Disability

and Its Archetypal Representations

90-min presentation, on Zoom

 

“Through myths and stories, we shall investigate the archetypal underpinning of disability.”

Nearly 15% of the world's population lives with a disability. The lecture and following discussion will focus on several archetypal representations of disabled Gods and Goddesses. Through myths and stories, we shall investigate the archetypal underpinning of disability and get to some conclusions on the potential dynamics of our understanding of this complex phenomenon.

We shall use the myths of Hephaestus and Aštavakra to emphasize the differences between East and West. The participants will be able to use the narratives to gain insight into living with a disability and relating to people with disabilities.

 

Aug 26, 2021
9:00 AM Los Angeles, 12 PM New York, 5 PM London
Registration: $35

 

Your Instructor

 
 
 
 

Milos Rokic is a biochemist with a Ph.D. in Animal Physiology; he is a former postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, MD.

Milos provides psychological first aid for the disabled through the Serbian Red Cross program and offers art workshops to the Multiple Sclerosis Society members. He is an honorable member of the Jung Society of Washington DC and a trainee in a Jungian-oriented psychotherapy program in Belgrade, Serbia.

 
 

What People Are Saying

 

Milos Rokic has a marvelous capacity to cross disciplines and weave something wholly new. He brings a deep knowledge of analytic psychology to bear on his personal story of disability and a courageous transcendence of it.

— James Hollis, Ph.D. | Jungian Analyst, author

Milos is an engaging and fantastically knowledgeable speaker. His insights on analytical psychology, both in theory and practice, are always deep, original, and thought-provoking. And of course, there's his lovely humor, through which he helps us question more and better.

— Briana Soussy | Jungian Studies Reading Seminar participant

 

What You Will Learn

  • You will discover the complex history of disability.

  • You will learn how mythology informs the life of the disabled today.

  • You will be able to walk in the shoes of the disabled and know that one day you might encounter similar problems.

  • You will deepen your knowledge about the Wounded healer in working and living with a disabled person.

 

“…well-articulated, provocative yet not argumentative.”

Milos Rokic is a remarkable thinker. With both broad and deep backgrounds in science, psychology, and Jung, he is constantly looking for ways to deepen our understanding of Jung and the archetypal, within our present 21st-century paradigms. His insights are invariably fresh and well-articulated, provocative yet not argumentative. Milos is comfortable with the truth, whatever it may be.

— John Boronow, M.D. | Psychiatrist, Jungian Studies Reading Seminar participant

Aug 26, 2021
9:00 AM Los Angeles, 12 PM New York, 5 PM London