Jung's Message for the 21st Century:
Transforming the Spirit in Matter
by J. Gary Sparks

Friday, March 13, 2009, 7:30 p.m.,  Lecture.
The Unitarian Universalist Church,
3975 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota
$10 Members   $15 Non-Members   $5 Students

    The discovery of quantum physics in Copenhagen during the years 1913 to 1927 marks a revolution in contemporary science's knowledge of physical nature. Likewise C.G. Jung's formulation of Analytical Psychology, established independently in Zürich at the same time, initiates a comparable revolution in our understanding of human nature. Shortly after these two innovative paradigms were completed, Jung and Wolfgang Pauli, one of the new physics' founders, began a life-long dialogue and friendship. Throughout their lives the men discussed the parallels between the upheaval in modern physics and the challenge Jung's depth psychology poses to our Western vision of life.

This lecture will survey the resonant journeys of these pioneers, explore similarities in their creative discoveries and consider their shared message to the 21st century: the living spirit in matter.

Synchronicity in Thought and Deed
Workshop
Saturday, March 14, 2009 10 a.m..- 4 p.m.
The Unitarian Universalist Church, South Wing
3975 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota
$25 Members   $30 Non-Members   $15 Students
Early Registration Discount:  Register with payment by March 11, 2009:
$20 Members $25 Non-Members

    Jung deepened and extended Analytical Psychology's basic concepts in light of his emerging synchronicity hypothesis. In this workshop we will explore the evolution of Jung's discovery into its final form, focusing on the reality of spirit in matter. Atomic physicist Wolfgang Pauli's important contribution to Jung's expanding perspective will also be considered as we seek a fuller appreciation of synchronicity in everyday life. Finally the workshop will examine a range of synchronistic experiences from the analytic practice, encouraging participants to try their hand at developing a practical, working recognition of the living relation between spirit and matter.

J. Gary Sparks is a graduate of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA; the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA; and the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland. He is editor of Edward Edinger’s Ego and Self: The Old Testament Prophets and co-editor of Edinger’s Science of the Soul. He is the author of At the Heart of Matter: Synchronicity and Jung’s Spiritual Testament.

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