Since childhood, Veronica Goodchild has always wondered about the mysteries of the Cosmos. This led her to study religion and philosophy, and eventually the work of Carl Jung and his alchemical psychology. She felt that his compassionate and instinctual approach to suffering as concealing the creative seeds of a meaningful life was key to discovering who we truly are.  Feeling drawn to the visionary and spiritual side of Jung’s deep psychological work, she also studied mysticism and various shamanic traditions, combining them into her work as a depth psychologist, teacher, therapist, pilgrimage leader, and author. In addition to her studies, dreams and personal interest have led Veronica to travel to some of the sacred landscapes of Palestine, Greece, Great Britain, France, Malta, Peru, and Egypt, to learn from their mythic stories, temple sanctuaries and mystery schools, and healing protocols. Some of her own pilgrimage offerings, in addition to her solo Camino walks, were inspired by the traditions of these cultures.

Delving deeply into the phenomenon of synchronicity and star nation visitations as revealing our intimate connection with the spirit and soul of nature and the wider cosmos, she feels that healing needs to expand beyond the self, to include non-ordinary psychoid states that reflect the emergence of a new subtle dimension of consciousness.  She feels this represents a new kind of mysticism coming into our world as part of the move toward the new cosmic age of Aquarius and a much-needed broader vision of reality based in wisdom.

Veronica is Professor Emerita at Pacifica Graduate Institute, and an Affiliate Member of the Inter-regional Society of Jungian Analysts. She is the author of Songlines of the Soul: Pathways to a New Vision for a New Century, and Eros and Chaos: The Sacred Mysteries and Dark Shadows of Love.
Veronica lives in SW France.