susanne van doorn

Susanne van Doorn, MSc, is a Dutch therapist and author who writes for her blog Mindfunda. Here she gives courses in dreams and their symbology based on mythological themes. She is the author of A Dreamer’s Guide through the Land of the Deceased and co-author of Mutual Dreaming: A Psiber Experiment with Maria Cernuto, published in DreamTime in 2014. She also translated Theory of Dreams by Vasily Kasatkin in 2014. Susanne earned her degree in psychology from Tilburg University in 1994, completed coursework in dreamwork at the Jungian Institute in Nijmegen in 2009, and graduated cum laude from the Orthomolecular Therapy program in 2010, following additional training in basic medical sciences. Since 2013, she has been a regular presenter at IASD conferences and frequently gives presentations on dreams in the Netherlands. From 2016 to 2019, Susanne served as Regional Representatives Chair on the board of the International Association for the Study of Dreams (IASD), where she helped foster a global community of dream researchers and enthusiasts. You can connect with her on Facebook, Linkedin and Instagram.

HOLY NIGHTS DREAMING WITH SUSANNE VAN DOORN

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The podcast explores the fascinating tradition of the 12 Holy Nights, the period between December 25 and January 6, as a sacred time for dreaming. Susanne van Doorn, who has been leading online dream adventures on Mindfunda for over fifteen years, shares her insights into dream incubation, group dreaming, and how these practices come together in her annual Holy Night Event. This year’s theme, Guided by the Star, reimagines the Christmas story as a Jungian journey of self-discovery, fostering a deeper connection between the earthly and the spiritual.

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Guided by the Star: A Holy Night Dream Journey

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Guided by the Star: A Holy Night Dream Journey
Embark on a transformative 12-night experience this holiday season! From December 25, 2024, to January 6, 2025, explore the sacred wisdom of the Holy Nights—a time when dreams hold the power to guide your year ahead. This unique event blends ancient traditions, Jungian archetypes, and spiritual growth as we journey through universal symbols like the Star of Bethlehem, the Divine Child, and the Three Wise Men.

Each night offers a new archetype, guided meditations, and reflective insights to illuminate your inner wisdom. Uncover personal growth, connect with like-minded seekers, and honor the light within.

✨ Sign up today to begin your journey into the profound mystery of the Holy Nights!

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Travel Brochure Hercules’ Holy Nights 2024

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Embark on a transformative spiritual journey with our annual Holy Nights’ Journey 2024. Explore the 12 Labors of Hercules, from conquering the Nemean Lion to navigating the underworld. Each night offers profound reflections and mythological insights, helping you tame inner struggles, embrace patience, and balance your life’s challenges. Dive into this epic adventure and rediscover the hero within.

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Meditation: A Brief Introduction

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Discover the transformative power of meditation in Christian Gerike’s insightful blog. Learn how meditation calms the mind, enhances focus, and fosters self-awareness. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned practitioner, find practical tips for starting and maintaining a meditation practice. Embrace mindfulness, reduce mental chatter, and connect with the fundamentals of existence through this timeless practice.

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Joseph Campbell Correspondence

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Unveiling the Hero’s Journey of Joseph Campbell: A Review of Correspondence 1927–1987

Dive into the intricate tapestry of Joseph Campbell’s life as chronicled in Correspondence 1927–1987. This compelling collection of letters offers an intimate look into the mind of the legendary mythologist whose “Hero’s Journey” framework reshaped storytelling. From his early days in Paris discovering symbology, to his intellectual exchanges with luminaries like Angela Gregory and Jiddu Krishnamurti, the book maps Campbell’s evolution as both scholar and seeker.

Follow Campbell through trials of personal and professional struggle during the Great Depression, his transformative insights into mythology, and his eventual triumph with The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The letters also confront controversies, offering a nuanced exploration of Campbell’s philosophies, relationships, and the era’s intellectual currents.

If you’re a fan of Campbell or intrigued by the roots of modern mythology, this book is a treasure trove. Read on to learn how Campbell’s hero’s journey mirrored the mythic structure he so famously championed.

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Halloween, meet the Banshee

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Happy Halloween! Tonight, Banshees, and other fairies and spirits visit freely to reunite with loved ones.
Want to learn more about the Banshee that enchanted the God of Love of the Celts? Sign up and join tonight for a myth, an invitation to interpretation, questions to see how you have lived this myth and an incubation to tune into the energy of the Banshee.

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Hecate, Dark Goddess, Bright Star of the Holy Nights

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‘When the light of the outer sun is faintest and its warmth feeblest, now is the time when the soul withdraws into the darkness but can find within itself the inner, spiritual Light that is kindled in the other darkness.

But for one whose eyes of spirit are opened the Thirteen Days and Thirteen Nights between the 25th of December and the 6th of January are a time of deep spiritual experience’.
Rudolf Steiner about the Holy Nights.

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Nature Narrates its Wisdom

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When you seem to have lost purpose in life, give yourself permission to spend four moments every season to reflect on your inner wisdom. Tapping into the well of your inner wisdom by reading a mythological story. Being challenged to interpret it. Getting guidance on how to work with mythology and archetypes. And last but certainly not least, to use the technique of dream incubation  you’d be tuning into the wisdom that is locked in mythology.

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Trickster Archetype: An Exploration in Writing the Tale

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The Trickster carries an enormous number of opposites and many of the adventures could be seen as arising from the tension that is found between these opposites. Let the Trickster inhabit the darker side of life, while we use that force, through his stories, to bring us to the good side of life. Let us have balance by leaving evil in the realm of the gods and keeping good in the realm of humanity.

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Civil War and Dreams: The Home Voices Speak Louder Than the Drums

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Wanda Burch re-writes the American civil war in terms of dreams. She has collected a multitude of dreams that make you realize how important dreams were in that time period. Newspapers published dreams about the end of the war as a way to shed some light on the question when the war should end. A book filled with remarkable dreams. If you like history and love dreams, this is a book for you.

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Wonder Woman: A Female Perspective

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Wonder Woman, the film entered the cinema’s and got a lot of positive feedback. Women have even reported that they were crying when they saw the film. I wanted to see the film to investigate if it isn’t an ultimate form of misogyny to admire a woman simply because she can fight like a man? Is Wonder Woman just a male soldier with big breasts and a vagina? Or is something else going on?

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