Due to the length of this episode, I’ve had to split it into two parts in order to get the audio to play properly. — DR. DAVE
Monica Wikman, Ph.D. is a Jungian Analyst and author of Pregnant Darkness: Alchemy and the Rebirth of Consciousness (2005) and various articles in Jungian psychology journals. Monika obtained her BA from UC San Diego and her doctorate from the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, where her research took her deep into the study of dreams of people with terminal cancer. After teaching graduate students at California State University, Los Angeles, she graduated as a diplomat from the Jung-Von Franz Center for Depth Psychology in Zurich. She lectures internationally on mythology and symbolism, dreams and wellness, alchemy and creativity. In private practice as a Jungian Analyst and astrologer, she lives along a creek and under starry skies in Tesuque, New Mexico with horses, dogs, and friends.
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This is a fascinating presentation by Dr. Wikman of a rich array of thinking related to personal growth. I was struck by the concept of transmutation, especially the idea of solutio (“dissolving”?), and how that might relate to psychiatrist/psychologist Kazimierz Dabrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration.
As explained by Elizabeth Mika in her article on my site, the theory (often referenced in writings on giftedness) includes the concept that “Development takes place through the process of positive disintegration, which is the loosening and partial, or sometimes global, dismantling of the initial character structure during the course of one’s life and replacing it by consciously created personality.”
http://talentdevelop.com/articles/DTOPD.html