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To the mountain, to the mountain \u2013 [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/thyrsus.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/menadi.jpg” title_text=”menadi” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ image_icon_width=”24px” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”799b3499-cc60-44b2-8d6d-9d103ee787f0″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n First session (in person)<\/strong> [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ image_icon_width=”24px” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”799b3499-cc60-44b2-8d6d-9d103ee787f0″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Six online sessions<\/strong> [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ image_icon_width=”24px” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”799b3499-cc60-44b2-8d6d-9d103ee787f0″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Last session (in person)<\/strong> [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb use_icon=”on” font_icon=”||fa||900″ image_icon_width=”24px” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”799b3499-cc60-44b2-8d6d-9d103ee787f0″ body_font_size=”16px” body_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Fee: \u00a3180<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_button button_text=”Sign-up Now” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”1070dfb2-5f24-4da6-bc14-816756a846a9″ button_text_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”b78e4556-d299-469f-b739-eee1e68d99d3″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Our Writing Th\u00edasos is a therapeutic and reflective creative group for writers, poets, and artists who wish to explore the deep currents moving through their creative work. Rooted in the psychology of Carl Jung and James Hillman, the group weaves together imaginative writing, archetypal reflection, and self-awareness in a playful, Dionysian spirit.<\/p>\n At the heart of the Th\u00edasos is the belief that creative work is not merely self-expression, but revelation. Stories and poems are living vessels through which voices, themes, and archetypal figures emerge \u2013 often before we consciously recognise them. This group offers a space to listen closely to what is speaking through the work.<\/p>\n What We Do<\/strong><\/p>\n Participants are invited to write short stories, poems, and fragments through guided creative exercises. These exercises are designed not to analyse from above, but to invite images, moods, and mythic patterns to arise organically.<\/p>\n After writing, the group reflects together on what has appeared in the work:<\/p>\n The focus is attentive witnessing<\/em>. We ask: What wants to be seen? What is insisting on being written? 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<\/em>for there the mind is free.<\/em> (Bacchae<\/em>, Euripides)<\/p>\n
Saturday March, 10am\u20133pm<\/p>\n
Wednesdays 6.30-8pm<\/p>\n
Saturday March, 10am\u20133pm<\/p>\n\n
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