Topics: Dreams, Society & Culture, the Collective Unconscious
Dreaming in Times of Turmoil
What are we dreaming now? These are times of great turmoil and profound uncertainty. Jungian analyst Murray Stein has called it the Umbra Mundi, a “world shadow.” This seminar and discussion on dreams will focus our awareness on cultural trauma, social injustice, and fear of infection with COVID-19 that together have grown heavy on the shoulders of humanity. The notion of attending to a dream practice as a political, ethical, and psychological methodology is perhaps needed now more than ever. How might dreams help to inform our conscious attitudes, shed light on the darkness of these times, and serve as healing agents both in our consulting rooms as therapists and in the collective at large? Consider the notion of dreaming as itself a practice of freedom, a practice of soul-making, and a key ingredient in psychological transformation.