ON-DEMAND COURSE

The Poetics of Myth

Jungian Psychology
TEACHER
Dennis Patrick Slattery
TOPIC
Archetypes
Format
5 class audio course
DURATION
5 Hrs

Payment options: Credit Card or PayPal.

How is poetry psychological and mythological? How is psyche poetic? And how do we embrace one of the delights of our psychological life – its profoundly poetic sense of knowing – when it is often not respected in a reason-driven and literal-oriented culture?

These are some of the themes covered by mythopoetic expert, Dennis P. Slattery, who applies the lens of depth psychology to bridge some of the distance between poetics and mythology.

Course Description

Exploring the reality of myth, metaphor and the realm of the transcendent, Dennis P. Slattery guides listeners on a journey to developing a mythic way of knowing in themselves. These audio lectures delve into the dynamic energy that poetics and depth psychology share, as well as the underlying unities found among depth and archetypal psychology, and the making or shaping of a mythos (both personal and collective). 

The pioneering work of mythologist, Joseph Campbell, is also brought into focus. Myths, writes Campbell, are powerful ways of positioning us – or better said, dispositioning us – to be accessible to the realm where language often fails. The realm of transcendent realities that myths point us toward but leave us to choose to yield to. Both myth and metaphor allow us to enter domains not readily accessible to the rational mind.

The lectures further consider the crucial role that our dreams, our creative lives – and our ability to be still long enough to hear the coherent voice of creativity – play within each of our souls.

The course was developed with a listener in mind who is curious about their own creative and imaginal images that help to define their everyday reality. Subsequently, curiosity, wonder, and quest(ioning) will be part of your listening journey toward reconnection and wholeness.

This program is ideal if you want to be able to

  • Understand the intimate interconnection between psyche, poetry and dream.
  • Gain interest in delving into and developing the form of knowledge that poetry can open us up to.
  • Explore the nature of the Greek discovery of Mimesis and its consequences for our own personal narrative.
  • Know how our dreams are related to poetry’s way of understanding the world.

Course overview

What you will receive

*You will receive a certificate of completion, but it’s not from an official accrediting body. Please check if it will be accepted by the organization you wish to use it with.
5 audio recordings
Certificate of completion*
Available in English

ABout the teacher

Dennis Patrick Slattery

Dennis Patrick Slattery Ph.D., has been teaching for more than 54 years, the last 27 of which have been in the Mythological Studies Program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California, where he is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus.

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