C. G. Jung Society of Montreal

Thanks to the spider Anansi who tricked the god Nyame, humans received the gift of storytelling. In this presentation we will look at several trickster stories. 

Jung wrote that the trickster is a source of amusement. This is definitely true in many of the Winnebago Trickster Cycle stories. 

Greek mythology has its Trickster god, Hermes, who as soon as he was born, stole his brother Apollo’s cattle and managed to trick the gods into believing that he was innocent. 

The Trickster transgresses boundaries and breaks rules. He can be benevolent or malevolent. He can be a god or an animal. A shape-shifter, Trickster creates and destroys.

Artemis Papert, Ph.D., is passionate about the psychological meaning of fairy tales. Artemis had her first career as a research biologist. She now practices the healing art of shiatsu. She has an extensive experience in Jungian dream interpretation and never ceases to be amazed by what dreams can teach us about ourselves. Artemis likes to say that dreams are messages from our unconscious, our real “significant other.”

She is interested in the connection between body and psyche.

WINTER/SPRING 2026 PROGRAM

SUNDAY, January 25: Cinéclub Montréal

“La Belle et la Bête” (J. Cocteau)

With Mathieu Langlais. 

IN PERSON

February 21: The Trickster

With Artemis Papert

March 21: Women and Men at the Crossroads of a Changing World

with David Pressault 

25 avril: 50me Anniversaire

Evènement en français:  TBA 

      April or May: 

      A Four-Week Reading Seminar: 

      The Writings of Lionel Corbett