2009

LECTURES

Bereavement Dreaming and the Individuating Soul

The sudden death of a loved one affects all aspects of our lives and can easily change its direction. We are generally unaware of how the inner Self prepares us for this crises and guides us through our nightly dreams. We will focus on the common elements in bereavement dreams from Geri’s book, “Bereavement Dreaming and the Individuating Soul,” and the dreams she had following the death of her son in 1984. She will address the universally experienced, archetypal images of death, visitations of the spirit soul, transcendent states of consciousness, and the state of liminality that opens our psyches to the spiritual, archetypal, and collective realms of the unconscious. The lecture will conclude with a slide presentation of major archetypal images of death and bereavement, and the celebration of Dia de Muertos in which we will see how families in a culture other than our own relate to the world of the dead and their departed loved ones.

Lecture: April 9, 2010 7:30 – 9:45 PM
University of Victoria—David Strong Building, C116
Cost: Members $10 students $5 Non-members $15

Geri Grubbs, Ph.D, is a practicing Jungian analyst in Woodinville,
WA., and a training analyst on the board of the North Pacific Institute
for Analytical Psychology. She has been practicing depth psychology since
1987 and is a graduate of the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich. Geri has lectured
and taught widely on dream interpretation and sandtray therapy, and
has written “Bereavement Dreaming and the Individuating Soul.”

In the workshop: Images, themes, and phases of bereavement dreaming
that direct our psyche toward wholeness, transcendence and transformation
will be the major focus of Saturday’s workshop. Those who wish will have
an opportunity to share about their experiences with bereavement dreaming,
explore what these dreams may be expressing and learn how to resolve
the grief and suffering that is so much a part of bereavement.

Workshop: April 10, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Fairfield Gonzales Community Centre 1330 Fairfield Rd.
Cost: Members $85.....non-Members $110

to facilitate planning, please email your registration to: pjacks@shaw.ca