Hidden in this ancient rite-of-passage, framed by the Hero’s Journey, a “riddle within a riddle”, and anchored in the
mono-myth of Demeter and Persephone is the key to one of the oldest, and most arcane, cultural rites-of-passage, one which endured for thousands of years.
Explorers CG Jung, the “mythologist’s psychologist”, and Karoly Kerenyi, the “psychologist’s mythologist”, journey together in an intriguing trans-cultural exploration of the collective unconscious, and a gateway to the Soul’s Journey and the Individuation process.
What was the secret of the Mysteries, and what can we learn from their sacred (and secret) lessons today?
As a learning experience, the course will take the “Round”, the cyclical, as its motif, engaging the student/learner with the cyclical archetype of the ouroboros, and inviting active participation in the transformative process. The course opens with an explication of the main psychological-mythological themes, staying closely to the outline in the book.
