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From the Executive Director
Our world (and universe) is unknowable and uncertain. While my conscious attitude does not usually focus on this reality, my thoughts circulated on this notion in the days leading up to the election. Even though we now know that Senator Obama will become our next President, the country and world he will greet as a new leader are, even now, in a profound state of disruption. The unfamiliar and unknown are often seen as states to avoid, yet a foundation of Jung's psychology rests on the possibilities that lie within these states. Leaving the state of knowing and entering the unknown can seem treacherous, but that is the path all of us must walk. One facet of our mission here is to encourage the engagement with the unconscious and unknown aspects of our psyches through classes, dream circles, movie discussions, and our sliding-scale clinic for Jungian-oriented psychotherapy. An unknowable world with an uncertain future requires us to cultivate an attitude of openness towards new ways of thinking and being, a conscious recognition of the lack of any true certainty.
Patricia S. Cochran, Psy.D.
Executive Director
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Holiday Party
Save the date! Our annual Jung Center Holiday Party will be held on Saturday December 6th beginning at 7 pm.
Join us for a festive evening of delicious food, drink, and celebration of the continued growth of the Center.
This year, in response to a number of community members who suggested that we incorporate ticketed events into our fundraising efforts, we will be selling tickets to the party for a suggested donation of $15 (or $25 for 2).
Please RSVP by calling 847-475-4848 x221.
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Upcoming Programs
 Movie Viewing and Discussion:
The Visitor
Friday November 7, 7-10 pm
Facilitated by Pat Cochran, PsyD
$15 pre or drop in
 December Book Club
SHE by Robert Johnson
Tuesday December 2, 7-9 pm
Facilitated by Linda Goranson, PhD
and David Solem, MA
$15 pre or drop-in
For our December and January Book Club selections, we will use Jungian Analyst Robert Johnson's books SHE and HE to explore the masculine and feminine aspects of psyche. Both discussions are intended for both men and women.
In Robert Johnson's book SHE: Understanding Feminine Psychology, we are led through the myth of Psyche and Amor (Cupid) to gain insight into a woman's task of becoming whole, complete, and individuated. Johnson's exploration of feminine psychology is not, however, just for the woman reader. The feminine side of man, or anima, follows closely along the same path.
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Jung Corner
This is our space for reflections on quotes from Jung. We invite you to share a favorite quote from Jung along with your thoughts (you can email us via the link below). This month's reflection is from Pat Cochran.
"So difficult is it to understand a dream that for a long time I have made it a rule, when someone tells me a dream and asks for my opinion, to say first of all to myself: "I have no idea what this dream means." After that I can begin to examine the dream." Jung, Vol 8: Para. 533.
"The alternatives to this uncertain world is a certain world. In such a world, particles would follow well-determined paths with exact locations at each and every point. But this alternative is known to be unworkable. The tiny electron inside of every atom would have to radiate each and every instant in such a determined world. It would lose all of its energy and quickly fall into the nucleus. All atoms would disappear. All electromagnetic energy would vanish. All nervous systems would cease their activity. All Life would stop. For life as we know it can only exist through the blessing of uncertainty..." (Wolf, p. 250, Taking the Quantum Leap)
Along with this excerpt from Jung's essay "On the Nature of Dreams," I've included a non-Jungian quote here in order to delve more deeply into the realm of not-knowing and uncertainty. I so admire Jung's notion that without a habitual recognition about what one does not know, no movement into examination or elucidation can take place. For this counters the prevailing cultural ideal that we must always have the answer, often even before the question is posed. Wolf's quote helps us understand that underlying all creation is a fundamental, random uncertainty. Quite often, such uncertainty can be paralyzing. The Jung Center itself has faced many moments in our past when it was quite uncertain exactly how we could continue with such a tenuous financial foundation, and this situation did generate trepidation. Yet, just like a client who comes into therapy knowing not what will be unearthed, we went forth into the unknown. Out of this, volunteers, participants and donors have all appeared. There truly is potential to be found in the unknown.
To submit a quote and reflection, please click here
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