Winter/Spring 2025-26

BEAUTY & THE BEAST (La Belle et la Bête)

(1946, France, 96 min., 35mm, French with English sub-titles); Directed by Jean Cocteau

A collaboration between the CinéClub de Montréal and the C. G. Jung Society of Montreal

A commentary by Montreal psychologist Mathieu Langlais will follow the film.

Sunday, Jan. 25

6:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m.

Concordia University

Cinéma de Sève

1400 boul. de Maisonneuve O.

(Métro Guy-Concordia)

Box office opens at 6 p.m.  

Admission: $10 Students/Seniors: $8

Forty-five years before the Disney version of this tale by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, Jean Cocteau directed this first-ever film adaptation. Far more than a simple re-telling of the tale, this is actually one of the most ingenious and innovative films ever made.

    Belle (Josette Day) is a young woman from a family of good fortune who, following tragic events at sea, loses her entire fortune. Her father (Marcel André) is unable to accept her new state of poverty and worries about his ability to continue supporting his twelve children. On one stormy evening while riding the path home on horseback, he gets lost in a forest and stumbles upon the castle of the Beast (Jean Marais). Drawn to a beautiful rosebush in the garden he plucks a single rose with the intention of bringing it to his daughter, Belle. That small act infuriates the Beast who then threatens to kill the father but spares his life in exchange for the hand of one of his daughters. Wanting to save her father, Belle flees to the castle of the Beast on an enchanted horse. Upon arriving she is repulsed by the cat-faced creature but ends up spending much time with him. Daily, the Beast asks her hand in marriage and every time, she rejects him. Gradually she begins to know the beautiful delicate inner soul of the Beast and has a growing affection for him.

Both an adaptation of European folklore and a metaphor for class struggle as well as a critique of arranged marriage, Cocteau’s film is above all, a technical marvel. Bathed in Gothic ambiance filled with sets that are both enchanting and terrifying, its luxurious musical score complements it well. What distinguishes it from other cinematic works of the 1940s are the costumes, special effects and makeup which, unlike the cold modern computer-generated equivalent, makes you truly believe what you are seeing.

MATHIEU LANGLAIS is a psychologist since 1977 with a private practice in Montreal. He has a degree from Université de Sherbrooke and learned psychotherapy and psychoanalysis at the Montreal General and the Jewish General Hospitals.

He studied Jungian psychology at the Jung Institute in Zürich and through the Inter-Regional Association of Jungian Analysts in Montreal. Other studies include Archetypal Psychology (Patricia Berry), Bioenergy (Luc Morissette) and the Feldenkrais Method (Joseph Dellagrote). He teaches in Québec and Switzerland, specifically in Art Therapy in Lausanne.

His professional interests revolve around working with dreams, images, and the interdisciplinary treatment of psychosomatic illnesses.

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The Trickster: Friend or Foe

A Lecture by Artemis Papert of Montréal

Saturday, Feb. 21

11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (ET)

Members: $15; Non-Members: $20

Students/Senior Members: $10

This will be a ZOOM event.

Registration Link: https://trickster.eventbrite.ca

For Info please call (514) 971-8664

A recording will be available for those who have registered and paid but cannot attend.

Men and women are growing increasingly distant. This lecture argues that our current relational landscape reflects a profound societal upheaval. If we view human history as a 24-hour clock, women have been legally ‘free’ for only a few minutes–a recent emancipation that profoundly reshapes how we relate as a species and in our intimate partnerships. This paradigm shift, anticipated by C. G. Jung a century ago, is still very much in motion. 

      While women have achieved significant outer freedom through social and legal independence, they now grapple with intense inner pressures. They face the challenge of being emotional caretakers for their partners while simultaneously living up to an ideal of modern womanhood, all without compromising their femininity. Conversely, men are called to move beyond historical collective personas, yet seem adrift in finding a new way forward. If women’s journey has been an outer push for a place in the world, Jung suggested that for men, the essential path will be an inner one–“needful feminine insight into their own psyche.”  

      These fundamental changes bring forth complex dynamics that create significant friction in today’s relationships, particularly as they clash with the need for individuation. Ultimately, we are not merely experiencing growing pains, but standing at the threshold of a challenging, yet transformative, New Era of relating. 

David Pressault is a Jungian analyst with a rich background in the arts. After a 20-year career as a professional dancer and choreographer, during which he founded and led his own dance company, he transitioned into the field of Analytical Psychology. He completed his training at the Ontario Association of Jungian Analysts in 2012.

25 avril: 50me Anniversaire

Un Aperçu sur Jung en 2026: de Montreal à Paris

Par Zoom

11h à 13h30 h (EDT); 17h à 19h30 (heure de Paris)

Carl Gustav Jung est né en Suisse en 1875. Le IAAP (International Association for Analytical Psychology) a célébré le 150e anniversaire de sa naissance à Zürich l’été dernier. 

Notre C. G. Jung Society of Montreal fête également son 50e anniversaire cette année, en 2025-26.    

Cet événement nous remémore la création du Cercle C. G. Jung de Montréal, en 1975.

Nous avons invité trois thérapeutes d’approche jungienne à présenter leurs propres travaux et réfléchir ensemble sur l’impact de l’œuvre de Jung dans leur champ d’expertise.

Les thèmes abordés seront la synchronicité, l’alchimie, et le féminin.

S’ensuivront des échanges entre nos invités.

Pour conclure notre après-midi, le public sera invité à participer avec des questions où des brefs commentaires.

Quelle influence Jung exercera-t’il à l’avenir au Québec et ailleurs?

Nos Invités

Marie-Laure Colonna (Paris)

Chantale Proulx (Sherbrooke)

Jean-François Vézina (Québec)

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    A Four-Week Reading Seminar: 

    The Writings of Lionel Corbett

This is a ZOOM event.

Thursdays: April 9, 16, 23, 30

7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (EDT)

FREE

Readings will be sent upon

registration.

Please read or watch the materials

before each session to

enhance the conversation.

Registration Links:

April 9: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/PTrwE880R7OfgRkqiKV0gA

April 16: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/H5FMiRpzTwCDPP_dS3GJVA

April 23: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tHDdDhEuQ7KYp0FD2F0vOA

April 30: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/-jl9KHG3Rp6T7OLP1vrVEA

For info please call

(514) 971-8664

The Dance

– Carol Knowlton-Dority

April 9

Symbol, Archetype and the Numinous:

Reflections on Jung through Lionel

Corbett

This seminar explores Lionel Corbett’s

reflections on Carl Jung’s understanding

of symbols, archetypes and complexes,

and the idea of depth psychology as a

spiritual path. Through selected video

excerpts and discussion, we will consider

how numinous images arising in dreams

and visions can foster healing. We will

also view Carol Knowlton-Dority’s

painting The Dance, inviting reflection on

Jung’s notion of direct experience.

Please view the following YouTube

links in preparation for our time together

(~15m):

https://youtu.be/sfWmhxY5PXU

https://youtu.be/itxPdtPb-Vg

https://youtu.be/n_NRjPRmqag

Carol Knowlton-Dority is a visual artist

who hosts Meditation & Interactive Art

Experiences.

April 16

Suffering and the Discovery of

Meaning in Psychotherapy

In the last chapter of The Sacred

Cauldron: Psychotherapy as a Spiritual

Practice, Lionel Corbett explores the

meaning of suffering. Jung had stated

that the main problem of his patients was

that they felt a sense of

meaninglessness. Pain and suffering

direct us to what we may have been

neglecting and needs attention. Times of

suffering often plunge us into liminal

states from which numinous experiences

can emerge. These experiences may

point us to deeper levels of meaning. The

myth of Inanna’s descent into the

underworld illustrates the meaning of

suffering as it forces us to face dark,

unknown parts of ourselves.

Mary Harsany is the president and

program co-ordinator of the C. G. Jung

Society of Montreal and a psychologist in

private practice.

April 23

The God-Image:

From Antiquity to Jung

This book describes the development of

images of God, beginning in antiquity and

culminating in Jung’s notion of the Self, an

image of God in the psyche that Jung calls

the God within. In Corbett’s view, by

focusing on the empirical, psychological

manifestation of the Self, Jung’s approach

avoids arguments for and against the

existence of a metaphysical God.

Harvey Shepherd is a retired

journalist and serves on the planning

committee of the C. G. Jung Society

of Montreal.

April 30

The Problem of Evil

In a recording made at the Pacifica

Institute months before his death, Lionel

Corbett mused on the problem of evil,

ranging from multiple forms of

psychopathology to Jung’s challenging

“Answer to Job.” Let us explore that most

disquieting subject in our own fraught

times and perhaps gain some insight into

this perplexing issue through Corbett’s

wisdom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ8ipb0C9Wc

Murray Shugar edits the C. G. Jung

Society of Montreal newsletter and

website.