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"Because the eye gazes but can catch no glimpse of it, It is called elusive. Because the ear listens but cannot hear it, It is called the rarefied. Because the hand feels for it but cannot find it, It is called the infinitesimal. … These are called the shapeless shapes, Forms without form, Vague semblances. Go towards them, and you can see no front; Go after them, and you see no rear.”
C.G. Jung, Synchronicity, An Acausal Connecting Principle
"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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Clock With Blue Wing (1949)
“I had only to open my bedroom window, and blue air, love, and flowers entered with her.”
Marc Chagall
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Synchronicity: The Confluence of Matter and Psyche,
When Eros Touches Soul
February 26, 27 & 28, 2026
(11 CE Credits Available)
Jung’s understanding and advocacy of the principle of synchronicity augments the reigning scientistic principle of cause and effect, acknowledging the existence of meaningful coincidences of the inner and outer worlds. This phenomenon recognizes a whole and holistic category of knowing that proves elusive, given the clear dominance of the traditional scientific paradigm. For Jung, synchronicity is an a-causal connecting principle that underlies the mysterious relationship between Psyche and Matter. While Psyche and Matter are routinely seen to exist independently, synchronicities reveal a relationship between the two that manifests a unified field, what the ancients referred to as the unus mundus, the one world.
Join the Assisi Institute & the C.G. Jung Library of Tampa Bay for a 3-day international conference, live and on zoom, exploring Jung's contribution to the re-enchantment of the universe that brings science and spirituality back into creative dialogue.
[Note: All registrants will receive zoom links prior to the conference start date as well as access to recordings following the conference. Local participants are invited to come for all or part of this rich offering of perspectives! An optional group conference dinner is planned on Friday, February 27th at BERNINI'S in Ybor City!]
LOCATION: Saint Leo Tampa Education Building, 2nd Floor
1403 N. Howard, Ave. (Free parking in adjacent lot on LaSalle)
DATES: February 26 - 28th
REGISTRATION FEE: $275 In-Person / $200 Virtual
WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION - Thursday 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
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Module 2: The Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche
Zoom 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 2 or for the full 12-part course by February 9th will receive an invitation to this bonus Q & A on zoom with lecture presenter and Library Education Director, Angelo Spoto.
Date: Wednesday, February 11th
Location: Online (Zoom)
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. (EST)
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Reading Jung: A Study of Selected Writings from the Collected Works
Session# 7: The Psychology of the Child Archetype (CW9i)
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, February 25th
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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Free Reading Discussion ~ February 5th
The Psyche and the Transformation of the Reality Planes (The Place of Creation, Vol. 3)
by Erich Neumann
The Israeli analytical psychologist Erich Neumann, whom C. G. Jung regarded as one of his most gifted students, devoted much of his later writing to the theme of creativity. This is the third volume of Neumann’s essays on that subject. Neumann found his examples not only in the work of writers and artists—William Blake, Goethe, Rilke, Kafka, Klee, Chagall, Picasso, Trakl—but as well in that of physicists, biologists, psychiatrists, and philosophers. Confronting the problem of portraying men and women as creative beings, Neumann expanded the concepts of Jungian psychology with a more comprehensive definition of the archetype and a new concept—“unitary reality.” Whether or not humanity can be restored to health from its present situation as a self-endangered species depends, according to Neumann, on whether we can experience ourselves as truly creative, in touch with our own being and the world’s being.
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Free Reading Discussion ~ March 5th
The Inferior Function
by Marie-Louise von Franz
In this volume, two world-renowned psychologists, Marie-Louise von Franz and James Hillman, give detailed accounts of C.G. Jung’s personality types. In her essay, “The Inferior Function,” Marie-Louise von Franz shows the inferior shadow side of each of the eight kinds of typical functioning, while James Hillman differentiates in his essay, “The Feeling Function,” genuine feeling from look-alikes and substitutes. Both essays are a rich source of ideas for study and an enjoyable guide for self-discovery. Full of psychological insights into personal habits, temperaments, and character.
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Upcoming Lecture & Workshop by Guest Presenter
Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath
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Behold the Gates of Mercy
This presentation draws principally on two models of substrate consciousness: Jung’s collective psyche and Buddhist understandings of mind and suffering. Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath explores trauma not only as a personal psychological wound, but as a shared human condition that shapes ethical life, imagination, and responsibility.
Speaker: Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath
Lecture Date: Thursday, March 19th
Location: Saint Leo Education Building
1403 N. Howard Ave.
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
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Date: March 21st
Location: Stovall House
4621 Bayshore Blvd.
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: Members $150 / Non-Members $165
(6 CEs Pending Approval)
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Join Us For a Year-Long Encounter With the Psyche ~A Self-Paced Study of 12 Fundamental Concepts in Analytical Psychology
You are invited to embark on a tour of the psyche as mapped by Carl Gustav Jung, to be led by Angelo Spoto — Jungian therapist of over 35 years, author of Jung’s Typology in Perspective, and Education Director of the C.G. Jung Library of Tampa Bay. This 12-part video lecture course elucidates Jung's most foundational concepts in a comprehensive and relatable way. Live virtual Q & A sessions will be offered monthly in 2026 on the scheduled dates below to enrich interaction with and integration of the material covered in the video lectures. Modules may be purchased individually or bundled at a discount in the 12-module format. Registrants will have ongoing access to the video lecture material, indefinitely. The Q & A discussions listed below are optional and free for module and course registrants, who will receive a zoom link 24 hours in advance of meetings.
2026 Live Virtual Q & A Discussions Offered on Select Monthly
Wednesdays from 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- January 14th, Q & A on Module 1: The Life & Work of C.G. Jung
- February 11th, Q & A on Module 2: The Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche
- March 11th, Q & A on Module 3: Complex, Archetype, Symbol, Myth
- April 8th, Q & A on Module 4: Persona
- May 13th, Q & A on Module 5: Ego
- June 17th, Q & A on Module 6: Typology
- July 8th, Q & A on Module 7: Shadow
- August 19th, Q & A on Module 8: Anima/Animus
- September 9th, Q & A on Module 9: The Archetypal Self
- October 14th, Q & A on Module 10: Synchronicity
- November 11th, Q & A on Module 11: Dreams & Active Imagination
- December 9th, Q & A on Module 12: Individuation
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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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Assoluta ~ The Incomparable Gelsey Kirkland ~ Spirit & Matter
The concept of simultaneity inheres within the notion of synchronicity. Place and time are not rigid structures here, but they do create a focal point for consciousness to experience what is here and not here, now and always, fleeting and eternal. Music so succinctly captures the subtle substance between spirit and matter. It is spirit-leaning, but relies on material fingers, strings, brass, bows, and hours upon hours of human engagement, craft development, discipline, and inspiration. To embody music, is to enflesh spirit in a very particular (indeed an individual) way. When a piece is played or danced in a way that enlivens the experience of the notes and the energy behind them, we describe the artist's gifted "musicality." To be musical, to uniquely translate written notes into sound, or to translate music into movement; rather, to become music, is an act of elevation. And in Gelsey Kirkland's case, it's flight.
Kirkland dancing the female lead in George Balanchine's Thème & Variations [Tchaikovsky] (filmed in the 70s, in real time - no filters, speed edits, or AI manipulations, just 47 seconds of stunning.)
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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.
We warmly invite you to browse our upcoming Calendar of Events.
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