WORKSHOP:
"Dreaming with Open Eyes: Active Imagination as Illustrated by the Paintings of Barbara Hannah"
Saturday, September 11, 10:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. (5 CEUs)
First Congregational Church UCC
Fee: Friends - $65 Others - $75 (includes lunch)
Full-time Students - $37.50 (no lunch)
Suggested Reading: The Red Book

     According to Jung, the main interest of his work was “not the treatment of neurosis, but the approach to the numinous.” During his personal encounter with the unconscious he developed activeimagination as “a tool and a technique to unite image and meaning.” Active imagination emerged as method from his meditative sand play, his mandala drawings, his visionary and dream experiences and was documented in such works as Septems Sermones, the active imaginations in his Black and Red Books. His creative opus culminated in his building of the tower at Bollingen. Jung regarded active imagination as the expression of the individuation process itself.
    In addition, to illustrate the methodology, slides from the active imagination series created by Barbara Hannah during her analysis with Jung will be shown and discussed. This historical, and rarely viewed material will provide insight into the earliest development of active imagination as a method and illustrate how Jung experienced it in his life. The methodology of using active imagination in therapy will also be discussed. Bring colored drawing pencils, and an eraser.

Judith Savage, LICSW, LMFT, is a Jungian analyst in private practice in St. Paul, a licensed independent, clinical social worker, and a marriage and family therapist. She has been on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Assn. of Marriage and Family Therapists, a past executive officer of the Inter- Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, and is currently a member of its Training Committee. She is the author of Mourning Unlived Lives: A Psychological Study of Childbearing Loss, and a contributor to The Soul of Popular Culture. A former coordinator and treasurer of the Minnesota Seminar in Jungian Studies, she is currently a member of its core faculty.

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Texting and Sexting: Hermes Trumps Aphrodite
Presented by Francesca Ferrentelli

LECTURE: Friday, November 19, 7:00 P.M.–9:30 P.M. (2 CEUs) 
First Congregational Church UCC - Picture of the Church
6501 Wydown, Clayton, MO 63105 - See a map at
Fee: Friends - $15; Others $20; Full-time Students $10

    Hermes, the Greek god of communication and technology, served as the messenger of the gods. He was a clever inventor, the patron of business and commerce, and psychopomp: the one god who safely traveled between the Upper and the Underworld. He is also a trickster god. In Kinds of Power James Hillman briefly mentions that the hypertrophy of media has caused Hermes to encroach into the realm of the other gods. Love, desire, and romance had once been the sole realm of Aphrodite and Eros, but with our increasing dependence on technology, Hermes had begun to invade their territory. Hillman wrote these sage words in 1997! Now, in 2010, we are even more dependent on technology, and Hermes has clearly rooted himself into the realm of Aphrodite and Eros. Today media, social media, electronic messaging, computer dating, texting, and sexting (texting with sexual intentions) are firmly implanted in our society. Thus, Hermes’ power drives, shapes, makes, and breaks many aspects of love, romance, and desire. Many times, too, his trickster aspect is at work.
    Although many shadow aspects of this archetypal shift exist, Francesca Ferrentelli will focus on the fun, lighthearted, and clever aspects of Hermes’ sway. She will use film clips (from old and newer films) to demonstrate how Hermes can charm, flirt, love, and trick his way through the realm of love, romance, and desire.

Francesca Ferrentelli is a psychotherapist, mythologist and storyteller. She received her doctorate in Mythological Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute, and her MA in Professional Psychology at Lindenwood College. Dr. Ferrentelli specializes in eating disorders, and lectures widely. She is the Program Manager of the Outpatient Behavioral Health Program at the St. Mary’s Health Center, has a private practice in Tower Grove south and contracts as a therapist through St. Alexius Hospital, Des Peres. You may contact Francesca at (314) 283-5664 or email her at drcheska@sbcglobal.net.

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Study Groups

Ring of Power: Symbols and Themes Love vs. Power
in Wagner's Ring Circle and in Us: A Jungian-Feminist Perspective,
by Jean Shinoda Bolen
Presented by Ellen Sheire, M.A.

    We will explore Shadow and Projection through presentation of theory, film, and discussion. A deeper understanding of these concepts enables us to look at our own projections and gain a better realization of those aspects of ourselves that make us uncomfortable with who we are. Shadow contains not only elements that we consider wrong, or evil, but also qualities we consider good, that we have not yet recognized in ourselves. Participants are asked to view the film “The Secret Life of Dentists” prior to the first meeting of this study group, and later, “The Mirror Has Two Faces” and “Chocolat.” Clips from these will be shown during our meetings to enhance understanding and discussion.

Shirley Fontenot, D.Min., received her Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago in 1993. She is a Jungian analyst in private practice in St. Louis. Shirley specializes in Sandtray and the intersection of ungian Psychology and Spirituality. Shirley can be contacted at (314) 726-0079 or (314) 740-0105. Her e-mail address is shirleyfontenot@gmail.com and her website is http://web.me.com/shirleymfontenot. Class limit of 10, held in an office in University City.

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Facets of Analytical Psychology -
A Taste of Jung
Because of the increased interest in Jungian Psychology, this five-session course is being offered in
Kansas City, MO, and Fayetteville, AK, on the same dates and at the same time, presented by different analysts. 
For detailed information, please e-mail or call Rose Holt (rosefholt@gmail.com) and (314) 726-2032.

5 Sundays; 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
First Congregational Church UCC - Picture of the Church
6501 Wydown, Clayton, MO 63105 - See a map at
Fee: Friends - $150 Others - $175 10 CEUs

The C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis is offering this overview course on Analytical Psychology to provide the general public as well as clinicians an opportunity for more in-depth and formal study. Five area analysts will each teach one session of this five session course, providing participants with a wide variety of approaches to the subject as well as a more comprehensive study of specific topics. If there is sufficient interest, this introductory course may be extended in future Society offerings for formal study.

October 3 -- Overview of Analytical Psychology
Instructor: Sheldon Culver
This first class of the seminar will focus on the origins and essentials of Carl Jung’s psychology: the core concepts that he developed, and how they derive and differentiate from the thinking of his early mentor, Sigmund Freud. The session will include functional terminology, essentials of the analytic process, the role of images and symbols (dreams, mythologies, fairytales and religions) in the process of one’s journey toward individuation, and note the various “schools” related to Analytical Psychology that have grown out of Jung’s seminal work. We will also look at how Jung used his personal experience to test his perceptions. The objective of this class is to ground the participants in a common understanding of the breadth of Analytical Psychology, in preparation for the ensuing sessions. Required Reading: The Psychology of C.G. Jung, Jolande Jacobi. Sug. Reading: Memories, Dreams, Reflections, C.G. Jung and The Discovery of the Unconscious, Henri Ellenberger

October 10 -- Ego, Shadow, Persona:
A Jungian Perspective on Man’s Field of Consciousness
Instructor: Ellen Sheire
Only after discovery of the psychic territory Freud described and mapped out as “unconscious” do conscious mind and the study of its qualities become a legitimate area to research. My talk will elaborate C.G. Jung’s early work leading to mapping out and describing contents in the field of consciousness. Sug. Reading: C.G. Jung, Aion Vol. 9, II (from Coll. Wks.) (1st 2 chapters); Edward C. Whitmont, The Symbolic Quest; E. Harding, The i and the not i; Robert H. Hopcke, Persona: Where Sacred Meets Profane (1995); Robert A. Johnson, Owning Your Own Shadow.

October 17 -- Complex Theory
Instructor: Shirley Fontenot
Complexes are emotionally charged split off parts of our personality that are based in personal history. Our complexes affect how we experience everyday life, and when circumstances resemble that part of our personal history we can be caught in the grip of that complex in a way that it replaces ego consciousness, causing us to act out in ways very different from normal. In hindsight we might say or think, “What possessed me?” Sug. Reading: Chapter 4 - “The Complex” in The Symbolic Quest by E.C. Whitmont.

October 24 -- Individuation/Spirituality/Psychology
Instructor: Rose Holt
Jung studied the major world religions extensively and was deeply interested in the relationship between psychic processes and the images, symbols, and rituals of religion. He believed there was a natural function, instinctual in nature, within individuals that drives towards its own ends. When thwarted, like any instinctual process, the religious function can create difficulties in the personality. We will explore Jung's "Answer to Job," his late-life thought on the relationship of an individual to an often unconscious god- mage existent in the psyche. As is always the case in studying Jung's works, we will focus primarily on the implications for us and for our lives in the world. Sug. Reading: Jung’s “Answer to Job” to be found in Joseph Campbell’s anthology, The Portable Jung.

October 31 -- The Creative Process
Instructor: Mary Barron
This seminar will explore Jung’s ideas about the creative process set forth in volume #15 of his collected works titled: On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry. Jung chose poetry as the vehicle for this lecture, first given in 1922, because it was the art form with which he was most familar. My interest is more focused on the field of the visual arts so that my insights or examples will be from this perspective. Whether it is visual art, poetry, literature or music, Jung searches always for the primordial image, the archetype. Sug. Reading: In vol #15 Jung’s Coll. Wks., para. 97-132, pp 65-83.

Instructors:

    Mary Wells Barron, M.A., M.I.M., M.B.A., is a Jungian analyst in private practice in St. Louis. Trained in Zurich, she served on the Training and Admissions Committees of the IRSJA. Mary is working on a manuscript, Alchemical Art, on the power of art to transform thought and behavior patterns. Special interests: the healing power of images and the body as a voice of the soul.
    Sheldon Culver, M. Div., is both a Jungian analyst with a private practice in St. Louis and an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and Diplomate of IRSJA. She has taught numerous classes in theology and Analytical Psychology.
    Shirley Fontenot, D.Min., is a Jungian analyst in private practice in St. Louis. She received her Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago in 1993. Shirley specializes in Sandtray and the intersection of Jungian Psychology and Spirituality.
     Rose Holt, M.A., is a Jungian analyst in private practice in St. Louis. She serves as advisory analyst to the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis and is on the faculty of the Chicago Analyst Training Program. She has taught numerous courses in Analytical Psychology.
    Ellen Sheire, M.A., is a Jungian analyst in private practice in St. Louis. She received her analyst’s diploma from the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich in 1972. She subsequently established a private practice in Vienna, Austria, where she founded the first IAAP approved Jungian candidate training group. With 36 years of experience, she continues to train analytic candidates in the Inter- Regional Society of Jungian Analysts.