Session One—Wednesday, October 14, 2009, 9 p.m. Eastern Time
"Walking in Two Worlds: The Archetype of the Medial Woman"
Mother Night presents a new series of teachings from Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, the esteemed senior Jungian psychoanalyst and bestselling author of Women Who Run With the Wolves. This six-session online learning event invites us to tap the generative power of all goodness of the core self, all creativity and understanding that lies out of sight, in darkness called the unconscious.
Can’t make a live session? Audio from live sessions will be available for download a few days after the session concludes.
In the first session of the series, Walking in Two Worlds: The Archetype of the Medial Woman, Dr. Estés introduces the Medial Woman, a dominant force in the psyche. She is a representation of the strong-sighted and deep-hearted self who lives simultaneously in the world of light (our conventional, daytime domain) and the world of dark (the hidden realm of potential; the depths of the Soul and its making of things to bear, balance, unleash in goodness in the topside world). The medial woman in mythos since time out of mind remains rooted in both worlds, and listening to her ways and means in stories, we can hear, see, and feel the guidance this vital and soulful sense grants: “to live so strong, so wide, and so very deeply … as we promised to do before we ever came to earth.”
Here, Dr. Estés helps us “learn to see in the dark,” as she brings to life four representations of this archetypal force of restoration and self-empowerment:
- The Erl King
- Cybele—the story of the “helper-healer” medial woman
- Medea—the story of the “twisted” medial woman
- Sophia-Ruach—the story of the “calm-fierce” medial woman
A Q & A with audience members follows Dr. Estés’ teachings, and we conclude with the blessing prayer “Prayer for The Outsider."
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
All users: high-speed internet connection; working speakers or headset.
PC: Windows 2000, XP, or Vista; Internet Explorer 6.0 or Firefox 2.0 or newer. 1GHz CPU with 512MB RAM (2GB for Vista).
Mac: OS 10.4 or newer, G4 or Intel processor, 512 MB RAM; Safari 3.0 or Firefox 2.0 or newer.
