Canberra Jung Society Inc.

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   "Decoding Disinformation: Untangling the Web of Deception"
    "Decoding Antiquity Vol.1: Challenging the Ancient Astronaut Myth"
    "Decoding Antiquity Vol. 2: Translating Ancient Texts"

Our Next Guest-Speaker Meeting:

Friday 1st November 2024

"Carl Jung Spiritus Contra Spiritum”

With Carolyn Minchin, MA

at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)

Carl Jung played a unique role in the emergence of Alcoholics Anonymous through a series of conversations with AA founder Bill Wilson, addressing the importance of spiritual awareness in the recovery journey.

Ian McCabe’s book “Carl Jung and Alcoholic Anonymous: The Twelve Steps, a Spiritual Journey of Individuation” details the social climate and correspondence at the heart of the emergence of the Twelve Step movement.

As an addiction counsellor working in regional NSW, I will explore the rich heritage of the 12 step movement and the perspective Jung brought to the early days of AA with his statement: ‘Spiritus contra spiritum’. I will link my journey of awareness and spiritual growth around the impact of alcohol in my own family with the archetype of the Ouroboros, a new sculpture by Zen artist Jenny Lee, commissioned to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the National Art Gallery.

Carolyn Minchin (they/she) is a graduate of Education at the University of Canberra and a Master of Social Work at Charles Sturt University. As a volunteer community social worker with the Gamarada Indigenous Community Healing group in Redfern, Carolyn works to build a bridge between Indigenous practice wisdom and evidence-based practice and is training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, (DBT) a behavioural approach to therapy with people at risk of suicide and self-harm.

Note: “Spiritus contra spiritum” literally translates to “spirit against spirit”.
Loosely translated, it refers to “a spiritual experience to counter addiction to the spirits (alcoholism).”
Spiritus in Latin means both alcoholic beverages, i.e., spirits, and the highest religious experience.

We meet from 7:30pm for tea, coffee and snacks, music, discussion and library.
The Guest Speaker's presentation is at 8pm for an hour or so,
then we resume for questions and discussion, finishing by 10 pm.

Cost for attendance (at MacKillop House):
Jung Soc members free,
Guests $15 (Seniors/Concession $10),
Pay at the door (cash or credit card), by bank transfer or by credit card or PayPal via TryBooking.

Cost for on-line access:
Jung Society members free (We'll send you a link).
Guests $10:
Pay by bank transfer or by credit card or PayPal via TryBooking.

*** Christmas Party ***

Saturday 7th December 2024 12:30 - 3:30pm

Details TBA - Watch this space!

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The Canberra Jung Society Inc. does not endorse and is not to be held
responsible for the content of any lecture or advertisement, nor is any
information or advice a substitute for professional counselling and
therapy.

If you believe that we have inadvertently breached any
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the matter.}

^{Cost:

*
Monthly Friday meetings:

      * For non-members is $15 or $10
Seniors/Concession (members free).

* Special Events (eg workshops):

* Costs are specific to those events.

* Annual Membership
entitles members to:
^{*
attend our 10 meetings at no cost,

* receive two newsletters per year, and

* share access to our extensive library.}


Cost for membership for a full year is $75 (or $60
concession), to be paid in March each year,


* Pay at the door, or by

bank transfer, or with credit card at

TryBooking.}

^{^{Everyone is welcome.}

We normally meet at 7:30pm on the first Friday each month for music
and coffee and chat,
Guest Speaker at 8pm, break for supper around
9pm, resume for questions and discussion until 10pm.

Location:
Usually
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT.
                *** Please check the website for any changes to date/time and locaton of
events ***

Web:

www.CanberraJungSociety.org.au

Email:

CanberraJungSociety@yahoo.com

Postal: PO Box 82,
Belconnen, ACT 2612, Australia}