UPDATE: Class is full. Register below for next year’s cycle (2021-2022)
Registration open. Note: this course fills up quickly and is limited to a small group of women due to the depth of the work done individually.
Since 2017 Faranak Mirjalili, founder & teacher at the Anima Mundi School, started offering Reclaiming the Mythical Feminine: a yearly initiatory cycle with the myths and archetypes that came through her encounter with the collective unconscious during her Jungian Training. Ever since, the program has slightly changed and been enriched with the women that joined and became colleagues at the School. The myths we tell do not change every year and we don’t pick or select them with our conscious mind, we continue working with the same stories in a repetitive, initiatory way: the way of the ancients. Just like the seasons repeat the same story every year, so we follow in the footsteps of nature and listen to how each new year the same story creates new images.
We allow the myths to form our co-creative work at the School and it is the yearly cycles with the same goddesses and gods that have shaped and formed the work we do at this School. This brings with it a new way to work in the world; it is the way of the Feminine.
Reclaiming the Mythical Feminine
Deep exploration of goddess Mythology and Jungian Dreamwork
Once upon a time there were wise women of the forest, wise old bearded men with piercing eyes that would tell you a story, enchant you with their wrinkled wisdom and secretly, whilst telling you a story passed down generation after generation, whisper in the spaces between their words the wisdom you needed in your life ahead. In the secret cracks of your heart, you would be infused with the spirit, and it would be the spirit of that story, of that ancient, ancient tale that would sail your boat through the wild hurricanes of life.
There is a world still alive, still pulsating and yearning to be known within and all around you. This world of images, the Mundus Imaginalis, is where magic is alive, where the demons and angels of ourselves and the world are waiting to be reclaimed, waiting to be known and creatively related to. This world is mostly accessible through our dreams, as the dream is the most direct portal into this world of images. Myths and fairytales are also direct nourishment coming from the kitchen of the grandmothers and our long forgotten ancestors, and it is in the spaces between the dream and the myth that we immerse ourselves in for the next 9 months.
To be ’cooked by a myth’ is a journey for the hero and heroine within us. A part of every human being longs to consciously come to know what ancient stories live within the depths of our soil and soul. And it is this part of you that goes on this mythical adventure, making these ancient tales your own though working with your very intimate images given to you in dreams at night.
Consider this journey both an immersion into the deep murky waters that were abandoned long ago as well as the sweetest honey coming directly from the breast of the Goddess. This journey will be guided with private Jungian Analysis sessions (with emphasis on Jungian dreamwork) every month and live gatherings where Faranak & Gauri take you through a Mythical encounter through a traditional storytelling ritual. All the myths and archetypes we work with are be focused on the individuation journey of the Feminine and this is course accessible to women only.
We will dive into the Mother and Daughter with Persephone and Demeter, we will encounter the deep dark sister Ereshkigal with Inanna, we will dive into our earthy soils and fiery nature with the Black Madonna & Kali and into the pure waters of our hearts with Anahita & Saraswati. We will work in total with 7 Myths and Archetypes over 9 months. Each class is rich and interactive as we work together as a group; we open ourselves to the mysteries and see where we are lead. Between chaos and cosmos, we move with the cauldron of the alchemical group-journey as well as individually.
There might be slight changes to the Myths and Archetypes we work with as we practice deep listening to the images of the dreams that pulsate into being from the deep unconscious. As every group is different, this journey will be adapted to the rhythm and the pulse of the group.
One thing will be a promise: you will not return the same. We are not just telling stories, we are allowing the stories to come alive within our deep psyche and we allow its medicine to work within us as we establish a long forgotten sacred relationship to this ancient world of archetypes; gods and goddesses.
This journey is a depth-immersion that is created by the deep listening of Faranak to the inner worlds over the past 5 years that started during her Jungian Training and it is created to ignite you and your relationship to the Anima Mundi, the World Soul in a time when it is most needed in the world.
The one-on-one guidance in this course is an essential part of the alchemical work and it is designed to both help you navigate through the world of your own images as the complexes within our psyche are stirred through the power of these stories. Without the in-depth private work, this work with the mythic imagination is only half baked.
Structure of the Course
There will be 7 learning modules over 9 months, each exploring a different aspect of the Feminine psyche from a Jungian and mythological perspective. Each learning module has 1 Bonus art-class that is accessible to all the participants on donation basis. During this art-class, we work with both medium and images from the myth. The art-classes have proven to be a most essential moment of creative breakthrough and integration of the story. The total hours of this course, including all classes, online audio-classes and creative assignments are approximately 5 - 7 hours / month. This excludes your individual, one-on-one sessions.
Faranak Mirjalili will be your lead teacher. She is one of the main storytellers together with UK based storyteller and anthropologist Gauri Raje. Gauri will take us through her ancestral roots with the fierce and powerful story of Kali. She will also be (co) telling 2 other myths in this cycle. Our guest storyteller this next cycle will be Suzanne Schreve who will share with us the gnostic story of Sophia.
The 7 modules include:
Descent of the Goddess with Inanna
The Restoration of the Primal Mother—Daughter connection with Demeter & Persephone
Understanding the Masculine within Women with Isis & Osiris
The Wisdom of the Dark with the Black Madonna & Kali
The Unifying Rivers of Heaven & Earth with Anahita & Saraswati
Incarnating Wisdom with the Gnostic Sophia
Creative Participation with the Anima Mundi
You will receive:
2 private sessions every month with Jungian Analysis/Dreamwork (50 min each)
1 class with the group every month, with live storytelling.
1 Bonus Art class with the group in the theme of the myth.(donation based)
Online class material every month about the myth and archetypes (accessible for 1 year)
Access to the private group on a social media platform (not Facebook).
Testimonials:
“When I embarked into this journey guided by Faranak I had no idea where it would take me. It didn't take long and the layers and the profound relationship she helped me develop with my soul brought a lot of magic into my life. The process has also helped me decode messages I was receiving from repetitive dreams, overcome certain patterns and take the relationship with the mythical feminine and with my roots to new levels. I’m always very excited before a new session with Faranak or our group.“ - Roxana B.
”Her personal wisdom and professional studies give her a natural quality of guidance to explore and move with the psyche or engage on the path of dreamwork, drawing and working with feminine consciousness. She is wonderful storyteller that awakens my imagination. Ancient times come alive, and I feel I am there as the myth awakens within me. I recommend Faranak's work if you look for something that brings you closer to yourself and your inner world in a way that is open to go there without formula or tricks, the intimate journey of the Self. Courses are well organised and offer beautiful course material to support the work.” - Sitie D.
This will be a small and intimate group, so limited spaces available. The next cycle is over halfway filled, please register soon to reserve your place. Start next cycle: December 2020.
195,- euro / month. Pre-register here:
UPDATE: class is full, register below for next year’s cycle (2021-2022).
Pre-register here: