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Seekers' Salons

Third Thursdays are Back!

Discussing matters of psyche, soul and consciousness. New topic/book each month!

Seekers’ Salons are small, soulful discussion circles devoted to exploring the hidden patterns that shape our lives—through the lenses of psyche, soul, archetypes, myth, and embodied wisdom. Think old-world salon gathering meets modern depth psychology: curious minds, open hearts, and thoughtful, meaningful dialogue.

Upcoming Gatherings

February: Psychology of Romance

We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love by Robert A. Johnson (1983).

Using the myth of Tristan and Iseult, Johnson offers a Jungian lens on romantic love, illuminating how attraction, longing, projection, and heartbreak are tied to our deeper quest for wholeness and self-discovery. 

There is no audio version for this short and potent book so I have recorded myself reading it. You can listen to He and She on Audible and, of course, order any of these from your local bookstore.

Sign Up for the discussion in Bend OR virtual.

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The big day may have come and gone, but keep in touch as we’re always up to something new and exciting.

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March: Psychedelics & Soul

📖 Psychedelics and the Soul: A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psychology, and Cultural Repair by Simon Yugler (available at local bookstore and on Audible)


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We: Understanding the psychology of Romantic Love

Introduction: On Myths

25 mins

Let me tell you a story. 

To be more precise, let me read to you a short and potent book about a story— The myth of Tristan and Iseult— and the impact it has on our inner and outer worlds. In lieu of an audiobook of We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love by Robert A. Johnson, I offer my chapter readings. 

Part 1 Narrative

14 mins 

How Tristan was born and grew up to be a great knight.

Chapter 1: Blanchefleur

12mins

Johnson sets the psychological stage for the entire book. It’s less about romance as a relationship and more about romance as an archetypal experience of the psyche. Blanchefleur marks the initiation into the world of Eros.

Chapter 2: Child of Sadness

8 mins

This chapter about Tristan explores how romantic love is born not from fulfillment, but from an underlying wound—showing that our longing for union often arises from early experiences of loss, abandonment, or unmet emotional needs that awaken the soul’s hunger for wholeness. Johnson suggests that romance carries a deep sadness at its core, because it is an attempt to heal a primordial separation that no human partner can fully repair.

Chapter 3: Islands of Consciousness

7 mins

 *Will be uploaded soon

Chapter 4: The Sword & The Harp

12 mins

 *Will be uploaded soon along with the other chapters (up to 19)

Brenda@FromTheFortress.com

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