Dark Journeys – Christine Valters Paintner

“There is a power we are each called to claim in the midst of our own dark journeys. Certainly we have all been victimized by life in one way or another, we have all had things happen we wish never had, traumas we carry that continue to wound us. We can continue to be victimized by our stories again and again, we can continue the vicious cycle of betrayal and abandonment upon ourselves by cementing ourselves in these patterns. Or at some point we can make a choice to claim the winter journey as a source of power as well as pain.”

 — Christine Valters Paintner, PhD The Online Self-Study Retreat ~ A Midwinter God: Making a Conscious Underworld Journey