Everyone who has been engaged in this and previous modules, I reckon has the utmost right to hold themselves with tremendous self-respect. Bravo, Bravo!... This and the previous modules come back to me each day, each interaction I have is coloured differently, each symbol, each dream, each transference and projection, archetype and synchronicity. And now I know they are there, I cannot ignore them. My change is for the better. I have shed some illusion, looked myself in the face, excavated my soul, and I am humbled. I will continue to grow, to change, and I’m grateful. To Tasha Tollman, Johann Mynhardt, Anja van Kralingen and Stephen Anthony Farah, my heartfelt thanks, liking and enduring respect. Of course I haven’t finished. I’ll never finish this work. And I have Rubedo to come, anyway. Thank You All, Fellow Travelers.

Sarah

The Nigredo course has been invaluable in more ways than can be written here, or perhaps completely expressed. Thank you for the space you’ve held and the assistance given. It was profoundly life altering.

Sue

Sadly, though it's been difficult, we're almost at the end of the Nigredo; its importance and effectiveness is just hitting home. I want to thank all of you who participated... your honesty, openness, kindness and courage has been incredibly valuable to my processing. And thank you to Stephen Anthony Farah Johann Mynhardt and Tasha Tollman and Anja for your insights,and attention to questions and responses to comments and postings. This has been truly a coming home to the darkness and its healing power for me. " As Kerényi has demonstrated, the birth of healing power from the nigredo belongs to the archetype of the wounded healer. In Kerényi's words, the myth refers psychologically to the capacity “to be at home in the darkness of suffering and there to find germs of light and recovery with which, as though by enchantment, to bring forth Asklepios, the sunlike healer”.

Laurie

The Nigredo course has been an enlightening experience and just looking at the questionnaire from before I realized how dishonest I was being with myself in regards to some of those relationships. I’m looking forward to continuing the process and growing through it with y’all. Thank you.

Grigor

My soul was touched and torn and pulled and stretched. I faced my deepest fears and discovered my most hidden desires. I finally embraced those inherited archetypes I attempted to run away from for so long..I have grown to love my dark side. I have learnt to listen to me. I have grown courage to let go of things and people who did not respect my journey. It was hard but necessary and rewarding. There were the fragile moments when we all shared our inner stories that I will always hold close in my heart. You took us on a magical carpet ride through the universe.

Karen

This has been a brilliant course for me. I have quite a few dreams and synchronous experiences where I have felt more whole and now feel in greater contact with what I see as the sun in my shadow which values my own inner world and private space and is the protector. It is the part I always throw away but is my most precious part and it brings light on me and then on the world. I need to treasure it and bring it out more and more by writing. Thanks!

Phil

As I see myself developing, I am witnessing this shadow and the destructive patterns at work in myself. I am becoming stronger within, more confident and beginning to be able to make decisions about what I prefer and not always pleasing or appeasing others. The result has been that in my good interpersonal relationships, I am letting myself be more courageous and open and allowing myself to take more risks with my feelings and letting some people see the real me. The impact is positive and humbling, as people are more generous with themselves, respond more openly. I have a greater sense of awe at the process, and a real gratitude for, and joy in, these intimate friendships. Thank you all - for your generosity and warmth in engaging with me and reading and sharing with me on this course. Wishing you blessings and increased fulfillment in your travels within...

Anthony

I have gained incredible insight through these past few weeks. The course and group discussions have enriched my life tremendously. The side lectures and readings we have all been doing added to the learning and transformation process. Deeply grateful!

Michelene

I have benefited so much from this course, and I really would like to give a testimonial. Thank you so much. My soul journey is in celebration to the Magnum Opus! My initial intention when I signed up to the Magnus Opus, was to address the issues of why I abandon my writing... During the work, where I expected dreams and visions, I found myself bereft of these tools. Journaling, word by word, has taken me into my subconscious, and brought me back into the daylight. My ruing of the ability to see my writing into fruition, has morphed into awe, as I have found the energy, the motivation to post my writing with the Magnum Opus. Furthermore, it is my writing that is giving me hope as I have written letters and mailed those words into the world. These letters have oppression, belittlement, and unrest written in each line. I have owned the victim inside me. The call has been heard by my wounded warrior, and my hero. It is with words, I have flung out the despair of my soul, into the universe. There is Light shining into this place of darkness. There is hope that things can be different. Changes are taking place. Shifts from the inside out. The voice that was silenced so long ago, far beyond memory, is awake and speaking. At the ground physical level, my workplace is being affected by this course. It is not just for me, but for many that I am making a plea. As quickly as I have sounded my voice, through the written word, the Universe is responding. My little self is now being asked to stand true to the words that I have issued forth. I will stand in the knowing; I am not alone. The Magnum Opus course is awesome. I cannot praise it enough, and yet, to praise it does not feel right. I bow to this experience of Divine connection. Thank you members. Thank you facilitators.

Janie

This has been a ground-breaking year for me, and much of it is due to the Magnum Opus stages we have been going through. Thank you so much for your inspired knowledge and stories. It’s a joy to know you are all here.

Lori

I want to express my gratitude for this course and also (again) for the Magnum Opus as a whole. It can be hard to determine cause and effect, but I feel like after almost a year of delving into my own psyche, the fruits of my work are really starting to bloom. After years of unclarity in the relationship-area, I find myself in (the still early stages of) a beautiful committed relationship that has taken form exactly as it fits me, even though it is somewhat different from how I though it ‘had to be’. Next to that, it seems I am slowly moving into other areas of work. Professionally speaking, opportunity is knocking and I hope this seed will take root over the coming months. Also, after years of floating about somewhat, I find myself in the midst of a beautiful community full of caring people that share so much values that I highly ascribe to. I feel nourished and held on a daily basis. And last but not least, I think I have never felt this whole and connected inside, on a daily basis in stead of just momentary. It really feels like all the parts I identified as complete dark chaos in Nigredo, have finally come together to unite in holy union. There is some bickering there still, but the capacity to meet the inner turmoil with conscious choice has vastly increased. Thank you so so much Stephen Anthony Farah and the Magnum Opus facilitators for developing this course and for your guidance during the process. I am really amazed at the results so far and cannot fathom what the completion of the full cycle will bring. Looking forward very much to the last stage, Rubedo.

Kim