10.15.26 | Guest Lecturer Dr. Sheri Kling | Inanna Imaginalis: Dying and Rising in Story and Song
Description From the stories of Jonah in the belly of the whale or Persephone in the Underworld to Star Wars, The Matrix and Lord of the Rings, the journey to individuation and wholeness always includes a stop in wilderness places we’d rather not visit. But sometimes we don’t have a choice. And whether it’s divorce, […]
9.10.26 | Lecture: Alchemy & The Individuation Process
In 1928, after Jung received the Chinese alchemical text titled The Secret of the Golden Flower from the sinologist Richard Wilhelm, he closed the Red Book mid-sentence and devoted the next thirty-plus years of his life to researching and reflecting on the images, writings, and practices of the Western alchemical tradition. Jung was the first […]
5.21.26 | Guest Presenter: Laura Hensley, LMHC | Making Mandalas- Imaging the Whole Self
Join the C.G. Jung Library of Tampa Bay and Library board member/guest presenter Laura Hensley for a Red Book inspired evening of exploration and visual creativity. We will dive deeply into the symbolic nature, psychological function, and cultural history of mandalas, and participants will be invited to give form and expression to the archetype of […]
3.21.26 | Guest Presenter: Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath | Workshop: Can You Stay Mindful When Emotionally Triggered?
This workshop introduces the Skill of Real Dialogue as a mindfulness practice for remaining present and open during emotional activation. Staying alert and responsive during emotional conflicts or disagreements requires special mindfulness skills—the ability to concentrate and remain open while being activated. This skill is essential for clinical work, organizational life, and intimate relationships. Participants […]
3.19.26 | Guest Lecturer: Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath | Behold the Gates of Mercy
This presentation draws principally on two models of substrate consciousness: Jung’s collective psyche and Buddhist understandings of mind and suffering. Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath explores trauma not only as a personal psychological wound, but as a shared human condition that shapes ethical life, imagination, and responsibility. Using the image of the “Gates of Mercy,” she considers […]
12.9.26 | Encountering the Psyche | Module 12: Individuation | Virtual Q & A Discussion
You are invited to embark on a tour of the psyche as mapped by Carl Gustav Jung, to be led by Angelo Spoto — Jungian therapist of over 35 years, author of Jung’s Typology in Perspective, and Education Director of the C.G. Jung Library of Tampa Bay. Module 12: Individuation is the 12th in a series […]
4.16.26 | Lecture: The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures
The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures are an ancient allegory dating back to 11th or 12th century China, used to illustrate the path to enlightenment. We are going to look at the series of ten paintings through the lens of Jungian psychology. The connection with the individuation process as described by Jung over the course of 20 […]
11.15.25 | Guest Presenter: Dr. Michael Conforti | Workshop: Dreams: Lifting the Veil to the Ineffable
“The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul, opening into that cosmic night which was psyche long before there was any ego-consciousness, and which will remain psyche no matter how far our ego-consciousness extends.” – C.G. Jung It is the simplicity of the dream, communicating to […]
11.13.25 | Guest Lecturer (HYBRID EVENT): Dr. Michael Conforti: The Voice of Psyche and What Shapes a Life ~ The Presence of Archetypes in our Life and in Dreams
“If (one) devotes (oneself) to the instructions of one’s own unconscious, it can bestow this gift of renewal, so that suddenly life, which has been stale and dull, turns into a rich unending inner adventure, full of creative possibilities.” Marie-Louise von Franz It is the brilliance and inherent spirituality of Jung and von Franz that […]
10.29.25 | Reading Jung: Session 3: The Stages of Life
Reading Jung: A Study of Selected Writings from the Collected Works ~ Session 3: The Stages of Life, CW 8 Many people drawn to Jung and Analytical Psychology have not read (or read very little) of Jung in the original. This is an opportunity to immerse yourself in several of Jung’s major essays and extracts […]