The Mushroom as Archetype

What if the parts of you that feel heavy, dark, or unresolved are not obstacles… but fertile ground? Hello mushroom! Our dear old friend.

In this intimate evening, we gather at the intersection of psyche, body, and Mother Nature, or Gaia as an earth being to explore transformation as a living, embodied process.

Guided by spiritual teacher Andrew Camargo and somatic facilitator Sofie de Koning, this workshop invites you to rediscover the body as a vessel of alchemy — where emotion, memory, and unconscious patterns can be metabolized into awareness, vitality, and new life.

At the heart of the evening lies the mushroom as archetype:

a force of decay, composting, and regeneration.

That which breaks down… makes space.

That which dissolves… feeds what is to come.

Together, we will explore:

• Shadow work as a natural, cyclical process — not something to fix, but something to move through
• The intelligence of “darkness” as a fertile ground for transformation
• The parallels between ecological processes and the human psyche

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 M.A. in Jungian Psychology and Mythology from the Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2009, and since 2006 has participated in more than 1000 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 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

Presentation | Somatic Practice | Q & A

• Meditation on death & rebirth
• Shadow work as a natural process (decay, composting, recycling) 
• The mushroom as archetype: breaking down → creating space for new life
• Linking this to psyche: how “darkness” becomes fertile ground
• Somatic grounding (body-based practices to digest experience)
• Journal prompts (by Sofie de Koning)
• Q&A for those who have questions

Date & Time

Thursday July 02, 2026 from 19:30 to 21:30

19.00 - 19.30 | Arrive and calm down with a complimentary tea in our café

19.30 - 21.30 | The Sacred Alchemy of Shadow Work- The Mushroom as Archetype

Language

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

Price & Admission

€60,-