Sinsomnia – Details, episodes & analysis

Kristen and Sammy discuss Carl Jung’s piece on ‘The Transcendent Function’. They read a few excerpts and describe how they see personality type impacting this method, but also how accessing this space allows the ‘machine’ of type to be more regulated by its compensatory counterpart; the unconscious. Letting this theory be a part of the conversation with Enneagram type can give more flavor or color to our individual struggles, rather than just working with type as a description of qualities and behaviors.

Today, Sammy and Kristen discuss the appearance of animals in dreams and how they could be the messengers of our instinctual natures. The girls mainly focus on the objectivity an animal’s nature can provide to our instincts, rather than getting stuck in the neurosis of the subjective personality’s relationship to instinct. The many facets of self-preservation are discussed, as well as the different centers of intelligence in the Enneagram. Some personal dream examples are used to articulate the potential pivots of our autonomy and choices in life when we receive the message of a dream animal. The conversation also goes into the direction of imaginary worlds, oracles, and feminine initiation.

Resources;

• ‘Descent to the Goddess’ by Sylvia Brinton Perera

Kristen & Sammy are back to tinker with the ideas of the head center. They talk about what constitutes a conscious or unconscious choice and how the ego might be ‘getting in the way’ of its connection to the head center, animal nature, and divinity. They bring in different ‘maps’ such as astrology, tarot, and philosophy to understand the depths of these topics like fate and free will.

Resources;

‘The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages’ by Paul Foster Case

‘Magic, White and Black’ by Franz Hartmann

Astrology Podcasts - ‘Nightlight Astrology’ and ‘The Astrology Podcast’

Kristen & Sammy explore the idea of narratives and inner constructs created by the head center. They question what kinds of needs might fuel certain patterns of narratives and how early in life our constructs of reality even started to build themselves. The other centers are discussed as well, showing how these types of realizations don’t happen in isolation. They bring in their own experiences, dreams, symbols, and ideas to try and understand the unconscious and conscious power of the creative mind when stuck in a narrative trance.

Resources;

‘The Mind of God’ by Paul Davies 

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It’s spooky season, so the team decided to talk about nightmares since it correlates synchronistically with the head center. Kristen mainly takes the stage here with her history of nightmares and how it could have been helping her experience repressed fear and regulating her emotional health. They discuss how nightmares could be a direct way to experience all three instinctual centers.

Resources;

‘The Twenty Four Hour Mind’ Article;

https://www.themarginalian.org/index.php/2012/08/13/the-twenty-four-hour-mind-rosalind-cartwright/

James Hillman; ‘Pan and the Nightmare’

James Hillman lecture; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qRRPBAx_CQ 

During this episode, we bring in individual dreams to talk about the neuroses of the head center. Our discussion helps us piece together all of the different components that become exposed through this process and paint a fuller picture of the head center’s needs and narratives. Our personal experiences highlight the ways we are relating to reality and the attachments/connections we have with each other. We explore the ideas of superego, the pain/pleasure principle, trust/mistrust, escapism, addiction, and more.

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The dream girls reorient to the head center and what it could be conjuring up in the dream realm. They discuss the differences between instinctual fear and neuroses, and the ego/personality and the head center. Topics like the higher mind, fear, reality, narratives, and horror are all explored in relation to the head center and how we are orienting to ourselves and life. They bring in a few recent, personal dream examples to highlight how alive these ideas are in the unconscious.

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We bring in our personal dreams on the heart center to discuss how all of these recent discoveries with our hearts, image, and identity could be impacting us unconsciously. Kristen had a few fragments that they expand on for 20 minutes, and Kaisa’s dream takes center stage by sparking a conversation on the personal versus collective heartbreak of reality and the environment. This conversation takes many turns into sadness, pain, inspiration, and humor. Here is the link for the image referred to at the very end; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TBIhfgJ4Fx-8OyntYIMGfAeMWAvN3I5S/view?usp=drive_link 

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REMINDER TO SIGN UP FOR THE 8-WEEK COURSE BEFORE SEPT. 15! https://www.theenneagramschool.com/dreams-and-the-enneagram-class 

Today, Kristen and Kaisa explore the idea of what ‘identity’ is, how it is seen by the ego, how it’s perceived or talked about in the ‘collective’, what even is the ‘collective’, and how confusing all of this stuff is. They discuss personal examples, where they are currently, and how this material is allowing them to change the way they see themselves and the world. “The self divided is precisely where the self is authentically located... We all have identity crises because a single identity is a delusion of the monotheistic mind... Authenticity is in the illusion, playing it, seeing through it from within as we play it, like an actor who sees through his mask and can only see in this way.” - James Hillman

Kristen and Kaisa enter the public realm for the first time in a live recording of their recent dream webinar. They talked about their upcoming course that is now open for registration, what they’re excited about and how the structure will be, and answered questions from the participants. Hosted by Josh Lavine from the Enneagram School and 'What It's Like To Be You' podcast.

To sign up for the 8-week course that starts on Sept. 15, 2024 - https://www.theenneagramschool.com/dreams-and-the-enneagram-class

Josh's Podcast/Youtube -

https://open.spotify.com/show/0MrR4gEqb3Fr0GPKqA3Llr?si=a8e8fbd908844502

https://www.youtube.com/@TheEnneagramSchool