#Hypnos symbols full
I see the earth itself as a holy place and I believe that it’s possible to build a joyful, full life in the here-and-now regardless of your beliefs in an after-life. If we view her as a version of mother earth, this can be taken as a commentary on the importance of living in harmony with the earth – of acknowledging where our gifts come from. Hygeia holds a medicine bowl in most of her statues. Meditation can lead to important life insights and greater peace in one’s life. Hypnosis, like dreams, induces a different state of consciousness that is in some situations an appropriate mechanism for healing. Traumas buried deep in the past can effect current life situations (and dreams). My practice does strive to make the unknown world of the unconscious known consciously.
Hygeia’s cult in ancient Greece looked to healing dreams and dream oracles. Hygeia can be viewed as a spiritual framework or as a convenient classical analogy depending upon your own orientation. Several insights regarding my philosophical and theoretical approaches to therapy emerge when reading about her and the parallels to my practice. I think people of all spiritual and non-spiritual persuasions can draw from her example. Hygeia serves as an inspiration and a symbol of my counseling practice for many reasons. Hygeia is generally pictured holding a patera (medicine bowl) with a snake tamely coiling around her and about to eat from it. I am attracted by this holistic approach – the spiritual melded with mind and body concerns for holistic health. Temples were built to her and Asklepios (Greek god of medicine) for both worship and healing. Hygeia is the Greek goddess personification of physical and mental health.
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