Writing Toward Wholeness with Susan Tiberghien
Wholeness has been the goal of spiritual seekers from earliest times. But what is wholeness? I wrote in my book, Writing Toward Wholeness, that it is the revelation of the oneness of everything. The oneness of humankind, the oneness of nature, the oneness of all the creation. “It is the mustard seed that grows into one global community living in peace on our planet.” The workshop will have three parts.
1. How has wholeness been understood throughout the centuries, from Hestia and Lao Tsu to C.G. Jung and Thomas Merton?
2. How can we approach our longing for wholeness through writing in all its forms—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and especially journaling?
3. How can we contribute to wholeness in our broken world today, with excerpts from Rainer Maria Rilke, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Terry Tempest Williams, Ilia Delio and C.G. Jung?
When enough of humankind—enough of us—become whole, the world itself will become whole. All are welcome. There will be handouts and writing exercises. Come join us as we uncover our oneness.
Susan Tiberghien is an American-born writer living in Geneva, Switzerland. She holds a BA in Literature and Philosophy (Phi Beta Kappa) and did graduate work at the Université de Grenoble and the CG Jung Institute of Zurich. She has published four memoirs, "Looking for Gold, One Year in Jungian Analysis" (Daimon Verlag, 1997, "Circling to the Center, A Woman’s Encounter with Silent Prayer" (Paulist Press, 2001), "Side by Side, Writing Your Love Story" and "Footsteps, In Love with a Frenchman" (both Red Lotus Studio Press, 2015) and two writing books, "One Year to a Writing Life" (Da Capo Press, 2007) and most recently, Writing Toward Wholeness, Lessons Inspired by C.G. Jung", along with numerous narrative essays in journals and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic. Ms Tiberghien teaches and lectures at graduate programs, at C.G. Jung Centers, and at writers’ conferences both in the States and in Europe. She has taught at the International Women's Writing Guild Summer Conference since 1990 and does workshops for the IWWG annually, älso at the Hudson Valley Writers' Center, the Bethesda Writers' Center, Grub Street Boston and the Muse and the Marketplace. She founded the Geneva Writers' Group in 1993 which she directed for 25 years and where she continues to give workshops.
