Angels come to inform us about the life we are meant to live. It was Gabriel who helped Mary to understand what she was bringing into the world. So too, the angel Raphael helped Tobiah find his way to Sarah.
Angels and archetypes accompany us as we journey through life. Perhaps at those moments when we have the uncanny sense of the presence of another, we are actually feeling the presence of archetypes taking our hand, and shaping our actions. The archetypes as " natures constants" brings us into relationship with the "antique soul" and the history of humanities journey through life. While we need to find our own way into these universal thresholds, the archetypes speak of a life which has existed since the beginning of time. From birth to career, to marriage, and on to our destiny, we find our steps follow those of our ancestors as they too strove to find a way to the Self.
In this seminar we will look at the presence and influence of the feminine and masculine archetypes in daily life, and come to know them through their symbolic representations, including their animal form, behaviors, tendencies, and proclivities. For a woman, her life may be expressive of the father-daughter archetype, or Athena, Artemis, the prophetess Deborah, Hera, Persephone, the puella, or Demeter. For the man, his life may be captured by the puer archetype, or by Phaeton, Zeus, Apollo, or Hephaestus. We will also see that the integration of the contrasexual is a vital necessity in the life of every man and woman.
This program brings together two leading Jungian scholars who will present an in-depth discussion and exploration of the workings of the masculine and feminine archetypes and how these often accompany us throughout life. To deepen this work, Dr. Susan Rowland and Dr. Michael Conforti will each teach for two days so as to have the opportunity to discuss the influence and presence of these archetypes as they appear in modern life, in dreams, literature and the cinema.
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