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Re-enchantment is the return of wonder, mystery, and beauty to experience — especially after disillusionment. It is the rediscovery that there is no limit to the magical possibilities of life, not in spite of its emptiness, but because of it. When we discover the empty nature of experience, we discover that it is void of any objective reality, and thus this void is pregnant with infinite relative possibilities for creation and discovery.
We shift from a solidified, literal interpretation of experience into a poetic one, consciously choosing that which is most deeply resonant. Drinking from the well that is the infinite — the boundless potential of the unbound mind — we find a nourishment unlike any other, that of divine ambrosia. This path involves more than healing; it involves awakening the sacred imagination.
Re-enchantment invites clients to step into life as a dream, a myth, a creation — not to escape reality, but to meet it fully, with awe and creativity.
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Post-Disillusionment Wonder: Rather than returning to naive (reified) beliefs, re-enchantment involves sophisticated appreciation of mystery that includes and transcends rational understandings.
Emptiness as Creative Potential: Recognizing that because phenomena lack fixed essence, they are infinitely malleable and are open to conscious participation and co-creation.
Poetic vs. Literal Consciousness: The shift from seeing experiences as solid, unchanging, facts to experiencing them as flowing poetry, open to multiple interpretations and creative engagement.
Sacred Imagination: The capacity to perceive and participate in the mythic, archetypal, and luminous dimensions of experience without losing practical effectiveness and the ability to connect with consensus reality.
Co-Creative Reality: Understanding that consciousness and cosmos collaborate in the dance that is the ongoing creation of experience, making us active participants rather than passive observers.
Cultivating Beginner's Mind: Approaching familiar experiences with fresh eyes, allowing wonder to emerge through direct perception unclouded by assumptions and mental habits.
Mythic Consciousness: Learning to experience personal life within larger archetypal patterns and universal stories that connect individual experience to cosmic significance.
Aesthetic Sensitivity: Developing appreciation for beauty, symbolism, and the artistic dimensions of everyday experience through contemplative attention and creative practice.
Paradoxical Thinking: Embracing both/and rather than either/or perspectives that allow for multiple layers of meaning and interpretation to coexist.