In this lecture we will consider a Persian fairy tale called the Patient Stone which describes the enigmatic journey of a young woman whose simple and sheltered life is thrown into chaos after she hears a voice announcing that she will die. Trying to escape this seemingly terrifying fate, the protagonist embarks on a long journey that leads her to precisely what she had sought to avoid. Her journey is none other than what C.G. Jung has described as the individuation process. Standing on the shoulders Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz, we will try to explore the timelessness of fairy tales when looked at symbolically and the way they can help us better understand this process in our own lives.
Mandana Shashaani Chambers, JD, is a Diploma Candidate at the Research and Training Centre for Depth Psychology according to G.G. Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz in Zurich. She was born in Iran and moved to Paris while still in high school. She lived and studied there until 1972, then came to the United States to live. She graduated from law school in 1985 and started her own law firm. In 1991, her interest in Jungian psychology led her to the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles where she attended lectures for many years and served on the Development Committee for four years. She lives and works in Pacific Palisades.
Part of the series “Basic Jung: The Interpretation of Fairy Tales”