Friends of Jung-South presents
A Salon Evening at Oasis

Please Join Us for
the Follow Up Discussion of

Out of the Shadows
A Story of Toni Wolff and Emma Jung

Lake Zurich, Switzerland | photo by anna dudley

Discussion Leaders

Nancy Qualls-Corbett, PhD, Jungian Analyst
(Emma Jung)

AND

Lucie Magnus, MA, Jungian Analyst
(Toni Wolff)

Annual Meeting will be held after the discussion.
Volunteers/nominations for board members and suggestions for future salon topics or other programs are appreciated. If you are unable to attend please send suggestions to info@friendsofjungsouth.org.

Friday, March 30, 2012
6:30 - 8:30 pm

Oasis Counseling Center
1900 14th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205

Please join us for a Follow Up Discussion of the December 2011, Birmingham presentation of playwright, Elizabeth Clark-Stern's story of the stormy, triangulated and ultimately transformative relationship between Emma Jung, wife of Carl Jung and Toni Wolff, his analyst, muse and mistress.

A brief play summary for those who were unable to attend the play:

The play opens in 1910, as Sigmund Freud and his heir-apparent, Carl Jung, are changing the way people think about the mind and human nature. Emma, the twenty-six-year-old mother of four, aspires to help her husband develop the science of psychology, but when twenty-two-year-old Toni Wolff enters the heart of this world as Jung's patient, her curious mind and devotion to Jung threaten Emma's aspirations. As Toni and Emma explore both their antagonism and common ground, they struggle to know the essence of the enemy, the "Other", as well as the power and depth of their own natures. The play follows Toni and Emma's rivalry over forty years while charting the parallel course of the field of psychology and some of its major players.

The play can be ordered in book format for those who would like to read it before joining the discussion.

Questions for Reflection and Discussion

How does one define and incorporate the mystery of wife and mistress?

Was Jung's relationship with his mistresses related to his anima development?

Would Jung's anima and his theory of anima development have occurred had he stayed in relationship with Toni?

In considering Toni's initial dream, how might the dream have foreshadowed the subsequent unfolding of her work and relationship with Jung?

How does the struggle and development of Emma and Toni's relationship in the outer world drive each woman's interior development?

What might the figure of Chiron, who appears as Toni's animus image, have to say about her psychology?

How might Jung's relationship with Toni and his eventual rejection of her have driven her individuation?

Does one's relationship with his wife or mistress have to be terminated in order to pursue one's individuation?

What questions or responses to Jung, Emma and Toni did the play raise in you?

We urge your pre-registration
by sending your name and contact information
to info@friendsofjungsouth.org.

Salon fee is $15.
Voluntary FOJS membership donation of $20 is
appreciated to help with salon and program expenses.

2 CEUs are offered for this event at an additional cost of $15, payable by separate check to UAB.

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