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Looking forward to this evening's discussion of The God's Speak, also translated as The Writing of God. 6 pages long - it's a lightening bolt, or an earthquake of the soul.

Looking forward to this upcoming free discussion at the Library! There are still a few spots for those with an interest...RSVP at jungtampa.org

In Memories, Dreams, Reflections Jung writes:

"Only gradually did I discover what the mandala really is:
'Formation, Transformation, Eternal Mind's eternal recreation.' [From Faust, Part II)
And that is the self, the wholeness of the personality, which if all goes well is harmonious, but which cannot tolerate self-deceptions.

My mandalas were cryptograms concerning the state of the self which were presented to me anew each day. In them I saw the self--that is, my whole being--actively at work. To be sure, at first I could only dimly understand them; but they seemed to me highly significant, and I guarded them like precious pearls. " (p. 196-197)

References to mandalas in MDR and in the Collected Works are pervasive. They weave through and permeate the whole of Jung's writings with a constancy and presence that reinforces his insistence of the primacy of the image as the language of the unconscious, and the value of the symbol, a bridge to the unknown.

We invite you to join Library board member and guest presenter, Laura Hensley, LMHC, this Thursday for a warm, inviting, no-pressure exploration of mandala making at the Saint Leo Tampa Education Building.

Thursday, May 21st from 7-9 p.m.
Register at jungtampa.org
Email: [email protected]

Looking forward to our discussion this Wednesday!

Register for the Library's video lecture on the Significance of the Ego in Analytical Psychology and receive an invitation to a bonus Q & A scheduled this Wednesday, May 13th from 4-5:30 p.m. (EST)

Join the C.G. Jung Library of Tampa Bay and Library board member/guest presenter Laura Hensley for a Red Book inspired evening of exploration and visual creativity. We will dive deeply into the symbolic nature, psychological function, and cultural history of mandalas, and participants will be invited to give form and expression to the archetype of the Self by making a “sacred circle” of their own. This will be an easy, low pressure process, and require absolutely no artistic “skill” or training. Art materials will be provided, though participants are welcome to bring their own if they’d like.

What is it about the circular form and its compelling and frequent presence in the cosmos, in our earthly world, and in human culture? Observing its geometry from a symbolic standpoint, it is clear that across time and history, the circle has been regarded as an image of wholeness, unity, integration, and completion. The ritual process of making a mandala produces a container for fragmented and fractured feelings. It centers and soothes the soul and nervous system, allowing us to both embody the form and align our minds with “the Original Whole Self.”

Workshop: Making Mandalas ~ Imaging the Whole Self
Thursday, May 21st from 7-9 p.m.

May 2026 ~Mandala-Making
"My friends, it is wise to nourish the soul, otherwise you will breed dragons and devils in your heart.” C.G. Jung, Letters https://conta.cc/3R6vRSR

The Lapis - Library Community Newsletter Email from C.G. Jung Library of Tampa Bay May 2026 ~ Mandala-Making       May 2026   Visit our Website     The Lapis: Library Community News and Events   “My friends, it is wise to nourish the soul, o

"Many Americans today feel overwhelmed and overburdened by the relentless flood of conflicting narratives surging through society. Every headline, opinion page, or dinner-table discussion seems to throb with urgency, distortion, and division. The more implausible the story, the more powerfully it grips the psyche. We are living in a crazy-making environment. Here is an unsettling truth: much of what we are reacting to isn’t coming from real people at all. It comes instead from cultural complexes—impersonal forces made up of raw emotion, inherited trauma, and mythic stories. These complexes often masquerade as individuals, with people acting like puppet-like mouthpieces of their narratives.

Cultural complexes are composed of powerful emotions, selective memories, symbolic images, simplistic thoughts, and stereotyped behaviors. They function like splinter personalities of the American psyche—subpersonalities that walk and talk as if human, but in reality are psychic fragments possessing individuals and groups like mutating viruses. One of the greatest challenges we face is how to remain a real person—how not to be absorbed into a cultural complex as our primary identity."

Join the Library as we consider Thomas Singer's in analyzing, comparing, and contrasting what he describes as categorical, thematic psychic patterns that are seductive, dangerous, and self-limiting to healthy, integrative consciousness, in America.

Free Reading Discussion
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