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Sophia and Sustainability   
Bernice Hill, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst    

In a time of resource depletion, climate change and pollution we find that our prevailing beliefs isolate us from nature and the mysteries of the cosmos. The rapidly closing circle of these problems requires a profound regeneration in our consciousness. Jung has written that Sophia is a prefigured archetypal process, which reconciles nature and spirit and teaches us about the unfolding process of “becoming.” If ever there was a time to be aware of this archetype, repressed but never erased from the human psyche, it is now. Sophia opens the door to inspiration, synthesis, and our transformation. 

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EROS RULES! Let Desire Reign!    
Lyn Cowan Ph.D., Jungian Analyst    

In a world where the erotic imagination, has been largely relegated to adult movies and believed to do more harm than good, some defense must be made of the stubborn fact of desire, appearing in the psychological imagination as the god, Eros. As much as Eros is associated with sexual appetite and spiritual longing, he is also associated with moral vices, such as lust and greed. But perhaps we would find his erotic style of imagination less threatening if we learned how to judge the god less and enjoy him more.  This “fairest and first-born of the gods,” as the Greeks knew him, is a complicated, powerful force in the psyche. His comings and goings take us on roller-coaster rides of strong emotions, but his way is also the way of self-knowledge and individuation.

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The Transformative Journey in Mayan Mythology  
John Hitchcock Ph.D., Jungian Psychotherapist  

A transformative journey is an arduous undertaking to reconcile the warring opposites of spirit and matter in the human psyche for the sake of wholeness. The Mesoamericans modeled this “blossoming war” in the figure of the god Quetzalcoatl (Plumed Serpent), whose spiritual quest is challenged by the supreme god Tezcatlipoca (Smoking Mirror). The transformative journey so dominated Mayan thought that the very days of their “month” were named for stages on this journey of descent into matter and ascent to enlightenment. Connections to Jung’s ideas will be brought out along the way.

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We all Love Animals  
Joe McNair, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst 

“I have always enjoyed having animals around me. As an analyst I have watched them appear in dreams, fantasies, and again and again in everyday language. Animals once held the highest level of divine esteem, only to be displaced as human consciousness became more and more concerned with the imperialism of the thinking function and the scientific attitude. Nowadays, we find animals in children’s books, fairytales, mythology, and of course in cartoons! We will load the ark and see where they want to go.”