{"id":33319,"date":"2026-03-02T16:07:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/?post_type=product&p=33319"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:40:50","slug":"disability-and-individuation-in-c-s-lewiss-till-we-have-faces-a-jungian-reading-of-myth-and-transformation","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/product\/disability-and-individuation-in-c-s-lewiss-till-we-have-faces-a-jungian-reading-of-myth-and-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Disability and Individuation in C.S. Lewis\u2019s Till We Have Faces<\/i>: A Jungian Reading of Myth and Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this online seminar, participants are invited into the hidden chamber where myth, wounding, and divine encounter converge. Through the lens of Jungian depth psychology, we explore C.S. Lewis\u2019s Till We Have Faces<\/em><\/a> as an unveiling of individuation\u2014a journey through the map of disability where the body\u2019s limitation becomes the soul\u2019s revelation. What if disability were not a deficit to overcome, but the very crucible through which the Self is born? Guided by Jung\u2019s archetypes of the Wounded Healer, the Shadow, and the Self, we will uncover how Orual\u2019s veil mirrors our own masks of control and how her eventual unveiling mirrors the sacred task of becoming whole.<\/p>\n

Participants will engage a contemplative journaling practice\u2014a transformative crucible where reflection, image, and imagination unite. This journal will be provided with the course.<\/p>\n

Designed for therapists, clergy, and seekers alike, this course offers a mythopoetic approach to suffering, embodiment, and the divine image\u2014inviting each participant to behold the wound not as exile, but as initiation.<\/p>\n

This course will be accessible to all, but we recommend you read\u00a0Till We Have Faces<\/i><\/a>\u00a0in advance for the richest learning experience.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Learning Objectives<\/span>
\nThis course is intended to help you:<\/p>\n

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  1. Analyze archetypal themes in Till We Have Faces<\/em>\u2014including the Shadow, Persona, the Self, and Wounded Healer\u2014through a Jungian lens.<\/li>\n
  2. Interpret disability and limitation as potential sites of individuation and spiritual transformation.<\/li>\n
  3. Identify parallels between Orual\u2019s veiling\/unveiling and the individuation process described by Jung.<\/li>\n
  4. Reflect on personal experiences of wounding or limitation using guided journaling as a transformative crucible.<\/li>\n
  5. Synthesize insights from Jungian psychology, myth, and theology to reimagine embodiment and suffering as pathways to wholeness.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Recommended Reading<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n