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Podcast Interview: Fantastic Alchemy with Imagine Film Festival
Podcast Interview: Fantastic Alchemy with Imagine Film Festival

An interview on my views on the practice and tradition of alchemy and my current research at the University of Amsterdam.

Seeding Pomegranates: Yalda, Winter Solstice and Living With the Dead
Seeding Pomegranates: Yalda, Winter Solstice and Living With the Dead

A short piece about this year’s Iranian Winter Solstice, Shab-e-Yalda in the midst of the Woman Life Freedom revolution.

Holy Woman's Rage: The “Woman-Life-Freedom” Revolution of Iran
Holy Woman's Rage: The “Woman-Life-Freedom” Revolution of Iran

An essay on women’s rage as a vehicle of transformation and the #MahsaAmini, female-sparked revolution in Iran.

Initiation by The Crone in Psyche and Eros
Initiation by The Crone in Psyche and Eros

A comparative essay on the initiatory experience with the Crone in Psyche & Eros and the Cinderella story Mah Pishooni.

Numinous Experiences of the Feminine: in Conversation with Anne Baring
Numinous Experiences of the Feminine: in Conversation with Anne Baring

A dialogue between Anne Baring and Faranak Mirjalili dives deep into the mysticism of the Feminine.

Academic publication // Goddess of the Orient
Academic publication // Goddess of the Orient

Exploring the Relationship between Persian Goddess Anahita and the Sufi Journey to Mount Qaf.

The Persian Cinderella Mah Pishooni: The Sieve of Initiation
The Persian Cinderella Mah Pishooni: The Sieve of Initiation

The Persian Cinderella offers deep lessons in adopting the right attitude toward the unconscious and the mysteries of the feminine.

Documentary: Dismantling Patriarchy Within with Anne Baring
Documentary: Dismantling Patriarchy Within with Anne Baring

A short documentary with Anne Baring.

From Maiden to Woman
From Maiden to Woman

An alternative interpretation to Kore's abduction.

Made of Dirt
Made of Dirt

A journey with Sumerian goddess Inanna.

 
 
 

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Fairytale Kitchen: Daimons, Djinns & Spirits of the Depths
Apr 28
Fairytale Kitchen: Daimons, Djinns & Spirits of the Depths
Chartres Retreat: "In the Labyrinth of the World Soul"
Sep 8
Chartres Retreat: "In the Labyrinth of the World Soul"
 
 
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“The alchemists gave themselves totally to the Great Art: they were seized on an inner and outer level by the archetype of transformation. They did not paint a golden pearl, but strived to make one.” —Marie Louise von Franz

 
 
“A letter always seemed to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend.”
— Emily Dickinson
 
 
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