TRIGGERS: An Invitation to Descent with Druscilla French, Ph.D.
Schedule
Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 07 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Church of Reconciliation | Chapel Hill, NC
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JUNG NC MARCH PROGRAMDruscilla French, Ph.D.
Friday, March 6, 2026 at 7pm Lecture:
TRIGGERS: An Invitation to Descent
Saturday, March 7, 2026 10am-4pm Experiential Workshop:
REVISIONING ARCHETYPES
Church of Reconciliation, Chapel Hill
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
In these days of the Great Unraveling, what triggers you? Is this an awakening of
your inner reptile or a glimpse into your unconscious? Are these temper-fraying times a
divine call to an evolution of consciousness, both personally and collectively? What is it
in each of us that is on the brink of transformation?
No one would disagree with James Hillman’s statement “We've had a hundred
years of psychotherapy, and the world's getting worse!" (Well, more than 100 years.)
Have we finally reached the point of surrender? What would it take to exit this “skin
encapsulated ego” (Alan Watts) and become porous to what is beckoning? What is
getting under our skin might be a call to escape it. Who creates
mythologies/worldviews? Do the archetypes have totalitarian power over us or is there a
mysterium coniunctionis being offered?
On Friday evening, I will 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 “Entering the
Labyrinth.”
Bio:
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.
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Where is it happening?
Church of Reconciliation, 110 N Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-5817, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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