This presentation considers the relevance of mythology in the context of our lives. Through the lens of the myth of Demeter and Persephone it focuses on the experience of loss, grief and return. Drawing on the writings of Jung, Hillman, Neumann, Edinger, Winnicott and others, it explores the essential role that a symbolic attitude plays in how we may respond creatively to the vicissitudes of our lives. Suffering is an indispensable part of our growth; loss and grief can be the catalyst which propels us towards connection to the Self and individuation.

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Jung, C. G.and Kerenyi C., Essays on a Science of Mythology, p.120, The Bollingen Library, Harper and Row, New York, 1963

Mogenson, Greg, Greeting the Angels, pp 1-15,New York, Baywood Publishing, 1992

Segal, Robert A., Jung on Mythology, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1998

Edinger, Edward F., Ego and Archetype, Boston and London, 1972

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