FREE ONLINE EVENT
Sunday, September 11, 2022, 11 am - 1 pm PDT (UTC -7)
REGISTRATION with your email address is required. After registering, you will receive an email containing the Zoom link.
This program will be recorded and made available for free, upon email request, to all who register for the program and to Club members.
The famous Grimms’ fairy tale “The Queen Bee” illustrates the human longing for psychic wholeness. The beginning of the tale is dominated by rational cleverness and the supremacy of the ego, an attitude which is one-sided and no longer appropriate. This lecture will examine all the wonderful redeeming symbols in the tale which represent archetypal aspects of our psyche and will explore how relating to these can bring about healing and allow our inner opposites to unite.
Susanne Weiss was born and raised in Zürich, Switzerland and now lives in Winterthur. She holds a Master’s degree in French and German Literature and Linguistics from the University of Zürich. After obtaining a teaching diploma, she spent ten years teaching high school French. She then began to study analytical psychology, graduating from the Research and Training Centre for Depth Psychology according to C.G. Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz in Zurich, with a thesis on a psychological interpretation and comparison of three tales about courtly love by Marie de France, a 12th century French poet. She has been in private practice as a Jungian analyst since 2016.
Learning Objectives
- List the many symbols in the Grimms’ fairy tale “The Queen Bee” and explain how they teach us about aspects of the human psyche.
- Explain how understanding the role of animal symbols in fairy tales can help humans heal.
- Define the Jungian concept of the Self and identify how it manifests in this fairy tale.
THE C.G. JUNG CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY
The C.G. Jung Club of Orange County provides quality educational programs designed to promote the study and discussion of Jungian Psychology, also known as Analytical Psychology. The programs elaborate and amplify the ideas of C.G. Jung by exploring diverse perspectives of Jungian Psychology, as well as a wide range of subjects studied by Jung and his followers, such as mythology and comparative religion. We seek to understand the human psyche through the psychological theories and therapeutic methods pioneered by C.G. Jung and the current use of Jungian concepts by contemporary Jungian analysts.
For information about obtaining CEs for this program visit our Continuing Education page
For more information about the Jung Club of Orange County, visit the Club's website
photo credit: Bee pendant, Minoan culture, 1800-1700 BCE, Malia, Isle of Crete, Greece. Source: Wikimedia Commons
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