Anyone who has an interest in Carl Jung, might be interested in the following lecture being sponsored by The C.G. Jung Institute Analyst Training Program of Pittsburgh. If you have any questions or need more information, call 412-414-9583. Claudette Kulkarni The Oedipus Complex as Archetypal Initiation in the Individuation Process by Roger Brooke, Ph.D., ABPP (I-RSJA Affiliate; Duquesne University) Friday, May 9, 2008, 8:00 p.m. Nuin Center, 5655 Bryant St., Highland Park Cost: $10. Light refreshments after lecture. It is well known that Jung criticized Freud for his tendency to interpret the symbolic richness of psychological life in terms of the child’s primary relations with father and mother. With regard to the Oedipus complex, Jung did not take incest fantasies as literally as Freud did, emphasizing instead their symbolic meanings, especially in adults, and interpreting them subjectively in terms of the soul's telos at that time. This move from Freud to Jung will be discussed. In addition, Jung's contribution to understanding the Oedipus complex as a childhood and adolescent developmental stage will be elaborated. It will be shown that Jung does not merely cede our understanding of this stage to Freud, as he sometimes over-modestly claims. A Jungian understanding of the Oedipal complex as a developmental stage will appreciate it as an archetypal initiation crucial for individuation. —————————————————— Roger Brooke, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor of Psychology and Director of Training in Clinical Psychology at Duquesne University, an Adjunct Faculty member of the C.G. Jung Institute Analyst Training Program of Pittsburgh, and an Affiliate Member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. He was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology, which is the member organization for specialist Diplomates of the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is author of Jung and Phenomenology (Routledge, 1991) and contributing editor of Pathways into the Jungian World (Routledge 2000), as well as papers in psychotherapy, psychological assessment, and phenomenology. He is an inveterate runner. **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)