Ancestral Shadows: Roots, Memory & Unseen Lineage

Six Week Class Taught Online Via Zoom 

Hosted by International Society of Mythology

Tuesdays, July 14 - Aug 18, 2026
4:00 - 5:30 pm PT | 7:00 - 8:30 pm ET
$170

Course Description: 

Where do we come from—when the stories are known, and when they are not? 

This course explores ancestry as both inheritance and mystery. Moving beyond a purely genealogical understanding, we enter the deeper terrain of mythic, archetypal, and embodied lineage. Through comparative mythology, depth psychology, ritual practice, and somatic inquiry, we will engage the many layers of ancestry: biological, cultural, adoptive, communal, and imaginal. 

For those whose lineages are fragmented, hidden, or unknown, this course offers another way in. 

Ancestry is not only something we research—it is something we feel, carry, resist, and become.

What You’ll Learn: 

By the end of this course, participants will: 

- Develop a multidimensional understanding of ancestry beyond bloodline 

- Explore mythological and archetypal frameworks for engaging ancestors 

- Work with ancestral shadow: inherited trauma, silence, rupture, and displacement 

- Cultivate practices for connecting with known and unknown lineages 

- Engage somatic and ritual methods for ancestral relationship-building 

- Examine personal narratives of belonging, identity, and origin through a mythic lens 

- Create or deepen a personal ancestral practice rooted in consent, discernment, and agency

Each session includes: 

- Lecture (mythological, psychological, historical frameworks) -

 Guided reflection or journaling 

- Somatic or imaginal practice 

- Optional ritual engagement 

- Group discussion

PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students unable to attend live.

Three Hour Intensive Taught Online Via Zoom

Sunday, August 9, 2026
10:00 am - 1:00 pm PT (CA Time)
$50 Paid Patreon Members/ $70 General Admission

Hosted by Morbid Anatomy

There are moments in life when something within us begins to insist—on change, truth, expression, or becoming—quietly at first, then unmistakably, until it can no longer be ignored.

In this three-hour intensive, we will explore the archetype that is currently active in your life: the pattern of energy, desire, conflict, or transformation that is asking to be met, not avoided. Drawing from depth psychology, mythology, and embodied ritual practice, this session offers a structured yet experiential approach to recognizing the forces shaping our inner and outer worlds.

Archetypes, explored through Jungian and archetypal traditions of depth psychology, are not abstract ideas or distant mythic figures. They are living patterns within psyche and story—forces that shape desire, perception, relationship, and meaning. The Lover, the Warrior, the Wild Woman, the Sovereign, the Orphan, the Sorceress. These energies emerge at specific thresholds: moments of change, longing, rupture, or awakening. Often, the archetype calling us forward is also the one we resist most strongly. It may disrupt our identity, challenge our habits, or ask us to step beyond what feels known or safe.

Together, we will examine how archetypal patterns appear through emotion, desire, relational dynamics, and life circumstances. Through guided reflection, mythic framing, and somatic awareness practices, we will begin to identify the archetype currently shaping our experience. We will also explore the concept of the shadow—that which has been denied, avoided, or pushed out of awareness—and how it often carries the very energy needed for transformation.

This intensive will be both analytical and experiential. Participants will engage in journaling, guided visualization, and a simple ritual practice designed to create a direct, embodied encounter with the emerging archetype. No prior background in mythology or psychology is required—only a willingness to listen closely to what is already unfolding within you.

This class is particularly suited for those in moments of transition, when we sense that something in our lives is shifting but not yet fully understood. It is also for creatives, seekers, and anyone drawn to myth, symbol, and the deeper patterns of the psyche.

You do not need to go searching for the archetype. It is already here. The question is whether you are ready to meet it.

PLEASE NOTE: Classes will be recorded and archived for students unable to attend live.