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Symbols and Individuation in Global Politics and Leadership: The Case of Barack Obama

Created by Dorene Mahoney (See other events)
  • Sep 10, 2010 from 1:00am to 7:00am
  • Location: Any Home Computer or Group Site
  • Latest Activity: Jun 25, 2021
The world stage is a dramatic place full of actors surging with archetypal energies, which not only affect the world’s leaders but the countries, regions and other tribes that they serve. Caught in these unconscious storms, most countries and their leaders have no idea of the archetypal patterns into which they have fallen or how to contain them in a safe and productive manner. Instead they get “acted out” and in their most vicious forms involve troop deployments, IED’s, smart bombs, or even flying airplanes into skyscrapers. Perhaps more than any other recent leader in history, Barack Obama carries a staggering magnitude of projected fears, hopes and dreams; so much so that he was awarded a Noble Peace Prize before barely lifting a finger. Obama’s success or failure will to a large degree rest on his ability to become aware of and exploit in a positive manner these archetypal forces. In order to have true international progress, the warring polarities between the West and the rest of the world must somehow be transcended into a new reality, a “global individuation” of sorts.Join us in this 5 hour live seminar from Zurich and California where 3 world leading Jungian analysts, Murray Stein, Bernard Sartorius and Thomas Singer, will explore these profoundly important questions.For the first time ever this (and hopefully future seminars) WILL BE OFFERED LIVE TO ALL COMPUTERS WORLD WIDE. As long as your computer has high speed internet and can access our web streaming viewer, you will be able to watch the seminar live and email questions to our presenter in Zurich in real time.5 hour Seminar Schedule:1. 8:00 am (Pacific US Time) Live from Zurich, Part I: Introduction to Carl Jung on leadership, politics, and collective events with Murray Stein.2. 9:00 am (PT) Live from Zurich, Part II: Reflections on the evolution of culture in the West from ancient to the present time and the current confrontation between Islam and the West with Bernard Sartorius.9:50 pm (PT) Break3. 10:00 am (PT) Live from Zurich, Part III: “What is the contribution that Analytical Psychology can make to an understanding of international politics and leadership, with special reference to the figure of Barak Obama?” A dialogue between Murray Stein and Bernard Sartorius, with Thomas Singer and audience.4. 11:00 am - noon (PT) 1 hour “lunch” break5. Noon (PT) Live from Sonoma, Part I: Unconscious forces shaping international conflicts; The structure of the group psyche and various projective elements with regard to specific world leaders–Bush, Osama, Obama, Kennedy, etc; The theory of cultural complexes; & Obama as carrier of the transcendent function. Thomas Singer – live from California.6. 1:00 pm (PT) Live from Sonoma, Part II: Obama’s position on Afghanistan and the unconscious role the U.S. is adopting;Obama’s relationship between hero, savior, and sacrificial leader in world affairs; Obama as representing the transcendent function and it’s ability or inability to find resolution to the conflicts inherent in cultural complexes. Thomas Singer – live from California.2:00 pm (PT) End of Seminar
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