Workshop: Saturday, January 10, 1998, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In many important ways, Jungian analysis is an archeological field dig. It seeks what is lost and yet still alive and vital for the individuals, couples, and families it serves. But it is also a dig into what is lost and yet still alive and vital for our culture, too.
Perhaps the most important recovery work of Jungian psychology focuses on the numinous divine idols turned up by ancient psychic soils churned up in the analytical process. These imago dei, images of god, are precious, still living, but very ancient centers of dynamic psychic commentary about the ongoing power and influence of numinal forces in our personal and collective destinies. This presentation reflects on some of these touching and animate idols-of-soul. There is a vast, vibrant archive of such materail and this talk will point to possible beginnings and deepenings with these living libraries of image.
Note: An orientation for new Society members follows the Saturday workshop. For more information, see the New Members Orientation page.
Terrill Gibson, Ph.D., is a diplomate pastoral psychotherapist and diplomate Jungian analyst who practices individual and family therapy with Pastoral Therapist Associates in Tacoma. He lectures and writes widely on the basic theme of the integration of psychotherapy and spirituality. He has been a frequent consultant, supervisor, and facilitator for a variety of Pacific Northwest universities, social service agencies, corporations, and religious congregations. A book he co-edited with Lara Dodson, Ph.D., Psyche and Family, is his most recent publication.