Saturday, June 27, 1 pm – 4 pm
Bill McKenzie, LCPC
Held in-person at the Jung Center
$65, CEUs: 3

Why has the legend of the Holy Grail captivated imaginations for nearly a thousand years? To most people, the Grail appears as a medieval relic, a shimmering chalice of miracle and mystery. But Emma Jung (and Carl) and others saw something deeper: the Grail as the supreme adventure of the human spirit — a myth about restoration, rebirth, and the courage to follow one’s own inner calling.

Drawing on the work of Jung and Joseph Campbell’s exploration of myth, this program follows three Grail heroes—Lancelot (the Divided Heart), Galahad (the Way of Purity), and Parsifal (the Overcomer)—as archetypal guides through the soul’s transformative journey. Through the lens of the Grail legend, participants will encounter a symbolic map of what Jungians call individuation: the process of becoming one’s most authentic self. In this telling, the Grail is not an object to be possessed, but a call to service. The journey inward—through conflict, purification, and integration—becomes how one not only transforms oneself but contributes to the healing of the world.

Recommended Reading
The Grail Legend, Jung, Von Franz
Romance of the Grail, Joseph Campbell

About the Instructor
Bill McKenzie, LCPC is a psychotherapist at Springfield Psychological Center in Springfield.  He lives with his wife in New Harmony, Indiana.  He has a Masters Degree in Human Development Counseling from the University of Illinois at Springfield where he earned his degree and licensure in 1993. Parallel to his therapy practice, he spent three decades in social work and training design, chiefly developing a variation of the Reflective Supervision model used in the home visitation field.

Bill is also a former pastor and founder of New Covenant Community (Now the Vineyard), in Springfield, Illinois – a church emphasizing the emergence of the inner life and the impact of the Church’s mystic heritage.

Bill is also a writer, a musician and lecturer – he has spent the majority of his adult life as an avid student of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell and the fascinating ways in which their ideas and perspectives intersect and overlap.