Friday Lecture, November 14, 7:30 PM The Winston School, Del Mar 215 9th Street, Del Mar, CA (858) 259-8155 Jacqueline Zeller Levine, Ph.D. The Hole, The Whole, and the Holy: Secrets, Silence, and the Search for Meaning IN OUR PROFESSIONAL and personal relationships, in international and national interactions secrets contain poison or power, silence withholds or opens, and the search for meaning combines both despair and hope. This evening will be an exploration of the shadow that festers in secrets and silence. We will explore that which is fostered in the silence: A relationship to the Self, to the other, and a relationship with the Divine. We will also explore the purpose and shadow of secrets and the flow of silence within the psyche of the individual and the collective. There are multiple responses to secrets and silence. In the process of therapy, as well as in the world at large, secrets, when discovered may be perceived as an assault on trust and belief in the other. Secrets are also a means to contain and hold that which feels threatened by others, thus manifesting as a strength within. Silence, on the one hand is experienced as cold, withholding, and punishing, or felt as a natural, regenerative space that provides a place for renewal within the natural cycle of creation. Silence may be received as a contemplative place, itself the container for connection with the holeJACQUELINE ZELLER LEVINE, PH.D., is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Santa Fe, NM. She specializes in grief, depression, change of life, aging and disabled children in the family. Much of her focus is on the transference and countertransference in the analytic process. She has a Ph.D. from Pacifica Graduate Institute and has written on “Children of the Holocaust,” and “Secrets and Silence.” ADMISSION FEES: $10 full-time students, $15 FOJ members and Senior citizens (65+) $20 Non-members
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