Folktales as Mirrors with Terry Lee, Ph.D.
Date – March 22, 2025
Time- 10 am – 1 pm
Cost- $90
In-person seminar
“Fairy tales are the purest and simplest expression of collective unconscious psychic processes…They represent the archetypes in their simplest, barest, and most concise form. ” Fairy tales “mirror the basic patterns of the psyche more clearly” than other mythological materials.
Marie-Louise von Franz, The Interpretation of Fairy Tales, 1996, p. 1
Folk/fairy tales are archetypal, passed down through many cultures and generations, but they may also mirror our contemporary, individual psyches. This seminar will work to explore possibilities for us to have personal encounters with tales, even familiar and loved ones. In addition to using Jungian insights for a close look at a few tales, we will have an interactive workshop to begin exploring what a personal relation to a tale could be like.
“Like the persons we encounter in our dreams, the characters we remember from folktales often embody issues of pressing personal concern” (Folktales as Therapy, Verena Kast, 1986/1995, p ix).
This 3-hour seminar will present lecture and discussion, in addition to an interactive workshop.
Terry Lee, Ph.D., is a retired literature professor who has explored Jungian approaches to stories, including John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost; Raymond Carver’s short stories; and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughter-House Five. He has taught classes in psychological approaches to literature, as well as a class in psychological approaches to folk/fairy tales for lifelong learners at Brandeis University. He is the author of A New Path at Midlife: Transformative Relationship & Story for Men (2007, Men’s Studies Press), a Jungian exploration of masculine identity.
Recommended reading:
- Folktales as Therapy, Verena Kast, 1986/1995.
- The Interpretation of Fairy Tales, Marie-Louise von Franz, 1996.
- The Hard Facts of the Grimms’ Fairy Tales, Maria Tatar, 1987/2003
Date and Time
Saturday, March 22, 2025
10 am – 1 pm
Location: 21 Hartford Street, Newton, MA 02461
Cost: $90
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