Jack Graham, MDiv, is a Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice. Jack has trained extensively in Jungian therapy, Psychomotor Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, Psychomythology, and various therapies around energetic healing. He has explored the work of Carl Jung and James Hillman for thirty years. In addition to working with individuals, families, and couples (often doing couples therapy with his wife, Helen), Jack works with a full range of personal issues such as anxiety, depression, addiction, sexuality, gender issues, and personal and spiritual growth. Jack is also an Ordained Presbyterian Minister, teacher, biblical scholar, author, archaeologist, futurist, and consultant in organizational development.

Helen Graham, LCSW, has multiple areas of interest in communication, especially intergenerational exchanges. She was an independent producer of multi-media presentations, and served on the North American Speakers Bureau for Television Awareness Training & Media Literacy for over 20 years. She leads workshops in the areas of healthy communications; navigating the natural developmental stage of the 2nd half of life; and helping persons deepen into Spiritual balance—in one’s interior, as well as in exterior relationships. Helen guides persons in setting Sacred Space and experience listening to the language of silence, while introducing them to the ancient healing wisdom of indigenous peoples. She studied with a Peruvian shaman for 7 years, and is a Reiki healer.

The "gambler" archetype will be explored through history and through cases in a manner that allows us to work our way across the continuum from play to pathology. This is all done with the intention that we will become better acquainted with the gambler in ourselves and in those around us. A special nod will be given to "Lady Luck" and to her connection to the Great Mother. The powerful forces surrounding the gambler may be seen to lurk not only in casinos, the temple of Lady Luck, but also in the shadows of chances we take in our everyday lives. This lecture will be taken from her book, The Gambler: Romancing Lady Luck.

Billye B. Currie received her PhD in psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1969 and her diploma in Analytical Psychology from the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. She has spent thirty years working with children in public schools in Hattiesburg, MS as Director of Psychological Services, Special Ed and Professional Development. She has four daughters, 4 grandchildren, and one very special dog. She lives in Brandon MS with private practice in Jackson and spends one day a week as consultant for day treatment programs in Hattiesburg Public Schools. And yes, she loves to gamble!

In his last great book, Mysterium Coniunctionis, Jung points out that it is the mystic vision that takes us out of religious decay. The mystics carry the Soul force of religion. They bear the mystery that can return creativity to religion and transform it into a spiritual quest that emanates from the ground of our being. When the Soul force is lost, religious institutions rigidify, become fear-based and leave many of us feeling wounded and alienated. Jung’s emphasis on the spiritual life as a journey toward wholeness heals these wounds, supports and guides personal spiritual development and offers a new vision for renewal to institutions. Renewing the mystic vision is more than an intellectual exercise. It engages us fully in life and through growing self-knowledge softens and strengthens us while helping us to love life and other people. This lecture will explain the importance of this Soul force, how we lost it and what happened to our religious institutions as a result of this loss. Jung’s process of becoming whole--the individuation process--becomes a spiritual necessity when we recognize its dynamic, creative emphasis on transformation, and that the spiritual quest is to become fully alive. Dr. Harris will explain how we are challenged individually to renew the Soul force in our lives, and how Jungian psychology offers us a modern path to renew this vision. Individuation and the mystic vision emphasize that mind, body, and spirit are connected by the level of consciousness we grow into and growth is the path of love and individuation.

Bud Harris, Ph.D., is a Zurich trained Jungian analyst practicing in Asheville, North Carolina. Formerly a businessman, he now has over thirty years experience as a practicing psychotherapist, psychologist and Jungian analyst. He has lectured widely and written a number of articles. His books include Sacred Selfishness: A Guide to Living a Life of Substance, The Fire and the Rose, and others. For more information, see http://www.budharris.com

Why is love so difficult? How do we fail it? For centuries, love has been a topic for philosophy, theology, and especially the arts. During the past century, depth psychology, evolutionary theory and modern science have taken up the topic as well. Yet marriages and partnerships continue to break up, and the divorce rate climbs. We seem to be failing at love. Are we the problem? Modern society? Or is it love itself that is so difficult? Could love be problematic even at an "archetypal level"? To explore the situation, this lecture will draw upon the Upanishads  of the East, Homer’s Hymn to Aphrodite  of the ancient Greek world, Virgil’s Aeneid  of the Roman West. To bring our view to the present, we will also look at some contemporary film clips. By the end of the discussion, we will have a better appreciation of why love is difficult, how and why we fail at love, and what those failures could be asking of us.

Explore the rich lessons fairytales can teach us. Before the age of electronic entertainments, or even the amusement of the printed word, folks gathered around story tellers to hear tales richly combining the marvelous and the ordinary. These fairy tales portrayed an awareness of psychological patterns and a wisdom of and beyond the ordinary run of daily activity. Jungians today view fairytales as essential for discovering the workings of the psyche. Participants are invited to bring a copy of the Grimm’s collected tales. Dr. Berry will be using the Pantheon Books edition, but participants should bring whatever collections they have available.

Patricia Berry, Ph.D. is a Zurich-trained Jungian analyst. She is the author of Echo’s Subtle Body: A Contribution to Archetypal Psychology and numerous articles. In 1991 she was the first Scholar in Residence at Pacifica Graduate Institute of Depth Psychology in California. She lectures internationally and has served as president of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, as well as of the New England Society of Jungian Analysts. Currently, she has a private practice in West Bath, Maine.