Toward Wholeness:
Integrating the Masculine & Feminine in Self and Society
an eight-session seminar for all genders
with Satya Doyle Byock
Fridays, September 8 - November 3, 2023
one week break on October 6th
9 - 11am PDT | 12 - 2pm EDT
All seminars are hosted online. Recordings are provided to all registrants.
“It might seem impossible that there could be any hope of mutual understanding between a man and a woman were it not for the fact that within them both there exist elements of contrasexual character. ”
“Gay students in classes where I have taught Jungian psychology have noted the heterosexism in this model, wondering if and how this central aspect of individuation applies to them.”
Jung’s deep research and innovative thinking around the masculine and feminine, the anima and animus, and the integration of opposites were core to his entire psychology. His emphasis on the contrasexual aspects of male and female psychology had a revolutionary impact on the Western world, challenging a lopsided patriarchal society to wrestle with its shadow. And yet, many of Jung’s writings contradict one another and many require re-examination in a world in which mainstream understandings of gender, sexuality, and marriage have transformed. (This is true not just for Jung’s work, but for the Jungians who have lectured and written on these topics since.)
“The animus seems to go back only to the fourteenth century, and the anima to remote antiquity, but with the animus I must say I am uncertain altogether.”
In this eight-part seminar, we’ll explore the various ways in which definitions of “masculine” and “feminine” and “animus” and “anima” can be interpreted and how these ideas can evolve forward from outdated assumptions about gender, the gender binary, and rigid heteronormative frameworks—without being tossed out completely. We will read the writings and hear the voices of many different thinkers from the Jungian canon and beyond. What deep wisdom can be gleaned from these writings to serve all of us today? How can we discern what nourishment is to be retained and what outdated ideas can be discarded?
“The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane.”
The integration of the masculine and feminine aspects of self is central to the pursuit of individuation, but tackling what this means is not an easy task.
Each week in this seminar, we’ll parse through various powerful readings on these subjects (some old, some much more modern) to make sense of how the ideas can be applicable and illuminating for our own lives today, and for society at large.
Register:
Cost: $275
Scholarships & Discounts: It is important to us that this material be accessible. If finances would prevent you from joining us, please send an email with a short note. We would love for you to be able to join.
Readings: All readings and podcasts will be provided to registered participants via a class portal and scanned pdfs. Materials will be drawn from a wide variety of authors.
Recordings: Same-day recordings will be provided. Recordings will expire to protect confidentiality.
CEU: Participants can earn 16 CEs — Continued Education Credit hours — for this seminar. Please review this page on Continued Education Credits.
About Satya Doyle Byock, MA, LPC
Satya Doyle Byock is a psychotherapist in private practice in Portland, Oregon, the author of Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood (Random House, 2022), and the founding director of The Salome Institute of Jungian Psychology. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, and The Times of London, and her writing has been published in Literary Hub, Psychological Perspectives, The Utne Reader, Goop, Oregon Humanities Magazine, and elsewhere. Satya has lectured at Jung groups in the US and UK, and has been interviewed for her work on a number of podcasts. She is also the co-host of Carl Jung’s Red Book Podcast, and has twenty years of practice with The I Ching and dreamwork.