Jung Foundation, New York City: begins Wednesday, September 30th, 09, 6.30-8.10 pm (Five weeks)
We will read five legends or fairy tales about narcissism and analyze them together. We will see that fairy tales can contain astute psychological insight.
You can expect to gain some new consciousness of your own narcissism. Analysis of fairy tales will also give you practice in symbolic thought, which is necessary for analyzing dreams.
We'll begin with a tale I've already analyzed. The week before the first class you should read Tahaki of the Golden Skin, together with my analysis of it. Give yourself some days to reflect on what you have read. Reading the material just before class won't work: symbolic thought is slow and you need to give your imagination time.
The same applies for the other tales: read the tale early and give yourself a few days to reflect upon it before class. Before you go to sleep, ask yourself the question: 'what does that image mean?'