Learn about the most recent efforts to bring Jung's vast unpublished works to print, as the Philemon Foundation offers this first in an occasional series of updates on its vital work.
A conference call for those interested in Jungs thought has been organized by Donna Lee. Intended for non-analysts as well as analysts, some subjects for discussion include dreams and connecting African-Americans to Jungian thought. The weekly calls are held on Saturdays beginning at 9pm ET; the only cost is the long distance charge, if you are not calling from a local number. The number is: (712) 580-7700 and the code number to enter the conference is: 3251958. For more information, contact Donna Lee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Dolores Brien reviews Sophia Heller's new work The Absence of Myth, in which the author aims to deconstruct theories that consider myth to be essential to our psychic and spiritual well-being.
Jungian analyst Bernice Hill explores the history and contemporary appearance of the warrior archetype in America and discovers the ways that the spiritual warrior's relationship with money can be empowering and transformative. 
Analyst James Shultz explores shame from a Jungian perspective and argues that, by recognizing and acknowledging shame, we can stop defending ourselves against it and open a window on the shadow.
Camille Paglia is a celebrity maverick as a feminist, classicist, literary and art critic who loves to deconstruct the post-modernists and who has decided and personal opinions on many other subjects as well. One of her abiding concerns is what she observes to be the desperate condition of the humanities in our colleges and universities. In a talk given in November 2005, Erich Neumann: Theorist of the Great Mother, she speaks glowingly of Neumann as a scholar in the great humanist tradition and compares his insights into the feminine favorably in contrast, for example, to Freud and to goddess feminism which was popular in the eighties (and she claims, is still so only more muted). She also adds a gloss on her opinion that Jungian approaches have regrettably played no role whatsoever in high-profile academic feminism. This talk, expanded and published in the humanist and classics journal Arion ( vol. 13, no. 3) is available for downloading at http://www.bu.edu/arion/
We are deeply saddened by the death of New Orleans analyst Battle Bell III. Battle passed away of a stroke precipitated by his lymphoma on Monday, June 26.His funeral was Saturday, July 1, in New Orleans, and the richness Battle brought to so many lives was evident in the ample attendance. He will be sorely missed by all, especially his wife, Susan, and his two wonderful children. Please click the title above to read an excerpt from Battle's obituary.
Dolores Brien continues her examination of Wolfgang Giegerich's essay "The End of Meaning and the Birth of Man" in this latest collection of posts to her weblog "A Jungian Notebook."
Ian Baker, 74, was a participant and training analyst with ISAPZURICH. A beloved teacher and specialist in mythology, Baker died unexpectedly of heart failure in London on Saturday, June 10th 2006. Click on the title above to read the text of ISAP President Dr. Paul Brutsche's letter to the Jungian community.
Filmmaker and Jungian Analyst Stephen Witty has completed post-production of his fifty-seven minute documentary Where We Are: Jungian Analysts in the Twenty-First Century an insiders look into the Jungian world, a century after the birth of Jungian analysis. The film will receive its premiere at the April meeting of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian analysts in Boulder. The DVD is now available for purchase directly through Stephen (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and will be available at the website innervisionfilmworks.com after April 1.