“The Soul's Twins - Emancipate Your Feminine and Masculine Archetypes” - Presented by Dr. Jean Raffa
2021-06-12 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | OH
WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR YOU! ON JUNE 12 JACO IS HOSTING A RECENT AWARD WINNING AUTHOR TO GUIDE US THROUGH HER PARTNERSHIP PROFILE AND A DISCUSSION OF JUNGIAN ARCHETYPES.
To receive her Partnership Assessment Profile, RSVP below. She will discuss results during the second half of the program.
OUR GUEST JUNE IS DR. JEAN RAFFA
Dr. Raffa recently published “The Soul’s Twins – Emancipate Your Feminine and Masculine Archetypes”
This is the description of her book from the Nautilus Award press release:
Humanity today is plagued by a loss of meaning and alienation from self and others. The result is unprecedented levels of divorce, depression, anxiety, addictions, suicide, and crime. Because societal institutions have failed to resolve these and other everyday problems, it is now the task of each individual to heal and unite their divided self: body and spirit, conscious and unconscious, feminine and masculine. Drawing on Jungian psychology and wisdom traditions from world religions, Dr. Raffa offers a self-guided journey to heightened self-awareness and compassion for oneself and others. A self-assessment tool called the Partnership Profile gives readers a personalized status report on their inner forces, including the maturity of four feminine archetypes, four masculine archetypes, and a newly emerging archetype of egalitarian partnership. This awareness, combined with suggested practices, empowers readers to address their imbalances and create the lives for which they yearn.
A former television producer and college professor, Dr. Raffa changed directions in midlife to discover and write about her passions. Informed by over 30 years of psychological and spiritual study, her books and teachings guide others to growth and self-empowerment.

Dreams, Fantasy, and Art-Making: Revealing The Archetypal Themes Guiding Our Lives - A Second Saturday with Maggi Colwell, MS Art Therapy
2021-08-14 10:00 - 12:00 | OH
This will be a Zoom program that is free. However, to receive the Zoom link, please RSVP below. We very much hope to see you.
“My speech is imperfect. Not because I want to shine with words, but out of the impossibility of finding those words, I speak in images. With nothing else to express the words from the depths.” ~Carl Jung, “The Red Book”
Before we thought in words, we perceived our reality in images. Whether in dreams, fantasy, or art making, we image-ine our worlds and ourselves through images. Images hint and reveal the archetypal themes guiding our lives. In art therapy, images guide our conscious mind to attune with the inner workings of the unfolding of the Self.
Maggi will discuss how images give us clues to the archetypal workings in our lives through dreams and art therapy. They will lead us in an art therapy exercise for engaging in dialog with your own images.
Materials needed: paper and drawing materials (may be pen, pencil, highlighters, markers, etc.) No artistic talent necessary!
Maggi Colwell is an art therapist in private practice in Columbus. They offer art therapy, dream groups, and dream pattern
analysis. https://columbusarttherapy.com. They have a MS in art therapy from Florida State University and a masters level dream pattern analysis certificate from the Assisi Institute.

Aroma, Psyche, & Body: Creating New Narratives, with Erika Galentin
2021-09-11 10:00 - 12:00 | OH
This is a free zoom event. Please RSVP below no later than 9:30 am 9/11/2021. A zoom link then will be sent to you. The pdf flier can be found at this link: erika 2nd Sat Sept 11
Here as well is a program description:
“It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward, in counteraction to those that tend to tie it back.” Joseph Campbell,
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Join medical herbalist Erika Galentin, MNIMH, RH (AHG) of Sovereignty Herbs for a lecture exploring the role of plant-based aromas as useful tools for supporting the psyche and our journey towards what Carl Jung referred to as individuation. We will begin with a brief tour of the inner workings of our sense of smell, how aromas are perceived, and their direct influence on our
memories and emotions. This will be followed by a discussion on how emotions such as grief and shame can have significant impacts on how our bodies function. We will also explore how we can use aroma from plants to create new memories and emotions through the myths, metaphors, and stories they can carry directly to the psyche. Lastly, Erika will explore how aroma from plants can be incorporated into daily acts of self-empathy.
Erika is a MNIMH, RH(AHG) Clinical Herbalist and an ITEC certified Clinical Aromatherapist consulting from Sovereignty Herbs in Athens & Columbus, OH. She holds a degree in Herbal Medicine from the University of Wales, Cardiff, UK and Scottish School of Herbal Medicine, Glasgow, UK. She is a professional member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists (UK) and the American Herbalists Guild (USA). She is also a proud member of Pi Alpha Xi National Honor Society in Horticulture (USA). With her dedication to medicinal plants native to Ohio and the Greater Appalachian region, Erika teaches, lectures, and writes on native medicinal plant conservation and applied ecology, propagation, herbalism, and clinical efficacy. She also participates as a member of the Education Advisory Committee of the American Herbalists Guild as well as the Stewardship Committee of Appalachia Ohio Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of land and water in Southeast Ohio. She is the author of The Family Guide to Aromatherapy: A Safe Approach to Essential Oils for a Holistic Home

Bollingen Lecture: Human Dilemmas and the Everyday Truths of Folk Tales
2021-10-01 19:00 - 21:00 | OH
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Scroll below to register (buy ticket). The registration fee covers both Friday and Saturday. Registration closes at midnight September 29 so that we can be sure registrants get their zoom links. The member ticket applies to members of the Central Ohio Jung Association; First Community Church; First Unitarian Universalist Church; First Congregational Church; and King Avenue Methodist Church. There is no charge for member CEU’s; however, members must request their CEU via the RSVP below.
According to the renowned Jungian analyst and scholar, Marie Louise von Franz, “since fairy tales through the world disclose certain common themes and structures, we may assume that they spring from the most universal substrate of the human psyche.” It is for this reason that fairy and folk tales portray frequent human dilemmas, the situations that give rise to them, and paths toward their resolution. Faced as we are at this time in our lives with serious personal, cultural and global conflicts, the everyday truths of fairy tales can offer us much needed wisdom and guidance. In this weekend program we will rely upon some of these tales to focus our attention on the archetypal or universal patterns, symbols and energies that are emerging today. Our hope is that this access to the symbolic meaning of folk tales will enable us to participate in a more conscious and responsible way in our personal and cultural lives. Hopefully, it will also illustrate the usefulness of a symbolic, psychodynamic view of these tales for psychotherapeutic work.
In our Friday night meeting we will look at one Japanese tale that presents both a magical being as well as a typical human problem and dilemma. We will talk about what the author Amy Tan calls the “knot” in the tangled mess or inherited problem of being human that is always evident in these tales. We will see how this and other tales open up the magical realm of possibility, offering us a path that is broader than our personal limited viewpoint might see. As time allows, we will also reference current fiction and film that continues this tradition of connecting with the imaginal realm as a source of new possibilities for our lives.

Bollingen Workshop: Human Dilemmas and the Everyday Truths of Folk Tales
2021-10-02 09:30 - 11:30 | OH
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According to the renowned Jungian analyst and scholar, Marie Louise von Franz, “since fairy tales through the world disclose certain common themes and structures, we may assume that they spring from the most universal substrate of the human psyche.” It is for this reason that fairy and folk tales portray frequent human dilemmas, the situations that give rise to them, and paths toward their resolution. Faced as we are at this time in our lives with serious personal, cultural and global conflicts, the everyday truths of fairy tales can offer us much needed wisdom and guidance. In this weekend program we will rely upon some of these tales to focus our attention on the archetypal or universal patterns, symbols and energies that are emerging today. Our hope is that this access to the symbolic meaning of folk tales will enable us to participate in a more conscious and responsible way in our personal and cultural lives. Hopefully, it will also illustrate the usefulness of a symbolic, psychodynamic view of these tales for psychotherapeutic work.
In our Saturday workshop we will discuss a western tale that again shows us a typical mundane problem and how a heroine finds her way to survival and homecoming after her journey through a magical realm. In effect, we will be probing the often subtle challenges that present themselves to us in initially unseen ways. There will be time for discussion and exploration of the symbols and development in this tale, with special focus on where we see these same patterns in our current everyday lives.
Mara-Lea Rosenbarger is a Jungian Analyst, with the Diploma from The C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. She has a private practice in Bloomington, IN and conducts on-going reading groups studying the works of Jung and Marie Louise von Franz as well as other writers, including modern novels. She has spent many years working in the public schools as an elementary teacher, a Reading Specialist, and as an Instructional and Literacy Coach. She is currently an Adjunct Faculty member at Indiana University in The School of Education. She is particularly interested in modern and not so modern fiction and how these writers revive and re-enliven the universal patterns that are so efficiently and elementally expressed in folk tales, making this great body of
human experience accessible to so many of us in so many ways.

The Hopewell Earthworks: Spiritual Center of North America
2021-10-09 10:00 - 12:00 | OH
This is a free Zoom Second Saturday program. To receive the link, please RSVP below. The program is described here though the flier may be downloaded as well: belinda hopewell flier May the chakras of Mother Earth and her ley lines guide you to us. And though the program is free, donations are deeply appreciated. https://www.jungcentralohio.org/donate/
Did you know that 2,000 years ago Newark and Chillicothe were considered the spiritual center of North America? The Newark Earthworks are among a group of seven sites from the Adena-Hopewell era in Ohio due to be inscribed by UNESCO as World Heritage sites in 2022. Yet so many people in central Ohio know very little about them. Learn more about these sophisticated monuments of incredible astronomical and geometric precision, and about the indigenous people of the land we live on here in Ohio.
Join Belinda Gore and Marcus Boroughs of The Great Circle Alliance as they introduce you to the Newark Earthworks, how they were built and the people who built them. You will learn about the Hopewell era two millennia ago and what may have happened to them.

The 2022 Annual Bauza Lecture Presented by Dr. Richard Sweeney
2021-10-29 | OH
The Bauza Lecture, April 2022 brings a special in-person, two-hour Bauza annual program presented by the venerable Dr. Richard Sweeney, in honor of JACO Board member, Donice Wooster, who has contributed invaluable time, talent and leadership to our organization. Dr. Sweeney’s talk will draw powerful lessons from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Dummling and the Three Feathers, one of Donice’s favorites. More information will be available as we move into 2022.

Hand-Out for Understanding Self and Others Through Jung's Theory of Psychological Types, Prepared by Presenter Stephen Weed
2021-11-13 | OH
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Understanding Self and Others Through Carl Jung's Theory of Psychological Types, Presented by Stephen Weed
2021-11-13 10:00 - 12:00 | OH
This is a free JACO Second Saturday Program. More Please RSVP below to receive a zoom link. Click here for a preview.
Carl Jung’s theory of Psychological Type posits that each of us has a preferred primary or principal mental function that focuses and filters our understanding of the world. In this workshop, we will examine the 6 basic components that comprise this dominant mental function and give structure to each of his 8 psychological types.
Jung’s first distinction is between the two Attitude-Types of the Extraverted Type and the Introverted Type as a function of whether one’s energy is drawn to engage with objects in the outer world (Extraverted), or whether one’s energy tends to withdraw or disengage from objects in the objective world and focus on the inward, subjective impression within ourselves (Introverted).
Once we’ve established our preferred Attitude-Types, we will examine Jung’s descriptions of the four Function-Types – Thinking, Feeling, Sensation, and Intuition – and discuss how we may resonate with and employ each in everyday situations. Then we will look at how each of these Function-Types combines with each of the Attitude-Types to create 8 distinctive conscious orientations that characterize separate psychological types when differentiated into a dominant or principal function.
Lastly, in conversation as a group, we will share experiences and insights and develop some takeaway points for each of Jung’s 8 dominant functions.
Stephen T. Weed MS is a member of the C.G. Jung Association of Central Ohio and has presented on Jung’s Theory of Psychological Types at several Second Saturday gatherings since 2013. Stephen is a certified MBTI Master Practitioner and has worked with clients and students employing the 16 Myers-Briggs Personality Types in individual and small-group settings since 1996.
As a founding member of the teaching team at Relational Care Associates, LLC, Stephen created and facilitated personality type workshops consisting of 18 weeks of introductory, intermediate, and advanced level courses, including topics such as: Jungian Functions and Personality Type; Beebe’s Jungian Archetypes and Psychological Type; Emotional Intelligence; and David Keirsey’s Temperament Theory.
Stephen has worked or volunteered with a number of local non-profit organizations over the past 20 years, including the Friends of WOSU Public Media, Short North SID, St. Joseph Montessori School, CCAD, and the Susan Scherer Charitable Foundation. He is currently a board member with JACO and with North Central Mental Health Services.

Observations on Jung, Religion, and Spirituality, With Rev. David Hett
2021-12-11 10:00 - 12:00 | First Community, 1320 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212
The C. G. Jung Association of Central Ohio (JACO) grew initially out of depth psychology groups begun at First Community some 40 years ago. We have asked Rev. David Hett, Dean of The Burkhart Center, to present the December “Second Saturday” program, on the topic of Carl Jung’s (and followers) perspectives on religion and spirituality. Dr. Jung was the son and grandson of Protestant ministers and so brings much perspective on Christianity into his psychological work, as one of the preeminent founders of the depth psychology movement in the 20th century. Second Saturday programs are free and open to the public, and this one will be in-person at First Community South: 1320 Cambridge Blvd. 43212 Scroll below, please, to register (RSVP).

Rev. Hett, clergy member of First Community, has been a student of depth psychologist Carl Jung, and served for years on the JACO board of directors, and will bring his own insights into the interplay of Jungian thought and practice with Christian religious concepts particularly. With no claims to be an expert on Jungian psychology, he will, with his more extensive background in psychological-spiritual work, present observations on spirituality, psychology, and practice that foster personal growth and integration of personality and essence, of the human with the divine qualities of our true nature.

Observations on Jung, Religion, and Spirituality, With Rev. David Hett
2022-01-08 10:00 - 12:00 | OH
Rev. David Hett’s December program was so outstanding that the participants importuned him to present a follow-on. His material was so rich, deeply informed by diverse scholarly resources, that he said he easily could offer us more. He truly held everyone spellbound with his knowledge, humor, and engaging personality. Because we are unable to bring Dr. Fanny Brewster and Dr, Karen Naifeh in January as hoped, we have scheduled David for the January Second Saturday. It will be a free program, though the omicron variant of covid has necessitated its being a Zoom delivery. Thus it’s really important for you to RSVP (scroll down) in order to receive your zoom link. In order to get the link in time, RSVP NO LATER THAN 9 AM SATURDAY JANUARY 8.
The C. G. Jung Association of Central Ohio (JACO) grew initially out of depth psychology groups begun at First Community some 40 years ago. We have asked Rev. David Hett, Dean of The Burkhart Center, to present the January “Second Saturday” program, on the topic of Carl Jung’s (and followers) perspectives on religion and spirituality. Dr. Jung was the son and grandson of Protestant ministers and so brings much perspective on Christianity into his psychological work, as one of the preeminent founders of the depth psychology movement in the 20th century.
Rev. Hett, clergy member of First Community, has been a student of depth psychologist Carl Jung, and served for years on the JACO board of directors, and will bring his own insights into the interplay of Jungian thought and practice with Christian religious concepts particularly. With no claims to be an expert on Jungian psychology, he will, with his more extensive background in psychological-spiritual work, present observations on spirituality, psychology, and practice that foster personal growth and integration of personality and essence, of the human with the divine qualities of our true nature.

What is your favorite book in JACO’s Murtha Library collection?
2022-01-31 08:00 - 2022-02-28 17:00 | OH
The Art & Library Committee invites members of JACO to share a one paragraph review of their favorite book, which we hope to publish in the JACO newsletter. Email your review to jungcentralohio.org This is the catalog should you need to refresh your memory: JACO Library Catalog
Due to covid, the library is not yet open for browsing. Email jungaco@jungcentralohio.org if you have an interest in the library collection, which is available to members.

Van Gogh: Madness and Creativity – The Major Complexes that Governed his Life, Presented by Kathy Cleveland Bull
2022-02-26 10:00 - 12:00 | First Community, 1320 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212
Former Board member Kathy Cleveland Bull, who is exceptionally well-versed about artist Vincent Van Gogh, will discuss his life in the context of Jungian psychology. This program follows the Van Gogh Immersion and Columbus Museum of Art Van Gogh exhibits, so the timing is perfect! This is the second of a two-part program. It will go more deeply into the psychological dimensions of Van Gogh’s life. The applause after Kathy’s presentation of the first part was thunderous and sustained. The registration fee is $20, discounted to $15 for JACO members. Scroll below to register. This is an in-person event at First Community South 1320 Cambridge Blvd 43212
Kathy Van Gogh Flier

Animus – Anima: A Jungian Reset? – Presented by JACO Members Mary Marx and John Schuster
2022-03-12 10:00 - 12:00 | OH
C G Jung has been credited largely with the concept that men have an inner feminine and women have an inner masculine (i.e., the contrasexual self) which allows all people access to both gendered energies. The cultural limits of Jung’s life have created confusion for people working with and studying his writing for decades, and the non-binary choices that now exist go way beyond anything Jung saw in his time. Susan Rowland’s work on Jung and gender make an important contribution here. This session is a forum for discussion of anima and animus in a contemporary context.
Mary Marx taught English classes on myth and folktales at Chatfield College. She holds master’s degrees from UC and Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is past OLLI moderator of Myth and Symbols in Mary Renault’s The King Must Die, and Seamus Heaney’s Sweeney Astray (with R. Shanklin).
John teaches leadership coaching at Columbia University. He has an MA in literature and an MA in psychology. He is co-author of The Power of Open-book Management and author of Answering Your Call: A Guide to Living Your Deepest Purpose as well as The Power of Your Past: The Art of Recalling, Recasting, and Reclaiming. In 2018, John launched a podcast about aging with intention called Stories for the Ages on NPR.

Two Sets of Videos Available: 1. Van Gogh (Myths and Symbolic Narratives that Dominated his Life and Madness and Creativity – The Major Complexes that Governed his Life) 2. Anima/Animus: A Jungian Reset?
2022-03-21 08:00 - 2022-04-18 00:00 | OH
The Van Gogh two-part program (Kathy Cleveland Bull): Richly presented, stunningly researched and strikingly illuminating. Scroll down to tickets to access these remarkable videos.
The anima/Animus Reset program (Mary Marx and John Schuster): As a Second Saturday program, this recording is free to members. Just RSVP below. It is available to non-members for $10. Scroll below to purchase. This was a ground-breaking topic that generated much interest and much applause.

Raffle Tickets for Jung's The Red Book
2022-04-08 08:00 - 2022-04-22 17:00 | OH
Donice Wooster was an angel who served JACO, First Community Church, First Congregational Church and Apple Farms. Her gifts to us all were legendary and sadly she died this past November. One of her treasures was a copy of Jung’s exquisite Red Book, which she has bequeathed as a fund-raiser. She wanted someone else to marvel at it, to hold it and behold it and she wanted it to be a means of providing an infusion of financial support to JACO. Scroll down to purchase tickets. They are $5 each (so be sure also to select the quantity you want) and for a bonus, you can buy a packet of 5 tickets for $20 (so be sure to indicate the number of packets you want to buy). When you purchase your ticket(s) we will email you your ticket number(s). We’ll have the drawing on April 23, when Dr. Sweeney is presenting his Bauza program, which pays tribute to our beloved friend.

WHAT IS A LIFE WELL-LIVED? Jungian Reflections on “The Three Feathers” Tale Presented by Dr. Richard Sweeney
2022-04-23 09:30 - 12:00 | First Community North Campus, 3777 Dublin Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43221, 3777 Dublin Rd, Columbus, OH, 43221, United States
A description of the program follows, as well as a pointer to registration information. Here though is an interview with Dr. Sweeney about the program he is presenting.
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The Bauza lecture this year is dedicated to our long-time Jung Association member and recent board member, Donice Wooster, who passed from us in November. In her last weeks we asked her if there was a theme or topic she would like to see presented and discussed at an upcoming program. She spoke then of her love of fairytales and particularly the tale, “The Three Feathers.” We have chosen this tale as our topic, in part because, like many fairytales, it suggests ways to meet life’s conflicts and challenges. In short, it sheds light upon “what is a life well-lived.”
In the lecture portion of the program Jungian psychoanalyst, Richard Sweeney, will discuss how fairytales portray frequent human conflicts that call for a new attitude or consciousness. As Joseph Campbell once wrote, they “supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward.” In this program we will examine the central symbols of this tale and explore their relevance for negotiating the personal and cultural conflicts confronting us today. Some dream material and clinical examples will provide additional illustration, and the contributions of participants will also be invited.
Richard J. Sweeney, Ph.D. is a Jungian psychoanalyst and a licensed professional clinical counselor in private practice in Columbus and Cincinnati. He holds a doctoral degree in psychology and religion from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley and a diploma in analytical psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich, where he remains a member of its international faculty wing.
Registration – Scroll below to tickets
$35 for Members of the Jung Association and Partner Organizations Partner organizations are 1) Universalist Unitarian Church; 2) First Community Church; King Avenue Methodist Church; 4) First Congregational Church. To become a Jung Association member click here.
$45 for Non-Members
3 CEU’s $15 CEU fee for non-members Member CEUs are free (scroll below to RSVP ticket)

Soul Collage Virtual Art Exhibit Featuring 11 JACO Members
2022-05-06 08:00 - 2022-07-31 15:00 | OH
https://www.jungcentralohio.org/gallery/

WELCOME

To JACO’S FIRST Virtual Art Exhibit

Soul Collage

Featuring 11 artists – all members of JACO
SoulCollage has been described as “snapshots of the Soul.” These small creations use simple materials and spontaneous technique to express dream-like images. Colorful and archetypal, the collage image often conveys to the artist and the viewer an archetypal vision, a fitting focus for contemplation and inner exploration.
We invite you to explore this virtual art exhibit to meet eleven women artists, all members of our JACO community, to listen to interviews about how they see their work and the process of SoulCollageÒ, and to reflect on their collages as windows into the collective unconscious.
This is the first of an ongoing series of quarterly virtual exhibits, allowing us to continue the tradition of a JACO Art Gallery.
You can view the show in our virtual gallery click here to see the artwork and video interviews from the participants.

Gifts of a Life Review of Your Lived and Unlived Life - Presented by Dr. Connie Zweig
2022-05-14 12:30 - 14:00 | OH
Scroll down to RSVP to receive the link to this program.
This zoom presentation describes the traditional life review in midlife or beyond as the ego’s life review and adds the dimension of Shadow — how to connect what was expressed with what was repressed. In this way, the unlived life moves into awareness, and we can reclaim some of what was sacrificed. Using an animated Power Point, Dr. Zweig demonstrates how to review and connect our lived lives with our unlived lives, with time built into the program for self-reflection. PLEASE BRING A LARGE PIECE OF PAPER AND PENCIL/PEN.
Connie Zweig, Ph.D., is a retired therapist and writer. Known as the Shadow Expert, she is coauthor of Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow and author of Meeting the Shadow of Spirituality and a novel, A Moth to the Flame: The Life of Sufi Poet Rumi. Her new bestselling book, The Inner Work of Age: Shifting from Role to Soul, extends her work on the Shadow into midlife and beyond and explores aging as a spiritual practice. It won both the 2021 American Book Fest Award and the 2021 Best Indie Book Award for best inspirational non-fiction. Connie has been doing contemplative practices for more than 50 years. She is a wife, stepmother, and grandmother. After all these roles, she’s practicing the shift from role to soul.

In-Person, Experiential Workshop on Active Imagination, Presented by Maggi Colwell - View Also a Video Preview
2022-06-11 10:00 - 12:00 | First Community, 1320 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212
Here is a brief preview video with Maggi.

Opportunities for engagement in art making activities will be included for this workshop. No art “talent” is necessary. Suggested minimum donation of $5 for material costs. Donate here. Scroll below to RSVP, please, so that Maggi has an idea of supplies they will need.
JACO Board member Maggi Colwell will be leading an in-person, experiential workshop on one of Jung’s core methods of Active Imagination and how you can incorporate active imagination for working with your dreams, art, and fantasies as an enriching part of your personal practice.
The word image and imagination come from the Latin word imago meaning “to imitate” or to form an image in the mind from a picture. This word speaks to the roots of how humans learn, form schemas, and use symbols. The imagination is the internal “image maker.” This is the same image-maker that utilizes symbols and images in our dreams.
In this workshop, Maggi, an art therapist, will lead an experiential process with participants to get hands-on experience with active imagination to work with your own symbols and images. Active imagination, as created by Carl Jung is a method for engaging with your unconscious that is outside normal rational cognitive thought. Like light trance, meditation, or daydreaming, active imagination exercises and techniques will be explored.
This workshop will be in person, experiential, and hands-on rather than lecture focused.
Maggi Colwell, MS, ATR-BC recognized a deep interest for both creativity and dreams at a young age. As a child, they had a burning desire for painting. They found the symbolism in renaissance paintings fascinating and the strangeness of surrealism enthralling. Maggi now considers their relationship with art-making a conversation with their soul.
Professionally, Maggi received their Masters in Art Therapy from Florida State University and is a board-certified, registered art therapist. Maggi lives in Columbus Ohio and is the owner of Chiron Art Therapy, where they have a private practice in art therapy. They focus on their client’s symbolism in their artwork, dreams, and archetypal patterns in their lives. You can find out more from columbusarttherapy.com.

The I Ching as Conversational Partner, with JACO Member Jeanne Marlowe
2022-07-09 10:00 - 12:00 | First Community, 1320 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212
Because this will be an in-person event and we need to reserve space, it would be immensely helpful if you would RSP below, please. Thank you!
For important decisions, sorting priorities, puzzling dreams, learn an easy, wise way to consult the I Ching and move toward Tao – the union, dissolution, and reintegration of opposites. A few minutes of writing your deep thoughts and feelings about an emotional issue helps you ask the right questions. Hear examples from Jung, John Beebe’s Integrity in Depth, and Nathan Schwartz-Salant’s The Order-Disorder Paradox. Bring your questions and experience, especially an I Ching response that became important in your life.

Jeanne journaled over 400 I Ching queries over the past 29 years and felt enriched by every response. She will bring her Workbook compiling results for each of the 64 hexagrams – yes, she’s received all 64. She thrives on small group dialogue and currently leads a monthly writing group, open to all, at the Columbus Public Library.

Moving Toward the Transcendent - Artist Jim Slouffman - Virtual Exhibit
2022-08-01 01:00 - 2022-10-31 12:00 | OH
Virtually amazing!
Jim Slouffman has been an artist and educator for more than 50 years. He received his BFA from Wright State University in 1972 and his MFA from the University of Cincinnati in 1976. He is a member of The Greater Cincinnati Friends of Jung where he has presented on a variety of subjects. His artwork is in collections across the United States and Europe. Click here to go to this striking exhibit: https://www.jungcentralohio.org/gallery/

ARCHETYPES AND TAROT Workshop 1 of 2, With Judy Anne Morse and Belinda Gore
2022-09-07 19:00 - 21:00 | First Community, 1320 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212
This will be a two-part workshop. Scroll below to register for Part 1, please.

Tarot is a wisdom teaching expressed through 78 cards known as the Major and Minor Arcana, or Mysteries. While Jung did not write about Tarot, the “Fool”s Journey” through the Tarot leads us through the path of individuation. It is a teaching that can be used as a sacred oracle, a focus for meditation, and spiritual path for living.
In Part One of this two-part workshop, you will learn:

The history of Tarot;
The structure of the Tarot deck, with suits, court cards and trump cards;
The differences among the three major types of decks – Marseille, Rider-Waite, and Thoth;
The archetypal significance of the numbers and elements in the Minor Arcana (similar to a regular deck of playing cards);
How the Major Arcana track an archetypal path of initiation or individuation;
Four simple well-known “spreads” for using Tarot for guidance based on Jung’s concept of synchronicity: a single card spread, a three card spread, the Celtic Cross, and the Emperor’s Square.

We will conclude with an exercise in which you can determine your personal soul card and personality card from the Major Arcana. These are your guiding archetypes.
Part Two includes these topics:

Differentiating Tarot from oracle cards;
Integrating the guidance from a reading through journalling, collage, poetry and storytelling;
Learning about the influence of the “family” cards, also known as the court cards;
Layering the meaning of each card using correspondences with sound, color, astrology and Kabbalah;
How to choose a deck for yourself and how to personalize your deck;
A review of recommended resources: books, websites, and major companies that publish Tarot decks.

BIOS:
Judy Anne Morse is a Poet and a recent graduate of the Pacific Mystery School’s Kabbalah and Tarot of the Spirit Lightning Path Trilogy, Levels I, II, and III. She studied poetry and creative non-fiction at the College of Santa Fe and taught poetry and journaling at The Diarist Workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has published two volumes of poetry, Find the Essence: Poems from the Tarot, and The Offering. Her poems have been published in numerous anthologies. Currently Judy Anne lives in Columbus, OH.
Belinda Gore
Belinda Gore has been a member of JACO since its inception and currently serves on the Board of Directors. As a psychologist she has explored the development of personality and its transformation on the path of initiation using the Enneagram, dreams, and indigenous studies. She has been a student of Diamond Approach for the past 16 years.

Book Study Group - Session 1 of 2 - In Preparation for the fall (October) Bollingen Lecture and Workshop, Featuring the Works of Presenter Stan Marlan
2022-09-08 19:00 - 21:00 | OH
Dr. Marlan has published numerous articles on Jungian psychology and is the editor of four books, including Archetypal Psychologies: Reflections in Honor of James Hillman. He was a Fay lecturer at Texas A&M and the author of The Black Sun: The Alchemy and Art of Darkness. For more information on Dr. Marlan, please visit this site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanton_Marlan
This will be a two-part discussion series, offered by Zoom. To receive a Zoom link for Part 1, please RSVP below.

Second Saturday With Artist Jim Slouffman: Jungian Psychology Through an Artist's Lens
2022-09-10 10:00 - 12:00 | First Community, 1320 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212
Jim will discuss Jungian psychology through the lens of his experience as an artist. Several years ago Jung Currents featured musings on the Cosmic Egg/the World egg, at which time Jim was inspired to write the following lyrical words that are a great introduction to his soaring spirit:
“Oh cosmic egg progenitor of all, your eternal roundness speaks of the round thing, the oneness of the universe. Endless light wraps your curves. Whiteness – Darkness When your shadow eclipses worlds we shudder, gather in community and sing incantations of redemptive love. OM
When you are opened the great flame rises to the endless heavens freeing the tongues of prophetic fire to speak!”
Though this is a free Zoom program, we ask that you RSVP below please. Getting an idea of the number of participants will help Jim plan his format. Thank you!

ARCHETYPES AND TAROT Workshop 2 of 2, With Judy Anne Morse and Belinda Gore
2022-09-14 19:00 - 21:00 | First Community, 1320 Cambridge Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43212
This is the second part of a two-part workshop. Scroll below to register for Part 2, please.
Tarot is a wisdom teaching expressed through 78 cards known as the Major and Minor Arcana, or Mysteries. While Jung did not write about Tarot, the “Fool”s Journey” through the Tarot leads us through the path of individuation. It is a teaching that can be used as a sacred oracle, a focus for meditation, and spiritual path for living.
Part Two includes these topics:

Differentiating Tarot from oracle cards;
Integrating the guidance from a reading through journalling, collage, poetry and storytelling;
Learning about the influence of the “family” cards, also known as the court cards;
Layering the meaning of each card using correspondences with sound, color, astrology and Kabbalah;
How to choose a deck for yourself and how to personalize your deck;
A review of recommended resources: books, websites, and major companies that publish Tarot decks.

Judy Anne Morse is a Poet and a recent graduate of the Pacific Mystery School’s Kabbalah and Tarot of the Spirit Lightning Path Trilogy, Levels I, II, and III. She studied poetry and creative non-fiction at the College of Santa Fe and taught poetry and journaling at The Diarist Workshop in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has published two volumes of poetry, Find the Essence: Poems from the Tarot, and The Offering. Her poems have been published in numerous anthologies. Currently Judy Anne lives in Columbus, OH.
Belinda Gore
Belinda Gore has been a member of JACO since its inception and currently serves on the Board of Directors. As a psychologist she has explored the development of personality and its transformation on the path of initiation using the Enneagram, dreams, and indigenous studies. She has been a student of Diamond Approach for the past 16 years.

Book Study Group - Session 2 of 2 - In Preparation for the Fall (October) Bollingen Lecture and Workshop, Featuring the Works of Presenter Stan Marlan
2022-09-15 19:00 - 21:00 | OH
Dr. Marlan has published numerous articles on Jungian psychology and is the editor of four books, including Archetypal Psychologies: Reflections in Honor of James Hillman. He was a Fay lecturer at Texas A&M and the author of The Black Sun: The Alchemy and Art of Darkness. For more information on Dr. Marlan, please visit this site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanton_Marlan
This will be a two-part discussion series, offered by Zoom. To receive a Zoom link for Part 2, please RSVP below.

The 2022 Bollingen Lecture with Dr. Stan Marlan: Jung, Alchemy, Transformation, and Individuation
2022-10-14 19:00 - 20:30 | First Community North Campus, 3777 Dublin Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43221, 3777 Dublin Rd, Columbus, OH, 43221, United States
The following information covers the October 14 Friday evening lecture AND the October 15 Saturday workshop. Scroll below to register, please. You will find tickets listed for the Fri Lecture; for the Sat Workshop; for both Fri & Sat (discounted), as well as for CEU’s, all noted for member and non-member applicability. The location will be First Community Church, North Campus, 3777 Dublin Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43221. Thank you.
Carl Jung’s interest in alchemy came to him in 1928 after he had read The Secret of the Golden Flower, a book on Chinese meditation and alchemy from the late Tang dynasty (618–907). By the time he read the book Jung had been investigating the processes of the collective unconscious for 15 years. The book’s trope suggests the opening of consciousness to light—the journey through darkness, transformation, and transcendence. For the first time, Jung felt that he was on the right track in finding the “long-sought connecting link between Gnosis and the processes of the collective unconscious that can be observed in modern man.” (CW 20, Alchemical Studies, p.4). Our presenter, Stan Marlan, recognizes that a ‘linking of light and darkness sets the stage for a fundamental and recurring theme in both alchemy and Jungian psychology” —the unity of opposites. And that “[w]hen these tensions are held together, they catalyze a symbol-making process that produces complex archetypal images that exceed rational categories” and lead toward wholeness. (Marlan, C.J. Jung and the Alchemical Imagination, p.2).
On Friday evening, Marlan will introduce the audience to Jung’s alchemical world—why it was so important to Jung, alchemy’s basic concepts and symbolism, and how it functions as a metaphor for individuation. At the workshop on Saturday, he will continue to build upon these concepts and explore the mysterious goal of the alchemical process—the Philosopher’s Stone. He will incorporate the teachings of individuals such as Edward Edinger, Marie Louise von Franz, and James Hillman as a means of developing our understanding of Jung’s alchemical teachings; how images function in a very particular way; and, how alchemical concepts such as fire and heat can relate to the care of our own psychic wounds. Marlan will illustrate alchemical teachings using case material and dreams. He will also engage participants in discussion of their questions and comments.

The 2022 Bollingen Workshop with Dr. Stan Marlan: Jung, Alchemy, Transformation, and Individuation
2022-10-15 09:30 - 12:30 | First Community North Campus, 3777 Dublin Rd., Columbus, Ohio 43221, 3777 Dublin Rd, Columbus, OH, 43221, United States

The Unconscious Revealed - A Virtual Art Exhibit Featuring Artist and Art Therapist Maggi Colwell
2022-10-31 18:30 - 2022-12-31 20:00 | OH
A video interview of Maggi can be accessed here: https://vimeo.com/765827164/64dccac88c
Maggi discussed their work at a recent reception for the artist. It is truly glorious. The recording is available here https://vimeo.com/766910995/11f9b01058
Click here to go directly to Maggi’s luminous exhibit https://www.jungcentralohio.org/gallery/
