Machiel Klerk – Dream Workshop
By connecting to your dreams, you will realize your unique potential and experience joy, fulfillment, health, beauty, and an acceptance of life. Dreams provide clues to our vocation, which partner to stay with and which one to leave, and warn us about physical sickness. Dreams are guiding principles in life. Machiel will tell the story of the Source of Life and The Fountain of Liquid Golden Light, and look at ways we can experience and have a relationship with the shape shifting figures in our dreams. These shape shifters have gone by many names, such as daimon, genius, soul, and fate, and were considered to bring fulfillment and guidance.LEARN MORE

David Schoen – Addiction, AA and Jungian Psychology (free lecture)
Jungian Analyst David Schoen will present an overview of the psychological dynamics of addiction, treatment and recovery, as seen through the dual lenses of the 12 steps of Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) and Jungian Psychology. He will draw from the famous correspondence between AA cofounder Bill W., and Carl Jung, which shows how Jung’s psychology forms a cornerstone of AA and recovery. Schoen will describe the development and nature of a typical addiction, the archetypal shadow in the addiction process, and why the principles of AA are such an effective treatment approach in addressing addiction.LEARN MORE

David Schoen – A Depth Understanding of Addiction and Recovery (Workshop)
Come inside to a place of enlightenment with Jungian Analyst David Schoen. This workshop will provide you with a deeper understanding of the psychodynamics of addiction, treatment and recovery, including the creation of the addiction-shadow complex. He will address what is involved in the healing process from the perspective of AA’s 12 step program, and amplify the concept of archetypal evil and shadow in fairytales and religions. Finally, Schoen will touch on how the dreams of alcoholics and other addicted individuals can be significant in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. This workshop will be of value for analysts, addiction and substance abuse counselors, 12 step members and their families, as well as anyone interested in learning more about addictive behavior and its treatment.LEARN MORE

Robert Waggoner – Lucid Dreaming
On the surface, lucid dreaming seems deceptively simple – a paradoxical state in which you know you are dreaming, while you are dreaming. There, you can fly through space, create fire breathing dragons, and cast spells like Harry Potter, all in the safety of your subconscious mind. Scientifically validated for thirty years, recent neuroscientists have deemed lucid dreaming a “hybrid state of consciousness,” since the dreaming brain and portions of the waking/conscious brain show simultaneous activation. Yet some experienced lucid dreamers, like our presenter, will argue that lucid dreaming allows a person to interact directly with one’s inner Self. Moreover, these interactions meet the criteria that Carl Jung established to show the existence of an “inner awareness.”LEARN MORE

Four-week Intro Course to Big Mind as Western Zen
Study with Zen Master Genpo Merzel to learn and deepen your knowledge of Big Mind. In this four-week course you will study by watching one hour of video lectures every week and follow that week’s assignments in your study guide. You will also have a chance to ask Genpo Merzel questions during the course via an audio conference call (done twice during the course). After the four weeks the post-test will be provided and you will receive your certificate of completion upon successful completion.LEARN MORE