Iaap newsletter 28 - The new Israeli Jungian society

United States (North Carolina)
NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY OF JUNGIAN ANALYSTS (NCSJA)
The North Carolina Society of Jungian Analysts convened for its annual meeting on
Saturday, September 27 th at the Siena Hotel in Chapel Hill.
It is worthy of note that the general environment of our meeting was shaped by a
surprising shortage of gasoline and, more threateningly, by the bad news of increasing
difficulties in the country’s banking system. Disruptive weather along the US Gulf
coast hampered normal distribution of gasoline, leading to shortages that significantly
impacted the southeast and North Carolina in particular.
Then, on this morning of the annual meeting, a prominent North Carolina-based bank,
Wachovia, made headlines announcing its failure. This brought home the reality of a
possible catastrophic collapse of the US and international monetary system.
It is not possible to determine how those external events influenced our meeting
except to say that we were confronted with reminders of the transitory forms of this
world in juxtaposition with the perspective of our profession that daily encounters
deeper archetypal realities in our psyches and those of our analysands. Jung refers to
these realities as “beneficent for us that ever and anon have enabled humanity to
find a refuge from every peril and to outlive the longest night” (CW Vol. 15, par. 15).
Meeting at such an intersection of cultural and archetypal dynamics made even more
meaningful the typical opening of the society’s meeting when members share
something of their personal and professional experiences over the past year. The
society has traditionally affirmed a tradition of group process that strives for a
balance between attention to task and to relationships; to spontaneity and to
procedure; gravity and humor.
Two of the significant items on our business agenda were the welcoming of Dorothy
Campbell (see below) into NCSJA, and also a discussion of the Asheville Jung Center
(not affiliated with NCSJA) and its sponsorship of a series of internationally telecast
seminars. A lengthy discussion about the center aired many perspectives and concerns
that might have significance for the greater Jungian community. For that reason, a
motion was made and unanimously passed that a letter be sent to the IAAP Executive
Committee to consider these concerns.
Following our morning session and lunch, we concluded our business meeting. The
afternoon program was devoted to the timely topic: “Analyze This: The Jungian House
2008.” David Sedgwick, Julia Jewett, and Terrence Lee each made challenging
presentations, viewing our “Jungian House” from cultural, personal, and professional
perspectives. Reminding us, as Dorothy says in the Wizard of Oz, that we are “not in
Kansas anymore,” the presentation stretched us to look beyond our old boundaries
toward an emerging future that threatens and entices.
pg. 92