QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute (USA)
M.A. Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute (USA)
B.A. Comparative Literature (French and Spanish), Hamilton College (USA)

CONTACT
Office:  LG123, Main Building  - Office Hours:
.          Tuesdays, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
           Hong Kong Shue Yan University
           Wai Tsui Crescent, Braemar Hill,
           North Point, Hong Kong
Phone: +852 2570-7110, ext. 274
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Email: metamercuryhotmail.com

RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Psychological symbolism of myths, fairy tales, nursery rhymes and fables (cross-cultural)
- Subjective well-being (cross-cultural)
- Imaginal perception of the divine in relation to healing/wellbeing/transformation
- Psychological Implications of Topography
- States of consciousness (hypnagogic and hypnopompic)

SPECIALISM
- Depth psychology, especially archetypal and analytical psychology
- Ecstatic religions 　

COURSES
Current Academic Semester
PSY 100 -    Introductory Psychology
PSY 390 -    Psychopathology

PSY 404 -    Psychology of Consciousness
Workshop -  English Writing for Psychology

Leader of Conversion Programme
Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours in Counselling and Psychology
　

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Greene, M. (2009). “Happiness as a Goal”; “Orpheus and Orphism”; “Spirit Writing”; “Wong Tai Sin”. In D. A. Leeming, (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. Springer Science and Business Media: New York.

Yuen, W.K. & Greene, M. (2009). Measuring happiness in Hong Kong: Comparing low income and high income families. Journal of Economic Psychology (revision requested).

Greene, M. (2008). The Alchemical Lore of Wong Tai Sin and the Contemporary Pursuit of Transformational Wellbeing. (神州交流) Chinese Cross Currents, 5, 4, 90-102.
　

Yuen, W.K. & Greene, M. (2008). Measuring Happiness, Satisfaction and Social Wellbeing in Hong Kong. Measuring the Progress of Societies Newsletter 1, 2. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Greene, M. (2000). “Men, Power, and Myths: The Quest for Male Identity, by Allan Guggenbühl” and “Remaking Men: Jung, Spirituality, and Social Change, by David J. Tacey.” (2000). Mythosphere, 2, 245-249.

Greene, M. (1999). “An Archetypal Analysis of the Numinosum in Breaking the Waves, by Lars von Trier”. Mythosphere, 1, 545-551.

Yuen, W.K. & Greene, M. (2009). Subjective wellbeing indicators drop in Hong Kong in 2009: Gap between rich and poor seems to be narrowing. Presented at the 3rd OECD World Forum "Statistics, Knowledge, Policy" on Charting Progress, Building Visions, Improving Life, 27-30, October, Busan, South Korea.

Yuen, W.K. & Greene, M. (2009). Happiness in Hong Kong: 'Before' and 'after' the financial crisis. Paper presented at the 8th Western Economic Association (WEA) Biennial Pacific Rim Conference (Kyoto, March 2009).

“Introduction, Lectures I and II” in Visions: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1930 – 1934 by C. G. Jung, ed. Douglas, C. (1997) to the Hong Kong Institute of Analytical Psychology. 12 January 2009.

Yuen, W.K. & Greene, M. (2009). Measuring happiness in Hong Kong: Comparing low income and high income families. Paper presented at The Asian Studies Association of Hong Kong (ASAHK) Fourth Annual Conference 2009.

Greene, M. & Yuen, W.K. (2008). A practical and experiential tool for improving self-expression and fostering confidence among Hong Kong university students. Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Education Research Association (APERA) Conference 2008. Singapore: National Institute of Education.

“Reading Jung tangentially, circuitously, non-linearly: Symbols of the mother and of rebirth – part II” in Vol. V, Symbols of Transformation, C.G. Jung’s Collected Works to the Hong Kong Institute of Analytical Psychology. 26 May 2008.

“An Archetypal Analysis of the Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice” June 28, 2007, Hong Kong Institute of Analytical Psychology.

“Special Seminar on the I Ching” February 5, 2007, Hong Kong Institute of Analytical Psychology. Co-presented with Dr. Kenneth Yee.

“Stories on the Impressionists” March 5, 19 and April 2, 2005, Hong Kong Museum of Art. “Story Time: Highlights of the Collection - Festive Hong Kong (Chinese Legends and Holiday Stories for Children), October 2, 16; December 11, 2004; January 30; February 20; July 24; August 20, 2005, Hong Kong Museum of Art.

“Re-Imagining as a Method for the Elucidation of Myth: Moving from Orpheus to Ecstatic Devotion in Brazil.” Psychology at the threshold: An International Symposium of Archetypal Psychology, Santa Barbara. August 31– September 4, 2000.

“Línguas em Chamas: Algumas Propostas sobre o Indivduo, o Arquétipo e a Êxtase” (Burning Tongues: A Few Proposals on the Individual, the Archetype and Ecstasy) for the Rubedo group, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. April 12, 2000.

“An Archetypal Analysis of the Numinosum in Breaking the Waves” for the Film, Religion and Visual Culture Group at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November 24, 1997 in San Francisco.

Lecture on the Rosarium Philosophorum Woodcuts as a model for alchemical transformation and Jung’s theory of the transference in psychotherapy. Followed talk with a showing of 7-minute video, Suaviter, inspired by alchemical imagery. La Vie Counseling Center, Pasadena, CA. November 19, 1997.

PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS
French - English
“An Afternoon with Wong Yan-kwai”, Gérard Henry. Amaronap–Wong Yan-kwai Solo Exhibition (catalogue). Sin Sin Fine Art: Hong Kong. 20.09 - 13.10.2007.

Popular Prints from China and Epinal, France: The collection of Wan Shucun and Henri George (catalogue). 中法民間版畫. 王樹村及亨利 喬治藏品展. University Museum & Art Gallery. The University of Hong Kong. 13.06 - 29.07.2007.

Artists and Their Models: Masterpieces from the Centre Pompidou, Paris (catalogue).
Hong Kong Museum of Art. 2006. 大師對象: 巴黎龐比度中心珍藏展, 30.9 - 3.12.2006, 香港藝術館. (25,000 words).

Impressionism: Treasures from the National Collection of France (catalogue).
Hong Kong Museum of Art. 2005. 法國印象派繪畫珍品展. (48,000 words).

Sempé. Un Air de Paris. Original Drawings by Jean-Jacques Sempé part of the French Arts Festival of Hong Kong, 2005 (translated captions for 100-drawing exhibit).

“Introduction”, Gérard Henry. Links, Platforms, Networks. Contemporary Asian Art Forum. Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong. International Association of Art Critics. 2004, p. 4.

ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
Hong Kong Eating Disorders Association, member since 2007
Hong Kong Institute of Analytical Psychology, member since 2006
Asia Professional Counselling Association, member since 2006
International Association of Jungian Studies, member since 2003
Hong Kong Anthropological Society, member since 2005
American Academy of Religion, 1996 - 2005