C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago – Journey to Wholeness through the Alchemical Colors Black, White, and Red in Dreams and
Sandplay
September 25, 2026 – 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm CDT
September 26, 2026 – 9:00 am – 12:00 pm CDT
The first half of the program will be devoted to an exploration of the psychological meaning of the color-stages, illustrated with images from art. We then move in depth to the significance of the albedo and the rubedo as a complementary pair in the psyche, representing archetypal feminine and masculine energies.
Corroboration for these opposites as a pair is found not only in cross-cultural color symbol-systems worldwide and across time but also in contemporary studies of the neuroanatomy of the human brain. We will discuss the challenges we and our clients face in balancing these two energies in our daily lives.
In the second half of the program, we will focus on these colors in the sandplay of a deeply wounded woman on her transformational 22-year journey from addiction and the self-destructive behavior of her past to a radiant new life.
Registrants will receive a pdf with study material in preparation for the workshop.
Lynne Ehlers, Ph.D., CST-T; Author of Alchemy and Individuation: The Colors of Transformation (2nd ed.) 2025. She has served as adjunct faculty in the Sandplay Studies Program at JFKU, & associate professor at Sonoma State U. She has presented her work internationally since 2009. Her many articles appear in the Journal of Sandplay Studies; “The Tao of Sandplay Therapy” appears as a chapter in the book Into the Heart of Sandplay (2018); She offers sandplay, dreamwork, case consultation and Jungian depth psychotherapy in her private practice with adults in Albany, California.