Jung and The Alchemical Path: A Psychological Journey to Wholeness
24 Continuing Education Credits
Adelaide, Australia: October 20-27, 2024
20 Continuing Education Credits
Kangaroo Island: October 27-30, 2024,
4 Continuing Education Credits
“ The imagery of alchemy is found all over the world.”
The backdrop: Australia, the beautiful and charming seaside town of Adelaide, Australia, and its neighboring Kangaroo Island, a sanctuary for wildlife and natural, rugged beauty, to explore alchemy’s connection to nature.
Join us on an alchemical journey along this path of inner transformation. Each day we will explore a particular stage of the alchemical process of transformation through lectures, practices, discussion, exploring our Southern Australia stunning landscapes and surroundings, and experiential work. Mornings begin each day with a dream circle Social Dreaming: Alchemical Dream Matrix ©. After this, we immerse ourselves in the psychological dimensions of alchemy. We will discover how to engage with alchemical imagery and expand our imagination. We also will embody alchemy through a series of practice exercises. In the afternoon, we venture out into the beautiful surroundings of Adelaide, Australia, exploring Nature’s own Alchemy. Throughout the week, we will experience each stage of the Alchemy journey in mind, body, and spirit including the mandala, the ultimate archetypal symbol of inner and outer wholeness. The ultimate goal of the week is for you to experience Alchemy and be able to use it in your daily life and practice.
Our week-long travels conclude by engaging with nature’s rugged beauty in an optional journey to Kangaroo Island. While a short distance off the coast, Kangaroo Island seems a world away.’ Our expedition combines encounters with the island’s wildlife (kangaroos, seals, koalas, and wallabies) in their natural habitat and iconic landscapes while also sampling nature’s fine flavors and gastronomy of Kangaroo Island!
About Alchemy:
Western Alchemy is a powerful pathway providing means to transform ourselves from a state of separation to one of wholeness. The psychologist Carl Jung realized that Alchemy is not just an old attempt to physically transmute lead into gold, but more importantly a spiritual and psychological practice for inner transformation. Jung saw that alchemical images and texts described how we can transform an inner state of psychological chaos working slowly through a series of steps to experience a state of inner balance and wholeness.
“Alchemy represents the projection of a drama both cosmic and spiritual…”
Who is this for?
- Those with an interest in film and depth psychology.
- Those with an interest in film and exploring the transformational qualities from a depth psychology perspective.
- Psychologists, psychotherapists, and mental health professionals.
- Those with an interest in Jungian psychology.
- Those with an interest in alchemy.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the principles of alchemy from a depth psychology perspective.
- Apply our alchemical understanding to film interpretation from a depth psychology perspective.
- Discuss and reflect upon the dimensions of the selected films and their importance in understanding mechanisms of depth psychology.
- Discuss and apply the concepts of Social Dreaming and how to utilize The Social Dreaming Matrix in psychotherapeutic settings.
What’s Included
- All seminars.
- Six nights lodging at a 5-star hotel in Adelaide (shared accommodations/single rooms available for additional cost).
- Daily breakfast.
- One lunch.
- One dinner.
- All excursions with private guides and entrance fees, including transportation.
Kangaroo Island ADD ON:
- All meals
- Lodging at 4-star accommodations on the sea (shared accommodations/single rooms available for additional cost).
- Roundtrip ferry to Kangaroo Island
- One night in Adelaide.
“I was always looking for something in between, you know, something that linked that remote past with the present moment. And I found to my amazement it was alchemy…”
Jeffrey Kiehl, PhD
Jeffrey Kiehl, PhD, is a Diplomate Jungian Analyst and senior training analyst for the C.G. Jung Institute of Colorado and the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts. He is the author of Facing Climate Change: An Integrated Path to the Future, which provides a Jungian perspective on climate change. He has also published articles on US Cultural Complexes and Climate Change, The Green Man and Climate Change, The Archetypal Dimensions of Comic Books and The Nature of Uncertainty/The Uncertainty of Nature. Jeffrey’s interests include the relationship between psych & matter, alchemy, and consciousness studies. He lives in Santa Cruz, CA.
Dr. Leslee Brown, PhD
Dr. Brown is President and Director of Mind Body Passport Inc. designing and leading international trips for adult professionals, offering continuing education credits worldwide. Dr. Brown's interests are multi-faceted, engaging topics of psychology, culture, art, psychoanalysis, and social dreaming. She is passionate about weaving many disciplines and interests together and creating an atmosphere of growth and learning. Travel opens one’s mind and creates change bringing new perspectives on living life. She also served as The Director of International Seminars and Gastprofessor at Sigmund Freud University, Vienna. International psychology and developing “psychologists without borders” has become her focus. Dr. Brown has been in private practice for over twenty years, has been a research psychologist for The Neurologic Institute, and has served on faculty at UCLA Medical School teaching psychology and rapport-building techniques to medical students. Dr. Brown was also Assistant Professor at The Chicago School and Director of Centers for International Studies. Leslee lives and works part-time in Los Angeles, part-time in Paris, and the rest of the time is traveling the world.
Itinerary Highlights
5-star accommodations in Adelaide.
Wildlife experience: engage with some of Australia’s most unique and curious wildlife, immersing yourself in the wonders of the natural bush environment, you can see and discover more than 130 species of native wildlife, including the Koala close-up experience and the hand feeding of kangaroos.
Private gallery tour of indigenous art.
Nature bush walk. Reconnect with nature in one of Adelaide’s most scenic with a passionate local guide and an easy relaxed pace See many native animals within their natural environment reflect on your adventures as we whisk you back to Adelaide ready for lunch!
Alchemical painting experience with local artists.
Head to the coast for an alchemical walk and mandala in the sand at Glenelg Beach then take a walk down the jetty road to explore the artisan shops.
Adelaide Hills and winery experience with lunch.
Costs
$4295 SAVE $400 pay by February 28 ($4695 after Feb.28th) shared accommodation
Single supplement for private room +$890
Kangaroo Island ADD ON:
All-Inclusive shared accommodations $1629
Kangaroo Island private room + $295
Once we see payment, you will receive your confirmation, welcome and further information via e mail. For questions contact info@mindbodypassport.com
If there are no double shared rooms available, you will need to incur the single-room supplement.
This post-licensure course will be at an appropriate instructional level for participants with a wide range of experience from beginner to advanced.
Mind Body Passport is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. Mind Body Passport maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Mind Body Passport Inc. is also recognized as a CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider. Certificate awarded upon successful completion.
Health & Safety
Returning to travel in 2022 is our greatest passion and desire. The safety and well-being of Mind Body Passport Inc. participants (as well as our team, suppliers and others) is of paramount importance to us.
For admission to our courses, Mind Body Passport Inc. requires all participants to be vaccinated with CDC approved vaccines and comply with regulations and mask policies.
Refunds
Travel medical insurance is mandatory. We recommend insurance that includes Covid- related delays and changes.Your insurance must cover personal injury, medical treatment, repatriation, and evacuation expenses. We also recommend that the insurance cover personal property and trip cancellation. Trip cancellation insurance may be the only means of receiving reimbursement for flights and other non-refundable expenses in the event the Trip is cancelled, postponed, interrupted, rescheduled, for any reason, by you or us.
Once fees are paid, absent Mind Body Passport’s approval in its sole discretion, no refunds will be issued. MBP reserves the right to cancel any trip or any portion thereof for any reason it deems appropriate including but not limited to, low enrollment numbers, political instability and/or health concerns.
Questions?
Contact Dr. Leslee Brown for a free one-to-one consultation or e-mail us at info@mindbodypassport.com