Writing with the Six Archetypes
I’ve just finished my two Saturday classes about writing using the power of the archetypes within you. Each day was 9 to 4, so it was a long stretch of time to be workshoping, and yet it think it had to be that way (with the intervening week in which to write) in order to chip through to what was important for each person. There are some things which, when diluted, just don’t work that well.
Fortunately I could not have asked for a better crowd of motivated and dedicated participants, all of whom seized the information and applied it to their lives. Again and again I was moved by how much courage and compassion there was in the room. Several people had to speak and write about events that were painful, and we had our fair share of tears. Yet what struck me each time was that these tears were not about self-pity or despair. They were tears of recognition as each person became fully aware of the sadness of what had been the case in the past - and that now no longer needed to be that way.
I run these workshops because I see people change in healthful ways. And that’s a huge privilege. But I also do it because, when a group of people is truly engaged in real exploration, and extends insight and compassion to others, then something astonishing can happen. Wisdom flourishes.
The ancient Greeks had a delightful poetic way to describe it. They said that when one was devoted to a task like this, after a while, if one was lucky, humble, and loving, the appropriate Goddess would appear.
I think it’s safe to say we in the presence of the Divine yesterday.
