Allenspark
CO
Wild Mind Intensive – Partnership with Illuman – September, 2022
With Gene Dilworth, M.A. and Dan Dolquist, M.Div, Th.M, D.Min
Based on Bill Plotkin’s book, Wild Mind: A Field Guide to the Human Psyche, this 5-day intensive is an experiential exploration of our human psyches as unique expressions of the universal forces and patterns of nature. We will work with what we call the Nature-Based Map of the Human Psyche, which is, among other things, a comprehensive inventory of what can be right about a person, a “shadow” version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), mainstream psychology’s list of what can go wrong with people.
Our wild minds possess astonishing resources, untapped potentials and depths that we might not even know exist until we discover how to access them, cultivate their powers, and eventually integrate them into our everyday lives. In this intensive, we’ll access these depths and potentials — which we call the four facets of the Self, or the four dimensions of our innate human wholeness — and also the four sets of fragmented or wounded subpersonalities that form during childhood.
Rather than attempt to eliminate our subpersonalities (which is not possible) or to beat them into submission, we’ll cultivate the four facets of the Self and uncover the gifts of our subpersonalities. Our goal is to fully embody our multifaceted wild minds, commit ourselves to the largest, soul-infused story we’re capable of living, and serve the greater Earth community.
Discover:
- how to recognize and consciously cultivate the four facets of the Self — your innate human wholeness
- how to identify the subpersonalities that supported you in childhood and adolescence to adapt to the challenges of family and social life, but ultimately became barriers to your full and authentic humanity
- practices and guidelines for cultivating relationships between the Self and your subpersonalities, enabling you to heal your subpersonalities, discover their gifts, and foster Self-actualization
- how each facet of the Self provides essential resources for the underworld journey (the descent to soul), its radical transformation of personal identity, and for living as a visionary artisan of cultural evolution.
We’ll explore the landscape of the psyche through a variety of practices, including creative expression, self-designed ceremony, solo exercises while wandering on the land, group work, movement, voice dialogue, journaling, and deep imagery work.
Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center is nestled on 283 acres of Ponderosa Pine and Aspen in the majestic Rocky Mountains. Located in Allenspark, Colorado, the camp is 8,310 feet in elevation and home to moose, elk, bear, and eagle.. We will be headquartered at rustic Horse Lodge, located apart from the main retreat center, with access to rest of the camp acreage which includes rock vistas looking out into Rocky Mountain National Park.
About the Guides
Gene Dilworth, M.A.
Gene Dilworth is dedicated to the project of rewilding the human spirit as an essential dimension of being fully human in these times. By nurturing meaningful relationships with the more-than-human world and facilitating deep inquiry into the mysterious depths of one’s true nature, he supports individuals to discover, re-member and live from the center of […]
Dan Dolquist, M.Div, Th.M, D.Min
Dan is a dreamer with a passion of surrendering to the Earth’s intelligence and serving the Dream of the Earth. He is active in rewilding humanity through leading a year long cohort for men entitled “Howl at the Moon,” and with deep structural work in community formation in Longmont, Colorado. Dan studied the wisdom traditions […]
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