Everyone faces moments of transition and loss that transport us into other worlds – worlds of forgotten ideas, memories, and dreams; of fears, pain, and confusion; of riches, creativity, and healing. For a time, we learn to live in these many worlds, and whenever our time in them is done, we find that our everyday life has changed permanently. All cultures have myths and tales of journeys through the underworld. By analyzing some of these myths, we will address the elements we will encounter in the underworld, its strange laws and layers, and the different psychic possibilities we have when it comes to navigating these journeys. Join José Leal for another whirlwind tour of the soul – this time through the land of the dead – and make the material personal through a brief active imagination exercise.
Descent to the Underworld: Loss and Rebirth
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José Leal
José has an M.A in Jungian and Post-Jungian Studies from the University of Essex, where Andrew Samuels was his academic supervisor, and an MSc in Systemic Psychotherapy from the Milton Erikson Institute from Monterrey. Since 2013, he has trained with Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés. He works as a psychotherapist in private practice and writes the column ‘The Spiritually Ambivalent Therapist’ for Thresholds, a Journal of Psychotherapy and Spirituality, from the British Association of Counseling and Psychotherapy.
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