She specifically discusses the ego and its changing relationship with the Archetype of the Self. With the aid of teaching charts based on mandala symbolism, she illustrates the challenges and problems encountered during the maturation of the psyche. In this film Robin focuses on the Spring of life and the specific developmental issues of childhood and adolescence. She uses nursery rhymes and fairy tales to illustrate and explain the Heroic Journeys, the development of complexes, and other Archetypal themes that must be dealt with before an individual can successfully make the transition to early adulthood and the Summer of life. Format - Lecture and diagrams by Dr. Robin Jaqua.
Summer begins with the crossing of the threshold from adolescence into early adulthood.
This is the predominant Archetype as one moves from adolescence to responsible adulthood. Robin explains how the typology of the ego affects the way it functions in the outer-world. Next she discusses the Transcendent Function and how it unifies opposites through the symbol formation process of the collective unconscious. Format - Lecture and diagrams by Dr. Robin Jaqua. The development of the psyche through the Mid-Life Crisis and the third quarter of life.