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Updated by Robert James
6th June 2025
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A non-profit organisation, which aims to provide a
contact for people
interested in the psychological insights of Carl Gustav
Jung.
Through monthly meetings, workshops, other activities
and our library,
we seek to help people to understand their own inner
journey
and the world today - from a Jungian perspective.
We normally meet at 7:30 for 8:00 pm
on the first Friday of each month
at MacKillop House Conference Centre,
50 Archibald Street, Lyneham (See
map).
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Last meeting:
John Gillam 6th June 2025: "Carl Jung and Flying Saucers"
<See the video>
See the "Archives" and the "Resources" menus to the left.
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Friday 4th July 2025
"Carl Jung,
Spirituality, and Time"
With Robbie Tulip
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)
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Carl Jung’s cyclic vision of time stands in sharp contrast
to the linear progression of conventional modern thought.
Rather than viewing time as a one-way arrow, Jung
recognised recurring patterns - deep structures reflected in
myth, dream, and celestial motion - as manifestations of the
collective unconscious.
He interpreted traditional
supernatural religions not as literal truths, but as
symbolic expressions of archetypes that recur across
cultures and epochs. For Jung, the regular cycles of the
Sun, Moon, and planets provided a cosmic architecture that
grounded human spirituality in natural rhythms. This
naturalistic framing of spiritual life - situated within
both time and space - deeply informs my own studies.
Jung’s perspective invites us to approach spirituality
not as something separate from the material world, but as
integrally linked to it. His synthesis of psychology,
cosmology, and myth underscores the importance of wholeness,
reminding us that wellbeing emerges from the integration of
physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of
existence.
Robbie Tulip
manages the ANU Chaplaincy. He has interests in climate
change, religion, music and mythology. He chairs the ACT
Churches’ Council and Christians for an Ethical Society, and
works with the Healthy Planet Action Coalition on climate
policy advocacy. He runs a weekly Pop Jam at Smith’s
Alternative. Robbie has presented annual lectures to the
Canberra Jung Society for a number of years. His talks,
available on the Society website, discuss Carl Jung’s
approaches to cosmology, religion and spirituality, the
temporal structure of the solar system, and a new
interpretation of Leonardo’s Last Supper.
Cost for attendance (at MacKillop House):
Jung Society members free,
Guests $20 (Seniors/Concession
$15),
Pay cash at the door, or by bank transfer or by credit
card 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.
We meet from 7:30 pm for tea
and 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 10pm.
Zoom link
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Friday 1st August 2025
"Time and Trauma the Wisdom of Andean Shaminism" (by Zoom
from Portugal !)
With Dr Deborah Bryon
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)
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 The presenter will draw on her
experience as a psychologist and Jungian psychoanalyst as well
as her immersion in Andean shamanistic practice.
This presentation will weave
together interpersonal and Jungian analytic perspectives,
informed by indigenous Andean shamanism, and contemporary
scientific understanding of time in an exploration of a more
expansive, vision of the world. It will provide different
perspectives on experiences central to contemporary depth
psychology – i.e., the subjective experience of time and trauma.
Dr
Deborah Bryon
is a member of International
Association of Jungian Analysts (IAAP) and Inter-Regional
Society of Jungian Analysts (IRSJA). She is in private practice
in Madeira, Portugal.
Deborah is
the author of three books:
"Lessons of the Inca shamans, Part I:
Piercing the veil (Pine Winds Press, 2012),
"Lessons of the Inca shamans, Part
II: Beyond the veil (Pine Winds Press, 2014), and
"Time and
Trauma in Analytical Psychology and Psychotherapy: The Wisdom of
Andean shamanism" (Routledge, 2023).
Recent publications include: “A
Multi-dimensional Approach Toward Working with Profound Grief
Related to Death” in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: A Global
Perspective (Nova Science Publishers, 2024), “The Beauty of the
Women in Willem de Kooning’s Paintings”. (Journal of Analytical
Psychology, April 2024), “Implicit states of connectivity in the
clinical practice of Jungian psychoanalysis and Andean
shamanism”(Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2023), “Are
Psychedelics Really Necessary?” in Psychedelics and
Individuation, ed. Les Stein and Lionel Corbett, (Chiron, 2023),
“Bastard children of the avant-garde: artistic expression in the
cubist and abstract expressionist movements and the
psychoanalytic process” (Journal of Analytical Psychology,
2022), and “Processing trauma in psychoanalysis in real time and
in dreams: The convergence of past, present, and future during
covid 19” (Journal of Analytic Psychology, 2021).
Email: deborahbryon@gmail.com
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Friday 5th September 2025
"A Dream in a
Teacup"
With Eve Warren
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom) |
 Eva
will present the following hypothesis for our consideration:
Could …being totally consumed in the writing of a fictional
novel for more than three years, while at the same time,
journaling, attending to one’s night time dreams and day-time
active imaginations… possibly be akin to spending a comparative
amount of time engaged in a dialectical relationship with a
Jungian, Dream Work Analyst?
Probably not - you say?
Well, all I know is that: during the writing process, on a
conscious level, I mostly had no idea where the next chapter was
coming from nor where it would take me. Images began to take on
a life of their own, as did the characters. To me the
story-lines were akin to dream images and I often wondered, if
in fact I had developed, deep within my psyche, my own nurturing
analyst.
I also believe the writing of my novel A Dream
in a Teacup became my redemption, my coming out of darkness, and
provided me with not only momentary glimpses of
self-actualization, but also a number of what I would call, peak
experiences.
Jung on Dreams:
* Dreams
are a spontaneous self-portrayal, in symbolic forms.
* Dream
images are the best possible expression of still unconscious
facts.
Jung on Active Imagination:
* This is where the
unconscious content might be exposed in the waking state.
And
where the drama that is enacted appears to want to compel the
viewer’s participation.
As I see it, first and foremost,
A Dream in a Teacup is a self-portrayal of me and my life. But
it is also very much a social commentary of a time and place.
What you might call ‘a glimpse into Canberra’s psyche during the
1940’s.’ The microcosm population consisting of politicians,
public servants, a few journalists, Duntroon military personal,
and other than that…it was mostly working-class people like my
parents.
Eva Warren
has
been a member of Canberra Jung Society for thirty years. She has
a Bachelor of Arts in Social Welfare from Charles Sturt
University and a Masters in Theology, Ageing and Pastoral Care
from the Australian Catholic University.
For a long time,
Eve worked with people who were ageing. People with dementia and
their carers. Eve is a highly skilled, Carer Support Group
Facilitator. It was within this role, that she deemed her
primary role was to instil into her carers, a sense of
selfishness. Likening the primary and fundamental rule of First
aid to their role of carer: firstly, make sure you secure your
own safety before attempting to minister to others.
Tapping into mediums such as the labyrinth, music, dance,
drawing, clay work and dreams, Eve designed reflection days for
her Carers. Eve’s primary purpose for these workshops being to
provide a space where her carers might explore and find that
place within, the place where wisdom, intuition and inner
strength resides. A place where they might draw strength and
consolation.
Eve was our Guest Speaker in November 2020!
See Eva's website:
www.adreaminateacup.com,
where you can read chapter one of
her novel (Menu option "Preview")!
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Friday 3rd October 2025
"Consciousness and the
Phenomenology of Psychosis"
With Shauna Winram
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT (and by Zoom)
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This talk is an overview of my PhD research. My research is a
philosophical attempt to understand psychosis within the
framework of the science of consciousness.
Psychosis is
a symptom of illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar
disorder. As there are no known biological markers for these
disorders, novel approaches are required to better understand
them and help people manage and understand their experience.
Consciousness is defined here as our subjective first-person
experience. Consciousness can be understood to occur in specific
global states, such as the normal waking state, states of being
under light anaesthetic, or REM dreaming.
Part One of my
thesis determines how consciousness during psychosis differs
from the normal waking state and explores whether psychosis is a
distinct global state.
Part Two explores the
correlations between the changes in consciousness and the
beliefs people experience during psychosis. I draw on both
quantitative data from an online survey and qualitative data
from interviews with people who have experienced psychosis to
explore these issues.
Shauna Winram
is a PhD candidate in the School of Philosophy at
the Australian National University and a lived experience
researcher, having had three psychotic episodes in her twenties.
Her PhD is titled Consciousness and the phenomenology of
psychosis. Her approach to understanding psychosis differs from
the dominant biomedical model. She hopes that by exploring the
ways that consciousness can vary, we can learn more about the
type of experiences people have when they are psychotic. Her
goal is to take the first-person experience of psychosis
seriously and to determine how our philosophical and scientific
understanding of consciousness can shed light on this experience
and, in turn, how an experientially informed understanding of
psychosis can improve philosophical and/or scientific accounts
of consciousness. Prior to her PhD, she competed a Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree, a Master of Analytical Psychology degree, and
a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree.
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SPECIAL EVENT: Dr David
Russell's Saturday Workshop
"God as an Archetype" and "Carl Jung as Hero"
Saturday 4th October 2025
at MacKillop House, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham, ACT |
 Dr David Russell is a friend of
long-standing at the Canberra Jung Society. His workshop
in October last year focussed on the theme: "Carl Jung: His
Passion of Unconscious Forces and our Capacity to be both
Self-Centred and Selfless".
This year's
workshop will focus on two themes: "God as an archetype" and
"Carl Jung as hero,
trying to find his way home"!
Morning:
God is an Archetype: Implications for Everyday Life and
Psychotherapy
“ … when I
say as a psychologist that God is an archetype, I mean by that
the ‘type’ in the psyche.” Carl Jung, CW 12:14
Jung was at pains to distinguish
between what is a matter of hereditary and what is a matter of
belief. For Jung, the ‘type’ as an aspect of the psyche is
pre-existing to conscious awareness.
This notion of archetype didn’t come
out of nowhere. Contemporaries of Jung in the field of
psychology (Jean Piaget) and Zoology (Konrad Lorenz) wrote of
behavioural patterns that could be traced back to an
evolutionary past.
The word
‘schema’ is uses today in psychology and neurology to convey the
meaning of an hereditary action pattern.
But asserting that God is an
archetype, now, that’s pure Jung.
Jung’s grandson (Ulrich Hoerni) when
asked what he remembered most about Jung as an older man was the
definition of deity: “God is that which crosses my wilful path.”
I want to make these words of Jung my
central focus for the presentation. To extent the meaning of
this quote let me say: The life of the spirit is one shaped by
the desire to embrace the non-wilful, the unknown, the
unknowable.
In this
presentation I’m taking the liberty to change Jung’s use of the
word ‘God’ to ‘life of the spirit’. I believe this to be in
keeping with his intention and the spirit of our times.
By using references to myth and
cultural stories I will explore Jung’s words, that which crosses
my wilful path, as a psychologically useful focus for one’s
everyday life and one’s psychotherapeutic practice.
Afternoon: Carl Jung, as hero, trying
to find his way home
How
to best talk about Jung … was he hero, guru or a significant
teacher? Was he like Odysseus trying to find his way home,
find his personal myth?
A lot of his
followers have seen him as a guru … someone offering new ways of
self-development, new paths to salvation. A spiritual teacher.
Certainly, he was a distinguished psychiatrist who enlarged our
understanding of the mind and who made important contributions
to psychotherapy. In sum, he was all of the above.
I’ve structured this presentation by
addressing, through biography and story-telling, all three of
these qualities.
Dr
David Russell’s
initial studies were at the Pontifical Institute of Spirituality
(Teresianum) in Rome, Italy. His main area of study were the
works of two Spanish mystics, John of the Cross and Teresa of
Avila. Back in Sydney he studied psychology completing his
BSc (Hons) and the PhD. After a couple of years in private
practice he joined the fledgling Western Sydney University and
taught first in the Department of Social Ecology and then in the
School of Psychology where he was an Associate Professor. On
leaving the university he moved back into private practice where
he is still engaged on a part-time basis.
David is a past-Present of the Sydney
Jung Society and is currently an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
at Charles Darwin University.
Location:
MacKillop Conference Centre, 50 Archibald St, Lyneham
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