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"The Jung-White Letters"
  A theatrical portrayal & discussion

   Live from Zurich
   Saturday, November 7th, 2009

      [due to time Zones Melbourne Australia will split the seminar into

      2 parts on October 31 and November 14th]
a Global Video Seminar:
viewable from any PC or group site with high speed internet

  

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 Watch this brief trailer highlighting the theater piece we will be broadcasting and discussing from Zurich.  
         

This fall, the International School of Analytical Psychology in Zurich will stage a theatrical performance of The Jung-White Letters (Routledge, 2007). This correspondence describes a dramatic trajectory in the intense personal relationship and intellectual exchange between the aged psychologist,

C. G. Jung, and the younger Roman Catholic theologian, Victor White, O.P. 

 

A Performance of

THE JUNG-WHITE LETTERS

 

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In 1945, shaken by the terrible revelations of the War that was ending, two men became caught up in a shared mission to transform the spiritual and psychological life of the western world. Driven by this enormous vision, C.G. Jung and Victor White, each a master in his field, agreed to work together on the borderlands of psychology and religion. They risked much on the venture. White, especially, risked his career as a Dominican theologian and arguably his life. In time it became clear that, in their irresolvable debate about the problem of evil, they faced a major stumbling block. This argument revealed the true depth of the chasm between their thought-worlds. Their friendship survived many bruises but, with Jung's Answer to Job and White's published response to it, the relationship broke almost beyond repair. Taken as a whole, their story is a tragedy. But like all classical tragedies, it has vital interludes of laughter and healthy glimpses of eros - both profane and sacred.

The performance is based on a careful selection of the letters exchanged between Prof. Carl Jung and Fr. Victor White, O.P. between 1945 and 1960. It is an unforgettable experience of drama and intellectual stimulation as the story of this rich and multifaceted relationship unfolds.

 

The cast: Paul Brutsche (C.G. Jung), John Hill (Victor White), Heike Weis (Barbara Robb, the Soror Mystica), Ann Lammers (Narrator)

 

Murray Stein will give an introduction to the performance.

 

The performance, which has been staged in Zurich and London on several previous occasions and to rave reviews, lasts for 90 minutes and will be followed by a live and interactive discussion with Murray Stein from Zurich.

 

 

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Date:

Saturday, November 7th, 2009 

 [due to time Zone limitations, Melbourne Australia will split the seminar into 2 parts on October 31 and November 14th]

 

Cost:

$40 per person; with online registration to multiple international sites

 

Location:

Any group with high speed internet can become a partner with us in this program.  Please e-mail us at AshevilleJungCenter@charter.net if  you would  like more information on joining us.

 

 

North America Time Zones:

 

Eastern Standard Time:

9am-10:30 am Jung-White theater piece (DVD or web streamed)

11 am – 1pm Live discussion with Murray Stein from Zürich

 

Central Standard Time:

10 am – noon Live discussion with Murray Stein from Zürich

12:30 pm – 2 pm Jung-White theater piece (DVD or web streamed)

 

Mountain Standard Time:

9 am – 11am Live discussion with Murray Stein from Zürich

11:30 pm – 1 pm Jung-White theater piece (DVD or web streamed)

 

Pacific Standard Time:

8 am – 10 am Live discussion with Murray Stein from Zürich

10:30 am – noon Jung-White theater piece (DVD or web streamed)

 

European Time Zones:

 

Ireland Standard Time:

14:00 – 15:30 Jung-White theater piece (DVD or web streamed)

16:00– 18:00 Live discussion with Murray Stein from Zürich

 

Zurich Time:

15:00 – 16:30 Jung-White theater piece (DVD or web streamed)

17:00– 19:00 Live discussion with Murray Stein from Zürich

 

Australia / New Zealand Time:

[due to time Zone limitations, Melbourne, Australia will split the seminar into 2 parts on October 31 and November 14th]