There are two parts to this workshop: morning and afternoon. You will need to purchase separate tickets for each event.
We will spend the day on Zoom exploring the contours of myth, both personal and collective. Our time will be comprised of the following:
Morning Lecture: “Living a Cohearant Life.”
The misspelling is intentional, as the lecture will show. We will explore what we have been called to, the work we have engaged both personally and professionally, and the ways in which our personal myth unfolds through the vocational work we have responded to. It will include insights from renowned mythologist, Joseph Campbell, as well as an exploration of a scene from Genesis.
Afternoon workshop - Writing Meditations: Uncovering Our Personal Myth
We will then use a series of what Dr. Slattery calls Writing Meditations from his book, Riting Myth, Mythic Writing: Plotting Our Personal Story to further amplify some elements of the myth we are living and that is living us. Included here will be a series of observations that Dr. Slattery has come to regarding the nature and structure of personal mythology. Participants will be encouraged to write cursively rather than on their computers for reasons he will suggest as we begin these meditative writings. We will share some of our own insights by listening to those who feel called to share their writing meditation.
Dr. Slattery will include some insightful observations from C. G. Jung as well to amplify further the power of myth and its cohering properties.
Cost:
$35 Members (with your discount code sent via email)
$45 non-members
Members, if you have not received a discount code, please email contact@phxjung.org
Presenter’s Biography
Dennis Patrick Slattery, Ph.D. has been teaching for 51 years, the last 26 of which have been in the Mythological Studies Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California, where he is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus. He is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 30 volumes, including 7 volumes of poetry and one novel co-authored with Charles Asher. His most recent titles include Deep Creativity: Seven Ways to Spark Your Creative Spirit, co-authored with Deborah Ann Quibell and Jennifer Leigh Selig, and From War to Wonder: Recovering Your Personal Myth Through Homer’s Odyssey. His most recent collection of essays, which will appear in 2020, is An Obscure Order: Reflections On Cultural Mythology. In addition, he has written 200 articles, book reviews and Op-Ed pieces. He offers Writing Retreats on C.G. Jung’s The Red Book as well as on Writing One’s Personal Myth through the works of Joseph Campbell and other writers. He has been taking painting classes in water color and acrylics for the past 8 years as well as enjoying riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle with his sons Matt and Steve in the Texas Hill Country. Contact him at: dslattery@pacifica.edu.