C. G. Jung emphasized the deep link to the physical world that exists for the collective unconscious and its archetypes. Our dreams and symbols, as well as the patterns of our behavior, are shaped by the fact that we are creatures of a material universe. Michael Conforti's research has been directed to understanding the nature of these links and patterns in the light of the new sciences-quantum theory, chaos theory, self-organization, and the new biology. Conforti's book successfully integrates this material to offer a new, exciting challenge to psychotherapy. It demonstrates that the study of consciousness cannot neglect the insights of the sciences and in doing so promises a unified view of mind and matter.

Field, Form, and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Psyche, and Nature (SEMINAR SERIES)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Conforti, Michael

Psychology & Counseling

Spring Publications

This book contains dynamic perspectives on global challenges such as ecological destruction, climate issues, failed leadership, and limiting beliefs, while turning to imagination, dreams, symbol, metaphor, and mythology to help us gain a broader understanding of how we each fit into the fabric of the whole.If you care about the planet and your part in it, don’t miss this important series of interviews with leading scholars, educators, depth psychologists, and scientists who each bring critical information on how to respond to the growing crisis through connection with soul.Contributors include Jungian analyst Jerome Bernstein; climate scientist and Jungian, Jeffrey Kiehl; Jungian scholar, Susan Rowland; Depth educator/author Robert Romanyshyn; Depth educator Veronica Goodchild; plus other scholars, educators, or Jungian analysts including Steve Aizenstat, Sally Gillespie, Susannah Benson, Nancy Furlotti, Michael Conforti —co-edited by Bonnie Bright and Jonathan Paul Marshall.REVIEWSDepth psychologist Bonnie Bright and her colleagues help us understand that climate change is not just an environmental, economic, social or security challenge—although it is all of these—but a deeply psychological crisis that demands "a new psychological position and understanding." A must-read for anyone wanting to better understand why we're in our current mess and how to get out of it!—Linda Buzzell, Co-Editor, Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in MindThese interviews are, at one level, a fine tribute to Jung’s vision that the human psyche cannot be considered in isolation from the wider forces that govern life on Earth. But Bonnie Bright’s collection of dialogues also has a far more urgent relevance: the Anthropocene has now been unleashed and it remains an open question whether we can act in time to maintain a habitable planet. The answer will lie in a myriad of policy and behavioural decisions and underlying them all is the need for humankind to transform its notions of self-interest in the light of Earth consciousness. The interviews in this book are both signposts and beacons in that all-important journey.—Adrian Tait, Co-Founder, Climate Psychology Alliance Dreams open a portal to another way of seeing the world, offering access to the personal and collective unconscious. Dreams encourage the imagination to flourish. Sometimes, dreams can offer another way to approach seemingly insoluble problems. So this anthology arrives at the perfect moment, offering insights and inspiration in this time of climate chaos and global crisis, with contributions from leading thinkers in the field of depth psychology, science and education.—Mary-Jayne Rust, Co-Editor, Vital Signs: Psychological Responses to Ecological Crisis“This work provides a unique perspective on the issue of climate disruption. Science has provided us with all the evidence necessary for immediate action, yet too little is being done too slowly to address this global threat. As Jung noted, in such times of deep disarray, perhaps we should ask the unconscious what to do. The dialogues in this work do just that. Here we are given an opportunity to listen to psyche’s concerns about our planet.”—Jeffrey T. Kiehl. Climate scientist, Jungian Analyst, Author of Facing Climate Change: An Integrated Path to the Future

Earth, Climate, Dreams: Dialogues with Depth Psychologists in the Age of the Anthropocene

Self-Help

Rowland, Susan

Bright, Bonnie

Romanyshyn, Robert

Kiehl, Jeffrey

Aizenstat, Stephen

Marshall, Jonathan Paul

Dreams

Depth Insights

“In the beginning” so goes many a great story. These familiar words beckon us across a threshold, often transporting us into unknown worlds and novel experiences. So too our lives are filled with many such “beginnings” – new jobs, relationships, adventures, and even the inception of life itself. Each of these “threshold experiences” not only introduces us to new domains, but also draws us into the realities of archetypal fields. Learning to creatively interact with these prefigured, a priori fields can allow us rich access to sources of eternal wisdom. Jungian analyst Michael Conforti’s examination of the initial clinical interview as a “threshold experience” shows that the same archetypal processes responsible for the generation of life itself also shape patient- therapist relationships, creating fascinating, highly patterned dynamics. These powerful fields structure events so that core issues in clients’, and often even therapists’, lives are re-enacted in the therapeutic setting, with remarkable fidelity to the archetypal field within which each is embedded. Conforti’s deft weaving together of psychological and scientific theory, dream analysis, and clinical vignettes elucidates the ways that the psyche entrains both client and therapist into a synchronized pattern. An understanding of the role of the Self in this process reveals the profound meaning and purpose that can be gleaned from careful attention to the communications occurring during the early phase of the therapeutic dialogue. Drawing from the fields of Jungian psychology, biology, quantum physics, and the new sciences, the author provides a unique lens for viewing the central archetypal dynamics operating within an individual life. His findings demonstrate how past experiences not only shape the initial stages of therapy, but also allow us to understand the future trajectory of treatment. This important study confirms C.G. Jung’s assertion of the need for an interdisciplinary perspective if we are to truly comprehend the workings of the psyche.

Threshold Experiences: The Archetype of Beginnings

Medical Books

Psychology

Fisher King Press

C.G. Jung emphasized the deep link to the physical world that exists for the collective unconscious and its archetypes. Our dreams and symbols, as well as the patterns of our behavior, are shaped by the fact that we are creatures of a material universe. Michael Conforti's research has been directed to understanding the nature of these links and patterns in the light of the new sciences-quantum theory, chaos theory, self-organization, and the new biology. Conforti's book successfully integrates this material to offer a new, exciting challenge to psychotherapy. It demonstrates that the study of consciousness cannot neglect the insights of the sciences and in doing so promises a unified view of mind and matter.

Field, Form, and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature, & Psyche

Published on the occasion of the renovation and expansion of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in 2014, this extraordinary new book offers a fully-illustrated overview of the Clark's world-class collection of nineteenth-century European and American Paintings, Old Master paintings, English and American silver, master drawings and prints and early photography. Featuring iconic works by Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, and Winslow Homer, this elegantly designed volume examines the collection as well as the history of the Clark and its origins, its new expansion, and its ongoing commitment to research and art historical scholarship.

The Clark: The Institute and Its Collections

Arts & Photography

Cassins, Michael

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Scala Arts Publishers, Inc.

Field, Form and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature, & Psyche

Spring Journal, Inc.

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