The Satanic State: Evil and Imagination in the Unconscious
Date: 28 April 2012
10am - 12.30pm
Carol Leader
In his final completed work, Illustrations of the Book of Job, the artist and visionary William Blake gives an elegant summary of his philosophy concerning ‘the state of Satan’ and its connections with ‘human imagination’. The ‘state of Satan’ continues to be of central importance to humanity today because it confronts us with perennial personal and social questions: What is evil? Is it innate? What is the role of the artist/philosopher/therapist when relating to this state? Carol will engage with Blake’s response to ‘Satan’ and will make links with Jung’s concept of The Shadow.
She will begin with the contemporary experience of the novelist Sebastian Faulks, who woke up one morning to find himself listening to a mercurial inner voice that led to the writing of his novel Engelby. Finally, Carol will refer to the satanic state through dreams from patients and from material concerning current forensic psychotherapy.
The talk will contain illustrations by Blake.
Carol Leader is a full-time psychoanalytic psychotherapist with the LCP and AGIP. She is a training therapist and supervisor for AGIP and has a diploma in supervision with the SAP (BAPPS). Formally a successful actor and presenter, Carol lectures and teaches in a variety of settings and consults in business and the arts.
Cost: £25 (£15 for students with ID) incl. tea & coffee
Venue: The SAP, 1 Daleham Gardens, NW3 5BY
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020 7435 7696
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