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“A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.”
Helen Keller
"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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Photograph ~ Hellen Keller with Anne Sullivan
“I knew then that ‘w-a-t-e-r’ meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free. There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that in time could be swept away.”
Helen Keller
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Join Us in March For A Lecture & Workshop With
Guest Presenter ~ Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath
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Thursday, March 19th Lecture:
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.
Polly Young-Eisendrath, PhD is a Jungian analyst, developmental psychologist, author, and internationally recognized teacher whose work bridges depth psychology, mindfulness practice, and the psychology of adult development. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Center for Real Dialogue™, a nonprofit dedicated to cultivating psychological maturity, ethical wisdom, and humanizing dialogue across differences.
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Guest Lecturer: Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath
Lecture Date: Thursday, March 19th
Location: Saint Leo Education Building
1403 N. Howard Ave., 2nd Floor
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
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Saturday, March 21st Workshop: Can You Be Mindful When Emotionally Triggered?
This workshop introduces the Skill of Real Dialogue as a mindfulness practice for remaining present and open during emotional activation. Staying alert and responsive during emotional conflicts or disagreements requires special mindfulness skills—the ability to concentrate and remain open while being activated. This skill is essential for clinical work, organizational life, and intimate relationships. Participants will learn about human emotions, emotional entanglements, and how to track their own subjectivity in real time so that difficult conversations can be engaged without dehumanizing oneself or others.
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Guest Presenter: Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath
Date: March 21st
Location: Stovall House
4621 Bayshore Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33611
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: Members $150 / Non-Members $165
(6 CEs Pending Approval - for more information email: kelly@realdialogue.org)
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Module 3: Complex, Archetype, Symbol, Myth ~ 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 3 or for the full 12-part course by March 10th will receive an invitation to this bonus Q & A on zoom with lecture presenter and Library Education Director, Angelo Spoto.
Date: Wednesday, March 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# 8: Psychology and Religion (CW11)
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, March 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 ~ April 2nd C.G. Jung's Rehabilitation of the Feeling Function in Our Civilization
by Marie-Louise von Franz
This is the provocative, final lecture given in 1986 by Marie-Louise von Franz, a lifelong colleague of C. G. Jung and an accomplished scholar, teacher, analyst, and author. Her theme is Jung’s critique of twentieth century western culture for overvaluing the scientific method and rationalism at the expense of empathy and differentiated relatedness. She argues that the development of individual conscious relationships is the only thing that allows for the development of the human soul. Only this prevents cruelty, which, she notes, is often accompanied by sentimentality and emotionality as opposed to true empathy. She develops her theme by citing a student lecture by Jung, where he quotes Kant’s belief that an ethical stance requires a personal relationship to something beyond ordinary experience (god, the Self, the “spirit world”).
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April 16th ~ Lecture: The 10 Ox-Herding Pictures
The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures are an ancient allegory dating back to 11th or 12th century China, used to illustrate the path to enlightenment. We are going to look at the series of ten paintings through the lens of Jungian psychology. The connection with the individuation process as described by Jung over the course of 20 volumes of the Collected Works will be highlighted, noting the resonance between these 10 pictures and Analytical Psychology. These 10 images illustrate the journey of a young boy, the ox-herder, searching for his missing ox. In Zen terms, it is the search for Awakening and True Reality. In Jungian terms, it is the ego’s search for the archetypal Self. Come to the lecture to consider how East meets West by way of these amazing pictures.
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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 and very timely read. There are a select number of copies pre-ordered and available for a discounted price at the Library. Those interested in obtaining a copy, please email info@jungtampa.org to find out more.
| | | Announcing the Library's Newly Featured Artist ~ Laura Hensley | Laura Hensley, LMHC is an artist and psychotherapist based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her professional work is richly informed by Jungian theory and practice, and as a result, often includes encounters with archetypal forms and numinous energies. In tandem, her personal creative practices are grounded in Expressive Arts, a multimodal approach to healing and personal growth built on Jung’s same foundational concepts and practices, in particular his exhortation to us all, to “allow the unconscious to speak.” | | | May 2016 Mandala Making Workshop | | | |
Making Mandalas - Imaging the Whole Self ~ Thursday, May 21st from 7-9 p.m.
Join the C.G. Jung Library of Tampa Bay and 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 require absolutely no artistic “skill” or training. Art materials will be provided, though participants are welcome to bring their own if they’d like.
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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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Cate Blanchett Reading Helen Keller's Letter to the
New York Symphony Orchestra
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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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