Nancy Swift FurlottiNancy Swift Furlotti, Ph.D. is a Jungian Analyst in Aspen, CO. She is a past President of the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and founding member of the C. G. Jung Institute of Colorado. She is also a member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungia Analysts, and teaches and lectures in the US and internationally. Her articles "The Archetypal drama in Puccini's Madam Butterfly" and "Tracing a Red Thread: Synchronicity and Jung's Red Book" have recently been published in Psychological Perspectives. She also has a chapter, "Angels and Idols: Los Angeles, A City of Contrasts" in Tom Singer's (ed.) book, Psyche and the City: A Soul's Guide to the Modern Metropolis. She edited a book with Dr. Erel Shalit entitled, The Dream and its Amplification. She has one chapter in the book, Turbulent Times, Creative Minds: Erich Neumann and C. G. Jung in Relationship, and two chapters in A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of President Trump, Narcissism in the Home, and Narcissism in our Collective Home, American Culture. She contributed a chapter called, Encounters with the Animal Soul: A Voice of Hope for Our Precarious World, in the book, Jung's Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul under Postmodern Conditions, edited by Murray Stein and Thomas Arzt. Dr. Swift Furlotti has a deep interest in exploring the manifestations of the psyche through dreams and myths, with a specific focus on the dark emanations from the psyche. A longstanding focus of research is on Mesoamerican mythology. Her dissertation was titled, A Jungian Psychological Amplification of the Popol Vuh, the Quiché Maya Creation Myth. Her interest in exploring symbols and deepening her understanding of Jung, have landed her on two foundations: The Philemon Foundation, where she is a founding board member and served as co-President, and ARAS (Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism). She is on a board member of the Kairos Film Foundation that oversees the Remembering Jung Video Series, 30 interviews with Jungian analysts, and the films, A Matter of Heart and The World Within, and continues to disseminate Jungian ideas through film. Dr. Swift Furlotti established the Carl Jung Professorial Endowment in Analytical Psychology at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. She is also a board member of the Foundation for Anthropological Research & Environmental Studies (FARES) and is also a member of the board of Pacifica Graduate Institute and a member of the Mercurius Film Prize Committee. Read More Read Less