LECTURE: Druscilla French, Ph.D., "Triggers: An Invitation to Descent"

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DESCRIPTION: Triggers: an invitation to descent

“You can be a puppet of the archetypes, or you can be a participant in how they unfold according to your level of consciousness, what you have integrated, what you have faced in yourself.”  – Richard Tarnas

Triggers, like dreams, provide clues to the contents of our unconscious. The evolution of consciousness, collectively and individually, occurs when the contents of the unconscious become conscious. At that point we have the power of choice. We can renegotiate our relationship with the archetypes that dwell in our psyche. 

This is the process that C.G. Jung used when he created The Red Book. He explored his relationship with the inhabitants of his unconscious.

In this workshop we will consider the openings to psyche when we are triggered by everyday experiences. Who will you meet and what do they have to say for themselves?

On Friday evening, I talk about my book and what I see emerging in the field of Depth Psychology. What is being asked of us in these dystopian days?

On Saturday you will have an opportunity to create safe communal space for your own explorations. Saturday’s exercises come from an experiential workshop I created called “Revisioning Archetypes.”

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: Druscilla French

Druscilla French’s religion is higher education. She holds graduate degrees from U.N.C. and Pacifica Graduate Institute. She has served on the Opus Board at PGI, and on a wide variety of boards at UNC, presently the PlayMakers Advisory Council. Currently, she is leading a campaign for the endowment of Graduate Scholarships at Morehead-Cain. She is an eclectic writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Her most recent article, “Entering the Labyrinth” appeared in South Writ Large, Spring 2025.  She is the author of the Wheel of the Year novels:  Shadows on Samhain, Solstice on Ice, and Divining Women. A fourth, Ostara is slouching toward publication. Another work in progress is a depth psychology/mythology based book entitled Triggers: Portals to Transcendence, which is the source of this lecture and workshop.