In so far as the forms or patterns of the unconscious belong to no time in particular, being seemingly eternal, they convey a peculiar feeling of timelessness when consciously realized.
C.G.Jung
In exploring the topography of time, Carl Jung recognized that the unconscious had its ‘own time’. Past, present and future was not just a physical reality, but psychic as well. Not only sequential or quantitative, but synchronous and qualitative. This psychological dimension infuses time with meaning, character and quality. Jung offered us many ways of thinking about time in the context of our psychic nature, our soul.
Our awareness of time is modified by emotions, memories, expectations, and compulsions. While time can be measured, it still remains a great mystery, as it is a hybrid of sacred and secular qualities. Philosophers and physicists also question the chronological ‘reality’ of time.
Yet, we do experience this passing of time on our watches, wrinkles on our skin, the ache in our bones and in our final mortgage payment. Aging is a profound experience and we will consider the aging process in the context of time and timelessness.
We start our time travel focusing on the mysteries and matrix of time, including Jung’s experiences and experiments with the quality of time – how the present locates us in meaningful time. Our classes will explore the passing of time, through the lens of myth, symbol, archetype, dream, memory, and the unconscious.
Time has always been connected to the divine. Throughout the series we will encounter divine images of time who oversee its mysteries – the Horae, the Season Keepers; Chronos, the Timekeeper; Kairos, Psyche’s time; Ouroboros, Eternal time; Oneiros, the time of the Dream.
We will travel through primordial, ancestral, social, and family records to honor the time lords embedded in the history of time. Our journey will also visit with philosophers, physicists and poets, all who have explored time’s mysteries and synchronies.
