Monika Wikman received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, and a Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the Research & Training Center for Depth Psychology According to C.G. Jung & Marie-Louise von Franz in Zürich, Switzerland. She taught in the graduate department at California State University Los Angeles, and conducted a multi-year research study on dreams of the dying at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center.Dr. Wikman is the author of Pregnant Darkness: Alchemy & the Rebirth of Consciousness and the chapter “Sophia’s Dreaming Body: The Night Sky as Alchemical Mirror” in the book, The Dream & Its Amplification, edited by Jungian analysts Erel Shalit and Nancy Swift Furlotti.She is currently a member of the New Mexico Society of Jungian Analysts and is a frequent lecturer at various Jung centers in the United States. She also conducts several yearly workshops and seminars. Her interests include astrology, alchemy, the subtle body, dreams and preparation for death, horses and equestrian arts.This interview was recorded on February 23, 2017. It’s 01:17:36 long and 74 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser or download it directly to your computer. This podcast is also available on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play.



MENTIONED DURING THE INTERVIEWCalifornia School of Professional Psychology Doctorate in clinical psychology degree programsResearch & Training Center for Depth Psychology According to C.G. Jung & Marie-Louise von Franz Zürich, SwitzerlandInter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts North AmericaDr. Wikman’s Ph.D. research project will be published as a book entitled The Soul is a Midnight Blossom: Dreams of the DyingStanislov Grof Non-ordinary States of Consciousness“The secret is that only that which can destroy itself is truly alive.” ~C.G. Jung, CW 12, par. 93Collected Works, Vol. 12: Psychology & Alchemy by C.G. JungNew Mexico Society of Jungian Analysts Santa Fe, New MexicoMemories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. JungTaos Pueblo Taos, New MexicoLos Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, New MexicoThe C.G. Jung Educational Center of Houston, TexasRefining Your Inner Bullshit Detector Her lectureCollected Works, Vol. 6: Psychological Types by C.G. JungPregnant Darkness: Alchemy & the Rebirth of Consciousness by Monika Wikman, Ph.D.The reference to the shadow as “a mild evil” is from an epigram by John Gower that Jung quotes in paragraph 353 of the Collected Works, Vol. 16: The Psychology of the TransferenceThe Matrix & Meaning of Character: An Archetypal & Developmental Approach by Jungian analysts Nancy Dougherty & Jacqueline West, Ph.D.The Trump Phenomena Speaking of Jung, Episode 17 with Jungian analyst Thomas Patrick Lavin, Ph.D.“There is a psychic infection that is operating.” ~Monika WikmanMarie-Louise von Franz Her official websiteLucy Sikes in Kansas City has written a thesis for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts on the starIndian Pueblo Cultural Center Gateway to the 19 Pueblos of New MexicoTesuque Village Market Tesuque, New MexicoKoshares: The Sacred Clowns at Taos PuebloSam’s Shop Taos, New MexicoSpiritHoods® Made in Los AngelesChiron & the Healing Journey by Melanie ReinhartStone by Stone: Reflections on the Psychology of C.G. Jung Edited by Andreas Schweizer & Regine Schweizer-Vüllers {includes the Goose Girl fairy tale} {Kindle edition}Kabir: Ecstatic Poems Poem 25The Essential Rumi Inner WakefulnessThe Dream & Its Amplification Edited by Jungian analysts Erel Shalit & Nancy Swift FurlottiNight Sky as Alchemical Mirror: Sophia’s Dreaming by Monika Wikman {free .pdf}Aditi Ladell New Mexico artist Arlene Ladell HayesCollected Works, Vol. 9i: Archetypes & the Collective Unconscious by C.G. JungArrival The film – “I will need to put a caveat to the statement about Arrival. SO MUCH of what Jung is looking into in the psyche is in that film. So much that it would inspire me into hyperbole