Resonance of Masks

In ancient Greek theatre, masks were used not only to make it easier for the actors to play more than one part and go beyond their real identity, but also they helped to amplify the voice and amplify the character being played - in other words, they served to create resonance.  Just so with the Jungian idea of persona - the mask we put on to present ourselves in a suitable way, to help us be in tune, resonate, with society.   We can have multiple persona to suit each different situation.  The Champernowne Summer Course provides the opportunity to experiment, to 'play' with different parts of ourselves and see where it takes us. With this knowledge we have more resources to tap into, not only for enriching ourselves, but also to use for the masks of persona.

The Resonance of Choirs

This is a photo of choir singing on the Champernowne Trust - C G Jung Club London Summer Course in August 2018.  It happened every day.  Choir singing in unison means we 'vibrate at the same rate' -  one of the definitions of resonance.  To resonate with others is a good feeling.  Singing puts body and mind in tune.  Feel good hormones are released when we perform in a choir.  We will be doing it again on the August 2020 Summer Course.  And in the same beautiful room. 

A Resonant Alliance

One of the definitions for ‘resonance’ in the Collins Dictionary is “The sound produced by an object when it vibrates at the same rate as the sound waves from another object”.   The two ‘objects’ in this case are the Champernowne Trust Summer Course and the C G Jung Club London.  In 2017 the Trust approached the Club asking them to join in creating the 2018 Summer Course.  It was a truly resonant alliance and the 2018 course was a veritable success.  Both organisations have the same profound belief in nurturing the soul by being in contact with Jung’s objective unconscious, achieved through imagination and creativity.  Jung wrote –

How black and white are our attitudes and judgements: this is good, this is bad; its a male dominated world.  But life is more complex.  The Hindu God Shiva reflects this - both destructive and creative, half woman half man, meditative and daemonic.  Tomorrow, Saturday 18th March, there is a workshop at the C G Jung Club London where Shiva will be vividly experienced. 

Meditation
Tomorrow, Thursday 16 March at 7.30pm, Martin Liebscher will talk to the C G Jung Club London about meditation and the role it can play in enabling us to find our true nature - what Jungians call the journey of individuation.  In this fast running world the need to create the space to let in the Jungian collective unconscious, the religious God, is more needed than ever.  All religions pray or meditate, but we don't have to be part of a religion to be in communication with this vital 'other' in our daily life.  It impinges on us anyway, how much better to relate to it. www.fisu.org.meditation/centres www.londonmeditationcentre.com www.kmclondon.org www.lbc.org.uk www.shambala.org.uk www.kmlondon.org www.willwilliamsmeditstion.co.uk www.sahajayogalondon.co.uk/meditation

Club Fellowhip

The speaker for the talk tomorrow evening (Thursday 19 January) has had to cancel.  Luckily - the gods are with us - Jim Fitzgerald has very kindly stepped into the breach and will give a talk on the Grimm fairy tale Hans the Hedgehog.  He is a well known and popular speaker in Jungian circles and embodies the fellowship of the Club in doing this. 

Unblocking the resistance to dealing with the climate crisis

This Thursday, 19th January, Sarah Halford will give a talk to the C G Jung Club London entitled 'Psyche's Seasons: Jungian Psychology and Climate Crisis'.  The evidence is becoming more and more clear that we are in a crisis situation ecologically, yet, for some reason, the motivation is not there en masse to do enough about it.  I would suggest this is to do with our 'dislocated psyches', with so many being out of touch with true nature, both their own personal one and with nature in the world.  In Jungian psychology, everything is connected with everything, so the two aspects go together.  Sarah tackles this by offering useful new perspectives informed by the bridges Jungian psychology and Celtic myths can offer toward a renewed orientation to the planet and to the suffering embedded on each dislocate psyche.