{"id":288,"date":"2015-08-01T21:10:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T02:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/?p=288"},"modified":"2025-03-17T23:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T04:59:49","slug":"befriending-the-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"Befriending the Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beast.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-293\" src=\"http:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beast-e1438481064357-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"Beast\" width=\"248\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a>with Anita Greene, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Anita Greene, Ph.D.<\/strong> is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Amherst Massachusetts, and a teacher at the C.G. Jung Institute in Boston. She is also a Rubenfeld Synergist who combines gentle body techniques within her analytic work. She lectures widely on the integration of body and psyche.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is no commentary for this lecture.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a short gap in the audio while the cassette was changed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7614\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-288-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-8-anita-greene-befriending-the-beast-180.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-8-anita-greene-befriending-the-beast-180.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-8-anita-greene-befriending-the-beast-180.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-8-anita-greene-befriending-the-beast-180.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=288-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/content.blubrry.com\/jungchicago\/jungianthology-8-anita-greene-befriending-the-beast-180.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"jungianthology-8-anita-greene-befriending-the-beast-180.mp3\">Download<\/a> (28.5MB) <\/p>\n<p>For more lectures on this topic, visit our web store.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/jungchicago.org\/podcast\/images\/CreativeCommonsLicense88x31.png\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a9 Anita Greene. This podcast is licensed under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\" rel=\"license\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License<\/a>. You may share it, but please do not change it, sell it, or transcribe it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Episode music is by Michael Chapman<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>with Anita Greene, Ph.D. Anita Greene, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Amherst Massachusetts, and a teacher at the C.G. Jung Institute in Boston. She is also a Rubenfeld Synergist who combines gentle body techniques within her analytic work. She lectures widely on the integration of body and psyche. There is no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,52,337,2,19,39,8,56],"tags":[12,64,61,11,21,5],"class_list":["post-288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gender","category-greene-anita","category-institute-archives","category-podcast","category-mind-body","category-mythfairytale","category-seminars","category-transformation","tag-analytical-psychology","tag-anita-greene","tag-individuation","tag-jungian-psychology","tag-mind-body-2","tag-transformation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Befriending the Beast - C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Befriending the Beast - C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"with Anita Greene, Ph.D. Anita Greene, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Amherst Massachusetts, and a teacher at the C.G. Jung Institute in Boston. She is also a Rubenfeld Synergist who combines gentle body techniques within her analytic work. She lectures widely on the integration of body and psyche. There is no [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-02T02:10:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-18T04:59:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beast-e1438481064357.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1408\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bed78b25ce75da068acd06d1bbd6c55b\"},\"headline\":\"Befriending the Beast\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-02T02:10:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-18T04:59:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":123,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/Beast-e1438481064357-300x230.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Analytical Psychology\",\"Anita Greene\",\"Individuation\",\"Jungian Psychology\",\"Mind-body\",\"Transformation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Gender &amp; Sexuality\",\"Greene, Anita\",\"Institute Archive\",\"Jung Chicago Radio\",\"Mind-Body\",\"Myth\\\/Fairytale\",\"Seminars\",\"Transformation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/\",\"name\":\"Befriending the Beast - C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/Beast-e1438481064357-300x230.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-08-02T02:10:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-18T04:59:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/Beast-e1438481064357.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/08\\\/Beast-e1438481064357.jpg\",\"width\":1408,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/befriending-the-beast\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Podcast\\\/Blog Topics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/topics\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Gender &amp; Sexuality\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/topics\\\/gender\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Befriending the Beast\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago\",\"description\":\"Analytical Psychology Training\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Logo-Horizontal-w300px.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/Logo-Horizontal-w300px.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bed78b25ce75da068acd06d1bbd6c55b\",\"name\":\"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago\",\"description\":\"The mission of the Institute is to advance Analytical Psychology \u2013 the theoretical foundation of Jungian psychoanalysis \u2013 as a practice that speaks to the basic human need for psychological growth and consciousness.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jungchicago.org\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Befriending the Beast - C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Befriending the Beast - C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago","og_description":"with Anita Greene, Ph.D. Anita Greene, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Amherst Massachusetts, and a teacher at the C.G. Jung Institute in Boston. She is also a Rubenfeld Synergist who combines gentle body techniques within her analytic work. She lectures widely on the integration of body and psyche. There is no [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/","og_site_name":"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago","article_published_time":"2015-08-02T02:10:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-18T04:59:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1408,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beast-e1438481064357.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/"},"author":{"name":"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago","@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bed78b25ce75da068acd06d1bbd6c55b"},"headline":"Befriending the Beast","datePublished":"2015-08-02T02:10:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-18T04:59:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/"},"wordCount":123,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beast-e1438481064357-300x230.jpg","keywords":["Analytical Psychology","Anita Greene","Individuation","Jungian Psychology","Mind-body","Transformation"],"articleSection":["Gender &amp; Sexuality","Greene, Anita","Institute Archive","Jung Chicago Radio","Mind-Body","Myth\/Fairytale","Seminars","Transformation"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/","url":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/","name":"Befriending the Beast - C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beast-e1438481064357-300x230.jpg","datePublished":"2015-08-02T02:10:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-18T04:59:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beast-e1438481064357.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Beast-e1438481064357.jpg","width":1408,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/befriending-the-beast\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Podcast\/Blog Topics","item":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/category\/topics\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Gender &amp; Sexuality","item":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/category\/topics\/gender\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Befriending the Beast"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/","name":"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago","description":"Analytical Psychology Training","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/#organization","name":"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago","url":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Logo-Horizontal-w300px.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Logo-Horizontal-w300px.jpg","width":300,"height":70,"caption":"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/bed78b25ce75da068acd06d1bbd6c55b","name":"C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago","description":"The mission of the Institute is to advance Analytical Psychology \u2013 the theoretical foundation of Jungian psychoanalysis \u2013 as a practice that speaks to the basic human need for psychological growth and consciousness.","sameAs":["https:\/\/jungchicago.org"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29696,"href":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions\/29696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}