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Tending the Garden of the Soul: Entering the Mundus Imaginalis Through Dreams, Nature, and Sandplay [LECTURE]
By Shannon Yockey
March 7 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm MST
We live in difficult times and collectively suffer hopelessness, despair, and a fear of the destruction of our species and planet. These devastating archetypal forces threaten our sense of shared humanity and connection to the Anima Mundi (world soul). During such times, it is vital to go to the deep wellspring of the collective unconscious, which brings soul into the world.
In the mundus imaginalis, we encounter figures of light and shadow that mirror what we need for psychic healing. Each time we work with a dream, create a sand scene, or ponder a synchronistic nature visitation, we bring forth unconscious content wanting to be known, which brings balance and wholeness. When we connect to this imaginal realm, our body-soul split is mended, which ripples into the collective situation.
Henry Corbin reveals the imaginal realm in his studies of Islamic Sufism as a world that holds imagination as an absolutely basic function through which its reality and objective is perceived. This idea correlates to Jung’s fidelity to psychic reality—the basis for his creation of The Red Book, his lived imaginal experiences, and the foundation of Jungian theories.
In the Saturday workshop, “Honoring the ‘salt of our experiences’: Exploring Alchemical Imagination through Embodied Practices,” we will explore meaning making through symbolic expression in sandplay, connecting to nature, and active imagination. Through personal experiences of the sacred, we can partner with the psyche in bringing soul into the world. Participants will engage in creativity and active imagination through sandplay, personal reflection, and group sharing.
SHANNON YOCKEY, LCSW, is a Diplomate Jungian analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and C. G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe and a sandplay teaching member with ISST/STA. She has been in private practice for over thirty years, working with children, teens, and adults. She specializes in early attachment, relational trauma, and anxiety. Shannon has presented nationally and internationally and published essays on healing and transformation through relationships in nature through direct experiences, sandplay, dreams, and active imagination. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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Select one of the Ticket options below. Online preregistration for this program ends on Friday, March 7, 2025 at 9:00 am Mountain Time.
For those who register to attend online, the ZOOM link will be sent out on Friday, March 7, 2025 by 12:00 pm Mountain time.
This lecture will be recorded. Everyone who registers for the event will receive access to the video recording one week after.
**Note: You must attend the LIVE lecture — in-person or online via ZOOM — to receive CEU credit (ie: no CEUs offered for only watching the video recording after the event).
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