The Currents of the Imaginal

How Myth and Dreams Shape the World (Soul)

A 5-week course with Gauri Raje and Faranak Mirjalili

“The imaginal is much like a river. A current running beneath our vast, dense world of cities and technologies—no longer visible to the post-modern wo/man, and yet the very source of life. Like the imagination, the river was for thousands of years the wellspring of human existence and the very oxygen of the more-than-human ecologies surrounding it. The way the imaginal moves, works, loves, and destroys is also like the river: it has an unruly, abundant, life of its own. It cannot be controlled, but it can be subtly played with. Just like the rivers of our world—and the deep crisis they now face—the imaginal too is in a crisis of drying, toxicity, and pollution. Much of the work before us is to bring alive the dead rivers within our own being, to learn not only to live with these unruly currents, but to depend on them once more—and eventually, to become like these currents of love ourselves.” — Faranak Mirjalili

In many ancient traditions, humans lived in intimate relationship with the more-than-human world—a world animated by dream, myth, and the deep language of the imagination. This way of being, this belonging to the World Soul, once shaped how communities lived, loved, mourned, and made sense of their place in the cosmos. Over time, that relationship was severed. The language of the World Soul—spoken in images, dreams, and symbols—was forgotten.

In this 5-week course, we begin the work of remembering. Anthropologist and storyteller Gauri Raje will tell a myth or fairytale in the old oral way, inviting the story to move through us as a living presence. As images take root, we will turn to the dreams that begin to stir—personal and collective—and work with them in a shared field guided by Jungian analyst Faranak Mirjalili.

This is not a course in interpretation skills, but in listening. Listening to what the World Soul may be rippling to us through story and dream, as we learn to dwell more fully—more soulfully—in a world undergoing profound unraveling and change. This course will also be a good introduction to our 3 Year Training for those who are considering application for the 2026 cohort. 

Duration: each session will be between 1.5 - 2 hours.
Fee for all 5 sessions: 255,- euro

Next course will start September 30th. Sessions start at 7pm CET and will be recorded.

There are limited spots as we work with small groups. Register and secure your spot below.