NIKKI BROOKS, M.A.

Jungian Coach & Consultant | Doctoral Candidate

I AM

I am a writer, poet, mentor, and muse, lover of music, and dreamer. Darkest where fantasy fades, indwells doubt and awe, as I wonder what is real, and the truth feels raw. I do not know. So in vain, I weep, and here, I stay, and I say. . . I am a wounded healer tending to the cravings of the soul. Silent screams of an inner voice, reading aloud from an infinite scroll. Will you come with? I am standing still, slow dancing alone. . . Can you see what I see? It is you I crave as you draw me near, and then I hear. . . You are my daughter and granddaughter, my sister and friend, child of spirit and matter they blend. . . the father and mother. Now, who are you? Breathing. I am Mother. Creating. I inspire.

My Education

I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, and my Master of Arts degree in Jungian and Archetypal Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpenteria, California, where I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. My dissertation explores projective dynamics in individuation.

My Vocation

My work explores the interplay between psyche and matter, drawing connections between depth psychology and modern physics. I explore concepts such as the Complexio Oppositorum, the Mysterium Coniunctionis, synchronicities, and the nature of Time. I examine numbers as symbols and mathematics as a language, the erotic dimension of energy, and the somatic nature of projections. Central to my work is the call for deeper intimacy with the rituals and sacred meanings embedded in the Christian myth, as they resonate in contemporary culture. As a practicing Catholic, I am committed to advocating for the restoration of the lost feminine in the ongoing evolution of consciousness.

I am guided by synchronicities and value the wisdom of those who have come before me. Their mentorship, combined with my own longing for inner transformation, led me to surrender trustingly to my suffering, where the necessary destruction and renewal unfolded. Importantly, it was in the depths of my own hell where I alone discovered the alchemical fire burning within me. Marie-Louise von Franz writes:

“The fire has to burn. One just has to burn in the emotion until the fire dies down and becomes balanced. That is something which unfortunately cannot be evaded. The burning of the fire of the emotion cannot be tricked out of one's system; there is no recipe for getting rid of it—it has to be endured. The fire has to burn until the last unclean element has been consumed. If one is filled with 10,000 devils, one can only be burnt up in them until they quiet down and are still.”

My writing expresses emotional phenomena using metaphor and logic. These words of C.G. Jung resonate deeply: “My interests drew me in different directions. On the one hand, I was powerfully attracted by science, with its truths based on facts; on the other hand, I was fascinated by everything to do with comparative religion. In science, I missed the factor of meaning, and in religion, that of empiricism.”

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