The Healing Potentials of Archetypal Astrology and Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness

A Depth Psychological and Archetypal Approach to Healing, Transformation, and the Anima Mundi

A 9-Class Online Course with Chad Harris
Featuring Guest Participation from Richard Tarnas

June 6 – October 10, 2026
Bi-weekly Saturdays • 11:00 AM PT

Begin the Journey

Course Overview

This course offers a rigorous and integrative introduction to the intersection of archetypal astrology, depth psychology, and non-ordinary states of consciousness through the archetypal cosmological perspective developed by Richard Tarnas and Stanislav Grof.

 

Taught by Chad Harris, with special guest participation from Richard Tarnas, this 9-class course is designed to lay a strong foundation for ongoing study and practice within the archetypal astrological tradition. The course places particular emphasis on the relationship between archetypal complexes and non-ordinary states of consciousness—including psychedelic, holotropic, and spontaneous experiences—as well as the role of personal transits in clarifying periods of heightened psychological and spiritual transformation.

 

As the healing potentials of psychedelic medicines are increasingly explored, the question of how to engage these powerful modalities with depth, discernment, and care becomes ever more important. This course approaches that question through a symbolic and cosmological framework, emphasizing alignment with archetypal processes rather than control of outcomes.

This course offers a path to deeper attunement with the living intelligence of the cosmos.

What this Course Cultivates

  • The ability to identify planetary archetypes and their expression through natal charts and transits
  • An experiential framework for engaging non-ordinary states of consciousness within a meaningful cosmological context, with sensitivity to timing
  • Greater discernment in navigating periods of psychological and spiritual transformation
  • The capacity to participate more consciously in the unfolding of archetypal processes of individuation
  • A foundation for practicing archetypal astrology as a therapeutic, philosophical, and spiritual discipline

Who is this Course for

  • Those seeking a deeper understanding of the psychological and spiritual dimensions of their lives
  • Students and practitioners of astrology wishing to deepen their archetypal orientation
  • Therapists, counselors, and facilitators interested in integrating astrology into healing practice
  • Those called to explore non-ordinary states of consciousness within a meaningful cosmological framework
  • Individuals navigating periods of profound transition or transformation
  • Those drawn toward a more conscious participation in the unfolding of their life path