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Events, Lectures, and Workshops

Friends Only
Zoom Evening

A social event for Jung Society Friends, plus an author read aloud of Dr. Francesca Ferrentelli’s The Zebra and the Black Pony

Friday, April 9
7 – 9 PM (CST)

The Alchemical Method: Myth as a Guide to Introspection

A workshop presented by Kwame Scruggs

Saturday, May 22
10 AM – 12:30 PM (CST)

Personal Transformations Through an Encounter with Death: A Study of Akira Kurosawa’s Film Irkiru

A Webinar Presented by Dr. Francis G. Lu, M.D.

Saturday, July 24
10 AM – 12:30 PM (CST)

Study Groups

The Inner Meaning of Greek Mythology Online Study Group

Sunday Afternoons Starting 3/7

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Recent Blog Posts

He Doesn’t Have (a) Clu(e): A Jungian Interpretation of TRON: Legacy Presented by Dr. Sean Hill

On Saturday, November 16, 2019, the Jung Society hosted “He Doesn’t Have (a) Clu(e): A Jungian Interpretation of TRON: Legacy presented by Dr. Sean Hill. Attendees gathered at the Maryland Heights Community Center, where the Society screened the film and ran a concession stand with snacks, candies, and sodas. Following the TRON: Legacy screening , Dr. Hill presented on the movie’s allegorical journey highlights. In the 2010 movie, a sequel to the 1982 TRON, a brilliant computer programmer named Kevin Flynn…

In light of the rapidly developing reality of COVID-19, the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis has decided to reschedule its seventh biennial Jung in the Heartland Conference. Instead of taking place September 30 to October 3, 2021, the conference will take place Thursday, September 29 to Sunday, October 2, 2022, still at King’s House Retreat and Renewal Center in Belleville, Illinois, about 30 minutes outside of St. Louis. To learn more about a previous conference, see our post on…

Jung in the Heartland 2019 Conference: Myth, Meaning, and the Infinite

The first weekend in October, over 70 participants from diverse fields gathered for the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis’s Jung in the Heartland Conference on Myth, Meaning, and the Infinite. This year marked the Society’s sixth biennial conference, which provided interaction with outstanding faculty and varied experiential offerings. Throughout the weekend, meaning unfolded through presentations, music, dialogue, art, dream work, poetry, massage, yoga, and ritual. Jung in the Heartland Faculty: Jungian Analyst Patricia Berry and Author Thomas Moore The…

Donald Kalsched: Glimpses Through the Veil

Donald Kalsched, Ph.D., Jungian Analyst, and Clinical Psychologist, led a May 17-19th lecture, workshop, and colloquium during which he and attendees explored the ideas of restoring the lost soul to the body and the relationship between trauma, paranormal experiences, and synchronicity. Donald shared anecdotes from his practice, analyses of art and literature, and teachings from his book Trauma and the Soul (Routledge, 2013). Much of Saturday’s discussion centered around early childhood experiences of trauma that eclipse access to or understanding…