When the Gods Are Our Parents: Exploring the Somatic and Numinous Pull of Parental Complexes(Online)

This talk explores the unconscious gravitational pull toward our parents that persists long after reason tells us it’s futile, even after they’ve transitioned. Drawing on Jung, von Franz, and Edinger, Jane will examine how parental complexes retain numinous, god-like power in the psyche, organizing our emotional and somatic lives and keeping us orbiting our parents through longing, rebellion, or endless attempts to be seen.

Jane proposes that what we are truly seeking is not the human parent, but the archetypal Parent, the Self, misplaced onto our earthly caregivers and stuck there due to developmental trauma or attachment wounds. Through Jungian Somatics™, this presentation traces how individuation begins when the parental imago is transformed from a living god into a symbol of the Self, allowing a new center of gravity to emerge, and liberating the psyche to orient toward a more authentic, soul-directed life.

Jane Clapp is a Jungian Analyst, somatic expert, and educator who has spent decades exploring the profound relationship between the body, psyche, and soul. She is the creator of Jungian Somatics™, a unique practice that weaves together movement, sensation, and the unconscious to cultivate a deep, lived experience of aliveness. Her path has always been rooted in embodied transformation. Jungian Somatics™ is not a modality of fixing but one of remembering—awakening what has been dormant and reclaiming the soul’s movement. At the heart of her work is the call to live in Mystical Aliveness.
Jane has centered her work on one essential question: How do we reconnect with the aliveness that sustains us? She has discovered that this aliveness is never lost. It can be reawakened—through movement, creativity, connection, and faith. Through teaching, consulting, and speaking, Jane supports others in bridging the unconscious and the body, helping them move beyond survival and into a deeper experience of embodied soulfulness. With a background in trauma recovery spanning over two decades, Jane has guided countless individuals through transformational processes. While her early work focused on healing deep wounds, she now centers her practice on guiding others toward what enlivens them. Her approach honors the intelligence of the unconscious as it moves through sensation, breath, and movement, offering a path to vitality, clarity, and profound self-trust.

This program is being offered ONLINE only. Recordings will be distributed to registered participants only, and will not be available for individual purchase.

All times are CT. Please contact onlinelearning@junghouston.org with any questions.

Please register early. Programs with four or fewer participants are subject to cancellation, 48 hours prior to their start.

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