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Jung Association of Western Massachusetts
Jung, Spirituality, and the Body
Recorded lecture by: Erica Lorentz
Presented on March 1, 2019
Northampton, Mass
February 2, 2018
Working with the imaginal realm involves a conscious dialogue with the unconscious. This dialogue is essential for our transformation and is called active imagination. It was Jung’s preferred method for exploring the unconscious (see The Red Book). Our guide for this process comes from the psyche itself that manifests symbolically in all art forms, the body, and dreams. This lecture will explore how we use active imagination. Examples and DVD clips will illustrate this creative force that guides us.
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Jung Association of Western Massachusetts
Sunday, January 11, 2015 1:30 – 4:30 pm
(Note day change from our normal schedule – NOT FRIDAY)
part of the Jung Association of Western MassFall 2014 through Spring 2015 lecture series
Lecture presented by Erica Lorentz, M.Ed., LPC
Dionysian Women’s (men included) Initiation Mysteries at Pompeii
Dionysus was the god of wine, emotion, ecstasy, eroticism, and madness. This important instinct has been lost or perverted by our workaholic, puritanical, progress oriented culture. How do we rediscover this wellspring of healthy instinctual energy? The beautiful 2000 year-old frescoes from Pompeii take us step by step on the initiate’s journey to a spiritual conjunction with Dionysus and his consort Ariadne, and back to ordinary reality to be integrated into our lives.
Jung Association of Western Mass
Fall 2014 through Spring 2015 lecture series
Smith College, Seelye Hall
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Presented to the C.G. Jung Society, Seattle on May 6, 2016
Jung, Spirituality, and the Body
Erica Lorentz, M.Ed., L.P.C., Jungian Analyst
‘The body is merely the visibility of the soul, the psyche, and the soul is the psychological experience of the body. So it is really one and the same thing’ (Zarathustra Seminar)
Lecture: Friday, May 6, 2016
Good Shepherd Center, Rm 202, Seattle WA
In this lecture, we will investigate the importance of witnessing and containing archetypal energies when they become embodied and emerge in our lives as subtle body experiences. The individuation process asks us to return to our personal unconscious and our archetypal roots. Jung invites us to honor and understand archetypal forces that push up from the somatic unconscious into consciousness. These experiences are often pathologized, though they have been experienced, observed, and discussed since the beginning of human history. We will discuss how we can have a creative and healing relationship with them. Film clips and case material will illustrate Jung’s concepts and this process.
Lecture Learning Objectives:
1 – Participants will begin to understand the importance of the somatic unconscious in the individuation process.
2 – The audience will be introduced to the role ofsubtle body experience in healing and spiritual maturation.
Jung Association of Western MA presents:
Recovering the Feminine Erotic Soul in Men and Women
Erica Lorentz, M.Ed., L.P.C., Jungian Analyst
Sunday, January 8, 2017, 1-4 pm
Seelye Hall, Smith College
This lecture will explore the power that the feminine erotic soul holds for us in the contemporary world. This aspect of the feminine, hidden and maligned in most modern cultures, is a healing life force crucial to our spirituality, our humanity, and our world. From the Paleolithic Goddess and the ancients to the mystics and into modern life, we will trace the roots of the feminine erotic soul and bring it from obscurity back into our modern lives where it belongs. Image and music will help to illustrate the healthy and wounded aspects of this vital force.
Creativity and Madness Conference
Santa Fe, NM
7/28/14 – 8/1/14
Working on the Edge: Archetypal phenomena in the body and transformation
Erica Lorentz, M.Ed., L.P.C., Diplomate Jungian Psychoanalyst (IAAP)
ABSTRACT
In this talk we will discuss taking clients from the edge of their trauma and fear of “madness” to their true self. Dissociated memory is stored in the somatic unconscious as affective and energetic states. Archetypal reality amplifies personal experiences, which become confused. While all these somatic experiences have been observed since the beginning of time, they are often pathologized and little understood as a part of healing and transformation. The creative work needed to heal this traumatic split between the psyche and soma involves a conscious dialogue with the unconscious which Jung called active imagination. Case material and video clips will illustrate working with these body states in the clinical setting.
OBJECTIVES
At the end of this presentation, participants will have explored
• Jung’s method of active imagination: a conscious dialogue with the unconscious
• the importance of the psyche/soma connection in active imagination work
• archetypal manifestations in the body
• the clinical process of the above using clinical examples
FORMAT
Lecture, slides, videos and participatory discussion
EVALUATION
Standard Evaluation Form
The body is merely the visibility of the soul, the psyche, and the soul is the psychological experience of the body. So it is really one and the same thing. (C.G. Jung, Zarathustra Seminar.)
Friday, October 17, 2014, Times: TBA
Lecture presented by Erica Lorentz, M.Ed., L.P.C, Jungian Analyst
Jung, Spirituality, and the Body
The individuation process demands that we return to our personal unconscious and our archetypal roots. Jung invites us to honor and understand archetypal forces that push into consciousness from the somatic unconscious. This lecture will investigate the importance of witnessing and working with archetypal energies when they emerge through embodiment. These experiences are often pathologized, although they have been experienced, observed, and discussed since the beginning of human history. How can we have a creative relationship with them?
Unity of Portland, 4525 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97215
Saturday, October 18, 2014, Times: TBA
Workshop presented by Erica Lorentz, M.Ed., L.P.C, Jungian Analyst
The Body as Shadow: Listening to the Somatic Unconscious
Jung observed repeatedly that transformation can only take place “if we are in our bodies, otherwise it is like the wind blowing in the desert.” The body is often regarded as mechanical and unimportant; although there is now renewed interest in sensori-motor research, the imaginal, and the body-psyche connection. In this experiential workshop, we will learn to listen to the somatic unconscious through non-directed, mindful oriented movement. Movement, image, memory and sensation will guide us to a healthy dialogue with the shadow. Drawing, writing, and sharing will help to anchor our experience in consciousness where our truth can be honored and not interpreted.
No prior experience with this method is required to participate. Please wear comfortable clothes for moving, a pillow or backjack to sit on, and your lunch.
Saturday workshop attendance is limited to 30 participants and scrip will not be permitted for use.
Tualatin Hills Nature Park, 15655 SW Milikan Way, Beaverton, OR 97003
Dreams: Inner Teaching Stories
A Lecture by Erica Lorentz
Hosted by Jung Association of Western Massachusetts
Friday, March 7, 2014 7-9 pm
“The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost recesses of the soul, opening into that cosmic night which was psyche long before there was any ego consciousness.” C.G. Jung
Dreams have guided us since time immemorial. Scientists and creative individuals look to them for inspiration. In this lecture, we will explore how these inner teaching stories invite us to reflect on our conscious attitudes and actions that have become outmoded. Dreams have very specific information to help us rebalance the psyche and to grow psychologically and spiritually. Case material and a video will illustrate how dreams can guide us towards deep transformation on both the personal and archetypal levels.
Smith College Seelye Hall
Northampton, MA
Room #106
Smith College
COST: FREE – a voluntary contribution of $10.00 is requested and appreciated.