BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:259@junginoc.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250608T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250608T130000 DTSTAMP:20250609T223727Z URL:https://junginoc.org/events/2025-06-08-mayer-patzel/ SUMMARY:Dragon Baby and Riding the Dragon: Changes in an Archetypal Image DESCRIPTION:\n(Rescheduled from October 20\, 2024)\n\n\n\nThis program will be recorded and made available publicly on our \;YouTube channel. You do not need to have registered to view the video.\n\n\n\nA very brief Ann ual Meeting will be held at the start of this program. A proposed slate o f officers and bylaws revisions to be voted on will be emailed to current members in advance. \;\n\n\n\nIn the Western world\, the archetypal im age of the dragon has historically been considered a destructive mythic cr eature that requires slaying\, and\, even worse\, the incarnation of dark and purely evil forces. Fighting the huge destructive power of the dragon as a threat to human order and to human consciousness has been a predomina nt storyline for many centuries with only rare exceptions such as Saint Ma rgaret's taming of the dragon.\n\n\n\nNear the beginning of the 20th centu ry\, new storylines emerged in the Western world containing friendly or ha rmless dragons. Since then\, especially during the last sixty years an inc reasing number of stories have appeared\, both in Europe and in America\, about helpful dragons or even dragons that can be ridden. Helpful dragons or baby dragons that can be cared for have also been showing up in modern dreams.\n\n\n\nThe lecture will examine this change in the archetypal imag e within the context of the development of consciousness in the Western wo rld as well as its relevance to the need for renewal. The dragon in alchem y and Chinese culture will also be discussed and compared.\n\n\n\nSabine M ayer-Patzel\, Jungian Analyst\, was born in South Africa. She has a master ’s degree in environmental sciences from ETH Zurich\, was trained as a W aldorf School teacher in Germany\, taught chemistry at Waldorf schools fro m 2009-2019\, and since 2002 has also worked as a copy editor.\n\n\n\nIn 2 001\, she started her training at the Research and Training Centre for Dep th Psychology according to C.G. Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz\, Zurich\, where she has lectured about the Greek myth of Andromeda\, the Pleiades\, and the symbolism of the star constellations Pegasus and Aquarius. \; Since 2018\, she has also been in charge of the administration of the Cent re. This past summer\, she completed her diploma thesis on the changing sy mbol of the dragon and the dragon baby. \;\n\n\n\nMs. Mayer-Patzel pra ctices as a Jungian analyst in Überlingen\, Germany.\n\n\n\nLearning obje ctives:\n\n\n\n\nExplain the changes in the archetypal image of the dragon within the context of the development of consciousness in the Western wor ld.\n\n\n\nCompare and contrast various symbols of the dragon as found\, f or example\, in the Western world and Chinese culture.\n\n\n\nIdentify and compare different attitudes an individual might assume in relating to psy chic qualities or powers that are symbolized by the dragon.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://junginoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ 0E7076E8-543B-486F-B0D4-D832BB53EF7C_1_201_a-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR