Dream Theatres of the Soul
by Jean Benedict Raffa, Ed.D.

Friday, February 8, 2008, 7:30 p.m.,  Lecture.
The Unitarian Universalist Church,
3975 Fruitville Rd., Sarasota
$10 Members   $15 Non-Members   $5 Students
*Early Registration Discount for Members.
Register by Feb. 5 and get Lecture + Workshop for $40.

    Dreams are nightly dramas created just for us that depict the true condition of our souls. Learning from our dreams guides us to health and wholeness. Based on the book by the same name, this lecture is about how the five basic components of the psyche:  Ego, Persona, Shadow, Anima/Animus, and Self are symbolically represented in our dreams. With examples from her own life, Dr. Raffa will illustrate how working with our dreams in these five theatres is a pathway to evolving consciousness.

The God Crucible:  Uniting God’s Masculine and Feminine Sides
Workshop

Saturday, February 9, 2008 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Argosy University
5250 17th St., Sarasota
$40 Members   $45 Non-Members   $15 Students
*Early Registration Discount for Members.
Register by Feb. 5 and get Lecture + Workshop for $40.

    Based on Dr. Raffa's newest work, this workshop is about how we can enhance the evolution of our souls by uniting the opposites to create consciousness. Creating consciousness is both a psychological and spiritual journey that is the authentic but little-understood basis for religion. Dr. Raffa will highlight several pairs of opposites that are unnecessarily polarized in Western thinking and provide a variety of activities aimed at helping participants see and overcome their biases. The emphasis will be on self-discovery, and there will be many opportunities for sharing and discussion. Attendees are asked to bring a journal or notebook in which to write.

Jean Raffa, Ed. D., is an author, lecturer, and Dream and Study Group leader. Formerly a teacher, television producer, and college professor, Jean changed directions in mid-life to write about her passions: women's issues and psychological and spiritual growth. Her books The Bridge to Wholeness: A Feminine Alternative to the Hero Myth, and Dream Theatres of the Soul:Empowering the Feminine Through Jungian Dreamwork have been used in university classes and dreamwork classes throughout the country. Through formal and informal means, including a five-year Centerpoint course and an Intensive at the Jung Institute in Zurich,Switzerland, Jean has been studying Jungian psychology and her own inner life for more than eighteen years. She has been married to her economist husband, Fred, for forty-three years and is a mother and a grandmother.

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