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SUMMARY:Jung and the Environment - Part Two: A Jungian Ecopsychological Per
 spective: Our Relationship with Nature
DESCRIPTION:"Jung and the Environment - Part Two"\nA Jungian Ecopsychologic
 al Perspective: Our Relationship with Nature\nPresented by . Dennis Merrit
 t\, LCSW\, PhD\nSunday\, 2 PM - 6 PM\, April 26th\, 2015\nlink to audio fi
 le\nJung coined the terms "new age" and "age of Aquarius" in 1940 to label
  the massive paradigm shift he said was necessary in the West. This includ
 es a profound change in the human relationship with the environment. Jungi
 an psychology can provide a mythic and archetypal analysis of the problems
  and a framework for addressing them.\nThis presentation explores Jung's c
 ritique of Christianity as well as alchemy\, fairy tales\, and legends as 
 compensatory elements. Each layer of the collective unconscious will be ex
 amined for its contribution to our dysfunctional relationship to nature an
 d how it can be rectified from a Jungian perspective. This includes using 
 dreams to help connect us to the environment\, especially dreams of landsc
 apes and animals. A case will be made for Hermes as the god of ecopsycholo
 gy\, the new field that examines how our perceptions\, values\, attitudes\
 , and behaviors affect our relationship with nature.\nThese concepts\, tog
 ether with synchronicity\, provide a bridge to Native American spiritualit
 y as a model for connecting to the land. How these approaches can move us 
 towards a fundamentally different relationship with nature will be illustr
 ated by briefly exploring their use in our educational system.\nDennis Mer
 ritt\, LCSW\, PhD\, is a Jungian analyst and ecopsychologist in private pr
 actice in Madison and Milwaukee\, Wisconsin. He lived in Anaheim until age
  six then moved to a small dairy farm in Wisconsin\, where he established 
 a deep connection with the land through farming and 4-H Club nature study 
 projects. After getting a PhD from Berkeley in insect pathology (microbial
  control of insect pests) and an MA in Humanistic Psychology from Sonoma S
 tate\, he trained at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. Nearly thirty year
 s of participation in Lakota Sioux ceremonies have profoundly influenced h
 is worldview. His article "Sacred Landscapes\, Sacred Seasons: A Jungian E
 copsychological Perspective\," applies complexity theory to Jungian concep
 ts to describe how sacred space is created and maintained in nature.\nDenn
 is Merritt's links:\nBlog:www.JungianEcopsychology.com
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