Live-Video Workshop Series
4 Sessions | SATURDAYS | January 9, 16, 23, 30, 2027
9-11am pacific | Noon-2pm Eastern | 4-6pm GMT | 5-7 pm BMT
+ Video recording will be available
Price: $179 until August 9, 2026 / $257 after August 9, 2026
This seminar, offered through Jung Archademy, unfolds as a movement—from exile to vision, from collapse to clarity, from fragmentation to the steady gaze of the Sage.
If Baba Yaga initiates through ordeal,
St. John teaches us how to see after the fire.
Arc of the Series
Across these four weeks, participants will be invited to:
Deepen their relationship to symbolic consciousness
Recognize the signs of the Sage archetype within themselves
Develop psychological and spiritual steadiness in uncertain times
Move from reactivity to visionary presenceIn a time marked by cultural unraveling, spiritual hunger, and the relentless pull of distraction, a new figure is required within the psyche—not the hero, not the martyr, but the Sage.
This four-part online seminar explores the development of the Sage archetype through the life, symbols, and visionary consciousness of St. John the Evangelist. Valuable for men and for women who want to grow within and without.
Drawing from her book, St. John’s Wisdom and in deep continuity with last year’s work from Baba Yaga’s Wisdom, this series invites participants into a mature psychological and spiritual stance—one capable of perceiving truth in times of chaos, holding paradox, and speaking from a place of grounded vision rather than reactivity.
Through lecture, symbolic amplification, guided reflection, and active imagination, we will explore how the Sage emerges not as an escape from the world, but as a way of seeing it rightly.
Session Highlights
Session I — January 9
Exile and Initiation: The Making of the Seer
The Sage is not born in comfort. He is formed in exile.
In this opening session, we enter the psychological and symbolic terrain of Patmos, where John is cast out of the known world and into radical solitude.
We will explore:
Exile as a necessary condition for the emergence of vision
The breakdown of persona and the loss of collective identity
The distinction between isolation and initiation
The early stirrings of the Sage archetype
Practice: Guided active imagination — Entering the Cave
Session II — January 16
Vision and Symbol: Learning to See in Images
The Sage does not interpret the world literally—he sees symbolically.
This session explores John’s visionary language and its resonance with Carl Jung’s understanding of the psyche.
We will explore:
The symbolic imagination vs. literal consciousness
Apocalypse as unveiling—not prediction
Archetypal imagery: beasts, cities, angels, fire
The danger of concretizing vision
Practice: Image amplification and reflective writing
Session III — January 23
The Collapse of the World: Holding Steady in Times of Revelation
The Sage does not turn away from collapse—he endures it without losing sight.
Here we engage Revelation as a psychological map for our time.
We will explore:
Cultural and personal apocalypse as psychic process
The collapse of false structures (inner and outer)
Inflation, fear, and projection in times of crisis
The Sage as one who can witness without being overwhelmed
Practice: Containment ritual — Standing in the Fire Without Burning
Session IV — January 30
The Voice of the Sage: Speaking from the Center
The final movement is not silence—but true speech.
The Sage speaks not to persuade, but to reveal.
We will explore:
The emergence of authority rooted in the Self
Logos as living word
The integration of suffering into wisdom
Becoming a voice that carries truth without violence
Practice: Writing from the Sage — A Letter to the World