Past Presentations

Film

Jung’s observations and discoveries about the psyche also provide a way to get a deeper and unique perspective on films. Films that have been the subject of specific seminars and lectures include:

Mythology

• A Net in the Desert: The Myth of the Gulf War. Lecture, Jung Foundation, Toronto and Montreal Jung Society
• Continuing the Myth: The Art of Albrecht Dürer. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• Life in the Wilderness. Lecture, Jung Society, Ottawa and Montreal
• Gethsemane: Betrayal as a Force for Change. Seminar, Anglican Centre for Theological Dialogue, Toronto
• The Alien Man: Lessons from Beyond. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• The Myth of Oedipus. Analyst Training Programme, Ontario Association of Jungian Analysts
• The Fisherman and His Wife – The Continuing Story. Seminar, Analyst Training Programme, Ontario Association of Jungian Analysts

Cultural Anthropology

• The Rainbow Serpent: Bridge to Consciousness. Lecture and Seminar, La Sociedad de Amigos de Jung, Valencia, Spain
• Cargo Cults in Polynesia: Will God Deliver the Goods?: Lecture, Anglican Centre for Theological Dialogue, Toronto
• Native and Western Dreams. Presented with Native Elder, Wilfred Pelletier. Seminar, Jung Society, Ottawa
• Native and Western Dreams. Presented with Native Elder, Sequoia Redwood. Jung Society, Montreal
• The Dreamtime: A Religious Way of Life. Analyst Training Programme, Ontario Association of Jungian Analysts
• Aboriginal Dreaming. Seminar, Analyst Training Programme, Ontario Association of Jungian Analysts
• Escaping the Wilderness. Lecture, Calgary Jung Society
• Individuation and the Incest Motif. Analyst Training Programme, Ontario Association of Jungian Analysts
• Images of the Dreamtime. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto

Theory and Practice of Jungian Psychology

• The Father in Film. Lecture, The Analytical Psychology Society of Western NY
• Introducing Jung. School of Continuing Studies, Ryerson University
• Neurosis and Individuation. Lecture, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• Living With Dreams. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• Projections in the Drama of Life. Workshop, Catholic Family Services, Toronto
• Coming of Age. Seminar, The Analytical Psychology Society of Western NY
• Of Two Minds: The Ambivalent Father. Lecture, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• Blinding Illusions: Killing the Father. Lecture, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• Jung’s Theory of Complexes. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• The Interpretation of Dream. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• Of Two Minds: The Ambivalent Father. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• C.G. Jung Interviewed: The Houston Films. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• A Life Out of Balance. Jung Society, St. Catharines, Ontario
• Jung on Film. Seminar. Jung Foundation, Toronto
• On the Nature of the Psyche. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• Images of the Father. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• On Psychic Energy. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• The Father’s Affliction. Seminar, Calgary Jung Society
• Reading Seminar, Analyst Training Programme, Ontario Association of Jungian Analysts
• Basic Principles of Jungian Psychology. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto
• It’s a Complex Life. Seminar, Jung Foundation, Toronto

Word Association Experiment

• This simple test has the capacity to reveal the unconscious forces that interfere with, and frustrate, our conscious intentions. A very useful tool in analysis, I have taught many seminars on how to conduct and interpret the test, particularly to training candidates in the Analyst Training Programme.