MANTIS WEEKEND 2023
Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 October 2023
Presented in-person and Online (live via Zoom)
We look forward to welcoming you to the 2023 Mantis Weekend lecture series, presented by Jungian Analysts and Jungian oriented practitioners and researchers. We invite you to join us for this transformative experience where discovery, professional growth, and personal awareness intersect.
This year we’ve curated a program featuring five highly insightful and engaging lectures focusing on a variety of themes, including: creativity and what the ancient goddesses can teach us about being human; psychoanalytical mysticism; archetypal astrology and mandalas; the reality of unprocessed trauma; and a deep-dive into the origins and nature of archetypes. We trust that these presentations and the soulful perspectives they offer, will be an enriching and expanding experience for all participants.
The purpose of Mantis Weekend is to serve as a gathering point for those interested in and passionate about Analytical Psychology, and who appreciate the value of applying Jungian principles in a contemporary world.
This year, we’re pleased to offer both in-person attendance at the C.G. Jung Centre in Cape Town, as well as online access via Zoom
Why “Mantis”?
The Mantis symbol holds significant meaning for SAAJA. Our founder members were deeply connected to the spirit of the San culture and their shape-shifting creator-trickster deity, Kaggen. Kaggen, who manifests as a praying mantis and other animal forms (like the hare, eland, snake and vulture), embodies the essence of transformation.
The SAAJA logo consists of four Mantis heads arranged in a circle. In the realm of Carl Jung’s work, the trickster is known as Mercurius or Hermes. SAAJA is a professional society of internationally accredited Jungian analysts, and our main focus is the training and accreditation of future Jungian Analysts.
PLEASE NOTE
- All the seminars on Saturday 7 October (Lecture 1 to Lecture 4) will be presented both in-person and online via Zoom.
- The programme for Sunday 8 October (Lecture 5 presented in two parts) will only be presented online via Zoom.
- Booking Fee: The cost (for both in-person attendance and online) is R300 per seminar. If all 5 seminars are booked, pay only for 4 – R1,200
- Bookings close by 12:00 on Friday 6 October 2023
- If online participation for all 5 lectures is booked, you’ll receive the individual Zoom links for each lecture on Friday 6 October
- Zoom participants, please ensure you join the Zoom link at least 10 minutes prior to the lecture start time. The lectures will start promptly at their allotted times.
2023 Mantis Weekend Programme
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Saturday – 7 October 2023 |
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| Lecture 1
09h00 – 10h30 |
To Birth the Ancient in a New Time, is Creation | Renee Ramsden |
| 10h30 – 11h00 | Tea Break | |
| Lecture 2
11h00 – 12h30 |
On Meeting the Tiger: Three Psychoanalytic Mystics and Their Contributions | Stephen Bloch |
| 12h30 – 13h30 | Lunch Break | |
| Lecture 3
13h30 – 15h00 |
Astrological Birth Charts: Sacred Mandalas of the Self | Nici Partridge |
| 15h00 – 15h30 | Tea Break | |
| Lecture 4
15h30 – 17h00 |
No More Lies: The Truth About Unprocessed Trauma | John Gosling |
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Sunday – 8 October 2023 |
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Lecture 5 09h00 – 09h30 |
Looking Behind Archetypes: Their Origin and Underlying Nature – Introduction & Context to the Lecture |
Peter Hodson |
| 09h30 – 09h40 | Break | |
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Lecture 5 (continued) 09h40 – 11h15 |
Looking Behind Archetypes: Their Origin and Underlying Nature – Lecture presentation and Q&A |
Peter Hodson |
Abstracts and Presenter Bios
Learn more about each of the Mantis Weekend Lectures and our presenters by clicking on the links below.
You can also manage your bookings for the weekend via these links.
The cost (for both in-person attendance and online attendance) is R300 per individual seminar. If all 5 seminars are booked, pay only for 4 – R1,200
Lecture 1: To Birth the Ancient in a New Time, is Creation
The task of creative work entails weaving ‘something new and wonderful out of the tattered threads of culture and convention.’
Lecture 2: On Meeting the Tiger: Three Psychoanalytic Mystics and Their Contributions
Psychoanalysis has historically viewed mystical and meditative states of consciousness as regressive, defensive or frankly pathological.
Lecture 3: Astrological Birth Charts: Sacred Mandalas of the Self
A birth chart is a profound synchronicity between the moment of birth and the unique formation of the observable cosmos at that time, with every chart as different as fingerprints.
Lecture 4: No More Lies: The Truth About Unprocessed Trauma
What are the lies we tell ourselves? That our childhood was just fine… well maybe not totally fine, but “alright”? To acknowledge the trauma inflicted on our trapped, helpless, younger selves takes enormous courage.
Lecture 5: Looking Behind Archetypes: Their Origin and Underlying Nature Lecture 5:
Jung’s archetypal theory postulates that archetypal images are derived from more basic underlying structures which he called the “archetype an sich” or “archetype as such”. These structures, or rather organizing principles are, according to Jung, latent and only become manifest and knowable when they give rise to archetypal images in the human psyche.