wondering and wandering
Sarah at Þingvellir National Park, Iceland (2015) before heading North to attend the 2 week long Svartárkot
Culture — Nature program
You can contact me at: sarah.norton.phd@arcticmail.com
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Hello and welcome, Thank you for taking the time to visit and learn a bit more about me and what I have been up to. I am an independent scholar, writer, editor, and creator. I received my doctoral degree from Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2020 after completing my dissertation in Jungian and Archetypal psychology. The title of my dissertation was "Arctic Imaginings: Chasing Ice through C.G. Jung's Liber Novus into the 21st Century." This multi-year alchemical hermeneutic inquiry was an in-depth look at personal experiences of grief and ambiguous loss in the context of the larger backdrop of climate crisis. Through this experience and accompanying dreams, ice became an abiding image which offered wisdom, connection, and the light of hope even in the darkest times. With a bachelors degree in Sociology, a masters and PhD in Depth Psychology (sometimes termed the psychology of the unconscious), and as a certified Dream Group Facilitator through the Haden Institute, I am deeply interested in the individual, the community at large, and the many connections (known and unknown) that connect us to the world, especially in this time of climate chaos. I have a deep and abiding love for dreams, the cryosphere, and the creative process. As a passionate, but amateur, photographer, studied dreamer, and constant adventurer, I have a special connection to image and the wisdom that diving deeply into an image (visual or otherwise) can bring each of us. Just like the Sólheimajökull glacier pictured above, each image has many layers and hidden depths, which, once explored, can open up a new world of knowledge and understanding for the individual and the collective. Below you will find links to the various pages where you can access my writing and work. There are also "highlights" where I will update new publications and upcoming presentations occasionally.
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Current and past work
Writing on Medium
To read, visit: https://sarahdnorton.medium.com/
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Editor, The Rose in the World
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Academia Profile, CV, and essays
Read more: https://sarahnorton.academia.edu/
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Current and upcoming work
Information about upcoming publications and talks, as well as current pieces to peruse.
(Each of the images below can be used as a link to access the registration, bookstore, publisher, etc.)
(Each of the images below can be used as a link to access the registration, bookstore, publisher, etc.)
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ONGOING COLLABORATION
Great presentations here with Psychreative every month. I am honored to co-host this event in collaboration with Roula Maria Dib, founder of the London Arts-Based Research Centre(LABRC). This month I will be presenting as part of the second half, our "open-mic" period on an upcoming work that sprang to life in Susan's JABRC course.
Join us for this free event! Link |
UPCOMING Conference presentations
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Past Publications, presentations, and more...
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PUBLISHED ARTICLE
Psychological Perspectives, Vol. 64, Issue 3: Cultural Images
Glacial Grieving: Melting the Ice Within to See the World Renewed https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00332925.2021.1994808 |
PRESENTATION
Presentation of a work at one of our monthly Psychreative sessions (that was in progress at the time), "A Meditation on Green" view on Youtube: https://youtu.be/N-fNgNPfA1U |
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
December 2-4, 2022 online.
International Association of Jungian Studies. Presentation topic: Jung and Doom: Imagining a Path Forward into the Unknown |
PUBLISHED ARTICLE and POEM:
In Indelible's Issue #6: The Feminine:
"Grief and Hope: A Herione’s Journey," p. 32 and "The Great Mother, a Pantoum" p. 234 View the issue here. |
Article publication:
In Unpsychology Magazine, Issue 7, Spring 2021: Climate Complexity Change
"Snow: A Meditation on Covid and Climate" pp. 48-51 |
RADIO PROGRAM
"Finding Our Fit" on TheWork FM Discussion on the topic "What Your Shadow knows that You Don't with Gary Goldberg and Sanna Calvert of the Foundation for Family and Community Healing: www.HealingEdu.org |
presentation
Presenting the topic "Grieving with Earth: Melting the Ice Within" as part of a Zoom Panel with Foundation for Family and Community Healing (FFCH) for Earth Day , view now on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/cy6aBCHAuwY |
Published Article
Essay and photographs, a composite of a keynote talk at the 2020 Natural Spirituality Regional Gathering and a the FFCH Earth Day presentation above: "Arctic Imaginings: Melting the Ice Within"
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Published Chapter
Chapter 16: "Arctic Calving: Birthing A New Vision of the Earth through the Symbol of Ice" by Sarah D. Norton, pp.231-241
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collaboration
Sarah was pleased to contribute 3 dreams with commentary to this book. She was also honored to have the glossary of terms adapted from her work
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