Presentation: Frankenstein: Making Friends with the Monster Within

with Jana Hirsch
Sunday, 10/26/2025
3:00 - 4:30
North Beach Library Community Room
North Beach

850 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133
United States

415-355-5626

Explore horror and the depths of the grotesque through the gothic imagination of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Learn more about how the human experience of "the Monster" leads to greater self-awareness in all of our fragmented parts. Make friends with your own inner monster. 

About the presenter: As a Jungian-certified coach with accreditation from The International Association of Coaches, Therapists & Mentors (IACTM), Jana Hirsch guides others on journeys of self-discovery and holds space for your whole self to emerge (including the darker and less receptive side of ourselves, per Jung’s definition of the shadow self). Hirsch is also an advanced certified dream analyst from the Assisi Institute: International Center for the Study of Archetypal Patterns, which follows a methodology grounded in objective Jungian dream translation. In addition, she is an Archetypal Pattern Analyst. 

Space limited. Reservations required: (415) 355-5626, email nbemgr@sfpl.org or sign-up at the reference desk (starting October 1st).

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