Nature-Based Maps of the Psyche: Revitalization of the Collective Soul

The goal of these lectures is to establish a deep experiential relationship to our inner and outer experience and forge a link between the two. By utilizing the order found in Nature, working with our dreams and bodies, we come into contact with an intelligence and consciousness greater than our own. When we connect to this transpersonal source and make it the organizing principle in our lives, magic and transformation occurs on individual, communal, and collective scales.

Lecture 1: Cartography of the Human Spirit - will cover Bill Plotkin’s 3-dimensional map of the psyche which utilizes the four directions of North, South, East, and West to chart out our inner territory. I’ll also introduce the practice of dreambody work, an expressive and experiential method to explore the land of dreams and learn to dance with them, both literally and figuratively.

Lecture 2: Stan Grof’s Perinatal Matrices and Transpersonal Elements of the Collective Unconscious will discuss in detail the drama of birth, the profound and unbreakable link between birth and death, and how working in altered states of consciousness can bring about immense healing and insights that escape us in our waking state.

Lecture 3 will wrap everything together with an exploration of the Mysterium Coniunctionis, the culmination of the alchemical procedure in which the hopelessly disparate opposites find the chain that unites them, coming together in such a way as to produce the philosopher’s stone or elixir of life, that which transforms all of life’s peaks and valleys into a cosmic synthesis of expanding and deepening consciousness. As we will explore, the ultimate aim of the alchemical procedure is to perform the hieros gamos, or the holy marriage, with the conscious and unconscious aspects of ourselves, uniting the ego with the transpersonal Self.

All lectures will be available in-person and online. Please indicate your preference in your RSVP.

These lectures are informed by nearly a decade of deep personal work, research, and exploration. I hold advanced degrees in medicine and clinical psychology.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Casa de Luz Village, 1701 Toomey Road, Austin, United States