My Education

I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Finance from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. I later pursued a Master of Arts degree in Depth Psychology with emphasis in Jungian and Archetypal Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California, where I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. My doctoral dissertation is a transdisciplinary inquiry into the material reality of projected images.

My Vocation

My research explores the intersection of psyche and matter, weaving depth psychology and modern physics with Christianity, mythology, art, and philosophy to illuminate how emotional images mediate between the psychological and the material.

I am drawn to concepts such as the Complexio Oppositorum, the Mysterium Coniunctionis, synchronicity, and the mystery of Time. I am fascinated by numbers as symbols, mathematics as a language, the erotic dimension of energy, and the somatic nature of projection. I am especially drawn to the call for deeper intimacy with the rituals and sacred meanings embedded in the Christian tradition, and to the ways these ancient stories continue to resonate in contemporary culture. I hold a deep commitment to advocating for the restoration of the lost feminine in the ongoing evolution of consciousness.

In particular, I am compelled by the sacramental life and the Catholic devotion to Mary, whose symbolic presence carries profound resonance for the transformation of consciousness. At the same time, I remain attentive to the dangers of literalism, which risk flattening the mythic image into dogma and eclipsing the symbolic depth these traditions hold.

I follow the quiet thread of synchronicity, yielding with an open heart to both rapture and grief. In this hallowed space of surrender, transformation takes root—born of the sacred dance between ruin and rebirth. As Marie-Louise von Franz so wisely writes:

“The fire has to burn. One just has to burn in the emotion until the fire dies down and becomes balanced. That is something which unfortunately cannot be evaded. The burning of the fire of the emotion cannot be tricked out of one's system; there is no recipe for getting rid of it—it has to be endured. The fire has to burn until the last unclean element has been consumed. If one is filled with 10,000 devils, one can only be burnt up in them until they quiet down and are still.”

A Fusion of Science and Meaning

My journey is rooted in science and comparative religion. As C.G. Jung once expressed:

“My interests drew me in different directions. On the one hand, I was powerfully attracted by science, with its truths based on facts; on the other hand, I was fascinated by everything to do with comparative religion. In science, I missed the factor of meaning, and in religion, that of empiricism.”

This duality shapes how I understand the world. I seek to weave together the empirical and the mystical, the logical and the symbolic. My writing reflects this integration, expressing emotional phenomena through both metaphor and logic.

Let’s Connect

If you resonate with any of the themes here, I invite you to connect with me through my Soul Confessions below. I share my reflections, writings, and musings in the hopes that they may offer meaning and insight on your journey as well.