Favorite Links:
www.studyofmyth.org/
www.cgjungcenter.org/
www.innerexplorations.com/catjc/catjc4.htm
www.jungatlanta.com/articles/spring02-dream-healing.pdf
www.rosecrance.org/facilities/
nJung, Alcoholics Anonymous, And Drug Seeking Behaviour - YouTube
www.studyofmyth.org/
www.cgjungcenter.org/
www.innerexplorations.com/catjc/catjc4.htm
www.jungatlanta.com/articles/spring02-dream-healing.pdf
www.rosecrance.org/facilities/
nJung, Alcoholics Anonymous, And Drug Seeking Behaviour - YouTube
Upcoming Lectures and Projects:
November 2, 2018 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois "Finding the Myth in the Mess" The 2018 June Singer Memorial Lecture 7:00-9:00 p.m.
June 1, 2018 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois "Mandalas and Mandorlas"
March 30, 2018 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois "The Tale of Two Cities Chicago and Zurich: The lives of Sabina Spielrein and Edith Rockefeller McCormick"
February 23, 2018 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois The Psychology of Myth in Depth
February 2, 2018 Jung Institute Chicago, Illinois The Divine is Moving from Stable Parochial to Chaotic Universal part of a five part series about Chaos. See Jung Institute website for more information. (Purchase of lecture plus powerpoint is available through Jung Institute Chicago)
November 10, 2017 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois Viewing and Discussing movie "The Light Between Oceans"
February 11, 2016 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois Aging Love
November 13-14, 2015 Illinois Counseling Association Conference in Skokie, Illinois The Sea Change in Aging Love Because of Long Life Expectancy (See article: Relationships in Mythology and Mythology in Relationships.)
November 14-15, 2014 Illinois Counseling Association Conference in Schaumburg, Illinois Sandtray and Its Uses in Psychotherapy
April 4, 2014 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Jung Center Evanston Sandtray and Its Uses in Psychotherapy
February 13, 2014 6-7 p.m. University of San Diego graduate school Jung and the Red Book.
January 17, 2014 7-9 p.m. Jung Center Evanston, Illinois Alchemy
January 14, 2014 1-2 p.m.Oakton Community College Faculty Orientation: "Jung's Red Book and Active Imagination"
Oakton Community College Faculty Orientation: "The Importance of Greek and Roman Mythology in the Study of Psychology" August 14, 2013.
Pacifica Graduate Institute Study of Myth Symposium Sponsored by Joseph Campbell Foundation, “Aging Love: Relationships in Mythology and Mythology in Relationships.”August 31, September 1 and 2, 2012.
September 6, 2012 Finding a Lower, Deeper Power for Women in Recovery Rosecrance Rehabilitation Center, Harrison Campus, Rockford, Illinois 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. www.rosecrance.org/
LookingGlass Theatre, Chicago, Illinois. Panel discussion about Mary Zimmerman’s play Metamorphoses October 28, 2012
November 2, 2012 Relationships in Mythology; Mythologies in Relationship presentation with Tom Lavin, Ph. D.at Jung Center, Evanston, Illinois www.cgjungcenter.org/
November 2, 2018 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois "Finding the Myth in the Mess" The 2018 June Singer Memorial Lecture 7:00-9:00 p.m.
June 1, 2018 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois "Mandalas and Mandorlas"
March 30, 2018 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois "The Tale of Two Cities Chicago and Zurich: The lives of Sabina Spielrein and Edith Rockefeller McCormick"
February 23, 2018 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois The Psychology of Myth in Depth
February 2, 2018 Jung Institute Chicago, Illinois The Divine is Moving from Stable Parochial to Chaotic Universal part of a five part series about Chaos. See Jung Institute website for more information. (Purchase of lecture plus powerpoint is available through Jung Institute Chicago)
November 10, 2017 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois Viewing and Discussing movie "The Light Between Oceans"
February 11, 2016 Jung Center Evanston, Illinois Aging Love
November 13-14, 2015 Illinois Counseling Association Conference in Skokie, Illinois The Sea Change in Aging Love Because of Long Life Expectancy (See article: Relationships in Mythology and Mythology in Relationships.)
November 14-15, 2014 Illinois Counseling Association Conference in Schaumburg, Illinois Sandtray and Its Uses in Psychotherapy
April 4, 2014 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Jung Center Evanston Sandtray and Its Uses in Psychotherapy
February 13, 2014 6-7 p.m. University of San Diego graduate school Jung and the Red Book.
January 17, 2014 7-9 p.m. Jung Center Evanston, Illinois Alchemy
January 14, 2014 1-2 p.m.Oakton Community College Faculty Orientation: "Jung's Red Book and Active Imagination"
Oakton Community College Faculty Orientation: "The Importance of Greek and Roman Mythology in the Study of Psychology" August 14, 2013.
Pacifica Graduate Institute Study of Myth Symposium Sponsored by Joseph Campbell Foundation, “Aging Love: Relationships in Mythology and Mythology in Relationships.”August 31, September 1 and 2, 2012.
September 6, 2012 Finding a Lower, Deeper Power for Women in Recovery Rosecrance Rehabilitation Center, Harrison Campus, Rockford, Illinois 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. www.rosecrance.org/
LookingGlass Theatre, Chicago, Illinois. Panel discussion about Mary Zimmerman’s play Metamorphoses October 28, 2012
November 2, 2012 Relationships in Mythology; Mythologies in Relationship presentation with Tom Lavin, Ph. D.at Jung Center, Evanston, Illinois www.cgjungcenter.org/
Baucis and Philemon: A story about aging in love
There are few archetypal images, templates, or road maps to guide us through the process of aging and ripening love relationship in long life expectancy because we have never in the history of humankind lived this long.
Using powerpoint, images, and stories, particularly the Greek myth of Baucis and Philemon, we will discuss the experiences of a loving and healthy mature relationship and what this can mean in our own lives and in the lives of patients.
The Story of Baucis and Philemon
Long ago, two old mortals named Baucis and Philemon had just finished their midday meal when they heard someone knocking on the door. They happily rushed to the front of their tiny thatched cottage, for as much as they loved each other, they loved having visitors. When they threw open the door, there, standing before them, were two tall strangers. One was a very strong-looking bearded man, the other was an impish-looking young man.
“We’ve traveled from far away,” said the bearded man in a beautiful deep voice. “Is it possible we might rest a while in your home?”
“Come in, come in!” said Baucis, and she held the door as the two visitors ducked their heads and entered the tiny cottage.
Philemon rushed to the fire and raked the coals. He added leaves and bark and blew hard to make a cheerful blaze. Baucis put a copper kettle over the flames, then scurried around the kitchen to make some soup.
While they worked, the old couple chatted happily with their visitors, for they wanted them to feel at home.
As Baucis prepared the table, Philemon bathed the feet of the visitors and dried them with towels. Then Baucis served many earthenware dishes filled with cabbage and bacon, black olives, cherries soaked in wine, garden salad with endive and radishes, milk-while honeycomb, nuts, figs, dates, plums, grapes fresh from the vine, and delicious red apples.
After Philemon poured wine into beech goblets, he stood by the table and wrung his old gnarled hands. “Please forgive us, gentlemen,” he said, “for giving you so little.” Then before the visitors could protest, Baucis told Philemon to offer their visitors their only goose!
Tears filled Philemon’s eyes, for he and Baucis had a strong affection for their old goose. They thought of the goose as being somewhat the guardian of their estate. But the old man nodded and agreed good-naturedly. Then he hurried outside to catch the old gander.
The two visitors stood at the cottage door and watched the old couple exhaust themselves as they dashed about their dirt yard, trying to catch the skinny goose.
Just as the goose sought refuge behind the visitors, the bearded man held up his hand and said, “Stop! Don’t kill your only goose!”
When Baucis and Philemon returned to the cottage, the younger stranger said, “We are not mortals. We are gods come down from Mount Olympus. I am Hermes, and this is my father, Zeus.”
Baucis and Philemon let out cries of disbelief. They were astounded that Zeus, greatest of all the gods on Mount Olympus, was in their cottage! And Hermes, his son, the messenger god who could fly through the air! Suddenly the mysterious visitors were bathed in a shimmering light, and they seemed to grow larger than life. Awestruck and frightened, Baucis and Philemon backed against their wall.
Zeus urged them not to be afraid, but to leave their house immediately and come with him and Hermes to Mount Olympus,.
“But why?” stammered Philemon.
“Your wicked countrymen will soon be destroyed. Hermes and I came to earth to test the warmth and hospitality of mortals We visited hundreds of homes, but no one was friendly to us - except the two of you.”
Baucis and Philemon quickly gathered a small bundle and their things. Then they leaned on their walking sticks as they followed Zeus and Hermes up a steep hill.
When the four reached the top of the hill, they looked back and saw water covering the land below. Baucis and Philemon wept for their neighbors. But suddenly they gasped when they saw their cottage floating on top of the water. Before everyone’s eyes, the cottage changed into a gleaming temple: Its wooden pillars became shining marble columns. The straw thatch became gold; the doors, wondrously carved gates; and the rough wooden floors, white marble.
Then Zeus told Baucis and Philemon to make a wish, for he wanted to replay them for the kindness and generosity.
They thought for while, then said, “We would like to be keepers of your temple that was once our cottage. And we would like to die together someday, so that one of us is not left behind without the other.”
“Your wish shall be granted,” said Zeus.
So Baucis and Philemon became the keepers of Zeus’s temple, and they lived many more happy years together. Then one day, each began to see changes in the other: Tree bark began growing on their shoulders; their arms began sprouting forth bright green leaves; their feet changed into new roots Baucis was slowly turning into a linden tree and Philemon, to an oak.
Their foliage spread daily until finally one evening, they whispered to one another, “Farewell, my dear!” “Farewell!” And then the bark closed over their mouths.
After Baucis and Philemon turned into trees, their countrymen on earth often showed strangers the great oak and linden that grew from only one trunk; and they always recited a line when they hung wreaths on the two trees:
Those who care for the gods may
someday become gods
themselves.
Using powerpoint, images, and stories, particularly the Greek myth of Baucis and Philemon, we will discuss the experiences of a loving and healthy mature relationship and what this can mean in our own lives and in the lives of patients.
The Story of Baucis and Philemon
Long ago, two old mortals named Baucis and Philemon had just finished their midday meal when they heard someone knocking on the door. They happily rushed to the front of their tiny thatched cottage, for as much as they loved each other, they loved having visitors. When they threw open the door, there, standing before them, were two tall strangers. One was a very strong-looking bearded man, the other was an impish-looking young man.
“We’ve traveled from far away,” said the bearded man in a beautiful deep voice. “Is it possible we might rest a while in your home?”
“Come in, come in!” said Baucis, and she held the door as the two visitors ducked their heads and entered the tiny cottage.
Philemon rushed to the fire and raked the coals. He added leaves and bark and blew hard to make a cheerful blaze. Baucis put a copper kettle over the flames, then scurried around the kitchen to make some soup.
While they worked, the old couple chatted happily with their visitors, for they wanted them to feel at home.
As Baucis prepared the table, Philemon bathed the feet of the visitors and dried them with towels. Then Baucis served many earthenware dishes filled with cabbage and bacon, black olives, cherries soaked in wine, garden salad with endive and radishes, milk-while honeycomb, nuts, figs, dates, plums, grapes fresh from the vine, and delicious red apples.
After Philemon poured wine into beech goblets, he stood by the table and wrung his old gnarled hands. “Please forgive us, gentlemen,” he said, “for giving you so little.” Then before the visitors could protest, Baucis told Philemon to offer their visitors their only goose!
Tears filled Philemon’s eyes, for he and Baucis had a strong affection for their old goose. They thought of the goose as being somewhat the guardian of their estate. But the old man nodded and agreed good-naturedly. Then he hurried outside to catch the old gander.
The two visitors stood at the cottage door and watched the old couple exhaust themselves as they dashed about their dirt yard, trying to catch the skinny goose.
Just as the goose sought refuge behind the visitors, the bearded man held up his hand and said, “Stop! Don’t kill your only goose!”
When Baucis and Philemon returned to the cottage, the younger stranger said, “We are not mortals. We are gods come down from Mount Olympus. I am Hermes, and this is my father, Zeus.”
Baucis and Philemon let out cries of disbelief. They were astounded that Zeus, greatest of all the gods on Mount Olympus, was in their cottage! And Hermes, his son, the messenger god who could fly through the air! Suddenly the mysterious visitors were bathed in a shimmering light, and they seemed to grow larger than life. Awestruck and frightened, Baucis and Philemon backed against their wall.
Zeus urged them not to be afraid, but to leave their house immediately and come with him and Hermes to Mount Olympus,.
“But why?” stammered Philemon.
“Your wicked countrymen will soon be destroyed. Hermes and I came to earth to test the warmth and hospitality of mortals We visited hundreds of homes, but no one was friendly to us - except the two of you.”
Baucis and Philemon quickly gathered a small bundle and their things. Then they leaned on their walking sticks as they followed Zeus and Hermes up a steep hill.
When the four reached the top of the hill, they looked back and saw water covering the land below. Baucis and Philemon wept for their neighbors. But suddenly they gasped when they saw their cottage floating on top of the water. Before everyone’s eyes, the cottage changed into a gleaming temple: Its wooden pillars became shining marble columns. The straw thatch became gold; the doors, wondrously carved gates; and the rough wooden floors, white marble.
Then Zeus told Baucis and Philemon to make a wish, for he wanted to replay them for the kindness and generosity.
They thought for while, then said, “We would like to be keepers of your temple that was once our cottage. And we would like to die together someday, so that one of us is not left behind without the other.”
“Your wish shall be granted,” said Zeus.
So Baucis and Philemon became the keepers of Zeus’s temple, and they lived many more happy years together. Then one day, each began to see changes in the other: Tree bark began growing on their shoulders; their arms began sprouting forth bright green leaves; their feet changed into new roots Baucis was slowly turning into a linden tree and Philemon, to an oak.
Their foliage spread daily until finally one evening, they whispered to one another, “Farewell, my dear!” “Farewell!” And then the bark closed over their mouths.
After Baucis and Philemon turned into trees, their countrymen on earth often showed strangers the great oak and linden that grew from only one trunk; and they always recited a line when they hung wreaths on the two trees:
Those who care for the gods may
someday become gods
themselves.