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OPD Points: 12
A two-day seminar-retreat in Montville presented by Dr Glen Slater and Dr Safron Rossi (Pacifica Graduate Institute)
What returns a sense of soul to the world? Amidst the psycho-social fragmentation of the digital age, how can we care for our ecology of mind?
In a peaceful natural setting fostering community and reflection, this seminar-retreat weekend will engage these questions. We will explore perspectives and ideas from depth psychology, philosophy, mythology, and the arts and humanities to revitalize the connections between our inner and outer lives in a rapidly fragmenting world.
Saturday: Finding the Deeply Human in a Posthuman Age: Consciousness, Enchantment and Co-creation
Presented by Dr Glen Slater
The virtual world and the attention economy have turned mind and soul into commodities for the online world to objectify and exploit.. We may be digital consumers, but it is also we ourselves who are consumed. — Glen Slater
Working from the themes of his recent book, Jung vs Borg: Finding the Deeply Human in a Posthuman Age, Dr Glen Slater will explore the challenges posed by the digital world that now encompasses us and set out some pathways through these challenges. We will consider the psychosocial implications of present and pending technologies, which suggest we find ourselves at an historical pivot point.
We have begun to experience a disruption of our inner ecology that is analogous to the disruption of our outer ecology, one that also portends a posthuman merger of human and artificial intelligence. Leaning on the ideas of C.G. Jung for a deeper understanding of this predicament, Dr Slater guides us to see the nascent stirring of other ways forward.
This one-day seminar will focus on the greater appreciation of the differences between consciousness and intelligence, the need for a more enchanted mode of being in the world, as well as the prospect of a “co-creative” engagement with broader forms of intelligence—particularly those that make us more fully and deeply human. Writing reflection exercises and discussion will be part of our process.
Sunday: The Kore Archetype in Myth, Art and Poetry
Presented by Dr Safron Rossi
It is the Kore who personifies that force which compels us to resist outer influences and defend the integrity of our inner ground. Shining a light on the psychological task both women and men now face, the Kore asks: how do we make a place for ourselves within ourselves that is inviolable, virginal? — Safron Rossi
The Kore, Greek for Virgin, is a mysterious figure. Youthful and elusive, she personifies that archetypal quality of consciousness that is best described as one-in-herself. This archetype is embodied by the great Virgin goddesses of the Greek Olympian pantheon—Persephone, Artemis, Hestia and Athena. In C.G. Jung’s essay The Psychological Aspects of the Kore (1951), he makes the astonishing statement that the Kore is an image of the inner Divinity for women, and has a power that is equivalent to that of the Mother. These two rarely discussed ideas have significance for women’s psychology, and have direct bearing upon the development of feminine consciousness in both women and men. Who is this figure that is accorded such psychological power and significance?
Drawing from Safron Rossi’s book The Kore Goddess: A Mythology and Psychology (2021), in this seminar we explore the pattern of the Kore through art, myth, and poetry in order to discern how and where the Kore appears in life and plays a critical role in individuation.
You will come to understand the significance of the Kore in Jung’s psychology of archetypes, and be able to identify the qualities of the Kore archetype through ancient art, Greek myth and poetry. We shall locate and reflect upon how the Kore archetype appears in life today.
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
This weekend is for metal health, allied health and community development professionals drawn to a analytical psychology or depth psychology perspective, seeking insight for responding to the seriousness of our times with renewed creativity, purpose and integrity.
You will find this seminar weekend resonant and beneficial if you
are ‘psychologically mindful’ and appreciate metaphor, symbol and intuition as modes of understanding. The readings and lectures are at a level suitable for adults with a tertiary education (any discipline). Suggested readings will be provided.
work in the helping professions (e.g. therapists, psychologists, counsellors, educators, allied health, social/community workers) and would like to expand your repertoire of knowledge, perspectives and resources for the soul-care of yourself and others.
It will provide personal and professional development and insights, coupled with social connections with like-souled others in a reflective, peaceful natural setting above a lake in The Blackall Ranges.
Assessment:
Presenter / Provider:
Glen Slater PhD and Safron Rossi PhD
Pacifica Graduate Institute
Presenter Qualifications:
Glen Slater PhD
Glen Slater is the Associate Chair of the Jungian and Archetypal Studies program at Pacifica Graduate Institute (USA), where he has taught for over 20 years. Dr Slater has a background in religious studies at the University of Sydney, before moving to the United States to study clinical psychology. He has published and lectured internationally, including editing Volume 3 of James Hillman’s Uniform Edition, Senex and Puer, as well as Varieties of Mythic Experience. Dr Slater’s recent book (2024), Jung vs Borg: Finding the Deeply Human in a Posthuman Age, provides the substantive context to his seminar on Day 1.
Safron Rossi PhD
Safron Rossi has dedicated her life to the study of literature and mythology, fields in which she holds her degrees. She is a member of the core faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute, teaching mainly in the Jungian and Archetypal Studies program. Prior to this she was the curator of the Joseph Campbell, James Hillman, and Marija Gimbutas manuscript collections at Opus Archives and Research Center. Dr Rossi is the editor of Joseph Campbell’s Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine (2013), co-editor of Jung on Astrology (Routledge, 2017) and author of The Kore Goddess: A mythology and psychology (Winter Press Publishers, 2022). The Kore Goddess provides the substantive context to Dr Rossi’s seminar on Day 2.
Glen Slater PhD
Dr Slater has contributed a number of articles to Jungian journals and essay collections on topics ranging from gun violence to the culture of dissociation, as well as writing film reviews from a depth psychological perspective. He edited and introduced the third volume of James Hillman’s Uniform Edition, Senex and Puer, as well as a volume by Pacifica faculty, Varieties of Mythic Experience.
Dr Slater has also taught at Antioch University in Seattle and regularly gives talks to Jungian groups in the US and around the world. Aside from his expertise in depth psychology, Dr Slater’s areas of specialization include the psychology of religion, psyche and cinema, as well as technology and psychology. He is currently at work on a book that seeks to address living with a sense of soul in the Digital Age, especially in light of the melding of human and artificial intelligence. When not wrestling with the robotic future, he enjoys hiking in the foothills near his home just outside Santa Barbara.
Dr Slater’s knowledge and insights about depth psychology and its applications for contemporary life, combined with his illuminating teaching style, have earned him a reputation among students and faculty as one of the finest teachers in this field.
Safron Rossi PhD
Dr Rossi was the Director and Curator of the Opus Archives & Research Center which holds the manuscript collections and personal libraries of renowned scholars in the fields of mythology and depth psychology, including Joseph Campbell, the archaeologist Marija Gimbutas, and James Hillman. She worked for periods of time with James Hillman at his home in Connecticut in the years before his death, helping him to sift through and gather up his lifetime of notes, ideas and research.
Dr Rossi is editor of Joseph Campbell’s Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine (2013), co-editor of Jung on Astrology (Routledge 2017) and has published articles in Jungian and Archetypal journals and essay collections. She is currently working on a book on feminine triads in Greek mythology and the archetype of the Korai (Maidens–Virgins) in the psychology of women.
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YOUR COMPLETE SEMINAR REGISTRATION INCLUDES:
Lecture program, experiential activities and facilitated sessions over two days with Dr Glen Slater and Dr Safron Rossi
Recommended readings upon registration
Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea on Saturday and Sunday (dietary requirements catered for with sufficient notice)
Complimentary Welcome Reception from 4.00—5.30 pm on Friday 13 June
Certificate of Attendance and ongoing Professional Development points
Participants are asked to complete an online application form to help us ensure the seminar-retreat meets your interests and needs. Please advise us when you register of any special dietary requirements.
Venue: Montville Country Cabins, 396 Western Avenue, Montville,
Queensland 4560. Phone 07 5442 9484. https://www.montvillecountrycabins.com.au/
Registration fee (full rate): AU$599. Concession: AU$499
Early Bird registration before 5 May 2025: AU$475
Super Early Bird registration before 31 March 2025: AU$445
One day registration: AU$295
Registration details: https://www.lifeartistry.com.au/seminars-workshops/2025/6/13/winter-seminar-montville-qld
