Evoking the Unexpressed:
Healing as an Epiphany July
8 - 15, 2008 Assisi,
Italy
Ultimately, healing is and always will be a mystery. Why transformation occurs, and especially how, is at the heart of countless mystery traditions. Mystics and healers have always understood that sickness represented loss of contact with the spiritual, and healing allowed for re-connection. Since the beginning of time, all living beings have attempted to heal themselves and, as civilization evolved, have sought to find those gifted in the healing arts to help them regain their health and most importantly, restore their connection to the Self and the divine.
Jungian analysis and many other creative approaches to healing facilitate contact with “the objective psyche,” and thus help us listen to the wisdom inherent within the Self. Like the patient waiting for the dream in the Asklepian Healing Temples, the Jungian approach also awaits guidance from the Self to illuminate the path towards healing and recovery.
The New Sciences, especially those involving field theory, have adopted highly creative approaches to healing, which in a fascinating way, mirror the healing traditions used both in antiquity and in Jungian psychotherapy. Viewed archetypally we can say that there is a path, a way informed by the Self, which if followed leads to creativity and health, but if ignored causes distress and disorder. Physical and psychological suffering are part of the life process, and cannot be escaped. However if we are able to discern their meaning and symbolic importance, we have the potential to live our lives in alignment with our transpersonal destiny.
We have learned a great deal about healing not only from discoveries in science and Jungian psychology but also from the arts, poetry, consciousness studies, and of course global events. Jung once said that “the world hangs by a thread,” and perhaps our current situation mirrors this more clearly than ever before. It is with all this in mind that we continue the annual tradition of gathering in Assisi, and this year we turn our investigation to the fascinating and mercurial world of healing. Joining us will be Jungian analyst Michael Conforti, discussing his work on archetypal fields, biologist Brian Goodwin on cultural healing through alignment with the Gaia archetype, philosopher and researcher, Jean Houston, with a presentation on the role of visionary leadership in healing systems, and Professor of Mythological Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Dennis Patrick Slattery, who will weave the mytho-poetic imagination into our conversation. Together, our faculty will clearly help to evolve our understanding of healing in the individual and collective psyche.
As a place of healing renowned since the 12th century, Assisi is an ideal setting to explore the traditions and mysteries surrounding this field. We hope you will join us for this unique event.
Conference
Faculty
Michael
Conforti, Ph.D.
Jungian Analyst, Author, Consultant Wherein lies Change? Engaging the Archetype of Healing
Brian Goodwin, Ph.D.
Biologist Fields and Archetypes as Agents of Biological Change
Jean Houston, Ph.D.
Researcher and Author
Archetypes of Whole System Transition: The Social Artist as Catalyst of Visionary Leadership
Dennis Patrick Slattery, Ph.D. Mythologist, Poet, Author, Educator Poetic Renderings of Stasis and Transformation
Conference
Details
Conference
Fee: $2395.
Conference
fee includes:
- Tuition
- Round-trip chartered bus from Rome to Assisi
- 7 nights accommodations (based on double occupancy)
- Breakfast daily; Five lunches with local wines
- Three dinners
- Administrative fees
- Pre-conference reading packet
Taxes
and gratuities: $95
Single room supplemental fee: $400.
Optional Case Colloquium: $125. per day
Registration
A $500 deposit is required at time of registration. Cancellations
received prior to May 1 receive a refund less $250 per person.
Before June 1, 50% will be refunded. No refunds after this date.
Travel
Arrangements
Conference tuition includes ground transportation from and to the Rome airport.
We suggest contacting our travel agent,The Travel Loft at 888.843.5638 to ensure that
your flight coincides with these arrangmenets.
For
more information or to register, please contact the Assisi Institute
at 802.254.6220.
Continuing
Education Credits
This
conference is co-sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement
of Psychoanalysis and the Assisi Institute. NAAP is approved by
the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education
for psychologists. The conference will carry 20 Continuing Education
Units. The optional case colloquium will carry 2.5 Continuing Education
Units per-day. NAAP maintains responsibility for the program. Full attendance
is required at each presentation to receive credit. Fee is $10 per
day for the main conference, and $10 per day for the case colloquium.
Please
note:
A limited number of partial scholarships are available for students
and senior citizens. Also, if you are unable to attend the entire
program, please contact the office at the Assisi Institute, as a
limited number of seats are available for single-day registrations.
In the event of illness or emergency, all rights are reserved to
make faculty substitutions.
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