Susan’s workshop will be in three parts. In the first place she will show Jung’s theory and practice of psychic fertility or creativity and divination. Secondly there will be an experiential exploration of psychic images arising within the group. Thirdly Susan will link the topics covered to her Jungian novel, The Sacred Well Murders that arose from Jungian divination during the pandemic. If people are able to read the novel in advance, we can use it like a book group and as prompt to generate further Jungian art-research topics.
Susan Rowland (PhD) is Core Faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California. She has published extensively on Jung, literary theory, gender, literature and detective fiction. Her books include, Jung: A Feminist Revision (2002), The Ecocritical Psyche (2012), Jungian Literary Criticism: the Essential Guide (2019), Jungian Arts-based Research and the Nuclear Enchantment of New Mexico (2021). Her Jungian arts-based research is writing the Mary Wandwalker detective novels. Founding chair of the International Association for Jungian Studies (IAJS) in 2003, Susan lives in California with digital literary artist, Joel Weishaus. Email: srowland@pacifica.edu