An Introduction to Initiating Dream Circles (Online)

Deepen your understanding of what makes a dream group “Jungian,” and how a shared language can enhance cohesion. Jungian-based dream circles hold a unique container for archetypal material to emerge from the unconscious through sound, image, and complexes. However, the at-times unruly and suggestive power of this material requires a safe and practiced temenos – a sacred space of radical containment – to be demonstrated and modelled by the facilitator of the dream circle. When dreams are caught, held, and shared with other souls, they can change attitudes, perspectives, and lived experience, both individually and communally. The analytic process developed by C.G. Jung offers guidelines for facilitating this layered and mysterious psychic unfolding. In the upcoming fall semester, Jungian analyst Jennifer Embry will facilitate the first part of a four-part zoom training and mentoring program for licensed therapists, individuals in long-term Jungian study, or those whose vocation brings them into the proximity of the unconscious and the archetypal field (yogis, body-workers, breath-workers, artists, and astrologers, to name a few) who wish to facilitate their own dream circles through Jung’s words and concepts. Do you want to create a deep, symbolic exploration that initiates insight and greater understanding of our common humanity and our spiritual essence, all while forming honest, open-hearted communities? If you are interested, bring your curiosity and come join us for a taste of the nectar in this introductory lecture!