{"id":5835,"date":"2015-01-16T10:10:09","date_gmt":"2015-01-16T10:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/?product=various-fd2018-chaos-complexity-creativity"},"modified":"2025-12-31T20:57:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T02:57:53","slug":"various-fd2018-chaos-complexity-creativity","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/product\/various-fd2018-chaos-complexity-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos, Complexity, Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buy the entire symposium for 30% off the price of individual titles!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Three keynote speakers present on topics that synthesize various possible responses to the challenging complexities of the cultural, political, and environmental chaos that currently both unites and divides humankind. It was recorded on March 24, 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n

The symposium contains the following lectures (click on titles to purchase individually):<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Samuel Kimbles, PhD |\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Phantom Narratives: The Unseen Contributions of Culture to Psyche<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Catharine J. Jones, LCSW | <\/b><\/span>Myth and Mindfulness: A Creative Response to Conflict<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Richard Tarnas, PhD | <\/b><\/span>A Kairos Moment in an Archetypal Cosmos<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Panel Discussion (not available with individual titles)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Audio:<\/b>\u00a0An audio mp3 of each talk, and the panel discussion, is included in this download.<\/span>
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    Samuel Kimbles, PhD<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

    Phantom Narratives: The Unseen Contributions of Culture to Psyche<\/i><\/b>
    \n<\/span>What Toni Morrison has called \u201cunspeakable things unspoken,\u201d such as class hatred, racism, xenophobia, and misogyny, burst forth in our current political life as realities that refuse to die.\u00a0 Phantom narratives of long past injustices reveal themselves as undead presences capable of destroying social and emotional bonds.\u00a0 What underground rivers in our cultural life do these emotional currents reveal?<\/span><\/p>\n

    Samuel Kimbles, PhD<\/b> is a clinical psychologist, training analyst, and member of the faculty of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, and a clinical professor (VCF) in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. Between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2010 he served as president of the C. G. Jung Institute, San Francisco. He has lectured and presented papers on topics related to the theory and practical applications of analytical psychology to professional and lay audiences throughout the United States, Africa, and Europe. He is a clinical consultant and has taught at the San Francisco Jung Institute, colleges, and universities. In addition, he has trained mental health and analytic professionals on working with the unconscious life of groups. His published work on the cultural complex is a significant contribution of the application of analytical psychology to the study of groups and society. His previous book on cultural complexes was with Tom Singer,\u00a0The Cultural Complex: Contemporary Jungian Perspectives on Psyche and Society<\/b><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>(Routledge, 2004). He is author of\u00a0Phantom Narratives: The Unseen Contributions of Culture to Psyche<\/b><\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n