The Raven — Workshop
In-person event only
To Book:
Pay cash on the day or pre-pay by direct deposit and email your payment receipt and booking information (your name, phone number, and the name of the activity you wish to attend) to
events@jungqld.com.
Direct Deposit Details:
Account Name: C.G. Jung Society of Queensland
BSB: 313 140
Account No.: 12363389
Reference: Please use your name as the reference
Pam Blamey is back with another fairy tale workshop in November.
Ravens – “Like dark angels come to set thebalance of the natural order to rights, they strut and flutter through the landscapes of desert and arctic, tropics and urban sprawl, over tilled farmland and the shifting soil of the human imagination” (ARAS The Book of Symbols, p.248).
As John Betts says, “Many fairy tales have the hero engaged in tasks. These can be to find the fairest maiden in the land, or to solve a riddle, or to rescue a princess, amongst others. What the task shows is what the challenge to the developing psyche is. As with many challenges in fairy tales, the tasks happen in threes. The hero has to stay awake each night for three nights to solve the riddle. The same type of task exists in Grimm’s “The Raven,” where the hero has to stay awake and await the arrival of a bewitched woman”.
In some fairy tales (such as East of the Sun, West of the Moon, or The Black Bull of Norroway), it is the man who must be ‘rescued’, but in this tale, it is the man who must succeed in the tasks to free the woman from her bewitchment.
In this workshop, using methods of analysis traced back to Marie Louise Von Franz, we will explore the tale to the essence of its personal and collective meaning.
Workshop Facilitator | Pam Blamey
Pam has qualifications in Social Science and Art Therapy. She has been a member of the C.G. Jung Society since 1995, filling the post of secretary for 11 years. She has been cultivating her skills in analysis of fairy tales since her passion for them was re-ignited in 2009 and has presented in Brisbane and Melbourne.