Jungian Alchemical Healing

Sundays beginning Oct. 8 – Nov. 5 | 10 am – 12 pm UTC-7 | 5 weeks | sessions will be recorded for registrants

Dr. Thom Cavalli will present five seminars with wide-ranging topics from history to methods of using alchemical psychology for healing the mind, body and soul. Not only will these seminars appeal to therapists and coaches but is offered as a praxis for self-healing. By aligning with nature and archetypal gods, we not only heal ourselves but also contribute to healing collective wounds.

It is a supreme paradox that at the very moment of our birth the death process begins. Alchemy is a way of understanding this process and participating in the ongoing cycle of death and rebirth. Some alchemists worked to produce an elixir of immortality, an effort that continues in the form of Jungian alchemical healing. This course will review the history of healing and introduce Jung’s psychology as an alchemical means of healing the soul, that eternal part of human nature. Active imagination, dream healing, shadow work, mythic medicine, and transference therapy are some examples of Jungian alchemical healing. Using the alchemical method of imaginatio, we will embody healing gods and goddesses who are essential in the curing process. To complete our healing journey, we will also consider how religion, science and mysticism help heal the soul by enriching our lives with meaning and miracles.