Michigan Friends of Jung
Facing the Death Mother
A Guide for Healing Our Feminine Selves and Moving from Paralysis to Full Vitality and Creativity
Massimilla M. Harris, Ph.D.
Diplomate, C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich
Jungian Analyst and Author
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On both a personal and a societal level, the wounding of the Feminine archetype is one of the most important psychological challenges facing women and men today. Undermining this great archetypal force creates space for the deadly influence of the Death Mother, an archetype that entraps us and paralyzes our initiative, spirits, creativity, and vitality. The evening lecture is a journey deep into the human and psychological dimensions of how the Death Mother shapes our culture, as well as how many of us are held captive by the internalized effects of the wounded mothering we experienced as children. This healing path is based on the classic myth of Medusa, enriched with personal experiences and psychological insights that open our direction toward healing and renewed personal consciousness. It will help us examine our assumptions about ourselves and our lives in order to move from paralysis to full vitality and creativity—and most of all to a deeper love of ourselves, others and life.
In this important lecture, Dr. Harris shares a multi-faceted approach to healing the Death Mother and releasing our uniqueness, courage, and ability to live with love. She reveals how this process can transform us and our world for the better.
Themes in the Confrontation and Transformation of the Death Mother
1. Understanding the critical impact of the Death Mother on our lives as women and men
2. Facing the role of the Death Mother in paralyzing new life, killing hope, and draining our vitality
3. Learning how the institutional, personal, and psychological overlap to trap us
4. Recognizing how our culture has supported the Death Mother personally and collectively
5. Healing the effects of not being wanted by our mother, her being indifferent or wishing we were someone else
6. Recognizing our defense mechanisms such as weight, vomiting, edema, and other ways our body may turn against itself if this issue is unhealed
7. Identifying how the Death Mother creates a deadly fear of being considered inadequate
8. Analyzing how the Death Mother teaches us to fear confrontation and displeasing others
9. Understanding how the Death Mother, Medusa, must be dealt with before we can truly experience the depths of love and meaning
10. Learning how to find our way through wounding and darkness to transformation and enrichment
Massimilla Harris, Ph.D, is a practicing Jungian analyst in Asheville, North Carolina. She is also an author, teacher, award-winning quilter, and certified Solisten Provider. Dr. Harris did her analytic training in Zurich and has practiced in Asheville for over twenty years. Developed by Dr. Alfred A. Tomatis, Solisten is a special kind of music therapy that enables Dr. Harris to join body and psyche in her professional practice in order to help people release the blocks to their potential and their own voice. You may learn more about this practice at www.dynamic-listening.com
More information about Dr. Harris’ professional practice, life, books, and quilts is available at www.budharris.com
Lecture Date:
April 13, 2012
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Lecture Fee:
Members $20
Non-Members $25
Full Time Students $10
Payable by check or cash at the door
Location:
Royal Oak Senior Community Center
3500 Marais AvenueRoyal Oak, Michigan 48303-3008
Contact Info:
Michigan Friends of Jung
P.O. Box 33008
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Phone: 810-220-9348
Web: www.jungmich.org
Email: mail@jungmich.org
