There are many reasons to read The Jung-Kirsch Letters : The Correspondence of C.G. Jung and James Kirsch edited by Dr. Ann Lammers and to attend the conference from the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco on April 28 2012. The book is a trove of historical documents that evoke a sense of how Dr….
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Bias, Trayvon Martin, and Undercurrents in American Society Len Cruz, MD “Every man has reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone but only his friends. He has other matters in his mind which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. But there are other things…
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The White Man’s Burden Rudyard Kipling Take up the White Man’s burden– Send forth the best ye breed– Go bind your sons to exile To serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness, On fluttered folk and wild– Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child. Take up the White Man’s burden– In patience to…
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I am looking forward to our seminar and discussion tomorrow night. The blog has served, for the last several weeks, as an extraordinary guide through this amazing story of Carl Jung, Sabina Spielrein and Sigmund Freud which the film depicts. I will be pulling from the blog ideas, insights, approaches and hopefully some of the passion…
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And a Woman Shall Lead Them The Feminine in A Dangerous Method By Len Cruz, MD A Dangerous Method is one of the best psychological film portrayals of the feminine I have seen in a very long time. Knowing many of the historical elements that director David Cronenberg smoothly wove together in a 95 minute…
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The long awaited Hollywood film about Carl Jung titled “A Dangerous Method” is scheduled to enter broad release across the nation this Friday, January 27, 2012. The Asheville Jung Center will be hosting 2 seminars on it; a 2 hour webinar on February 8th and a 3 hour Zurich based seminar on March 8th. Do…
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A Dangerous Method, a film by David Cronenberg based on the script by Christopher Hampton is exciting from its very first scene in which Keira Knightley portrays the disturbed young Sabina Spielrein. Then over time as her healing begins and the secrets of her sexual perversions are brought to the light of consciousness, she begins…
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A close friend of mine, a psychotherapist, told me when she walked out of the theater after seeing this film she struggled getting her footing. I too found the film to be unexpectedly disturbing like when you wake up in the middle of the night after hearing a sound and you begin quietly searching the…
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One way we might pay our respects to James Hillman is to redouble our efforts to grow down as we honor the unique journey of awakening and individuation that belongs to each.
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SELF CARE IN THE MIDST OF INNER & OUTER FAULT-LINES Reflections on the impact and significance of the Christchurch earthquakes An address to the Christchurch Branch of the New Zealand Assn of Counsellors by Joy Ryan-Bloore, Jungian Analyst _______________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Since 4 September 2010, we, the people of Christchurch have been subjected to ongoing,…
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