C. G. Jung Society of the Triangle

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
(Carl Jung)

Join us at upcoming events to foster insight, wisdom and community....

Friday, Oct. 25,  2019, 7:30 pm
Church of Reconciliation, Chapel Hill, NC 

Living an Imaginal Life
Lecture by Jeffrey Raff, PhD

The term “Imaginal World,” made popular by the great French writer Henri Corbin, refers to a dimension of life outside the norm, a dimension only perceivable through the imagination.  The imagination, however, is not something unreal or ungrounded, a creator of fantasies and illusions.  Rather, it is a powerful mode of perception that connects us with a world just as real as our ordinary world of everyday reality.  As Robert Johnson has said, the imaginal is not real, it is realer than real.  In this lecture I shall discuss the nature of the imaginal, its relationship to Jung and the process of individuation, as well as the transformative nature of imaginal experience.  I shall also outline ways in which one can begin to live an imaginal life. 

Saturday, Oct. 26, 10am-4pm
Church of Reconciliation, Chapel Hill, NC

Living an Imaginal Life Workshop
Jeffrey Raff, PhD

Building on the discussion Friday night, we shall continue our exploration of the theoretical nature of the imaginal and imagination but will concentrate on the experience of several methods for living the imaginal life.  These methods include dreaming, active imagination, as well as working with inner impulses and synchronicities.  There will be opportunity to practice and then discuss our experiences working with these techniques.  We will also discuss ways to live the imaginal life on a daily basis.  The practices used in the workshop are suitable for both those new to Jung and active imagination as well as those more advanced.

Jeffrey Raff, PhD and Jungian Analyst, graduated from Bates College, earned his M.A. in Psychology from The New School for Social Research,  and his Ph.D. from Union Graduate School.  He attended the C.G. Institute of Zurich from which he graduated in 1976.  Moving to Colorado he has been in private practice in Denver since 1976.  He is the former president of the C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado to which he belongs as a Senior Analyst.  He taught at the Institute and at Pacifica Graduate Institute and has given workshops on Alchemy and Active Imagination all over the country.  He is the author of four books, including Jung and the Alchemical Imagination, and numerous articles.