Facing the World with Soul and Why It Matters

A live lecture online with Francis Weller

Join us for an evening of exploration as we wonder aloud what facing the world with soul might look like in these tenuous, uncertain times.

We are living in a time of radical change and uncertainty on this beautiful, beleaguered planet. It is a season of descent, of breakdowns, and collapse. 

We have entered what could be called the Long Dark, a necessary time when old calcified systems are breaking down and potentially composting into something life-sustaining. How well we respond to these evolving circumstances will determine the shape of the coming decades.

James Hillman, the brilliant archetypal psychologist, wrote, “The world and the gods are dead or alive according to the condition of our souls.” In other words, the vitality of the animate, sensuous world and our encounter with the sacred depend on our souls being fully alive! 

What would a soulful response to these circumstances look like? What practices and perspectives can support us leaning into the world? How can we register, deep in our beings, the profound entanglement between the world “out there” and the world “in here,” recognizing that the widening symptoms of collapse are also being felt and experienced in our bodies and souls? How do we keep our souls alive?

We will touch upon ways to cultivate a robust interior life rooted in imagination, creativity, fertile stories, ritual, self-compassion, and the vital necessity of friendship and living community. 

Friday 15th November

5 - 6.30pm UK / 6 - 7.30pm CET / 9 - 10.30am PT

This event will be recorded. Registrants will be sent a recording after the live event.

You can also register your interest in forthcoming events and grief ritual training by following this link to our website.

Francis Weller is an American psychotherapist, writer, and Soul activist.He is the founder of Wisdom Bridge, an educational project that synthesizes psychology, anthropology, and mythology. He has taught at Sonoma State University and the Sophia Center, and he has been the featured teacher at the Minnesota Men’s Conference. He is author of “The Wild Edge of Sorrow”,  The Threshold between Loss and Revelation, In the Absence of the Ordinary: Essays in a Time of Uncertainty, and “A Trail on the Ground: The Geography of Soul”.