Tuesdays, 4:30-6:30p, 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9 and 12/16 (no class 11/25)
With Gloria Coelho
$200 Caritas Members/$175 General Public. Materials Included.
CLASS SIZE LIMITED TO 5!! To register, call 303.562.5695
A Word about the Hero’s Journey: There exists within all of us a deep-seated impulse to find That which makes us come alive. In responding to this inner call, we embark on the Hero’s Journey – a life journey through archetypal adventures, obstacles and passions. We are each heroes on a sacred quest, having incarnated in order to experience that which we need to learn, and to bestow that which is our gift to the world. Within this larger Journey of incarnation, there are many shorter Journeys that we undertake, defining the various chapters of our lives and through which we effect changes in ourselves and our world. In examining the stages and archetypal characters of our Hero’s Journey, we find meaning, direction and universal significance in our daily struggles and triumphs.
Our dreams depict our Hero’s Journey: In this 6-week course we will trace the stages of our own Hero’s Journey as revealed in our individual dreams. What call are we responding to? Which of the stages of the journey are we presently experiencing? Which of the Hero’s Journey archetypes are we embodying: Innocent, Orphan, Warrior, Wanderer, Martyr or Magician? And who are the archetypal figures we are encountering as depicted in the dream?
Segment I
- Identifying the Hero’s Journey in our dreams
- Stages of the Journey: Separation, Initiation, Return
- Components of the first stage: Separation
- Hearing the Call
- Heeding or refusing the Call
- Confirmation and supernatural aid
- Departure
Segment II
- Second stage: Initiation
- Trials, tests, obstacles
- Inspiration and assistance from the gods
- Triumph, deliverance, enlightenment, reward
Segment III
- Third stage: Return
- Refusing to return
- Crossing the threshold to the everyday world (descent from the mountaintop)
- Mastery of the two worlds (living ordinary life in the context of what has been learned)
Segment IV
- Archetypes of the Hero: Innocent, Orphan, Wanderer, Martyr, Warrior, Magician
Segment V
- Archetypes on the Journey: Mentor, Ally, Enemy, Shadow, Trickster, Threshold Guardian
Segment VI
- Summarizing our Journeys and what we have learned
- Sharing our wisdom.
Gloria Coelho, founder and director of The Caritas Center, has practiced Jungian-based dreamwork for over 20 years, and has taught dreamwork courses since 1998. Also a Spiritist healer, Gloria often utilizes dream interpretation to assist people in their emotional, spiritual and/or physical healing process.