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Salome Action Night
Wednesday, March 11th, 6:30-8pm
Repeating every other Wednesday.
Bi-monthly gatherings in the spirit of Kali & Salome
A blend of enraged political response & gushing love letters
In the words of Marie-Louise von Franz: “Jung foresaw great trouble in the coming years and he was deeply concerned, not about politics in the everyday sense of the word, but about the fate of mankind as a whole.”
Jung wasn’t traditionally political, but he never retreated apolitically. While regularly engaged in his military service in Switzerland, Jung also worked diligently as Agent 488 for American Intelligence during WWII. His impact there was, by all documented accounts, of tremendous significance to the American government’s psychological understanding of Hitler, and the success of Nazi thinking throughout Europe.
“Nobody will probably ever know how much Prof Jung contributed to the allied cause during the war.”
— Allen W. Dulles, Chief of OSS
But Jung’s most political work was his fundamental understanding that true social transformation begins and ends inside each individual.
Liber Novus, The Red Book, is an account of Jung’s personal struggle to witness that the inexplicable violence that had suddenly overtaken Europe at the dawn of WWI began with each individual’s refusal to go to battle inside themselves, with their own opposites.
“Since men do not know that the conflict occurs inside themselves, they got mad, and one lays the blame on the other.””
— Jung, The Red Book
Details:
When: Every other Wednesday evening, 6:30-8pm
Where: Cozy condo in downtown Portland. Private address shared via email.
Who: You, if you’re seeking soulful, non-dogmatic community, with a political and depth psychological bent.
What: A drink or snack, maybe some old cards for letters?