March 1-2, 2024 The Red Book: Jung’s Confronta6on with the Unconscious
Jan Stannard, M.D.
The years when I was pursuing my inner images were the most important in my life – in them everything essential was decided. It all began then; the later details are only supplements and clarifications of the material that burst forth from the unconscious and at first swamped me. It was the prima materia for a lifetime’s work.
C.G. Jung, Confrontation with the Unconscious, MDR, 1963
Seminar Description
In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost. Thus wrote Dante, in the 14th century. Five centuries later, Jung too was plunged into a midlife crisis just as he had reached the pinnacle of his professional career; life had lost all the meaning which it had once held for him. He had lost his soul. During this dark period, he journaled about visions, dreams and dialogues with inner, archetypal figures. In this seminar we will explore the influences which contributed to Jung’s opus, examine its content and consider: what is the Red Book’s message for our 21st century world?
Objectives
Participants will be able to
Required Reading
Jung, C.G. Confrontations with the Unconscious (Chapter VI, about 25 pp, a good overview of this topic)
Red Book of C.G. Jung,
Sonu Shamdasani Introduction pp 194-221
Liber Primus pp 229-254 (Anima/Soul)
Liber Secundus pp 259-288 (Red One and Anchorite); pp 312-316 (The Magician/Philemon)
Scrutinies pp 346-359 (Philemon/Septem Sermones)
Supplemental Reading (recommended, not required)
Sanford L. Drob: Reading the Red Book: An Interpretive Guide to C. G. Jung’s Liber Novus [*Mar 28, 2023 ed*]
(best used in conjunction with the Red Book); available on AMZ $39.95 pprbk or $31.16 Kindle
Murray Stein (ed); Jung's Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul In the 21st Century - An Eranos Symposium
Volume 5 Dec 5, 2022 (essays) Available on Kindle $9.99
Assignment
Write 2-3 pages on some aspect of the Red Book: character, process, theme, dialogue, image or anything else to which you feel drawn and which you would be prepared to share with the group.
Biography
Jan Stannard, M.D. is a Jungian analyst and psychiatrist in private practice in Little Rock, Arkansas. She became interested in Jung whilst in high school, through reading MDR. After graduating from the University of London, UK, in Classics, she taught college for 4 years, before coming to the U.S. After medical school and psychiatric residency, she was able to pursue her dream of becoming a Jungian analyst. She led a dream group for 12 years, during which she began training with the IRSJA. Her Jungian thesis – Incarnation – brings together Jungian psychology, involving spirit, mind and body, along with emerging neuroscience discoveries and developmental studies, in the process of individuation. Jan is an active member of the IRSJA and a founding member of HAJA.
Jan Stannard, M.D.
The years when I was pursuing my inner images were the most important in my life – in them everything essential was decided. It all began then; the later details are only supplements and clarifications of the material that burst forth from the unconscious and at first swamped me. It was the prima materia for a lifetime’s work.
C.G. Jung, Confrontation with the Unconscious, MDR, 1963
Seminar Description
In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost. Thus wrote Dante, in the 14th century. Five centuries later, Jung too was plunged into a midlife crisis just as he had reached the pinnacle of his professional career; life had lost all the meaning which it had once held for him. He had lost his soul. During this dark period, he journaled about visions, dreams and dialogues with inner, archetypal figures. In this seminar we will explore the influences which contributed to Jung’s opus, examine its content and consider: what is the Red Book’s message for our 21st century world?
Objectives
Participants will be able to
- name the factors which converged to precipitate Jung’s confrontation with the unconscious.
- describe and contrast the spirit of the times and the spirit of the depths and what they symbolized.
- discuss how the images and concepts emerging from Jung’s unconscious in the Liber Novus appear in his later work
- explain why Jung abruptly abandoned work on the Red Book
- list three ways we might distinguish between Jung’s encounter with the unconscious, and mental illness.
Required Reading
Jung, C.G. Confrontations with the Unconscious (Chapter VI, about 25 pp, a good overview of this topic)
Red Book of C.G. Jung,
Sonu Shamdasani Introduction pp 194-221
Liber Primus pp 229-254 (Anima/Soul)
Liber Secundus pp 259-288 (Red One and Anchorite); pp 312-316 (The Magician/Philemon)
Scrutinies pp 346-359 (Philemon/Septem Sermones)
Supplemental Reading (recommended, not required)
Sanford L. Drob: Reading the Red Book: An Interpretive Guide to C. G. Jung’s Liber Novus [*Mar 28, 2023 ed*]
(best used in conjunction with the Red Book); available on AMZ $39.95 pprbk or $31.16 Kindle
Murray Stein (ed); Jung's Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul In the 21st Century - An Eranos Symposium
Volume 5 Dec 5, 2022 (essays) Available on Kindle $9.99
Assignment
Write 2-3 pages on some aspect of the Red Book: character, process, theme, dialogue, image or anything else to which you feel drawn and which you would be prepared to share with the group.
Biography
Jan Stannard, M.D. is a Jungian analyst and psychiatrist in private practice in Little Rock, Arkansas. She became interested in Jung whilst in high school, through reading MDR. After graduating from the University of London, UK, in Classics, she taught college for 4 years, before coming to the U.S. After medical school and psychiatric residency, she was able to pursue her dream of becoming a Jungian analyst. She led a dream group for 12 years, during which she began training with the IRSJA. Her Jungian thesis – Incarnation – brings together Jungian psychology, involving spirit, mind and body, along with emerging neuroscience discoveries and developmental studies, in the process of individuation. Jan is an active member of the IRSJA and a founding member of HAJA.
April 5-6, 2024 Shadow
David Schoen, St. Louis, MO
Seminar Description
The Seminar will focus on Jung’s view of the Shadow from both personal and archetypal points of view. We will explore the relationship of the Persona and Personal Shadow, and the Archetypal Shadow implications in myth, fairy tales, religion, and real life. Participants will share examples of shadow personally, with clients, and in society and the collective.
Objectives
Participants will be able to
Required ReadingJung, C.G., The Shadow, CW 9ii, pp.8-10
Jung, C.G., Man and His Symbols, (shadow)
Jung, C.G., Memories, Dreams, Reflections, pp 398-399
Schoen, David, The War of the Gods in Addiction, pp. 47-96 (2020)
Johnson, Robert, Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche (2009)
Supplemental Reading (recommended, not required)Mattoon, Mary Ann, Jung and the Human Psyche: An Understandable Introduction, p. 17 (2005)
Jung, C.G., The Undiscovered Self, p, 301
Bly, Robert, A Little Book on the Human Shadow, (1988)
Assignment
Come prepared to share and discuss what you have observed of your own personal shadow, what it looks like in others, in society and in the collective. What you have seen of Archetypal Shadow.
Looking forward to exploring the darkness with you.
BiographyDavid Schoen, LCSW, MSSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and an IAAP Certified Jungian Analyst,
Practicing in Covington, Louisiana, near New Orleans. He has a background as an alcoholism chemical dependency counselor. He is a Senior Analyst with the Inter-Regional
Society of Jungian Analysts, co-founder and coordinator of the New Orleans Jungian Training Seminar, and advisor to the C.G. Jung Society of Baton Rouge. David lectures and teaches nationally and internationally. He has published internationally and is a Louisiana poet. His books include: Divine Tempest: The Hurricane as a Psychic Phenomenon (1998), The War of the Gods in Addiction: C.G. Jung, Alcoholics Anonymous and Archetypal Evil (2009), Always a Fighting Tiger: Memoirs of an Ordinary LSU Football Fan (2014)
David Schoen, St. Louis, MO
Seminar Description
The Seminar will focus on Jung’s view of the Shadow from both personal and archetypal points of view. We will explore the relationship of the Persona and Personal Shadow, and the Archetypal Shadow implications in myth, fairy tales, religion, and real life. Participants will share examples of shadow personally, with clients, and in society and the collective.
Objectives
Participants will be able to
- Describe Jung’s concept of Shadow
- Distinguish between Personal Shadow and Archetypal Shadow
- Be able to give examples of Shadow in individuals and in society
Required ReadingJung, C.G., The Shadow, CW 9ii, pp.8-10
Jung, C.G., Man and His Symbols, (shadow)
Jung, C.G., Memories, Dreams, Reflections, pp 398-399
Schoen, David, The War of the Gods in Addiction, pp. 47-96 (2020)
Johnson, Robert, Owning Your Own Shadow: Understanding the Dark Side of the Psyche (2009)
Supplemental Reading (recommended, not required)Mattoon, Mary Ann, Jung and the Human Psyche: An Understandable Introduction, p. 17 (2005)
Jung, C.G., The Undiscovered Self, p, 301
Bly, Robert, A Little Book on the Human Shadow, (1988)
Assignment
Come prepared to share and discuss what you have observed of your own personal shadow, what it looks like in others, in society and in the collective. What you have seen of Archetypal Shadow.
Looking forward to exploring the darkness with you.
BiographyDavid Schoen, LCSW, MSSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and an IAAP Certified Jungian Analyst,
Practicing in Covington, Louisiana, near New Orleans. He has a background as an alcoholism chemical dependency counselor. He is a Senior Analyst with the Inter-Regional
Society of Jungian Analysts, co-founder and coordinator of the New Orleans Jungian Training Seminar, and advisor to the C.G. Jung Society of Baton Rouge. David lectures and teaches nationally and internationally. He has published internationally and is a Louisiana poet. His books include: Divine Tempest: The Hurricane as a Psychic Phenomenon (1998), The War of the Gods in Addiction: C.G. Jung, Alcoholics Anonymous and Archetypal Evil (2009), Always a Fighting Tiger: Memoirs of an Ordinary LSU Football Fan (2014)