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Jungian Odyssey 2025
“Dark I am, yet lovely.” – Embracing the Exiled Feminine
May 17–24, 2025
Join us for our 18th Jungian Odyssey Conference & Retreat!
Photo: Seeblick Höhenhotel and View. © Seeblick Höhenhotel, Emmetten
“Dark I am, yet lovely.” – Embracing the Exiled Feminine
The exiled or dark feminine can be described to be that locus within psyche, that takes us down to the cave of destruction, despair and death, yet unveils herself as the source of solace, fecundity, even rebirth. She reveals herself through the warrior goddesses Kali and Morrígan, the scorned, owl-footed Lilith. She resides in the revered Black Madonnas and the vengeful witches of fairy tales. We are called to explore this wild, at times desolate territory and to discover, honor and integrate this powerful archetype, relevant to women and men. Maligned and dismissed throughout millennia of domination of spirit over matter, logic over feeling, she is now erupting within us individually and calling out to us collectively. She demands a more conscious recognition of and engagement with her balancing remedy, in service of a healthier inner and outer ecology.
“When you see your matter going black, rejoice: for that is the beginning of the work.”
– Alchemical manuscript, cited by C.G. Jung, CW 14, §729, n. 182
Quote: "Dark I am, yet lovely." – Song of Songs 1:5
Date & Venue
May 17–24, 2025
Retreat Setting:
Seeblick Hotel • Emmetten, Switzerland
Standing on its own hilltop, surrounded by meadows, and with spectacular panoramic views of the lake and mountains, Seeblick Höhenhotel with its idyllic natural setting is a gem little known outside of Switzerland. The hotel features a wellness area with indoor pool, steam bath and infrared double cabin, and a fitness room. The rooms (20 m2 / 215 ft2) offer a queen- size bed or twin beds, have views of the lake or mountains, and are equipped with WC, shower, TV and free wifi. Almost all rooms have either lake view or a balcony.
Early registration is recommended, as space is limited and the Odyssey typically books out. Also, early birds receive a price advantage!
Guest Speakers
Christena Cleveland, PhD
Christena Cleveland, PhD is a social psychologist, public theologian, author, and activist. She is the founder and director of the Center for Justice + Renewal which supports a more equitable world by nurturing skillful justice advocacy and the depth to act on it. An award-winning researcher and author, former professor at Duke University’s Divinity School, Dr. Cleveland is an avid student of embodied wisdom. www.christenacleveland.com
Jörg Rasche, Dr. med.
Jörg Rasche, Dr. med. is is a Jungian Psychoanalyst, trained in Berlin and in Sandplay Therapy by Dora Kalff. He is teaching at several C.G. Jung Institutes in Europe, in Asia and for IAAP and ISST. Since 2013 he was engaged for many years in Ukraine. For his engagement for psychotherapy in Poland and for people’s reconciliation he was honoured by the Polish president with the Golden Cross of Merit. His publications include works on creativity, music, politics and history of science. Recently he published a novel about Spinoza: Spinozas Freund und die Substanz der Freiheit (Spinoza ́s Friend and the Substance of Liberty). And Europe ́s Many Souls in Times of Crisis and War: Brexit and Ukraine (with Tom Singer, Routledge). www.joerg-rasche.de
Daniela Sieff, PhD
I am a scholar, author, and speaker. For as long as I can remember I have been curious about what shapes us as human beings. In my 20s, that curiosity led to a doctorate in biological anthropology at the University of Oxford, focusing on evolutionary approaches to human behaviour. In my 30s, my curiosity shifted. For the last 25 years, I have explored how emotional trauma shapes us and how we can heal. I completed Leadership Training with the late Jungian analyst Marion Woodman, authored a book called Understanding and Healing Emotional Trauma: Conversations with Pioneering Clinicians and Researchers, and am working on a new book about shame. My approach weaves together personal experiences with research from depth psychology, anthropology, and evolution. I have spoken to diverse audiences, including delivering keynotes for The Royal College of Psychiatry, The Compassionate Mind Foundation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, and the Marion Woodman Foundation. Learn more about me and my work at: www.danielasieff.com
With Friends & Faculty of ISAPZURICH
Peter Ammann, Dr. phil.
Galina Angelova, M. Theol.
Richard Blennerhassett, MB, FRCPI, FRCPsych
Maria Grazia Calzà, Dr. phil.
Katharina Casanova, lic. phil.
Brigitte Egger, Dr. sc. nat. ETH
Ilaria Franchi, Movement Medicine Teacher
Allan Guggenbühl, Dr. phil.
Lisa M. Holland, MS
Scott William Hyder, lic. phil.
Ann Chia-Yi Li, MA
Cost & Registration
Odyssey Packages Include
• Group bus Zürich/Emmetten/Zürich
• Hotel room & full board (excluding one dinner) w/mineral water and coffee at all meals
• Morning meditation
• Mid-morning coffee breaks
• 2 wine receptions
• 7-day academic program with a film evening, dancing and movement sessions, one afternoon opt-in excursion (at cost), a performance speaking about Jung’s legacy and a hike with guided tour
• Exception: Package #3 The academic program is excluded for non-attendee partners (apart from the Saturday lectures and the special events, which they are welcome to attend).
• Exception: Package #4 is a limited 2-day “taster” program for residents of the Emmetten area (group bus travel, hotel overnights, and hotel amenities are not included).
Limited Enrollment • Unparalleled Value
Register soon to ensure your place and save on your Odyssey package!
Final Registration Deadline: April 7, 2025
ISAP students are subject to other Terms & Conditions, including other costs and deadlines, provided by the FO.
Registration by March 15 • Prices in CHF
Package #1
1 Attendee, single room • 3250.00
Package #2
2 Attendees, 1 double room, per person • 3100.00
Package #3
1 Attendee & 1 Non-Attendee, double room • Total 4750.00
Package #4
Odyssey Taster May 17 & 18, per person: 260.00
Registration after March 15 • Prices in CHF
Package #1
1 Attendee, single room • 3550.00
Package #2
2 Attendees, 1 double room, per person • 3400.00
Package #3
1 Attendee & 1 Non-Attendee, double room • Total 5150.00
Package #4
Odyssey Taster May 17 & 18, per person: 290.00
Special Events • Odyssey Packages #1, #2, #3
Sunday • Ilaria Franchi, Movement Medicine Teacher
Welcoming & Exploring the Mystery of the Dancing Body
In these dancing and movement sessions the participants will be invited to connect to their innate resources of being alive in their body, by accessing their full capacity of accepting and responding to the musical landscape and their own range of movement. The exploration will invite them to move within the dynamic balance of the creative universal forces of yin and yang and by eliciting their personal capacity of grounding, energizing, flowing and softening the body. (Included also in Package #4)
Monday • The French Lieutenant's Woman • By Karel Reisz,
based on the novel of John Fowles (1981)
A motion picture is being made about the love affair between a Victorian gentleman and an outcast woman who has been jilted by a French officer, scandalizing the polite society of Lyme Regis in 19th century England. Charles Smithson (Jeremy Irons), a biologist who's engaged to be married, falls in love with outcast Sarah Woodruff (Meryl Streep), whose melancholy makes her leave him after a short, but passionate affair. Meanwhile, Anna and Mike, the actors who play the characters of Sarah and Charles, explore an intimate relationship that runs parallel to that of their characters. (Quoted from: https://www.simplystreep.com/projects/1981-the-french- lieutenants-woman/)
The film will be discussed from a Jungian perspective as part of Richard Blennerhassett’s combined lecture and seminar on Tuesday.
Tuesday • Ilaria Franchi, Movement Medicine Teacher
Welcoming & Exploring the Mystery of the Dancing Body
(see Sunday)
Wednesday • Opt-in Excursion Choices
1. Up to CHF 58.00 • Boat Ride to Lucerne with Guided City Tour of Lucerne
Cost covers round-trip transport and the guided tour. Guided tour: 1.5 hours. We will leave the hotel at 12:30 and walk to the bus stop (about 20 min.). A short bus ride will bring us to the lake, where we will board the boat to Lucerne. If we are lucky, it will be one of the lake's five historic paddle steamers. Lake Lucerne (German: Vierwaldstättersee) is the fourth-largest lake of Switzerland. Situated at the foothill of the Alps, it offers beautiful views of the typical Central Swiss landscape with pastures, forests, villages and snow-covered mountains in the distance. In Lucerne, we will take a Guided City Tour, visiting the world-famous Chapel Bridge, the octagonal water tower, hidden alleyways and lively Old Town squares. The Chapel Bridge is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss. It is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century. It serves as the city's symbol and as one of Switzerland's main tourist attractions (quoted partly from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapellbrücke). Alternatively, spend the time in Lucerne on your own. Return to the hotel by train and bus in two groups, leaving Lucerne at 17:10 or 19:10 and arriving at the hotel shortly before 18:30 or 20:30, including about 25 min. walk from the bus stop to the hotel.
2. Up to CHF 34.00 • Cable Car Ride and Hike Klewenalp to Stockhütte
Cost covers round-trip transport. Hike: easy to medium level, about 2 hours. We will leave the hotel at 12:30 and walk to the bus stop (about 20 min.). A short bus ride will bring us to the cable car ascending to Klewenalp at an elevation of 1,600 meters (5,250 feet). The popular 5,3-km (3,3-mile) hike from Klewenalp to Stockhütte takes about 2 hours, following an easy path that leads through romantic alpine pastures and forests and offers spectacular panoramic views of Lake Lucerne and the mountains of Central Switzerland. Rated as easy to medium level, this hike contains no ascent but a descent of 300 meters (1,000 feet). From Stockhütte we will take the 6-seater gondola lift at 17:15 down to the village of Emmetten and walk back to the hotel (about 25 min.), arriving there around 18:00, or you can have dinner at a restaurant in Emmetten and walk back to the hotel later.
Wear hiking boots or sturdy walking shoes. No sandals or street shoes!
Wednesday • Performance “Twilight at Bollingen”
“Twilight at Bollingen” is a play with four characters – C.G. Jung, Aniela Jaffé, Erich Neumann and Marie-Louise von Franz – speaking about Jung’s legacy. The play is set at Jung’s Tower in Bollingen and takes place in the last years of Jung’s life. It is a tribute to Jung and to his successors, as well as a dialogue about the shadow of Analytical Psychology, the afterlife, and personal destiny. The role of Jung is played by Paul Brutsche, of Aniela Jaffé by Kathrin Schaeppi, of Erich Neumann by John Hill, and of Marie-Louise von Franz by Heike Weis Hyder, with Murray Stein as Narrator and Barbara Miller playing the Cello. The authors of the play are Murray Stein and Henry Abramovitch.
Friday • No Cost • Hike and Guided Tour of the Chapel of the Holy Cross
Hike: medium level, about 2 to 2.5 hours. We leave the hotel at 14:30 and walk through the village of Emmetten (about 45 min., 1.8 km / 1.1 mile, descent of 100 m / 330 feet) to the Heiligkreuz-Kapelle (Chapel of the Holy Cross). This Chapel, built in 1791 and renovated in 2000, houses the restored “Totentanz” ("Dance of Death”), an oil painting that was created around 1710 and was transferred to the Chapel in 1935 when the ossuary, where it was previously located, was torn down. Originally, the picture hung above black-painted wooden racks that contained skulls. The Dance of Death or Danse Macabre "is an artistic genre of allegory from the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death." It portrays "a personification of death summoning representatives from all walks of life to dance along to the grave, typically with a pope, emperor, king, child, and labourer. The effect is both frivolous and terrifying, beseeching its audience to react emotionally. It was produced as memento mori, to remind people of the fragility of their lives and the vanity of earthly glory. Its origins are postulated from illustrated sermon texts; the earliest recorded visual scheme (apart from 14th century Triumph of Death paintings) was a now-lost mural at Holy Innocents' Cemetery in Paris dating from 1424 to 1425" (all quotes from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danse_Macabre). After the guided tour of the Chapel, we will hike into a wild gorge and through the forest back to the hotel (about 1.5 hours, 3 km / 1.9 miles, descent of 100 m / 330 feet, ascent of 200 m / 660 feet, arrival about 17:30). Those who prefer a less strenuous and quicker option can walk back the same way we came.
Wear hiking boots or sturdy walking shoes. No sandals or street shoes!
Friday • Gala Closing
After our reflections on the week and a hike to the Heiligkreuz-Kapelle and back or a rest, get ready for our traditional gala closing. A wine reception will get us started, and we will proceed to a celebratory 4-course dinner.
Special Events Photo Credits Top to Bottom
• From https://www.simplystreep.com/projects/1981-the-french-lieutenants-woman/
• Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0
• Markus Bernet, CC BY-SA 2.5
• Andreas Faessler, CC BY-SA 3.0
mons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emmetten_kreuzkapelle.jpg
• Andreas Faessler, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
Dark am I, yet lovely...
Do not stare at me because I am dark,
because I am darkened by the sun.
Song of Songs 1:5-6
Program
Saturday, May 17
11:30–15:00
Arrival, Apéro, Lunch, Hotel Check-in
15:15–15:45
Welcome & Introduction
Maria Grazia Calzà, Dr. phil. & Lisa M. Holland, MS
Academic Co-Chairs, Jungian Odyssey
15:45–17:00
Christena Cleveland, PhD
The Black Madonna's Clarion Call to Embodied Justice (Lecture)
The Mammy stereotype – the buxom, motherly Black female caregiver who served white people – is almost as old as the Dark Mother archetype. As a result, many who encounter the Black Madonna run the risk of viewing Her primarily as a mammy who solely exists to meet their (white) needs. If so, such devotees may miss out on the Black Madonna’s mystical and healing invitation into the kind of sacred activism that radically supports Black dignity and ALL human flourishing. Together, we will discover how the Black Madonna’s Black body has the power to set us all free.
17:00–17:15
Break
17:15–18:30
Jörg Rasche, Dr. med.
The Sphinx, Salome and the Queen of the Night:
Danger and Transformation of the Dark Feminine (Lecture)
The famous riddle of the Sphinx, the transformation of mysterious Salome in the Red Book, or the dangerous Queen in Mozart ́s Magic Flute shall be experienced and reflected upon. In these narratives age-old complexes, both of women and men, are expressed in unforgettable images and music. The encounter with the Dark Feminine is dangerous, but obviously necessary for our individuation. In this lecture and seminar musical examples will be shown. Drawing or dancing the images will also be possible.
18:30–19:45
Dinner
The dark weight of the earth
must enter into the picture of the whole.
In ‘this world’ there is no good without its bad, no day without its night, no summer without its winter.
C.G. Jung, CW 11, §264
Confidentiality is to be strictly observed for all experiential workshops, for our temenos and for seminars that deal with personal and/or case material.
Experiential workshops entail self-exploration and sharing aspects of one’s personal life. Therefore, for the protection of personal boundaries, attendance is excluded for analysts of ISAPZURICH and any others who might anticipate encountering or do encounter analysands, patients, and/or supervisees at these events.
Sunday, May 18
7:15–7:45
Meditation with Penelope Yungblut
7:30–9:00
Breakfast
9:00–10:15
Daniela Sieff, PhD
The archetypal Death Mother as Ambivalence, Hostility and Infanticide (Lecture)
Western culture idealises motherly love, making it difficult to understand maternal neglect, abuse and, most tragically of all, infanticide. The lack of understanding means hostile mothers are often perceived as unnatural or mentally ill.
This presentation questions the idealised view of motherhood, by exploring its evolutionary and archetypal underpinnings. It aims to support change in affected mothers, and to facilitate healing in those who have suffered from a hostile mother, by offering a more nuanced and compassionate understanding of the dynamics involved.
10:15–10:45
Coffee Break | Book Sales
10:45–12:00
Panel Discussion
Christena Cleveland & Jörg Rasche & Daniela Sieff with Penelope Yungblut (Seminar)
12:15–13:15
Lunch
CHOICE
14:00–16:00
Christena Cleveland
Embodying the Black Madonna (Seminar on Lecture)
The Black Madonna is both Love and Love-in-Action. So, to follow the Black Madonna is to go beyond mere affirmation and courageously join Her movement to heal the world of divisions such as patriarchy and white supremacy. Join Christena for a lively conversation and somatic practices designed to harness our collective wisdom for justice and liberation.
14:00–16:00
Jörg Rasche
The Sphinx, Salome and the Queen of the Night: Danger and Transformation of the Dark Feminine (Seminar on Lecture)
14:00–16:00
Daniela Sieff
The archetypal Death Mother as Ambivalence, Hostility and Infanticide (Seminar on Lecture)
17:00–18:00
Temenos
For the early Greeks a temenos was an area set apart from everyday life, a holy precinct or sacred ground. Following Jung’s metaphorical use of the image, for all who wish to join, our temenos offers a protected space for the sharing of personal experience, insights, and questions related to this Jungian Odyssey. Facilitated by Grazia Calzà and Lisa Holland, and contained in mutual respect and confidentiality, this is an open exchange that can deepen our spirit of community. Offered also on Thursday.
18:30–19:45
Dinner
20:00–21:00
Ilaria Franchi, Movement Medicine Teacher
Welcoming & Exploring the Mystery of the Dancing Body (see Special Events above)
Monday, May 19
7:15–7:45
Meditation with Lisa Holland
7:30–9:00
Breakfast
9:00–10:15
Penelope Yungblut, MA
The Rage of the Exiled Feminine (Lecture)
When trust and respect are absent, we may feel wounded by the other and turn to violence as a response to the deep injury inflicted upon us. Greek mythology was aware of this danger and warned of its consequences. We will explore examples of women in Greek drama whose rage and resentment led to murderous revenge when they found themselves discounted and betrayed.
10:15–10:45
Coffee Break | Book Sales
10:45–12:00
Bernard Sartorius, lic. theol.
The Woman in the Sky (Lecture)
Nut, the Old Egyptian goddess of the night-sky, might evoke the specific spirituality of concrete womanhood and of the “anima”, the psychic “femininity“ of men. It might illustrate an inner dynamic of the Feminine, as such transcending the polarity between “Spirit” and “Matter”.
12:15–13:15
Lunch
CHOICE
14:00–16:00
Penelope Yungblut, MA
Healing Relational Wounds (Seminar on Lecture)
We will explore steps on the way to healing our injured, dark, and exiled emotional wounds. Our focus will be on the experience of relational injuries, acknowledging the suffering and rage they arouse, and on the inner work of healing the pain and impact of our wounds. The healing we seek is in the service of more fulfilling relationships and a more integrated sense of self.
14:00–16:00
Alan Guggenbühl, Dr. phil.
The Dark Femininity:
The Lure, Fascination and Dangers (Lecture & Seminar)
In this lecture/seminar a one-sided male perspective will be attempted on experiences of the dark side of femininity by men and some psychological implications discussed.
14:00–16:00
Katharina Casanova, lic. phil. &
Ilsabe von Uslar, lic. phil.
On the Trail of the Hidden Goddess (Experiential Workshop)
In a guided imagination we are going to approach her dark being inside or outside ourselves. We will let the images that have arisen come to life by painting, clay work and other creative methods. Rich material will be provided.
17:00–18:00
ISAP-Candidate Research
ISAP candidates will briefly present their current research in Analytical Psychology with time for questions and discussion.
18:30–19:45
Dinner
20:00–22:15
The French Lieutenant's Woman • A Film by Karel Reisz, based on the novel of John Fowles (1981) (see Special Events above)
• A must-see for attendees of Richard Blennerhassett’s combined lecture and seminar (Tues, May 20)
Tuesday, May 20
7:15–7:45
Meditation with Susanna Bucher
7:30–9:00
Breakfast
9:00–10:15
Galina Angelova, M. Theol.
"As a Weaned Child With its Mother ..."
Feminine Images and Language of God in the Judeo-Christian Tradition and Their Importance Psychologically (Lecture)
The lecture will recall some of the "forgotten" metaphors for God, which describe God in feminine attributes: as a woman in labour, as a compassionate and nursing mother, as a hen sheltering her chicks under her wings as well as others. In the seminar we will explore the impact and importance of using inclusive language and how this can shape one's psychological development. The seminar will deepen the topic with shared text reading and some experiential elements.
10:15–10:45
Coffee Break | Book Sales
10:45–12:00
Brigitte Egger, Dr. sc. nat. ETH
Creative Womb of Darkness:
Rehabilitating Night and Soil – a Psychecological Look (Lecture)
The ecological crisis mirrors our soul’s unbalance in speaking images. The introverted, dark and regenerative part of the life cycle has been eclipsed by the emphasis on consciousness, power and control. For example, light pollution disturbs natural rhythms and blinds us to the celestial night lights, source of contemplation. Or the loss and degradation of soil, this unique living support of life on earth, may prevent meeting the needs of future generations. A symbolic exploration helps develop grounded and encouraging perspectives for the doubly ecological and psychic healing turnaround.
12:15–13:15
Lunch
CHOICE
14:00–16:00
Galina Angelova, M. Theol.
"As a Weaned Child With its Mother ..." (Seminar on Lecture)
14:00–16:00
Dariane Pictet, Ad. Dip. Ex. Psych
A Journey into the Hell Realms with Kali, Babayaga and Erishkagal (Lecture & Seminar)
Facing the shadow is part of a soul retrieving process. The stories that depict this journey of transformation point to a mighty treasure buried in the darkness.
14:00–16:00
Richard Blennerhassett, MB, FRCPI, FRCPsych
The Dark Feminine as Archetype of Transformation in The French Lieutenant's Woman (Lecture & Seminar)
The French Lieutenant's Woman was John Fowles’s best known novel. Fowles’s imaginative world was influenced by Jungian archetypal theory. The starting point for the novel was his image of ''A woman stands at the end of a deserted quay and stares out to sea''. This image became the outcast and mysterious Sarah Woodruff, memorably portrayed by Meryl Streep in the Karl Reisz 1981 film, with Jeremy Irons as the Victorian gentleman, with whom she has an affair. She is a personification of the Dark Feminine, whose influence opens diverse paths to transformation in the protagonists and in our lives.
17:00–18:00
Ursula Ulmer, MA,
ISAPZURICH Council • An Information Meeting: Continuing Education & Training at ISAPZURICH
18:30–19:45
Dinner
20:00–21:30
Ilaria Franchi, Movement Medicine Teacher
Welcoming & Exploring the Mystery of the Dancing Body (see Special Events above)
Wednesday, May 21
7:15–7:45
Meditation with Isolde Kunerth
7:30–9:00
Breakfast
9:00–10:15
Yuriko Sato, MD
Fear of the Feminine, Awe of Nature (Lecture)
In this lecture, we will examine Yamauba, Dame of the Mountain, in Japanese folklore, who is depicted as a fearful figure like a man-eater, while at the same time appearing to be a helper or a fortune-bringer to humans, even a god. Why is she female? Why is she wild? What lies in our psyche that created this image of the Dark Feminine? What is her place in our modern time?
10:15–10:45
Coffee Break | Book Sales
10:45–12:00
Murray Stein, PhD
"My soul, where are you?" (Lecture)
This will be a 50-minute lecture on the psychology of exile and redemption of the anima and anima values in men, a key issue for the second half of life. Psychological creativity depends on it. This process requires overcoming the mother complex and relating to the feminine figure as soul companion. Jung offers a prime example of this process in his Red Book. The lecture will feature the Gnostic story of Simon Magus and Helen as archetypal images of the redemption of the exiled soul in patriarchal culture. Suggested reading: Men Under Construction, by Murray Stein.
12:00
All: Pick-up Your Box Lunch
(whether you join an excursion, or not)
CHOICE • EXCURSIONS
• Advance sign-up required
• Boat, bus and train schedule subject to change
12:20
All: Gather at the hotel main entrance to depart for the bus stop (20 min. walk)
Option #1 • Boat Ride to Lucerne with Guided City Tour of Lucerne
13:01
Bus to Beckenried
13:32
Boat to Lucerne
14:47
Arrival, Lucerne
15:00
Guided Tour of Lucerne (ca. 1.5 hours),
afterwards free time in Lucerne on your own
Choice
17:10
Train & Bus back to Emmetten (walk ca. 25 min., arrival at hotel ca. 18:20)
19:10
Train & Bus back to Emmetten (walk ca. 25 min., arrival at hotel ca. 20:20)
Option #2 • Cable Car Ride and Hike Klewenalp to Stockhütte
13:01
Depart Bus to Beckenried
13:30
Cable Car to Klewenalp
13:45
Hike from Klewenalp to Stockhütte (ca. 2 hours)
17:15
(approx. time) Cable Car to Emmetten
17:30
Walk back to the hotel (ca. 25 min.) or stay for dinner
at a restaurant in Emmetten
Dinner on Your Own (self-paid)
Ask at hotel reception about restaurants in Emmetten, have an early bite in Lucerne (if attending excursion #1) or reserve a table at the hotel.
20:30–21:30
Performance “Twilight at Bollingen” (see Special Events above)
A play with four characters – C.G. Jung, Aniela Jaffé, Erich Neumann and Marie-Louise von Franz – speaking about Jung’s legacy.
Thursday, May 22
7:15–7:45
Meditation with TBA (to be announced)
7:30–9:00
Breakfast
Experiential Workshops • A Day of Intense Immersion
• Morning coffee break: time to be announced
• Lunch 12:15–13:15
CHOICE
9:00–16:00
Ann Chia-Yi Li, MA
The Gaze From the Dark Hinterland (Lecture & Experiential Workshop)
The exiled part of us paradoxically roots itself deeply in our present life, taking the form of autonomous complexes and maintaining neurotic symptoms. In this seminar, we will take a few images from the alchemical treatise Rosarium Philosophorum as examples, in order to amplify the necessity and danger of integrating and assimilating unconscious materials. We will experience ink painting and calligraphy writing as mediums of de-intellectualizing ourselves and making conscious the voices from the dark hinterland of the psyche.
9:00–16:00
Katarzyna Wach, Mgr. Psych., Soc. Psych
Connecting with the Cosmopolitan Witch & her Alchemical Cauldron for Healing Transgenerational Trauma (Lecture) & Working with the Pelvic Floor (Experiential Workshop)
It is difficult to remain indifferent to the epidemic of autoimmune diseases which most often affect women, diseases in which the autoimmune system attacks one's own body. The dark feminine force of life-death-regeneration lives within the body of the female center. The pelvic floor is like a second heart of a woman but unlike the heart, to sustain life one’s ego must conduct the beat of contraction and expansion. In this workshop we will give voice and love to this sacred woman space through movement, dance, breath and sound. We will let go of the old and make space for the new and healthy life.
9:00–16:00
Lucienne Marguerat, lic. phil.
The Stare of the Dark One (Lecture)
We will enter the realm of the Dark Feminine via an encounter with the staring gaze found in Maria Lassnig's self-portraits. Then through a Jungian lens, we will follow a thread from Inanna's visit and return from the underworld with her “stare of death” to similar stares in modern and contemporary art. In reaching out to the obscure regions of our unconscious, what might these uncomfortable gazes convey to us?
Expressing How Looking at the World with Different Eyes Might Feel (Experiential Workshop)
The myth of Inanna's descent to the underworld will be read. After a movement exercise, participants will be invited to express through color and shape, their embodied experience of looking at the world differently, from the darkness. The workshop will close with the sharing and honoring of the images created.
9:00–16:00
Nancy van den Berg Cook, PhD, PsyD
Under the Bear Skin: Finding Strong Personal Boundaries and a Powerful Sense of Freedom under the Protection of the Wild and Fierce Goddess (Lecture & Experiential Workshop)
At her temple at Brauron, the goddess Artemis gave sanctuary to pre-pubescent girls. Called arktoi (little bears), they danced under bear skins and played wild and free, protected from the coming demands of Greek society to marry when they reached puberty. Artemis was revered for her ferocious protection of wild animals, little girls and women in childbirth. Can we modern people, so easily swept into, and depleted by the demands and emotions of loved ones, invoke her instinctive, dark feminine energy to build strong personal boundaries? We will get in touch with the Artemis in our psyches.
17:00–18:00
Temenos with Grazia Calzà & Lisa Holland
18:30–19:45
Dinner
Friday, May 23
7:15–7:45
Meditation with TBA (to be announced)
7:30–9:00
Breakfast
9:00–10:15
Scott William Hyder, lic. phil.
& Heike Weis Hyder, Dr. med.
When the Exiled Feminine Embraces Darkly & Bringing Light to the Relationship Within: Brief Clinical Examples (Lecture)
In the limited time available, we will describe examples in our practices with individuals (male and female) whose embrace by the dark feminine, projected outside and experienced within, threatened to snuff out consciousness and existence altogether. Limited case material will be presented.
10:15–10:45
Coffee Break | Book Sales
10:45–12:00
Peter Ammann, Dr. phil.
Music and Melancholy:
Marsilio Ficino’s Archetypal Music Therapy (Lecture)
This lecture deals with Marsilio Ficino’s (1433–1499) view of melancholy and the remedies, in particular music, he recommends for healing its negative influences. His intention is to temper the melancholic influence of the male deity Saturn by songs addressed to the benign female planets, Sun, Jupiter, Venus. It is an attempt, consciously, by active imagination, to reestablish the emotional relatedness with the female planets from which Saturn – representing deep and one-sided thinking – has cut oneself off. Ficino’s ideas can be related to Jung’s rehabilitation of the feeling function.
12:00–12:15
Break
12:15–13:00
Grazia Calzà & Lisa Holland
Reflections on the Week (Seminar)
13:00–14:00
Lunch
14:20–17:30
Special Offer • Hike and Guided Tour of the Chapel of the Holy Cross
Join Susanna Bucher and a local expert from Emmetten for a hike and guided tour to the Chapel of the Holy Cross (see Special Events above).
• 14:20 Gather at the hotel main entrance
• Depart 14:30, easy walk of 30–45 min., 1.8 km / 1.1 miles, descent of 100 m / 330 feet)
• Choice a) Return via the same way (easy to medium difficulty, ca. 45 min., ascent of 100m / 330 feet, arrival at hotel ca. 16:30)
• Choice b) Return via a more difficult forest path (ca. 1.5 hours., 3 km / 1.9 miles, descent of 100m / 330 feet and ascent of 200m / 660 feet, arrival at hotel ca. 17:30)
Wear hiking boots or sturdy walking shoes. No sandals or street shoes!
18:30–24:00
Gala Closing
18:30–19:00 • Apéro
19:00–24:00 • Gala Dinner
Saturday, May 24
7:30–8:30
Hotel Check-Out & Breakfast
8:30
Bus Check-in
9:00
Bus Departs for Zürich
10:45
Approximate Drop-Off at Zürich Airport, Departures
11:15
Approximate Arrival at the Zürich Bus Station
Travel Information
Your Stay in Zürich
For your connecting overnights in Zurich you can find hotels and helpful travel info using the button below. We recommend Fred Hotel Zürich (formerly Walhalla), Hotel Montana, and Hotel Limmathof. All are centrally located, within walking distance from the main train station and bus station, and close to public transportation. All serve breakfast and have free wireless LAN.
Prelude • May 12–16
Consider coming early to Zürich, to attend the ISAP Prelude on your way to the Odyssey! This is a chance to experience our on-campus life and historically protected home, the erstwhile post office built in 1911, with an Art Nouveau design. At this occasion you are welcome to:
• Attend the 3-day academic program with a package discount for lectures & seminars
• Join our spring semester excursion to the Black Madonna & Monastery Church of Einsiedeln; at cost
• Celebrate with us! Semester closing with music, wine, and generous appetizers (Apéro riche)—no cost
• Attend analysis or supervision
- Costs and payment methods vary according to the analyst.
- To arrange appointments, consult our List of Analysts. Or write to: [email protected]
- Kindly make appointments with the Counseling Service and individual analysts well ahead of your arrival.
Attendance of the Prelude requires separate registration and payment directly with ISAP.
For program details & registration, please use the button below or write to: [email protected]
Jungian Odyssey Committee
[email protected] • Fax +41 (0)43 268 5619
Academic Co-chairs
Maria Grazia Calzà, Dr. phil.
Lisa Holland, MS
Co-Chairs
Susanna Bucher, Dr. sc. nat. ETH
Isolde Kunerth, Dipl.-Päd.
Past Jungian Odysseys Photo Albums
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Jungian Odyssey 2025 Flyer | 0644 | 2024121001084310-Dec-2024 01:08 | 2024121010542810-Dec-2024 10:54 | 8 MB | Preview | Download | ||
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The intangible, the psyche, becomes the ground and substrate, […] the possessor and realizer of unthinkable creative secrets, the vehicle of the life-giving World Soul, and, ultimately, the architect of the brain […]
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