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Biography

Eleanor L. Hall (b.1947). Hall is a post-Jungian psychotherapist author. Her work focuses on archetypal studies, particularly gender issues and cultural mythology. She has practiced archetypal psychology since 1972 while maintaining a career as a mythopoetic writer, independent lecturer, workshop leader, consultant, and theatre artist. Her work in recent years as a research dramaturg for Archipelago and content developer for new plays evolved out of participation in Pantheatre’s Myth & Theatre Festivals in France. Hall is a volunteer case consultant for the Center for Victims of Torture in Minneapolis, a Pacifica Graduate Institute adjunct faculty and thesis advisor, an advisor for the Ashlar Institute on trauma issues, an advisor for Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture, an advisor for Pantheatre, a member of the Walker Arts Center Producers’ Council and friend of Rain Taxi Review of books. In 2011 she was a featured guest at These Women!, a conference in Santa Barbara at the Institute for Cultural Change that was named after her book titled Those Women (1988, republished as Dreaming in Red in 2005).

Education

1969. BA cum laude, Beloit College in Anthropology and Religious Studies.

1976. PhD in the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz with an emphasis in history of psychoanalysis, classical mythology, and poetry. Teaching assistant to Norman O. Brown.

1978. Post doctoral study at the C. G. Jung Institute, Kusnacht, Switzerland.

Bibliography

Books

The Book of Ours. Santa Cruz, CA: University of California, 1971. Co-written with Norman O. Brown. Originally came with five audiotapes. Privately printed.

Mothers and Daughters: Reflections on the Archetypal Feminine. Minneapolis, MN: Rusoff Books, 1976. With drawings by Ellen Kennedy. Includes bibliographical footnotes. From verso: “Mothers and Daughters originated as a lecture given at the College of Saint Catherine at the invitation of the Arts Core Program, March 8, 1976.”

The Moon and the Virgin: Reflections on the Archetypal Feminine. New York: Harper and Row, 1980. With drawings by Ellen Kennedy. Includes index and bibliography. Paperback ISBN 0060907932. Hardcover ISBN 0060117036. Also printed in the UK in 1980 and 1991 by The Women’s Press.

Those Women. Dallas, TX: Spring Publications, 1988. ISBN 0882143336.

Broodmales: A Psychological Essay on Men in Childbirth. Dallas, TX: Spring Publications, 1989. Includes reprint of Warren R. Dawson’s The Custom of Couvade, originally published by Manchester University Press in 1929. ISBN 0882143409.

Irons in the Fire. Barrytown, NY: Station Hill Press, 1998. Consists of the prose piece "Irons in the Fire" and the poem "End of the Iron Age." Republished in 2002. ISBN 1581770820.

Dreaming in Red: The Women’s Dionysian Initiation Chamber in Pompeii. Putnam, CT: Spring Publications, 2005. Consists of the essay "Women’s Dionysian Initiation: The Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii" by Linda Fierz-David and the prose piece "Those Women" by Nor Hall. These works were released originally as a two-volume box set. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0882145517.

Traces. Minneapolis, MN: Ohm Editions, 2010. This chapbook was published as part of the installation/performance Traces, in collaboration with Harriet Bart and Laura Crosby.

Anthologized essays

“Behind the Scenes in Psychotherapy.” In James Hillman and Thomas Moore (Eds.), A Festival of Archetypal Psychology: Audiotapes Recorded Live at the University of Notre Dame. Louisville, CO: Sounds True, Inc., 1991. ISBN 978564552099.

“Aphrodite in Avignon.” Prose piece in Kathleen Coskran and C. W. Truesdale (Eds.), An Inn Near Kyoto: Writing by American Women Abroad (418-424). Minneapolis: New Rivers Press, 1998. ISBN 0898231817.

“White Riding: Milking a Legend. Essay in Stan Marlan (Ed.), Archetypal Psychologies: Reflections in Honor of James Hillman (261-280). New Orleans, LA: Spring Journal Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1882670543.

Journal articles

“The Goddess in the Consulting Room: A Jungian Perspective.” Lady-Unique-Inclination-of-the-Night 4, 5-18. [S.l.]: Sowing Circle Press, 1979.

“The Maenads: Mad Maidens, Meditative Matrons.” Sphinx: A Journal for Archetypal Psychology and the Arts 2, 95-107. London: London Convivium for Archetypal Studies, 1989.

“Changing the Subject: Behind the Scenes in Psychotherapy’s Theatre.” Sphinx: A Journal for Archetypal Psychology and the Arts 4, 81-104. London: Convivium for Archetypal Studies, 1992.

“Scènes de la Thérapie.” Initiations 12, 13-19. City of Brussels: Initiations, 1994.

“A Collage That Spoke.” Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture 59: Opening the Dreamway: In the Psyche of Robert Duncan, 79-94. Putman, CT: Spring Journal, Inc., 1996.

“Architecture of Intimacy.” Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture 60: Marriages, 13-26. Putnam, CT: Spring Journal, Inc., 1996.

Vanishing Writing: Collaborative Text Development for Non Text-Based Theatre. The Open Page 6, March 2001, 115-119. Holstebro, Denmark: Odin Teatrets Forlag, 2001.

“How I Came to Understand a Line from Dylan Thomas.” Tijdschrift met veranderlijke naam [Magazine with a Changeable Name] 4, issue title Night Trope. [S.l.]: [s.n], 2002.

“Channel a Muse: Notes Toward the Construction of a Mother-Daughter Biography.” Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture 70: Muses, 105-116. New Orleans, LA: Spring Journal, Inc., 2004.

Art exhibition catalogs

Woman Lost and Woman Found: Images of an Ancient Passage. St. Paul, MN: St. Catherine University. Hall wrote the introduction to this work, which accompanied Patricia Olson’s art exhibit The Mysteries, which ran 18 September – 27 October 1999 at St. Catherine University, St. Paul.

Saltworks: The Preservation of Women’s Spirit. Hall wrote the introduction to this work to accompany Sandra Menefee Taylor’s art exhibit with the same name, which ran from March 12 – April 17 2005 at St. Catherine University, St. Paul.

Selected performances, lectures, and workshops

1971. Directed performance: “Bride of Christ in America.” Ritual drama presentation for poetry students with Robert Duncan advising. Location: University of California Santa Cruz, CA.

1973. Lecture: “The Moon and the Virgin Psyche.” Invitation of Carleton College Distinguished Women’s Lecture Series. Location: Carleton College, Northfield, MN.

1974-1975. Lecture series: “Archetypes of the Feminine.” Five lectures on topics such as the mother, the Amazon, the Hetaira, the medium in mythology, poetry, psychology, religion, etc. Location: Friends Meeting House in St. Paul, MN.

1978. Lecture: “The Goddess in the Consulting Room: A Jungian Perspective.” University of California Extension conference “The Great Goddess Re-Emerging.” Location: Santa Cruz, CA.

1979. Lecture: “Labyrinths: Following the Invisible Thread.” Conference titled “Echo’s Subtle Body: Poem, Myth, and Soul,” sponsored by the Twin Cities C. G. Jung Association. Location: Camp St. Croix, Hudson, WI.

1979. Lecture: “Notes on Constructing a Mother-Daughter Autobiography.” University of California Extension Conference on Mothers and Daughters. Location: Santa Cruz, CA.

1980-1989. Workshop: “Dionysian Mysteries in Pompeii.” Hall conducted this workshop for many groups including Jung Association groups in Buffalo, NY, the Minnesota Jung Association in Minneapolis, Limbus in Seattle, Rowe Camp and Conference Center in Western MA, Paolo Alto, Santa Fe, others in New York state, Washington, D.C., and Portland, Maine. Also did a collaborative workshop with Gioia Timpanelli ca. 1990 for Interface in Newton, MA.

1981. Lecture: “All She Needs is a Good _____: Images of Depression and Arousal in the Dionysian Mysteries.” Depression and Eros conference. Location: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

1985. Lecture: “Women’s Rites: Dionysus and the Mysteries.” Location: The Minnesota Institute for Jungian Studies in Minneapolis, MN.

1986. Workshop: “Lovestruck: The Imagery of Seduction and Infatuation.” Location: the New York Open Center, New York, NY.

1986. Lecture: “Coming to Her Senses, Rites of Therapeutic Passage.” For the University of Minnesota literature conference “Interpretation/Translation/Performance.” Location: Southern Theatre, Minneapolis, MN.

1988. Lecture: “Male Imitation of Birth.” For the C. G. Jung Institute’s lecture series “The Year of the Myth.” Location: The C. G. Jung Institute, San Francisco, CA.

1989. Workshop: “Wake-Up Call: Women in Initiation.” Collaboration with Erica Helm Meade. Location: Limbus in Seattle, WA.

1991. Lecture: “Changing the Subject: Reflections on Dramaturgy in the Consulting Room.” Pantheatre Third Biennial Myth & Theatre on the Greed of Dionysus. Location: Villeneuve lez Avignon, France.

1992. Workshop: “Doing It: A Therapy Workshop.” A Festival of Archetypal Psychology. Location: University of Notre Dame Center for Continuing Education, Notre Dame, IN.

1993. Workshop: “Aphroditic Scenes.” Consultant and contributor, Pantheatre’s Fourth Biennial Myth & Theatre Festival on Aphrodite. Location: Villeneuve lez Avignon, France.

1993. Lecture: “Cassandra.” Theological Insight series on the dark feminine. Location: College of Saint Catherine, St. Paul, MN.

1994. Workshop: “Moving Fantasy.” Five-day workshop with Linda Wise from Pantheatre in which actors improvised pieces based on Hall’s Scenes from Therapy. Performance reviewer, wordsmith, and workshop leader for Magdalena 94, International Gathering of Women in Contemporary Theatre. Location: Cardiff, Wales.

1995. Performance and workshop: “Women’s Mysteries.” Workshop leader and ritual dramatist. Location: Mexican Association of Depth Psychologists’ women’s retreat, Oaxaca, Mexico.

1995. Workshop: “Magical Catches,” with Linda Wise. 12-day workshop dream-theater experience. Staged the Dionysian mystery room in Pompeii for Pantheatre’s 5th Biennial Myth & Theatre Festival on Magic. Location: Villeneuve lez Avignon, France.

1996. Lecture and workshop: “Dionysus the Transformer.” For the Lithuanian Society of C. G. Jung Analytical Psychology. Location: Vilnius, Lithuania.