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Dreams
are the language of the soul.
Abiding in a domain that
transcends conscious perception,
they provide an objective and
meaningful portrayal of our lives.
In
working with dreams, we embark on
a journey to discover the wisdom
residing in the psyche. The
universal themes of redemption,
birth, death, love, career, and
destiny are clearly expressed in
our dreams through the same
archetypal images we find in the
world's wisdom tales and sacred
stories. Although this repository
of collective knowledge remains
eternally available to us, we tend
to seek guidance about these
transpersonal, archetypal images
through our own personal frame of
reference. Relying on a subjective
understanding of dreams yokes us
to the whims of the conscious
mind, and closes off access to the
sacred.
In
this special series, Michael
Conforti, founder of the field of
Archetypal Pattern Analysis, will
discuss ways to understand the
images and motifs found in our
dreams. We will learn to recognize
the difference between a
personally constructed,
relativistic interpretation and an
objective, non-personally derived,
archetypal meaning. We will
explore the universality of
images, and how this understanding
allows for the development of a
truly spiritual approach to life.
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