Fri, Oct 17 · 7:45 PM AEDT
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For C G Jung, myths were psychological narratives, archetypal templates. Out of the imaginings of his patients, he recognised that the mythic images and patterns they presented were not cognitively conceived, but were primordial images and shapes, that forced their way out of unconsciousness to be acknowledged. Myth was psyche’s dialect, a taproot into the depths of psychic life.
In Jung’s words, he regarded getting to know his own myths as the ‘task of tasks’. In this presentation we will explore this rich resource of myth and how its stories can spontaneously foster an intimate relationship with our unconscious. We will meander along some of the psychic pathways of ancient Greece, reflecting on ways these archetypal characters reveal themselves to us. Along the way we will meet many mythic characters and deities, such as Oedipus, Ariadne, Agamemnon, Aphrodite, Persephone, Medea, Medusa, Hermes, who still all sing these timeless tales.
“Myths and fairytales give expression to unconscious processes, and their retelling causes these processes to come alive again and be recollected, thereby re-establishing the connection between conscious and unconscious.”
