Holding the Tension

on January 18, 2012
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I’m doing a course in Jungian Studies at the moment and a theme that came up several times this week was Jung’s concept of the “transcendent function”.  Essentially this is something (anything) that emerges from a  tension between opposites.  In Jungian theory this is generally a tension that is fundamentally between the ego and the unconscious.   Most of us would experience it as a state of stuckness, like depression.   We would probably identify it consciously as a practical situation like a decision that is proving impossible to make, or we might become aware of it as an emotional situation where different needs or desires [...] Read more »

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Direct Dream Guidance

on January 10, 2012
Trickster juggler

I had a dream the other night which seemed to give me a direct instruction.  It is tempting to take such messages very literally and act on them but caution should be used. If we have been working with our dreams for a while it is likely we have developed some degree of self-knowledge.  This means that we have a more conscious relationship with our inner world and it is then easier to evaluate anything that seems like a direct instruction.  But beware, the dream creator in the unconscious can sometimes be a bit of a trickster! The dream I had [...] Read more »

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Brave Art

on January 3, 2012
Wilma's Snout

  I follow Jennifer Louden’s blog and subscribed to recieve seven questions for pondering over the festive break.  The last one was today (all seven can be found on the Week of Inward Looking facebook page).  Of course, it made me think . . . and what I thought about was the fact that I haven’t been brave enough about my art!  Not the art I spoke about in a previous post, you know, my painting and drawing – but the art of dreamwork.  Specifically I thought about running some more classes and introductory workshops for the coming year and paying more [...] Read more »

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Dreaming for 2012!

on December 30, 2011
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With the New Year imminent our thoughts turn to what it might hold.  As the old year wanes, we are likely to evaluate what we’d like less of and what we’d like more of in the upcoming year (usually focused on what we don’t want!).  Mostly we tend to think in linear, rational ways about it which can be a bit limiting – so what better way to discover our deeper desires than to incubate a dream for 2012! Here are some steps to incubating for 2012: Drag out your journal before bed and spend a little time reflecting on [...] Read more »

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Gaunts Summer Gathering

on July 28, 2011
Gaunts Summer Gathering

I am looking forward to being at Gaunts again this year!  I will be facilitating three workshops during the course of the weekend: Understanding Dreams to Develop Spiritual Intelligence (SQ);  Dreams and Active Imagination and  Dream “Tapping”.  The workshops are all for newcomers to dreamwork as well as dreamers who have some experience of working with their dreams.  The central theme in all these workshops is using dreams to develop spiritual intelligence.  Gaunts Summer Gathering starts on Thursday 11th August and continues over the whole weekend to the evening of Sunday 14th August you can take a look at the blog http://www.gauntshousesummergathering.blogspot.com/ for more [...] Read more »

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