Symptoms and illnesses are actually the metaphors of the dis-eases, the afflictions of the Soul, but they also reveal potentials and resources that cry out to be used. Even social difficulties or collective conflicts are an external representation of that which goes on inside the small "I"' and in families. They are, as well, an encouragement towards change, towards the search for new, inclusive and compassionate behavioral models.  

Behind existential suffering and sickness, there is conflict, a fragmentation of the being. To put the pieces back together, to join them through a new perspective of Self and of one's own destiny, allows us to let the vital energy, which connects us to the All, circulate anew.

 There  are many paths towards integration and union which lead the individual to knowledge of Self and of its enormous creative potential. Symbols, metaphors, images, are fundamental in a process of healing because they transcend the mind, its definitions and judgements. A forgotten language but an integral part of our intuitive, wise nature,  healing rituals bring us back towards Nature and towards ourselves because we are Nature.  

 They give meaning to existential passages, they offer a sure guide, and indicate habits conducive to, and in respect of, a healthy life. They reflect and create values of single individuals as of cultures. Uniting the wisdom of the past with modern knowledge, metaphor, symbols, and rituals sow seeds of healing in the unconscious.

They prepare us to meet and know our own powers of self-healing and they sustain us during the changes which we will inevitably have to deal with in the course of our existence.

 I suggest several paths which have given ample proof of their efficacy, and  have helped thousands of people to recuperate their interior force, to feel themselves more conected with others, to activate extraordinary processes of healing and reconciliation. Whether through dreams, reprogramming of the unconscious, heart-to-heart communication, connection with the natural world, they have taken responsability for how they wanted to live and they have achieved it realistically.   

A person who undertakes a healing ritual participates actively in the process, volontarily attaining the experience of connection, be it with himself, with others, with Nature or with the Transcendent.

                                                      Marie Noelle Urech