By means of a particular set of instances in The Red Book, which we will read together, we will reflect on our own story and remember where analogous conditions and occasions entered our lives. Jung’s journey offers us each a rich opportunity to see the deeper mythos in our own story and to grasp how it fits into a grand narrative that comprises our lived life of meaning. If you own the Reader’s Edition of Jung’s poem, please bring it. I will furnish the pages if you do not.

For this retreat, please bring pen and journal and leave laptops at home. Cursive writing offers a more meditative way in to reflection and meditation on the passages we will entertain.

As follow-up to this weekend, we're offering a Red Book Book Club by Skype for those who wish to continue to explore their own epic journey. See our Event calendar for more information on the book club. 

NOTE: Members can register for the workshop alone, or the workshop plus book club, for a reduced rate, by clicking register. 

Presenter Biography

Dennis Patrick Slattery, Ph.D. has been teaching for 45 years, the last 24 at Pacifica Graduate Institute in the Mythological Studies Program as well as others. He is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 27 volumes, including 6 volumes of poetry and one co-authored novel. He has also published more than 200 articles in books, magazines, journals and on-line sources. He also paints in acrylics and has completed 12 paintings, most of which are 16x20. His most recent publications include Our Daily Breach: Exploring Your Personal Myth in Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick and Pilgrimaging Beyond Belief: A Monastic Memoir. He has finished a book on Homer’s Odyssey as well as a co-edited volume on the Letters of Joseph Campbell, both for 2018 publication.