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Psyche, Soma, and the Living Imagination: Working with the Somatic Unconscious and Healing States
May 3, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT
We explore Jung’s alchemical work with the Imagination to help grow our capacity for healing states of consciousness. Alchemists refer to a state of consciousness, a stage of inner healing, as the Unus Mundus, where splits are healed, duality ceases and the individual unites with the world soul. We access these states via relationship with the Imagination, as Jung’s work illuminates. When illness happens, turning to dreams and the imaginal realms can bring insight, healing and wisdom. Our inner instincts often express themselves in dreams and seek to realign consciousness with the life force that heals.
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MONIKA WIKMAN, PH.D., is a Jungian analyst, astrologer, author, and teacher and group facilitator with a deep emphasis on alchemy and the incarnation of the subtle-body mysteries.She taught for many years in the graduate department at California State University, Los Angeles, and served as a principal investigator of dream research at UC San Diego Medical Center on “Dreams of the Dying,” with the guidance of Marie-Louise von Franz. She hosts a nonprofit project through Earthways.com, the Center for Alchemical Studies. Her work with projects on the Earthways board focuses on supporting Indigenous peoples in caring for their cultures and wild lands. Podcasts featuring Monika on various topics can be found at Chasing Consciousness, Shrink Rap Radio, and Speaking of Jung.
