Spiritual Psychology Course
with Megan Wagner
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Schedule
November 4-7, 2010 - Spiritual Psychology Part I
December 2-5, 2010 - Spiritual Psychology Part II
Weekend 1:
Ego Development and Identity Formation
Friday
9:00 – 12:00 & 1:30 - 4:30
Overview of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life model and Jungian Psychology
6:30 – 9:00pm, Ego Development 1
Defenses of the Personality: Freudian ideas of Oral/Anal/Oedipal defenses
Astrological understanding of defensive patterns
Saturday
9:00 – 12:00, Ego Development 2
Psychodynamic approach to healing - A Relational model of ego development
Attachment Theory and the importance of healthy bonding
The Great Mother Archetype and it’s crucial role in emotional development
1:30 – 4:30, Ego Development 3
Projection & Scapegoating
Transference/counter transference – case examples
Effects of emotional wounding (betrayal, abandonment, trauma) on the psyche
6:30 – 9:00pm, Family Systems
The dynamics of family and group systems – belonging vs. group shadow projections
The myth of Oedipus and the dynamics of triangles
Family sculpting/psychodrama - creative interventions for families and groups
Sunday
9:00 – 12:00, Identity Formation 1
The dangers and joys of emotional separation
The false self/adaptive self – its function and hazards
Conflict and confrontation in forming identity
1:30 – 4:30, Identity Formation 2
Alchemical Transmutation – setting up sacred space for change
Transforming the destructive power drives: envy, greed, grandiosity, ruthlessness, hatred, jealousy etc…
Breaking habits, addictions, compulsions and ancestral patterns
Metabolizing emotional toxins
Weekend 2:
Soul Development and Spiritual Development
Friday
9:00 – 12:00, Overview/Review/Questions
1:30 – 4:30, Soul Development 1
Wounds to the heart and soul
Healing the heart through repentance, remorse, grief & forgiveness
6:30 – 9:00pm, Soul Development 2
Symbols of the Self – Holy Grail, Alchemical gold, the Philosopher’s stone
Astrological and Mythological perspectives on soul development
Hero archetype - ethical and moral development
Saturday
9:00 – 12:00, Soul Development 3
Development of the Will – choices and self-responsibility
Warrior archetype – boundary setting, psychic self-defense
King archetype - the power of love, compassion & sacrifice
1:30 – 4:30, Spiritual Development 1
Spiritual awakening and its effect upon the body and psyche
Spiritual defenses: spiritualizing, intellectualizing, rationalizing, projecting onto God
Transpersonal planets in Astrology - personal and collective renewal
6:30 – 9:00, Spiritual Development 2
Spiritual descent – confronting the darkness, surrender and trust
Spiritual breakthrough and spiritual bypass
Rebirth and ecstasy - Powers and responsibilities of the spiritually awakened
Sunday
9:00 – 12:00, Spiritual Development 3
Healthy merging and merging as a defense - states of mystical union
Divine archetype/Healer archetype, healing separation and alienation
Integration of the personality
1:30 – 4:30, Integrating our Tree of Life Knowledge
Pulling it all together with case studies
Creative Interventions