PT390 Mackenzie Amara & Dr. Ido Cohen Vital Psychedelic Conversations
In this episode of Vital Psychedelic Conversations, Johanna takes the helm for the first time, hosting a conversation with Jungian analyst-in-training, writer, researcher, 5Rhythms\xae teacher, and Vital student: Mackenzie Amara; and clinical psychologist, long time PT collaborator, and Vital instructor: Dr. Ido Cohen.
As this episode features three huge fans of Jung (Johanna wrote her Master\u2019s dissertation on The Red Book and teaches a course through PT), they focus less on education and the future of psychedelic therapy, and instead get pretty deep; shining a light on an integral part of psychedelia (and life) we often avoid: the shadow. What is the shadow and what is true shadow work? What did Jung give us, and why is Jungian psychology so relevant for integrating psychedelic experiences?\xa0
They discuss the notion of the unconscious as a place you can develop a relationship with and access by very different means; the idea of the healer as the container; the problematic binary of good vs. evil; the flawed concept of ego death; the differences between authentic and neurotic suffering and personal and collective consciousness; the archetype of the wounded healer and why facilitators should both be wounded and in the process of healing; and how wonderful it is that society is beginning to embrace the weird and what makes us unique.\xa0
There are no shortcuts in life and there is no \u201ccure\u201d for the parts of the human condition we aren\u2019t comfortable with, but in the capitalist, efficiency-above-all-else West, we aren\u2019t raised to sit with the unpleasant, and instead learn to seek a quick fix, which has created an environment where we\u2019ve lost the ability to feel in the ways that we need to. Can you be with someone else\u2019s pain if you\u2019re running from your own? Can you have real compassion if you\u2019ve never suffered? Can you be complete without knowing your shadow?
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