An ARCE-New England online lecture by Jacqueline Thurston, M.A.

"Sacred Deities of Ancient Egypt: A Pantheon of Paradoxes Viewed from a Jungian Perspective"

Registration is required for this online event.
Event site (includes registration info):
https://mailchi.mp/a5e0c0d0dd9f/upcoming-lecture-sacred-deities-of-ancient-egypt

Direct registration link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscuGtrTsqGNUeOh3tKXWMl6cWGlxfLP53

Abstract:
Jacqueline Thurston’s presentation features ideas and images drawn from her book illustrated with her photographs, titled Sacred Deities of Ancient Egypt. “A Pantheon of Paradoxes” explores the archetypal nature of the divine feminine and the divine masculine. It examines the presence of dualities and opposites contained within a single deity and the role that paradox plays in the dynamic relationships between individual deities. Our contemporary interest in gender and identity makes the exploration of the attributes of both feminine and masculine deities in the ancient Egyptian pantheon intriguing, informative, and relevant. The presentation will also explore how powerful vicissitudes of nature, like the pandemic through which we are living, shaped their vision of their gods. The presentation raises intriguing questions. Why, for example, did the ancient Egyptians choose a pair of feminine deities—Nekhbet, a vulture that fed on the decaying flesh of dead creatures; and a cobra, Wadjet, a lethal serpent—as guardians of the pharaoh? The presentation approaches these questions from a psychological perspective informed by the ideas of the Swiss analyst C. G Jung.

Speaker:
Jacqueline Thurston, M.A., is an artist, writer, and Professor Emerita in the School of Art and Design at San José State University, where she taught for over forty years. She is twice the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship and was a Fulbright Scholar to Egypt.