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Volume CLXVI – Awakening Stories of the Anima Mundi

Dear Dream Tending Community, In the world today, the stories dominating the psyche orient around war and exclusion. However, constellations of countless soul-sparks speak of new emerging stories, as well. These stories evolve not from the complexes of an ego’s power drive or habituated patriarchal narratives, but from the illuminating presence of an…
John Ziegler
February 3, 2026
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Volume CLXV – Honoring the Lambert Campus

Dear Dream Tending Community, Wishing everyone a beautiful new year! For January's Tending Tuesday, please see my brief video below regarding our upcoming Farewell Retreat honoring the Lambert campus at Pacifica Graduate Institute from May 1st-3rd, 2026. Please keep an eye out, as an announcement regarding registration opening for the Farewell…
John Ziegler
January 6, 2026
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Volume CLXIV – Soul Centered Response

Dear Dream Tending Community, A Soul-Centered Response We know the afflictions all too well. The list is growing by the day. I wonder, how will we respond? What is being asked of us now? Getting out to vote is important. Participating in community action is vital and often restorative. Yet, actions…
John Ziegler
November 4, 2025
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Volume CLXII – Immersion Into Deep Imagination

Dear Dream Tending Community,Last week, I attended the International Congress of Analytical Psychology, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of C.G. Jung. We met in Zurich, the home place of Jung, where analysts and those in training from around the world were in attendance. Drawn to the pioneering work of Jung, folks gathered to…
John Ziegler
September 9, 2025
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Volume CLXI – Creative Incubation

Dear Dream Tending Community,I have decided to devote this month's Tending Tuesday to sharing with you my ever growing enthusiasm for the upcoming Dream Tending and Deep Imagination Immersion Program, beginning in January of 2026. I am extending an invitation to all who are interested in exploring further the ways of the dreamtime and deep…
John Ziegler
July 21, 2025
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Volume CLX – Psyche in the World of Today

Dear Dream Tending Community,As we are experiencing time and again, the stories dominating the psyche in the world of today orient around war and extinction. Like many of you, I, too, am experiencing the urgency to reawaken within myself, and in community, the vital and resonant presence of new stories.…
John Ziegler
June 17, 2025
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Volume CLIX – Earth Day 2025

Dear Dream Tending Community,Earth Day has always held special meaning for me.  I am remembering those last hours of a five-day summit at the Hague, in the Netherlands where I spoke in the Peace Place during a United Nations Environmental summit. At the closing, I was the last to offer my reflections.…
John Ziegler
April 22, 2025
Living Systems and The Imagination Matrix Tending Tuesday

Volume CLVI – Living Systems and The Imagination Matrix

Dear Dream Tending Community,Journeying in the realms of Deep Imagination—in The Imagination Matrix—you become connected to the evolutionary powers of living systems. Here you gain access to the “source code” of imagination. Now is the time. The generative sparks of nature’s genius are still among us. Let’s support one another…
John Ziegler
February 18, 2025
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Volume CLV – Ensouled Stewardship

Dear Dream Tending Community,Ensouled Stewardship is vital to the task of enhancing our humanity in the world of today. It is a process of co-creation with others in its highest form. Thank you to all our service members who have answered this call. On behalf of the extended Dream Tending…
John Ziegler
February 11, 2025
Imaginal Intelligence Tending Tuesday

Volume CLIV – Imaginal Intelligence

Hello Friend, We hope you enjoy this excerpt and exercise from The Imagination Matrix, a new book by Stephen Aizenstat Ph.D. Join us for the accompanying workshop Exploring the Imagination Matrix, online March 7th - 8th.Over the years, I have found that when people open their Curious Mind and connect…
John Ziegler
February 4, 2025
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Volume CLII – Reconnecting with the Soul’s Calling

Dear Dream Tending Community, Today we revisit a reading by Dr. Aizenstat from his book The Imagination Matrix.To deny the soul’s longing is to become separate from the call, which results in stagnation and psychological paralysis. Creativity withers, and imagination dims. Researchers have found that multiple motivations drive interior reflection.…
John Ziegler
January 21, 2025
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Volume CXLIX – Dream Council: An Inner Community

Dear Dream Tending Community, Last week at our community's Tending Tuesday Live I offered insights from my personal dreams that provided guidance in navigating the world of today. I shared the value I find of being in supportive inner and outer communities. After our time together I deepened my appreciation…
John Ziegler
December 3, 2024
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Volume CXLVIII – Community Support: Embracing Change

Dear Dream Tending Community, In the world of today, deepening relationships with both our inner and outer communities is vital. Befriending our inner community of Soul Companions offers internal support and guidance. Connecting ever more deeply with our outer soul-centered communities provides the support and protection needed to incubate our…
John Ziegler
November 19, 2024
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Volume CXLIV – Explore What’s Unfolding

Dear Dream Tending Community, I want to personally invite you to join me this Wednesday for "The Emerging Possible: The Next Evolution." Together, we'll step into an experiential journey, exploring the dreams moving through us—dreams that offer hints of what is waiting to be discovered.In this special gathering, I'll share…
John Ziegler
October 15, 2024
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Volume CXLIV – Exploring the Imagination Maxtrix

Dear Dream Tender, We hope you enjoy this excerpt from The Imagination Matrix, a  book by Stephen Aizenstat Ph.D. “We are born with a living blueprint, the essential design to evolve our imagination. Each of us enters the world with the capacity to make creative leaps of consciousness and quantum…
John Ziegler
October 8, 2024
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Volume CXLII – Come Together To Engage With Dream

Dear Dream Tender, I would like to extend a heartfelt invitation for you to join us this Friday and Saturday for a special gathering of reflection and discovery, as we journey together through the realms of Dream and Imagination. In community, we come together to engage with dream, offering space…
John Ziegler
September 24, 2024
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Volume CXLI – Emerging Dreams: The Time is Now

Dear Dream Tender, Emerging dreams are gaining visibility—have you caught glimpses of them? The hints are everywhere—at times visionary, at  times challenging. Prophetic dream offerings inform the circumstances of personal life as well as, the conditions in our world. Generative dream insights can calm our anxieties, befriend us when we…
John Ziegler
September 16, 2024
Dreams and Healing Tending Tuesday

Volume CXL – Dreams and Healing

I have found that marinating a relationship with your dream life can be integral to physical health. In many instances, dream images have inherent healing properties. They function as imaginal medicines that can be used in adjunctive ways in the treatment of physical illness. I have developed methods to activate…
John Ziegler
September 3, 2024
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Volume CXXXIX – Awakening to your Calling

We come into the world already scripted by parental expectations, cultural norms, and now, technological programming.  However, underneath the haze of conformity there is a unique “blueprint” that is yours alone. Different from the programmer’s code, this soul’s code tells of your authentic calling. Through listening to the hints offered…
John Ziegler
August 27, 2024
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Volume CXXXVIII – The Dream Theme of “Falling”

Dreams have intrigued humanity for thousands of years, acting as windows into the psyche, they reveal our deepest fears, aspirations, and emotions. Certain dream themes recur universally, reflecting shared human experiences. By exploring common dream themes, you can gain valuable insights into your waking life. As I travel internationally, one…
John Ziegler
August 19, 2024
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Volume CXXXV – Tap into the Matrix

Dear Dream Tending Community,You are born with a blueprint, the essential design to evolve your imagination. You are genetically inclined to be curious and imaginative. Each of us enters the world with the capacity to make creative leaps of consciousness, and quantum leaps in learning. Your discerning brain and sensate…
John Ziegler
June 25, 2024
A 7-Year Old Dreaming... Tending Tuesday

Volume CXXXII – A 7-Year Old Dreaming…

Dear Dream Tending Community,The grief in the world is palpable. Horrors are omnipresent. Shootings in the streets, ecological devastation, wars raging, and political acrimony are daily occurrences. And, it goes on. The distress often feels like “too much”. Yesterday, a seven-year-old shared his dream with me. It was a nightmare…
John Ziegler
June 4, 2024
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Volume CXXXI – Increasing Imaginal Intelligence

Dear Dream Tending Community,How can you reconnect with and enhance your Imaginal Intelligence to meet the personal challenges/opportunities that the world presents? A shift in consciousness is needed. Research demonstrates that when theta brain wave activity increases so does your Imaginal Intelligence. This occurs when you move from an alpha…
John Ziegler
May 28, 2024
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Volume CXXX – The Journey into Imagination Continues

Dear Dream Tending Community,Last week we explored ways of opening your curious mind. Now we are ready to journey into deeper realms of consciousness. Let's begin your personal journey today! I have found that the antidote to being disconnected from your soul’s calling is to go “underground,” into the realms…
John Ziegler
May 20, 2024
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Volume CXXIX – Expanding Your Modes of Perception

Dear Dream Tending Community,As we build toward our upcoming, summer programming people have asked, "How do I get started?"  Whether you are joining us for the Imagination Matrix Workshop, our Pilgrimage to Switzerland or BOTH. Below is one simple method of preparation. This exercise is found in my new book,…
John Ziegler
May 14, 2024
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Volume CXXVIII – Illuminated Consciousness

Dear Dream Tending Community,I want to share with you where illuminated consciousness came alive for me, in Jung's Bollingen Tower.The autonomous psyche and deep imagination can come alive! I invite you into the Dream Tending community to join other like minded souls on the journey into dream and imagination. Warmly,…
John Ziegler
May 7, 2024
FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN AT LAMBERT CAMPUS Tending Tuesday

Volume CXXVII – Thinking of You!

Dear Dream Tending Community,Hello from Campus!Until next time…. Dr. Stephen Aizenstat Learn the Power, Purpose and Intelligence of Dreams Unleash your creativity and innate genius Stephen Aizenstat Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., is founder of Pacifica Graduate Institute, Dream Tending, and the Academy of Imagination. For more than 35 years, he has explored…
John Ziegler
April 30, 2024
Dream Tending in Community Tending Tuesday

Volume CXXVI – Dream Tending in Community

Dear Dream Tending Community,Dream Tending  in community is a sacred and transformative experience. There are a few times a year where we come together. This is a deeply personal time where a limited number of us will be working in depth with dream and imagination.This retreat promises to be an…
John Ziegler
April 23, 2024
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Volume CXXV – Applied Methods of Dream Tending

Dear Dream Tending Community,During my career as a clinical psychologist, a marriage and family therapist, the founder of Pacifica Graduate Institute and Dream Tending, I have tended the dreams of thousands of people around the world. From my time in the field, I have crafted a three-step orientation of working…
John Ziegler
April 16, 2024
Soul Companions Tending Tuesday

Volume CXXIV – Soul Companions

Dear Dream Tending Community,When you travel to new places, it is helpful to have guides who facilitate your experience, much as sherpas do on mountain climbs. When journeying in the realms of deep imagination and the dreamtime you notice that helpful figures also begin to appear. These figures are your…
John Ziegler
April 9, 2024
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Volume CXXIII – Finding Peace in Times of Heartache

Dear Dream Tending Community,When hurt is present, communities of support gather. I will be offering a Master Class where you can learn skills in finding peace in times of Heartache. Tending dreams and nightmares offer “imaginal medicines.” This two-hour Master Class will provide specific tools that can be used to…
John Ziegler
April 2, 2024
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Volume CXXII – Dream gives way to Imagination

Dear Dream Tending Community,As winter gives way to spring, dream gives way to imagination. Wake into childlike wonder and journey into the realms of creativity. Companions of the Soul await to be known. The call goes out… Can you hear its echo? How will you answer? Dare to dream, dare…
John Ziegler
March 26, 2024
THE DEEP DIG Tending Tuesday

Volume CXXI – Journeying…The Dig

Dear Dream Tending Community,The journey starts with the “dig,” an inward exploration of deep imagination.  Here you get in touch with the imaginal  intelligence and  embodied wisdom from within.The call goes out… The gathering is happening… The journey begins…   Join me as we journey together into the inner realms…
John Ziegler
March 19, 2024
Soul Companions Tending Tuesday

Volume CXX – Soul Companions

Dear Dream Tending Community,Momentum is building toward our workshops on the Imagination Matrix. We will be journeying through the realms of Dream and Imagination. Our destination is well known. It is the place of homecoming, a returning to the source of our deep belonging. To make this courageous journey, we need…
John Ziegler
March 5, 2024

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