THE MUSES OF TRUTH AND TRANSFORMATION: TIMELESS TALES FOR TROUBLED TIMES

2040 Gough Street,San Francisco CA 94109

30 January, 2022

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THE MUSES OF TRUTH AND TRANSFORMATION: TIMELESS TALES FOR TROUBLED TIMES SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2022 2 – 5PM PRESENTED BY ALLAN CHINEN, MD FRIENDS MEMBERS: FREE GENERAL ADMISSION: BY DONATION Once, two women claimed the same newborn. The sage told one woman to hold the infant’s hands, and the other, the feet. The sage drew a line in the sand, and then said, “Whoever pulls the infant over this line is the mother.” “That is fair,” said one woman – like many people today willing to kill the innocent for their “truth.” “No,” cried the other, “spare the baby and give him to her,” sacrificing truth to save lives, like others today. The two women’s answers revealed the truth and resolved the conflict. Folktales like this one, better known from the biblical story of Solomon’s judgment, are crucial today in dealing with our seemingly intractable and deadly disputes. This workshop will recount and discuss several folktales about judging truth and resolving conflicts. The key is storytelling: using several basic types of narratives, which reflect our fundamental ways of understanding the world, we can transform our fundamental convictions to settle bitter conflicts, both within and between individuals. The same storytelling process occurs in successful psychotherapy.  ALLAN CHINEN, MD, is the author of  In the Ever After, Once Upon a Midlife, Beyond the Hero and Waking the World. He is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Although retired from private practice, he continues to write, and give workshops. A non-profit educational and community service organization that devotes itself to the furtherance of Jungian thought in clinical work and in cultural discourse. In addition to its Analytic Training Program, the Institute provides educational events for the general public, seminars for professionals, and produces Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche, now published by Taylor & Francis. The Institute houses an extensive library and offers a sliding scale psychotherapy clinic.  Friends of the Institute, an auxiliary organization, welcomes new members.