory lecture as a complimentary gift in appreciation of your membership and support. This course is Module 1 of a 12-part video lecture series: Encountering the Psyche: Fundamental Concepts in Analytical Psychology, presented by Library Education Director, Angelo Spoto.
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Members are invited to place holds on books and pick up by appointment.
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We Are a Diverse, Thoughtful, Heart-Centered Community.
The unconscious is an immense universe worthy of your careful attention. Attended to, it is a profound source of revelation and meaning in an otherwise chaotic contemporary world. The Library is a living symbol, a source containing stores of hidden or deeply buried ideas and images that want to be discovered and known. Our community exists to stimulate a process of discovery, to support psychological discernment and maturation, to spark the creative instinct, and to facilitate individuation.
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