The content of this weekend, as with previous weekends on this theme, will be in guided ‘active imagination’ as taught by Carl Jung and Eugene Halliday and also will include; guided meditations, a healing session on the Saturday evening and discussion of all topics.

Active Imagination will be the method we use to work with and explore unconscious aspects of ourselves - views that are concealed from our everyday minds. The group’s exploratory work will align itself with both the ideas of Carl Jung, the esoteric tradition and the work of Tan y Garth’s mentor Eugene Halliday and the form of exercises that he encouraged.  Both these teachers considered this work to be the Perennial Philosophy that consistently emerges from tradition systems throughout the world and is embedded in all the major religions.

The title itself comes from some of Carl Jung’s later writings focusing on the need he saw in this modern world for an individually achieved ethical and spiritual integrity, a process which meant in his words, a self aware ‘individuation’, formed in direct opposition to the mass psychology that he saw generated by global political and scientific materialism.

To Jung, this situation could only be solved, and we could only be saved, as ‘unique’ individuals by us individually opening up to our own ‘religious instinctive attitude’ and exploring our inner human reservoir of symbolic meaning.  This unique symbolic individuality Eugene Halliday would call Soul, and it’s conscious opening up and exploration was our real work in life. In this way our very life becomes our spiritual art. He put it this way;

‘The great Religious Contemplatives in their investigations of the depths of the human soul have found forms of mental activity quite different from those of the waking state.  These so-called ‘subjective’ phenomena of the psyche, below the waking conscious level are found in various forms that recur so often that it becomes clear that they must have some very special significance.  These special forms we call ‘Symbols.’

From - The Role of the Unconscious in Religion

Alan Roberts have been involved with Tan-Garth-Hall since its establishment in the early 1970’s. Originally mentored by Eugene Halliday he practises and teachches  a range of subjects including yoga, perennial philosophy, art and Sacred Drama (a means to gaining a new understanding of relationships) across the North West. Along with his wife Vidah, he also hosts a spiritual healing group on the Wirral and is a member of the Eugene Halliday Association Committee.

COSTS

Residential participant - £195 (includes meals and refreshments plus 2 nights accomodation) - IHS Members £180

Non-Residential participant £130 (includes meals and refreshments only) - IHS Members £115

£50 deposit with booking. Balance due one week before the event. 

Fees fully refundable in event of government imposed Covid restrictions.

N.B. This is an IHS event. IHS events are run according to the traditional values and practices of the International Hermeneutic Society, the charity that owns and runs Tan-y-Garth Hall Retreat. Although IHS teachers are very experienced in their subject they choose not to be paid. This means the events are offered at lower cost than most commercial retreats and all of the fees go to support the running costs of Tan-y-Garth Hall.

COVID PRECAUTIONS

In order to minimise the ongoing risk from Covid 19 we have a range of policies in place for this event. These include:

Current vaccination by all residential participants (please phone 0300 302 1936 for latest details).

Plus, either proof of a negative test within previous 48 hours or negative lateral flow test taken on arrival.

Temperature testing on arrival.

Limitation of numbers to allow for physical distancing.

One person per bedroom unless in same bubble (please contact us on 0300 302 1936 for room sharing request).

Extra ventilation where possible.

Outdoors work when possible.