Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
Carl Jung
Overview
The Soul Journey is a synthesis of shamanism and archetypal psychology.
We utilize universal shamanic techniques like chanting and drumming to invoke the archetypal soul journey but interpret and work with the contents of the experience psychologically using approaches developed by Carl Jung, James Hillman and others.
Who is Soul Journeying for?
Soul Journeying is good for anyone seeking a practice grounded in western depth psychology and rooted in earth-honouring spirituality, looking to awaken their imagination, attune to their inner guidance system and access archetypal energies.
Because of its integrative approach, the Soul Journey can be both a complement and alternative to working with psychedelics. People who have used psychedelics find in Archetypal Shamanism a framework for understanding their experience and a practice for integrating it. For people who can’t or don’t want to take psychedelics, Archetypal Shamanism offers a safe and accessible alternative.
What does a Soul Journey look like?
We begin our session by talking about your intention. What’s happening in your life? What questions are you seeking answers to?
You will then lie down in a comfortable place with headphones and eye covering on while I provide drumming (and sometimes chanting) for 20 minutes or so. We might begin the journey with some simple, relaxing breathwork.
Following the journey we spend some time working with the images, energies and feelings that came up during your journey.
I might offer some tips on how to continue to work with the images and inner figures encountered during the journey, and lend some deeper archetypal insight by pointing to myths, stories and other associations.
Book a Soul Journey
Online sessions are $125 USD, 75-minutes long and conducted over Zoom. Please make sure you are in a private space with a place to lie down comfortably. You’ll need good headphones or earbuds and something to cover your eyes.
In-Person Soul Journey
If you live in the Greater Victoria BC area and you’re interested in organizing a personal or group journey, please make your enquiry using the contact form.