Day of Reflection with Chaz Franke

Come join in on an exploration into the inner mystic that drives all of our seeking towards authenticity. Carl Jung coined the terms archetypes to try and explain the primordial energies and images that animate all of human life throughout history. These images and symbols have transcended cultures, time periods, and religious experiences, and they have proven to be central to understanding the depth of our inner architecture and collective unconscious. From parables to pantheons, we can find the threads of the archetype in every human story.

In this day of reflection we will sit and find the archetypes that have been driving your unique story. On this journey we will enlist two special guides along with some of their friends and students to help us find our inner mystic. These guides are Carl Jung and a learned student of his teachings: Richard Rohr. Rohr has written extensively about the archetypes and the guiding forces that call us all to become mystics in our own right. We will explore the concept of the archetypes, classic examples of symbols and figures from religion across time, ways we all carry every story that has ever been told and find practices that help us deepen our connection to the part of us that seeks.

Chaz Franke has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from McKendree University and a Master of Social Work degree from Saint Louis University (SLU). He received his clinical license in 2009. He is a therapist and clinical supervisor for Light Source, a small group practice in Belleville, Illinois. He is the PhD in Holistic Counseling Program at Salve Regina University. It’s there that he has taught “Body and Personal Myth,” a course on the work of Carl Jung.

Since the beginning of his career as a therapist, he has worked with trauma and its long-reaching effects. He specializes in self-compassion and integrating Eastern thought and philosophy into the therapeutic process. Chaz has been a practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism under the guidance of Lama Justin Von Bujdoss for many years. Over the course of studying and practicing Buddhism in the last twenty-five years he has also studied mysticism and spiritual practices across multiple religions and schools of thought.