Wednesday
25 November 2026
19:00
-
21:30
Talk
Workshop

The Sacred Alchemy of Shadow Work

Andrew Carmago & Sofie de Koning, Peru 2026.

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Shadow Work & Sacred Union

Shadow Work holds the key to achieving sacred union – sacred union with your own Higher Self, and also sacred union between man and woman. When marriages and romantic relationships break down, inadequate shadow work is invariably the culprit. When one’s own personality is fragmented and at war with itself, effective shadow work is what resolves the tension and brings about a higher harmony within the soul.

But what is Shadow Work, really? How do we do it? And how can we apply it to our most important relationships? Including our relationship with our own innermost self?

Join Andrew Camargo and Sofie de Koning as they guide you through a journey into the mystery of modern soul alchemy. Learn how to use the spiritual discipline of Shadow Work to bring about greater union within your own soul and in your more important relationships.

About the Hosts

Andrew Camargo is a spiritual teacher and researcher whose work explores the meeting point between Western alchemy, shamanic initiation, and Jungian psychology. He earned his B.A. in Literature and Psychoanalysis from Yale University in 2002, and his M.A. in Jungian Psychology and Mythology from the Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2009. Since 2006 has participated in more than 1200 Ayahuasca ceremonies within the Santo Daime tradition, which he has studied and documented extensively.

Andrew lives with his wife and daughter in the Sacred Valley of Peru, where he leads a Santo Daime community. His life's work centers on decoding the bridge between esoteric, occult, and alchemical traditions, showing how these ancient wisdoms can be integrated with modern psychology and spirituality.

Sofie de Koning is a mystic, body-based facilitator, and creative working at the intersection of embodiment, psychology, and consciousness studies. With a background in Medical Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology, her work bridges ancient wisdom traditions with contemporary inquiry, exploring how body, psyche, and spirit can return into dialogue within modern life.

Rooted in Hatha and Kundalini Yoga, breathwork, ritual, and trauma-informed bodywork, Sofie creates spaces for embodied remembrance through circles, ceremonies, and retreats across Europe. Her work is guided by an intuitive, devotional relationship with the body as an oracle and site of transformation. Through women’s circles, somatic practices, and writing, she engages the feminine as the most powerful force for healing, community-building, and transformation.

She just came back from her research for the University of Amsterdam in the mountains of Peru, where she explores embodied healing, ritual practices, and plant-medicine cosmologies as part of her ongoing academic and spiritual work.

Format

Zoom Presentation by Andrew Camargo | Somatic Practice by Sofie de Koning | Q&A

Date & Time

Wednesday, November 25, 2026 from 19:00 to 21:30

Language

The workshop will be conducted in English, with Dutch translation available on request.

Price & Admission

€60,-

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