Central to the great traditions of both psychoanalysis and spirituality are critical insights into the ebb and flow of the powerful - both wonderful and dangerous - energies of life and transformation. Experiences of scarcity or abundance, flatness or flooding, point to the key role of both access to and optimal regulation of the golden energies of the soul.
In this workshop, Robert Moore will share his recent research discoveries into the Great Code of the GodSelf Within and his reflections on the dynamics and transformations of Dragon energies, or the fire within. The form of the workshop will be a balance of Dr. Moore talking about his newest discoveries, discussions with the people who come, and experiential exercises that demonstrate, amplify, and deepen the insights and teachings being shared. The workshop is open to all people who are seriously interested in personal and spiritual transformation, and especially for those willing to Face the Dragon.
We will explore how transpersonal energy works in human psychological and spiritual experience and seek to understand the dynamics of psychological and spiritual energy, including recent discoveries in how energy works in evil, chaos, despair, and possession states. We will learn was to optimize the use of energy in the transformative process, the place of ritual, and the role of spiritual discipline and practice in our lives.
Particular attention will be focused on Dr. Moore's key discovery with regard to the regulation of the great energies of the psyche. He will describe the ways in which the golden dragon energies must be consciously offered to the transpersonal Other in order to have them become truly accessible in a regulated, usable, non-demonic, creative form for both personal and world transformation.
Robert Moore is a Jungian Analyst and Professor of Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Spirituality at the Chicago Theological Seminary where he is the Senior Professor in the Center for Theology, Ethics, and the Human Sciences. Co-founder of the Institute for the Science of Psychoanalysis, he is an internationally recognized psychoanalyst, psychotherapist, and consultant. He is the author of King, Warrior, Magician, Lover (with Douglas Gillette); The Archetype of Initiation: Sacred Space, Ritual Process, and Personal Transformation; The Magician and the Analyst: The Archetype of the Magus in Occult Spirituality and Jungian Analysis; The Archetype of Initiation, The Magician and the Analyst and his forthcoming Facing the Dragon: Confronting Personal and Spiritual Grandiosity. We welcome the return of this distinguished analyst, thinker, and teacher.