Jung wrote: “Logically, the opposite of love is hate, and of Eros, Phobos (fear); but psychologically, it is the will to power.' Where love reigns, there is no will to power, and where the will to power is preponderant, love is lacking"

(Jung, 1943, VII, par.78)

We will explore this topic by working on archetypal narratives from Greek Mythology (Zeus vs Eros), Norse Mythology (Wotan vs Brunhilde), Goethe’s Faust, Christianity (Yahweh vs Christ) and discuss about how our understanding of this dynamic might be at play in our days.

Students will be asked to choose and bring archetypal accounts (including dreams and case work) of their choice and work in groups in the second part of the day.

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Marzia is a Jungian analyst, member of IGAP (UK), C.G. Jung (CH) and SABOF (Italy). Marzia graduated at the CGJung Institute (CH) in 2021 and now works in her private practice in London and Rome. She is a teacher and examiner at the C.G. Jung Institute in Kuesnacht. Marzia is currently pursuing a PhD in Jungian Studies at the University of Essex on a psychoanalytic interpretation of the Odyssey.

In advance of the seminar the participants might want to get familiar with:

· the characters of Brunhilde and Wotan in Wagner's ring

· God archetype in the Old and the New Testament

· Zeus swallowing of his first wife Metis

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Suggested Reading:

Robert Donington – Wagner’s Ring and Its Symbols

Edward F. Edinger – Transformation of the God-Image

M.Detienne and J.P.Vernant – Cunning Intelligence in Greek Culture and Society – Chapter II

Eric Fromm – The Art of Loving

Jack Miles – God: A Biography

Paul Tillich – Love, Power, and Justice

Simone Weil – The Iliad, or the Poem of Force

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