Re-Imagining the Feminine into our Socioeconomic System:

The Role of Place, Cultural Complexes, and God-Image

James Hillman argued, “I think we’re miserable partly because we have only one god, and that’s economics. Economics is a slave-driver.”
He also placed economics on the ninth circle of Dante’s Inferno, sitting with those being punished for betraying humanity and acts of hubris against the divine; “Of all the fallen fields of human endeavor, economics must take first place, which therefore locates its high priests on Hell’s lowest ring.”

Rather than serving humanity and the planet, our economic system, with its focus on growth and competition, contributes significantly to war, conflict, and environmental destruction. Although GDPs and business profits continue to rise, so do mental health issues, income disparity, and ecological disasters. Clearly, economics needs to be re-visioned.

Viewing our socioeconomic system through a Jungian lens can help in its re-visioning as Jung’s work takes us into the depths,
revealing the foundations of economic dysfunction. A cultural-complex view uncovers the archetypes in our open wounds.
Exploring the modern god-image unveils the powers at play in today’s economics and identifies the missing goddesses and feminine principles necessary for the health of our socioeconomic system. The places where we live provide us with another view into the problems of economics.
We can see our plight through their images, which reflect aspects of the collective psyche and soul. Places are also tools for socio-economic transformation and re-visioning when we acknowledge that the earth is an alchemist. By working with places, we can bring healing to complexes and imagine new ways of being, which include the feminine.

Talk and Workshop

Through a Jungian lens, we can explore the deep cultural wounds underlying economic dysfunction. This perspective reveals the missing feminine principles essential for a balanced and healthy socioeconomic system.

By engaging with the earth as an alchemist, we can recognize the power of the places we live. We can envision new, life-affirming ways of being that heal both society and the planet.

In this workshop, participants will work with the images from our economic system to explore its dysfunctions and opportunities.
We will explore strategies for re-imagining economics by integrating the feminine principle more fully into our professional environments.

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