22nd Annual Summer Seminar Series
JULY 19-24, 2015
LOVE AND ENVY: GATEWAYS TO THE SELF
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JULY 24-25, 2015
A SPECIAL WEEKEND WITH JAMES HOLLIS
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JULY 26-31, 2015
REVISIONING LATER LIFE:
NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW CHALLENGES
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PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS:
From Envy to Jealousy
Christine Downing
Although envy and jealousy are often used interchangeably, they are not the same. Dr. Downing will explore the aspects of both—particularly jealousy, the fear of losing someone to another. Jealousy is not so much the opposite of love as an integral, universal, and poten- tially transformative experience—much as Jung sees the nature of a complex. This presentation will draw from depth psychology and the world of myth and literature to help us understand our own disturbing and painful experiences.
Christine Downing, PhD, served for almost 20 years as chair of the Religious Studies Department sat San Diego State University.
Currently, Dr. Downing is on the faculty of Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she teaches in the Mythological Studies program and other degree programs. Among her many books and articles are The Goddess; Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love; Women’s Mysteries; Gods in Our Midst; Psyche’s Sisters; The Long Journey Home; and Gleanings.
Christine Downing
Although envy and jealousy are often used interchangeably, they are not the same. Dr. Downing will explore the aspects of both—particularly jealousy, the fear of losing someone to another. Jealousy is not so much the opposite of love as an integral, universal, and poten- tially transformative experience—much as Jung sees the nature of a complex. This presentation will draw from depth psychology and the world of myth and literature to help us understand our own disturbing and painful experiences.
Christine Downing, PhD, served for almost 20 years as chair of the Religious Studies Department sat San Diego State University.
Currently, Dr. Downing is on the faculty of Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she teaches in the Mythological Studies program and other degree programs. Among her many books and articles are The Goddess; Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love; Women’s Mysteries; Gods in Our Midst; Psyche’s Sisters; The Long Journey Home; and Gleanings.
Love Is a Many Splintered Thing
Dennis Patrick Slattery
“For we are in the deepest sense the victims and instruments of cosmogonic ‘ love.’” —C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Dante Alighieri’s fourteenth-century epic poem, The Divine Comedy, ex- plores the nature of love and its relation to ways of knowing. And in the middle cantica, Purgatorio, envy is also one of the faces that love assumes. Dante asks not only what the nature of love is, but also if love is a form of, or the occasion for, knowing the world in both its visible and invisible conditions in particular ways. This presentation will explore the following questions: Does the act of lov- ing mirror the way one knows oneself, others, and the world at large? If so, then what is the unique way that envy knows, perceives, understands, and shapes reality?
Dennis Patrick Slattery, PhD, has been teaching for 44 years, including the last 20 in the Mythological Studies program at Pacifica
Graduate Institute where he holds the rank of distinguished professor. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor, of 22 books, including five volumes of poetry and one novel. He has also authored over 200 articles and book reviews. His most recent book is Bridge Work: Essays on Mythology, Literature and Psychology and he has recently completed editing the forthcoming Our Daily Breach: Exploring One’s Personal Myth Through Melville’s Moby-Dick.
Dennis Patrick Slattery
“For we are in the deepest sense the victims and instruments of cosmogonic ‘ love.’” —C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Dante Alighieri’s fourteenth-century epic poem, The Divine Comedy, ex- plores the nature of love and its relation to ways of knowing. And in the middle cantica, Purgatorio, envy is also one of the faces that love assumes. Dante asks not only what the nature of love is, but also if love is a form of, or the occasion for, knowing the world in both its visible and invisible conditions in particular ways. This presentation will explore the following questions: Does the act of lov- ing mirror the way one knows oneself, others, and the world at large? If so, then what is the unique way that envy knows, perceives, understands, and shapes reality?
Dennis Patrick Slattery, PhD, has been teaching for 44 years, including the last 20 in the Mythological Studies program at Pacifica
Graduate Institute where he holds the rank of distinguished professor. He is the author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor, of 22 books, including five volumes of poetry and one novel. He has also authored over 200 articles and book reviews. His most recent book is Bridge Work: Essays on Mythology, Literature and Psychology and he has recently completed editing the forthcoming Our Daily Breach: Exploring One’s Personal Myth Through Melville’s Moby-Dick.
Envy and Love
Ann Ulanov
Love and envy go together; often, one may be the occasion for the other. Yet, envy has its own arc—one that Dr. Ann Ulanov will explore with us. In the first part of our time together we will deal with what envy is, explore the suffering it inflicts, and discuss how it comes from a wound to loving. Then we will address envy’s surprising redeeming function: its power to open the heart —to self, to oth- ers, and to goodness itself.
Ann Belford Ulanov, PhD, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City, a member of the Jungian Analytic Associa-
tion, and former Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor of Psychiatry and Religion at Union Theological Semi- nary. An internationally known lecturer and prolific author, among her many articles and books are the highly acclaimed Cinderella and Her Sisters: The Envied and the Envying; Spiritual Aspects of Clinical Work; The Wisdom of the Psyche; The Unshuttered Heart: Opening to Aliveness and Deadness in the Self; The Living God and Our Living Psyche; and Madness and Creativity.
Ann Ulanov
Love and envy go together; often, one may be the occasion for the other. Yet, envy has its own arc—one that Dr. Ann Ulanov will explore with us. In the first part of our time together we will deal with what envy is, explore the suffering it inflicts, and discuss how it comes from a wound to loving. Then we will address envy’s surprising redeeming function: its power to open the heart —to self, to oth- ers, and to goodness itself.
Ann Belford Ulanov, PhD, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in New York City, a member of the Jungian Analytic Associa-
tion, and former Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor of Psychiatry and Religion at Union Theological Semi- nary. An internationally known lecturer and prolific author, among her many articles and books are the highly acclaimed Cinderella and Her Sisters: The Envied and the Envying; Spiritual Aspects of Clinical Work; The Wisdom of the Psyche; The Unshuttered Heart: Opening to Aliveness and Deadness in the Self; The Living God and Our Living Psyche; and Madness and Creativity.
Songs of Love, Jealousy, and Ambivalence
Diana Rubin
Through song and poetry, Diana Rubin, LCSW, a psychotherapist who specializes in working with creative and performing artists, will illustrate the many aspects of love and jealousy. A former professional opera and concert singer, Diana will sing selections from the world of opera and musical theater that exemplify the power music has for expressing the very human aspects of love, jealousy, and ambivalence.
Diana Rubin
Through song and poetry, Diana Rubin, LCSW, a psychotherapist who specializes in working with creative and performing artists, will illustrate the many aspects of love and jealousy. A former professional opera and concert singer, Diana will sing selections from the world of opera and musical theater that exemplify the power music has for expressing the very human aspects of love, jealousy, and ambivalence.
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