Dr. Ursula Wirtz, Zurich Analyst, Keynoter and Author –

Trauma and Beyond: The Mystery of Transformation

5:30 PM, Thursday, October 29th, 2015 – Noon, Sunday, November 1st, 2015

IHM Retreat Center – Santa Fe, New Mexico

“Shock. Thunder. When one learns what fear and trembling mean, there is a safeguard against terror produced from the outside.” So says the I Ching.

In addressing the individual relationship to surrounding culture, the I Ching takes the long view: Watch; listen; act from insights learned from fear. The first step is  to recognize what we fear, and why. Similarly, Carl Jung repeatedly pointed out the human desire for “sameness,” a predictability that allays fear and allows us to  rock along without waves. But waves we have, and increasingly big ones, as demands for greater change and no change alternate in frantic attempts to order an unsettled world. More: CIT 5 Brochure

Praise for Trauma and Beyond In Trauma and Beyond, Ursula Wirtz courageously and brilliantly undertakes the most truculent question: “wither the soul after soul-murder”? She summarizes the literature in the field, the range of methodologies, and provides numerous illustrations and case studies which demonstrate a realistic, hopeful, sequential approach to trauma integrating fragmented splinters. She illustrates the narrow passage between the necessity of ego-death, abiding a most difficult in-between, and attending the birth of an enlarged, more capacious ego state. Trauma and Beyondis not only a contribution to the field, but has the makings of a classic study of the resilience of the soul in the face of even the most devastating traumata. JAMES HOLLIS, PH.D., JUNGIAN ANALYST AND AUTHOR, HOUSTON, TEXAS   In an extraordinary synthesis of the diverse facets of the psyche activated in trauma, Ursula Wirtz truly offers the reader a way “beyond” suffering into wisdom. A lifetime of experience is woven into a revelatory tapestry of heart and soul. Reflecting an emerging paradigm in the 21st century, science and spirituality are brought into kindred relations through the author’s courageous explorations of trauma. Anyone touched by trauma will benefit deeply from an encounter with this book. JOE CAMBRAY, PH.D., PAST-PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY   In this insightful work, Ursula Wirtz asks us to take Carl Jung’s Red Book as a map or template for working with loss and trauma. If you are looking for guidance in clinical work in trauma and recovery or for guidance in your own recovery, you will find a treasure trove of riches here. POLLY YOUNG-EISENDRATH, PH.D., AUTHOR OF THE RESILIENT SPIRIT: TRANSFORMING SUFFERING INTO INSIGHT AND RENEWAL AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE: JUNG, GENDER AND SUBJECTIVITY IN PSYCHOANALYSIS   This profoundly moving book is a major contribution to Jungian studies in this field. Dr. Wirtz has a remarkable ability to seamlessly synthesize the spiritual, archetypal, and clinical aspects of trauma. Her wise reflections on the transformative potentials of trauma, and the meaning of the suffering it produces, are an inspiration. This book is required reading for any psychotherapist working in this field. LIONEL CORBETT, M.D., CORE FACULTY, PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE AND AUTHOR OF PSYCHE AND THE SACRED, THE SACRED CAULDRON, AND THE RELIGIOUS FUNCTION OF THE PSYCHE

TABLE OF CONTENTS Editors’ Foreword Introduction PART I THE SPIRITUAL LENS: DYING AND BECOMING Part I Opening Chapter 1: Unveiling the Face of Trauma Trauma and the Soul The Numinosity of Trauma Soul Murder Loss of Soul and “Broken Courage” Chapter 2: Trauma as a Spiritual Experience The Spiritual Dimension Spiritual Transformation through Trauma The Unity of the Material and the Spiritual The Healing Power of Spiritual Values Chapter 3: Trauma as a Crisis of Meaning Between Meaning and Meaninglessness Betwixt and Between: Trauma and Liminality The Emergence of Meaning Following Trauma Chapter 4: The Transformative Power of Suffering The Paradigm of Posttraumatic Growth Wounding and Awakening Wound or Wisdom: Paul Celan and Nelly Sachs Beyond Embitterment Reconciliation and Forgiveness Integrating the Shadow Coming into Being and Passing Away: Etty Hillesum Chapter 6: Trauma through the Mythological Lens Trauma as Descent Kali’s Rage: The Fire of Transformation The Ravished Feminine: Medusa’s Petrifying Gaze Yearning for Death: The Trauma of Betrayal PART II THE CLINICAL LENS Part II Opening Chapter 7: Retrieving Soul Echoes of the Red Book in Trauma Therapy Dissociation and Ego-State Therapy Trauma Narratives: Re-creating Identity The Imaginal Realm Working with Mandalas Certainty Lost, Paradox Gained Paradox and Transformation Paradoxical Transference and Countertransference Chapter 8: Circumambulating Complementarity Complementary Modes of Viewing Trauma The Relational Dimension of Complementarity The Complementarity of Being and Doing in Trauma Therapy Presence and Reflection Mentalization Chapter 9: The Crucible of Transformation The Mercurial Psyche From Chaos to New Order Transfiguration and Healing Transitions The Capacity for Transcendence Chapter 10: Transcendence, Trauma, and Sacrifice From Spiritual Emergency to Spiritual Emergence: Traumatic Roots and Self-Transcendence in the Red Book The Trauma Membrane The Dialectic of Victim and Victimizer Chapter 11: Sacrifice of the Self Transcending Trauma through Sacrifice of the False Self Chapter 12: The Traumatic Dimensions of Sacrifice The Sacrifice Motif in Myths and Fairy Tales The Transcendent Function: Transformation in the Relational Field Chapter 13: Trauma and the Body: Portal to the Source Body and Consciousness The Transformative Power of Chi and Yoga Conclusion

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About the Author: URSULA WIRTZ, Ph.D., has a doctorate in literature and philosophy from the University of Munich and a degree as clinical and anthropological psychologist from the University of Zurich. She graduated from the C.G. Jung Institute Zurich in 1982 and is a training analyst at the International School of Analytical Psychology (ISAPZURICH) and the Academic Chair of ISAPZURICH’s Jungian Odyssey Committee.

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