Lectures and Publications
Upcoming Lectures 2012
June 2012 Sydney Jung Society
Puer aeternus: Forever young or ‘now or never’?
The puer or puella typically leads an adventurous but provisional life, as the fear of being fenced in is great. Jung comments:
The “eternal child” in man is an indescribable experience, an incongruity, a handicap, and a divine prerogative; an imponderable that determines the ultimate worth or worthlessness of a personality. [CW 9i, par. 300]
This lecture will explore the territory of the ‘forever young’ and the kind of healing possible when one asks Jung’s central question:
I no longer seek the cause of a neurosis in the past, but in the present. I ask, what is the necessary task which the patient will not accomplish? ["Psychoanalysis and Neurosis", CW4, par. 570]
Recent Lectures 2011
Frith presented a total of seven lectures in Switzerland in April.
Three lectures based on her work on Bees, Honey and the Hive were presented at ISAP (International School for Analytical Psychology) to students of their training program. ISAP, Zurich is one of the main Jungian training organisations in the world.
Another lecture based on this work was at the Psychological Club in Zurich, which was originally founded by Carl Jung.
A further three lectures titled Psyche, Cycles and Symbol were presented at the Centre for Depth Psychology.
In early November, Frith presented a lecture to the Jung Society of South Australia on the topic of The Wounded Healer.
Frith has recently returned from a conference in Switzerland, where she presented a lecture on her recent work to her analyst colleagues.
Book publication: Bees, Honey and the Hive
Inner City Books in Canada, a specialist Jungian publisher, published my work Bees, Honey and the Hive in January 2011. The book is a Jungian exploration of the symbolism of the Bee, the honey and the hive, and their significance in myth and as a psychological metaphor.
Autographed copies can be ordered by contacting me directly via this website.
An enthusiastic new Australian distributor has recently been appointed, so I look forward to seeing my book more widely available in select Australian bookshops.
Alternatively, copies can be ordered direct from the publisher at: http://www.innercitybooks.net/book.php?id=131
Book launch: 2011
A launch was held for my book Bees, Honey and the Hive in Melbourne on Thursday 10 February at the Abbotsford Convent. Many dear friends and colleagues joined in the wonderful celebration of the arrival of this work. It means a great deal to me to have seen so many of you on this occasion. Thank you to all who came.
Past lectures
Frith has lectured at the Sydney Jung Society in 2009 and 2010, and at the Jung Society of South Australia in 2009, 2010 and 2011, and at ISAP and the Psychological Club in Zurich in 2011.
You can listen to an excerpt from Frith’s 2009 lecture on Bees, the Honey and the Hive here:
Podcast – from Bee lecture, 2009
Frith presented a 3-lecture series, based on her work on Bees, at the Centre for Depth Psychology in Switzerland in March 2010, and a further 3-lecture series titled Psyche, Cycles and Symbol in April 2011.
ABC Radio National
Frith was interviewed for ABC Radio National’s Encounter program on the subject of Sacred Bees. This follows her Jungian Diploma thesis entitled Circumambulating the Centre: The Symbolism of the Bee, the Honey and the Hive.
The program went to air on Sunday 31 May 2009.
The introduction on ABC’s website is as follows:
“Encounter tunes into the sacred hum of a tiny insect that has ensured our physical and spiritual health over centuries. With bee colonies mysteriously collapsing around the world this program explores the Christian and Islamic symbolism of bees and how that relates to human spiritual development and our harmonious relationship with the environment.”
To learn more follow this link to the program: