C. G. Jung Society of Montreal
Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On:
The Role of Fantasy in Jungian Life
A lecture by Susan Meindl of Montreal
This is a Hybrid event. Registration Links Below.
In-Person: https://FantasyinJungianLifeInPerson.eventbrite.ca
In Person Capacity is Limited to 30. Book early.
Zoom: https://FantasyinJungianLifeZoom.eventbrite.ca
A short video clip of Susan Meindl about her presentation.
Friday, April 12
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (EDT)
Thomas More institute
3405 Atwater Ave. (Métro Atwater)
Members: $15; Non-Members: $20
Students/Senior Members: $10
OPQ N° de reconnaissance: RA06067-24
2 CE Credits: +$30
Daydreaming is ubiquitous and natural. Imagination has an inescapable place in all our lives. This lecture explores the roots of Jung’s interest in fantasy life and the professional, as well as very personal experiences, which led him to see fantasy as another “royal road to the unconscious." By looking at some of Jung’s early work we will see how he came to believe that “active imagination” was a pathway available to all of us and can contribute to self-understanding, healing and Individuation.
Parallel Lives:
Disorders and Delights of Fantasy and Imagination
A Seminar with Susan Meindl
Registration Links:
Zoom: https://ParallelLivesZoom.eventbrite.ca
In Person: https://ParallelLivesInPerson.eventbrite.ca
General Public:
Saturday, April 13
1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. (EDT)
3405 Atwater Ave. (Métro Atwater)
Members: $15; Non-Members: $20
Students/Senior Members: $10
Mental Health Professionals:
RA06067-24 3 CE Credits available.
1:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (EDT)
Members $65; Non-Members $75
Senior Members/Students: $60
The 3:00-4:30 session is exclusively for professionals.
INFO: (514) 971-8664
What happens when fantasy escapes the analyst’s office and wanders around “unsupervised” in the world? Lucid dreaming, immersive daydreaming, paracosm creation and the TikTok phenomenon of "reality shifting" are some of the wilder variants of active imagination. Is fantasy dangerous escapism or is it a powerful way of connecting to deeper parts of ourselves? This seminar will explore and experiment with some of the fascinating (and self-revealing) psychological uses of fantasy and imagination.
Susan Meindl is an OPQ-licensed psychologist and a psychoanalyst in private practice in Montreal. She is a graduate of McGill Counselling, the Argyle Institute and the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society training programs. She has a long-standing interest in Jungian Psychology and serves on the steering committee of the Montreal Jung Society.
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Anthology of Contemporary Theoretical Classics in Analytical Psychology:
The New Ancestors
A Four-Week Interactive Reading Seminar
This is a FREE ZOOM event.
Registration Links:
April 18: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIufuirqTgoGtza2WMmZ7RRdBb0SYeM7FZg
April 25: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZItfu6qqT8uH9SscljY9ip_ebKSRFnIte3L
May 2: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErc-GrpzwuH9zTPvbuuMH8QklZ1WH_g-xl
May 9: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvcOGpqj8rG9cPsjGJVUqCoWXC25JPNOuv
Thursdays: April 18, 25, May 2, 9
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (EDT)
FREE ADMISSION
Readings will be sent upon registration.
Please read the materials before each session to enhance the conversation.
For info please call (514) 971-8664.
April 18
The Dao of Anima Mundi
Heyong Shen draws our attention to the “mysterious heart of Dao” which expresses his understanding of ““the world soul”—anima mundi”.
The Dao (the Meaning and the Way) is called “Great”. The Great “conveys the symbolic meaning of transforming and attaining what is beyond man.” This, Shen states, “has profound implications for our understanding of individuation …”
Carol Knowlton-Dority is a Toronto-based Visual Artist whose practice brings together contemporary visual art, meditation and interactive experiences. Carol’s work offers ways of exploring and developing compassion for the deep parts of oneself and of others.
April 25
Hesitation and Slowness: Gateway to Psyche’s Depth
“He who hesitates is lost,” warned an old adage. However, according to Stanton Marlan and a myriad of other sources, quickness often betrays psyche. “Hesitation follows the curve of psyche into empty spaces … that the direct path ignores or covers over.” In other words “it is a deepening of interiority and psychological space.” It might even foster curiosity and wonder.
This essay may well propose an antidote to contemporary society’s rush to the newer and faster model.
Murray Shugar is the editor of the Montreal Jung Society newsletter and website.
May 2
On Jung’s View of the Self:
An Investigation
This evening’s text is a challenging read that may prompt lively debate like the testy exchanges between Jung himself and the theologians Martin Buber and Victor White. Based largely on Mysterium Coniunctionis, Jung’s late treatise on the self, the chapter, by the eminent Jungian analyst Murray Stein, grapples with an issue even more challenging in today`s secularist climate: whether the “self” is a psychological or a theological concept.
Harvey Shepherd is a retired newspaper reporter and editor, whose specialties sometimes included religion. He has been a member of the C. G. Jung Society of Montreal for a large part of its half-century of existence. He was president for a while. He has read bits of Mysterium Coniunctionis and hopes some day to do a deeper dive into the book itself.
May 9
From Neurosis to a New Cure of Souls
The original medical aim of psychotherapy was the removal of pathology and the return to normal living. Jung departed from this when he opened psychotherapy to a spiritual attitude. The development of the personality became a new aim and also a way of recovering a sense of meaning and creating a new way of life grounded in psychology.
Susan Meindl is a psychologist and psychoanalyst in private practice in Montreal.