The Glittering World of the Navajo
This four day seminar, which will begin and end with a traditional Navajo ceremony, is designed for Jungian analysts in active clinical practice. The seminar will focus on exploring clinical insights and developing techniques for use as analysts in our clinical practice. Mornings will be spent with lectures/talks/stories by a Navajo medicine man and a Navajo cultural translator who will focus on Navajo philosophy and cultural perspectives. Navajo Traditional Medicine, and balancing Diné (Navajo) ceremonies with western medicine will be discussed. The Navajo concept of Hózhó, loosely translated as, “Beauty” and “Harmony” through the restoration of psychic balance, will be explored as it might appear in our own consulting rooms. Hózhó is at the core of all Navajo healing ceremonies.
Living in the Borderland addresses the evolution of Western consciousness and describes the emergence of the 'Borderland,' a spectrum of reality that is beyond the rational yet is palpable to an increasing number of individuals.