The Axis Mundi: The World Tree & Psychological Wholeness

Dr. MacDowell will explore the Western shamanistic concept of the World Tree as a pathway for conceptualizing psychological wholeness. In this discussion we'll look at how the metaphor's for the Upper, Middle, and Lower worlds reflect psychological states of being and development, while the concept of the tree provides us a means of creating a self-concept that actively links us with other living creatures.