This is a course designed to familiarize participants with the female archetype according to Jungian psychology. We will read Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, and use several of the stories, such as “Bluebeard” and “The Crescent Moon Bear” to decipher the heroine’s journey from darkness (unconsciousness) to light (consciousness). We will discuss the metaphoric images and how they speak to us about life and, most importantly, about our inner landscapes. Our understanding of these symbols can bring us into a deeper relationship with forgotten aspects of our soul (psyche).

This class will be a mixture of lecture and focused class discussion, along with the required reading of 30-40 pages a week and some writing assignments.