The Soul of Stone

with Cyndera Quackenbush

Workshop
Saturday, December 11, 2021
12 pm - 2 pm EST (NewYork), on Zoom
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This Program Will Be Recorded.
The recording link will be sent to you within 72 hours after the live program.
Program Cost: $40

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“…stone imagery that connects us to the wild, ancient world around us.”

How would our world be different if we could see stone (seemingly lifeless) as truly animate and alive?

This workshop investigates the “Soul of Stone” by taking a tour through the roots of psychology, with an emphasis on Carl Jung’s personal work and relationship with stone over the course of his life.

Grounded in the Jungian practice of active imagination, we’ll encounter our own relationship with stone imagery that connects us to the wild, ancient world around us.

Who Is It For

Anyone in interested in earth-related topics
Anyone in interested in Jungian psychology
Artists
Therapists

Your Instructor

Cyndera Quackenbush, MA, is the creator of the Story Through Stone cards and practice. As a talented Intuitive Storyteller, Cyndera facilitates workshops in California and internationally on the topics of Therapeutic Use of Card Imagery and Archetypes and also on Awakening the Animistic Imagination. She is a Depth Psychology alumna of Pacifica Graduate Institute whose mission remains, “tending the soul of and in the world."

As a writer, educator, and social-emotional mentor for children and adults in the Bay Area, Cyndera has found her bliss in helping others to uncover their purpose and path with imaginative play. She is also a certified Card Reader through Biddy Tarot and has been the host of the Archetypal Tarot Podcast for almost ten years, with over 100,000 followers. Cyndera has a chapter to be published in a collection of Nature Play Therapy by Routledge in 2022.

“The entire process was deeply meaningful and helpful for understanding myself and my situation. It was wonderful to engage that playful, creative part of me in a way that had structure but infinite room to be whatever it needed to be without judgment.”

— D.W. | Workshop Participant

What You Will Learn

A brief history of “soul” and how it became confined to the interior experience of human beings
How encountering the archetypal “other” invites a healing, numinous experience
How synchronicity liberates the interiority of soul to the living, outer world
How Active Imagination can connect the individual soul to the world unconscious
The Alchemists’ attempts to restore the balance of matter and spirit
Carl Jung’s personal stories of stone and how they shaped his work
Stone and Individuation: the story of Maude Oakes (analysand of Jung)
An active imagination activity using billion-year-old stone imagery

“I loved getting to tell my story and finding that it actually is full of hope and union.”

— T. H. | Workshop Participant

“an amazing way to connect the dreamscape with my current life…”

“This method is an amazing way to connect the dreamscape with my current life both metaphorically and literally. The things I found really helpful: having my story reflected back to me, taking the time to visualize important aspects of the story, and exploring all symbols before analyzing for meaning.”

— T.S. | Workshop Participant