Southern African Association Of Jungian Analysts (SAAJA) Presents two seminars by LUIGI ZOJA SATURDAY MARCH 5 TH , 2016

Venue: UCT Lung Institute, George Street, Mowbray

Date: Saturday 5 th March 2016

Seminar 1. 9h30 – 11h00: “The Archetype of the Father”

11h00-11h30 : TEA

Seminar 2. 11h30-13h00: “The History of Paranoia, Paranoia at Work in History”

1. THE ARCHETYPE OF THE FATHER

Countless children throughout the world now grow up without fathers. Using a Jungian perspective I will attempt to reframe what history, biology, sociology, and anthropology have to say about this striking fact. Evolution and zoology show that fatherhood is a cultural creation, changing over time. Its archaic psychic structures imply two things: fatherhood has a fixation upon discipline, and it tends toward authoritarian defensiveness and aggression in a structural way. Fatherhood is inherently fragile, projecting its precariousness outside where it can be fought. The Greeks sensed this archaic desperation and tried to master it, creating the theory of a paternal genetic origin for the father in relation to his children. The Greeks and then the Romans reinforced a patriarchal link with the gods, spirit, and metaphysics of the sky. Modern society still tends to substitute teachings of the archetypal father with information that comes from one’s peers, in spite of strong counter-trends, first in Christianity’s shift to the Son, and then the American and French Revolutions. The devaluation of fatherhood since the industrial revolution, particularly in the last century with the “terrible father” represented in modern dictators and with a climbing divorce rate, has brought fatherhood into symbolic demise. The author weaves all these factors through his Jungian exploration of the role of the father

2. THE HISTORY OF PARANOIA, PARANOIA AT WORK IN HISTORY

This study follows the history of paranoia, but above all the paranoia at work in history. While other forms of mental illness are far more immediate, only paranoia can literally make history, as it did through Hitler and Stalin. It can take hold of events directly because, unlike the rest of pathology, it is contagious. Far from being individual, its dynamics are self-replicating, devouring entire societies. The leader loses control of it. Once infected, the collective unconscious – of which the leader is part – acquires an autonomous life and gains momentum. This fact stems from the rigid circularity of paranoia. Masquerading behind false logic, it is fatally attractive to simpler minds. It aims straight at its goal of destruction, and to the average person its impatience is far more seductive than any political, religious, or ideological discourse.

CPD points applied for: 1 per seminar or 3 if both attended. Fee: R400 per seminar; R700 for both Tea and snacks are included Booking essential Bookings and payments need to be made 3 days before the event for catering purposes. Closing date for bookings: 2 March 2016. No Refunds. Booking through Lynda Blanchard via email: saaja@mweb.co.za or call at 021 689 6090