tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37246672024-03-17T19:38:14.374-05:00Jungian PsychologyRose F. Holt - Jungian Analyst,
St. Louis, MORose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.comBlogger204125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-65614193543447257842024-01-28T16:55:00.000-06:002024-01-28T16:55:00.150-06:00A Review Rapture Encaged: The Suppression of the Feminine in Western Culture by Ruth Anthony El Saffar, Routledge, 1994.I read Rapture Encaged, The Suppression of the Feminine in Western Culture when it was first published in the spring of 1994. Impressed with the author's ability to articulate questions that had lived wordlessly in me for some time, I reread the book at that time more Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-32823254276986601352023-11-12T14:19:00.001-06:002023-11-14T07:36:25.433-06:00 EMPOWERMENT OF FEMININE VALUES[My Introduction to a course offered through the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis in 2007.]In our class last semester, we read and discussed The Odyssey. It quickly became apparent that Odysseus' struggle to return home may be a quintessential masculine psychological and developmental story, but it didn’t resonate with the women in the class. And neither didRose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-59718978477343159872023-10-30T08:52:00.001-05:002023-11-09T19:29:51.918-06:00 Reflections on Jung's "Answer to Job"There is an account in fiction that might help us understand what Jung is getting at in his "Answer to Job." In considering this topic, we would do well to remember that when we talk about "God" that we are really talking about our images and ideas about God. GOD is precisely what we do not know because whatever the entity God is, that entity is far Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-19173684207213048092023-10-30T08:50:00.000-05:002023-10-30T08:50:22.525-05:00 INTRODUCTION TO READINGS COURSEJUNG’S ANSWER TO JOBFebruary 3, 2005In this course, we are going to take up one of Jung’s most controversial works, his Answer to Job. First, some background. Jung wrote Answer in 1951. On May 29, 1951, Jung wrote to Aniela Jaffe’: "So it goes all the time: memories rise up and disappear again, as it suits them. In this way I have landed the great whale; I Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-58391648797201771732023-10-15T10:08:00.005-05:002023-10-21T11:32:46.777-05:00MY FAVORITE QUOTE FROM C.G. JUNGJung's magnum opus, Mysterium Coniunctionis, is a very difficult read. Jung uses many Latin and Greek phrases and borrows heavily from alchemy, itself a mystery that unfolded into modern chemistry. Jung is attempting to translate his understanding of individuation, the process by which a person becomes whole, undivided. The book is a Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-73857722592936408702023-09-19T10:33:00.000-05:002023-09-19T10:33:16.436-05:00AN APPROACH TO THE DREAM Peoples throughout history have been fascinated by their dreams, have sought to understand them, and have used them for guidance. It is only we moderns who have somewhat lost touch with the dreamworld and with how to understand or work with it. The language of dreams is symbolic. We can largely credit Sigmund Freud with Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-81358829556240611472023-09-15T21:13:00.002-05:002023-09-15T21:13:44.587-05:00 BecomingOur unique personality is a curious thing and is part and parcel of our identity. We don’t create either our identity or our personality though many people have the illusion that they do. Rather, our real experience of self is more one of discovering who we are through life events, relationships, victories and defeats, losses, etc., and our reactions to them.&Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-66839337857234423912023-09-15T20:02:00.002-05:002023-09-15T21:14:51.993-05:00RELIGION AND THE NUMINOUS The usual condition of the alienated ego is suffering, the natural consequence of the individual encountering a situation for which the coping mechanisms of the ego are inadequate. Such a situation brings enormous dissonance and disillusionment with it—anguish, disorientation, suffering, and depression--sometimes accompanied by physical illness. Common expressions Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-71944371130700921972023-08-27T08:13:00.001-05:002023-08-27T08:13:12.233-05:00 Fundamentals of Jungian Psychology CourseFall 2023 Virtual Lecture Series The Jung Society of St. Louis will offer an on-line “Fundamentals of Jungian Psychology” course in September and October of 2023. The course will consist of eight lectures on basic concepts taught by a variety of analysts. Each lecture will be 90 minutes with lecture and ample time forRose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-46607741834046682142023-08-22T16:55:00.007-05:002023-08-22T16:59:10.673-05:00Value and Meaning of Jungian Psychology TodaySome years ago I gave a presentation for the C.G. Jung Society of St. Louis on the value and meaning of Jungian Psychology today (aka Analytical Psychology). This is a link to a clip from that presentation: https://youtu.be/pJX-5YBRFEY. The video of the entire presentation is available from the St. Louis Society website at httpsRose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-32209692382189485852023-08-18T13:11:00.008-05:002023-08-29T09:48:14.260-05:00 THE REALITY OF DREAMSIn his autobiographical work, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Jung writes about his relationship with Sigmund Freud in some detail--their discussions, their travels together, their working with each other’s dreams, and his view of Freud as a father figure. Jung writes: “. . . . Freud, who had always made much of his irreligiosity, had now constructed a dogma; or Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-56413990288540459702023-08-15T10:47:00.005-05:002023-08-15T11:42:34.767-05:00The Spirit of Our TimesIn our country we are living through a frantic time in which there is an urgency to do something yet an ignorance of just what to do. As ordinary citizens all we can do is vote, and a single vote seems inadequate to the challenges we face. The spirit of our times may come from a deeper place, from the spirit of the depths seeking expression. At the Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-35186869623865868252023-07-30T22:12:00.003-05:002023-08-24T13:30:59.117-05:00Fundamentals of Jungian Psychology CourseFall 2023 Virtual Lecture Series The Jung Society of St. Louis will offer an on-line “Fundamentals of Jungian Psychology” course in September and October of 2023. The course will consist of eight lectures on basic concepts taught by a variety of analysts. Each lecture will be 90 minutes with lecture and ample time for Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-22969598335689625832023-07-29T10:27:00.001-05:002023-07-29T10:27:45.594-05:00 C.G. JUNG – GUIDE TO THE INNER LIFEBy Rose F. Holt, Jungian Psychoanalyst“Shadow Cornered” by C.G. Jung”One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) was a lot of things—psychiatrist, theologian, historian, anthropologist—but above all else, he was an explorer. He explored first his own inner life, hisRose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-87504889939470099432023-06-17T08:14:00.000-05:002023-06-17T08:14:44.247-05:00 THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE EARTHTHE INDIVIDUAL AND THE EARTH The C. G. Jung Society of St. Louis released a book of the finest essays from the Society’s third writing contest, this one on the theme of “Honoring the Altar of the Earth.” The book was available at the Jung in the Heartland Conference - “The Altar of the Earth” held at King’s House Retreat Center Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-7995213826702500772023-04-22T10:58:00.003-05:002023-04-22T21:36:47.723-05:00On the Energies that Move Us For those of us who pay attention to the energies that move us from within, changes or shifts in those energies are critically important. I remember my mother laughingly saying, "I can do nothing until the spirit moves me."In my own life I have suffered through or enjoyed energy shifts as they occurred. They included changes in important relationships, a passionate interest Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-38297189446231308112022-07-10T13:15:00.000-05:002022-07-10T13:15:34.649-05:00 INVISIBLE REALITY Jung writes, “What is real is that which has real effects.” In our rigid three-dimensional conscious constructs, we tend to define reality as that which is concrete and tangible, excluding anything of a spiritual nature. Yet, the spiritual has real effects. Even a cursory self-reflection will confirm the validity of Jung’s statement.&Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-18774442382271747132022-04-23T16:57:00.036-05:002022-05-20T08:34:41.453-05:00 A BRIEF LOOK INTO C.G. JUNG'S AIONRose F. Holt, M.A., Jungian AnalystApril 22, 2022On April 22, 2022, I gave an updated lecture on Jung's tome, AION, via Zoom, for the C. G. Jung Society of St. Louis jungstlouis.org. The occasion was a benefit for the Society's Scholarship Fund. The lecture will be followed by two on-line study groups to discuss the work further. HereRose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-8095344380741083742020-01-01T10:09:00.001-06:002020-01-01T10:11:22.615-06:00Lecture: "Reflections on Jung's AION," February 1, 2020
Saturday, February 1, 2020, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at First Congregational Church UCC, St. Louis, MO. For additional information or to register, visit www.jungstl.org
AION is perhaps Jung’s most challenging and difficult work but also one of his richest. In this lecture, Rose will present information and insights from this text that are directly relevant to our understanding and experienceRose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-9503943954390266212019-10-07T21:58:00.003-05:002019-10-07T22:00:38.469-05:00On line Study Group - Pat Berry's Book on Dreams, facilitated by Rose F. Holt
In this Fall 2019 study group to be conducted online, participants will read and discuss three chapters of Pat Berry's book, Echo's Subtle Body, chapters that provide an excellent overview of a Jungian approach to dreams. To join the study group, participants will need a computer with a camera and high-speed internet connection. We will use the Zoom service, which is extremely Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-5205998520219153062019-08-09T10:16:00.000-05:002019-08-10T09:29:01.554-05:00Readings on Jung Study Group - September, 2019
I will be facilitating a seminar-style study group for the C. G. Jung Society of St. Louis in September, 2019. The study group will read and discuss two chapters on the topic of dreams in Patricia Berry's acclaimed work, Echo's Subtle Body. The study group will meet from 7:00 to 9:00 pm on Wednesday, September 04, 11, 18, 25.
This Study Group is one of three the Society has Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-4429523190348700812019-06-15T16:44:00.001-05:002019-06-15T16:44:34.993-05:00OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY
The Heartland Association of Jungian Analysts (HAJA) is preparing for its third year of seminars in Jungian Studies. The seminars meet one weekend a month for nine months, beginning in September, rotating locations in St. Louis, MO, and Rogers, AR. Teaching is done by Jungian analysts, and the seminars can be an avenue for eventual training to become a psychoanalyst. The Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-31205382617635563042019-04-24T11:24:00.002-05:002019-04-24T11:24:36.939-05:00BTS and "Jung's Map of the Soul"
BTS, the young Korean pop group, has suddenly become a worldwide phenomenon. Group members are interested in Jungian Psychology and have taken the title of Murray Stein's book, Jung's Map of the Soul, as the title for their newest album. [BTS translates to Beyond the Scene.]
Here are some links to recent information about the group:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-81967821890507916322019-03-02T08:39:00.000-06:002019-03-05T08:18:00.054-06:00Tickets Selling Fast! Don't miss out.
C. G. JUNG SOCIETY PLAY PRODUCTION
“ANSWER TO JOE” by Rick Vaughn
Produced by the C. G. Jung Society of St Louis
March 22 and 23, 7:30 pm. March 24, 2:00 pm
Kranzberg Arts Center
501 N. Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103
Tickets available December 15: $25 &Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3724667.post-17072797214132765142019-01-31T21:49:00.001-06:002019-01-31T21:49:10.095-06:00THE CALF PATH
by Sam Walter Foss (1858-1911)
One day, through the primeval wood,
A calf walked home, as good calves should;
But made a trail all bent askew,
A crooked trail, as all calves do.
Since then three hundred years have fled,
And, I infer, the calf is dead.
But still he left behind his trail,
And thereby hangs my moral tale.
The trail was taken up next day
By a lone dog that passed Rose F. Holthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04532689695433313456noreply@blogger.com0