JUNGPLATFORM PRESENTS

BELOVED
by Toni Morrison

DENNIS PATRICK SLATTERY

6 Wednesdays, January 21-June 10, 2026
Live Webinar

Works of fiction can play a profound role in our individuation process. They help us clarify who we are becoming. Through the powerful analogies in Toni Morrison’s celebrated novel Beloved (1987), we are invited back into our own story and discover new ways to understand our inner life. Themes such as home and homelessness, literal and metaphorical slavery, and the liberating power of the spoken Word all come to the surface.

Dennis Patrick Slattery guides us into the depth of Morrison’s language, revealing the layers she described as “the heart of the story in the minds of the slaves themselves.” We explore themes that touch every human life: the Underworld as a realm of suffering and paralysis; the freeing power of Baby Suggs, Holy, as she speaks to the 90 former slaves gathered before her; and what Morrison calls “rememory,” those sudden returns of the past that hold both pain and sweetness.

We will learn together through discussion, conversation, and the teachings of Dennis P. Slattery.

Other areas of exploration include the strength of the imagination itself. As Baby Suggs declares, “Grace is what you can imagine, you can have.” We examine the power of assumptions, which can become a subtle but potent form of inner enslavement, keeping individuals locked in conflict with themselves. We also look at the wounded body as both a site of paralysis and a place of reclamation—one that must be consciously chosen.

After the live class, we open breakout rooms for an additional thirty minutes, where you can connect with fellow participants and share insights.

Tuition Fee $175
On Sale $105 through December 8
Audio and Video Recordings will be provided.