A unique series of paintings from transpersonal sessions representing insights into the nature of reality and the relationships between the ego, the Self and the universe.

'Through Suffering to the Black Sun', the manifestation of the innermost core of the human being, the divine Self. It is symbolized by the Black Sun which, unlike the sol niger of alchemy, is associated with transcendental bliss. The red stripes represent the suffering which must be endured in order to realize one's real nature.

The Black Sun is here depicted as the ultimate source of creative energy in the cosmos. In combination with the preceding painting this gives rise to the idea of the 'Beyond Within', the essential identity between the individual Self and the universal Self. The insight shows a similarity to the Hindu concept of the relationship connecting Jiva with Atma-Brahma and is especially striking as the subject was not familiar with Indian philosophy.

The process of creation and its relationship to the individual as well as the universal Self. The stream of creative cosmic 'energy-consciousness' emanates from it's source, the Black Sun, and generates the infinite richness of form. In this case the created elements are related to the vegetable kingdom: blossoming trees, flourishing meadows and aquatic plant forms.

The process of cosmic creation through volcanic activity. The patient, who in the perinatal process had experienced the the destructive power of volcanoes, was now appreciating the creative, mountain-forming potential of the glowing magma. She related it to a primordial, intermediate state between consciousness and matter out of which all forms emerge and into which they eventually return.