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The Myth of Gothic Land
A Descent into the Psyche through Story, Shadow, and Soul
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Every journey begins with a myth. Mine began in the shadows.
Alice in Gothic Land was born as a personal descent, a journey into the haunted corridors of Gothic literature and the vast, symbolic world of Jungian psychology. At first, it was a private exploration: a way to understand the darker aspects of myself through stories full of ghosts, mirrors, doubles, and decaying houses. But soon, it became something deeper.
A path.
A language.
A myth of my own making.
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From Wonderland to Gothic Land
As a child named Alicia, I grew up in the shadow of Alice in Wonderland. But the world I sensed behind that story was not a whimsical dream; it was a labyrinth of unsettling visions and distorted realities. Wonderland was more nightmare than a fantasy. It stirred fears I couldn’t name: the unknown, the irrational, the inner chaos.
Years later, I found my reflection not in Carroll’s Wonderland, but in the Gothic; a literary world where haunted houses, lost souls, and psychological horror spoke the language I had always felt inside.
The Gothic revealed what Wonderland only hinted at: the reality of shadow, the mystery of the unconscious, and the pain of transformation.
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Gothic Literature as a Map of the Psyche
It was through Gothic literature that I first glimpsed the unconscious and through Jungian psychology that I began to understand it. Jung gave me the tools:
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The Shadow
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The Archetypes
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The Individuation process
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The Language of myth, symbol, and dream
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The Gothic gave me the stories. Together, they became a roadmap.
And so, Alice in Gothic Land became not just a metaphor, but a mythic space; one that honours descent, depth, and darkness as sacred movements of the soul.
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The Gothic Descent Begins
As my path deepened, the project evolved. From courses to writing, interviews to dreamwork, I saw that others, too, were yearning for meaning in the midst of life’s darker chapters: midlife, grief, illness, disillusionment, creative blocks.
Thus, The Gothic Descent was born. It was the next evolution of the myth: a digital sanctuary where you’re invited to explore your personal myth through six transformative steps that mirror the archetypal journey of descent, death, and re-emergence.
It is still rooted in Alice in Gothic Land, but it’s no longer just about me. It’s about you.
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The Invitation
This isn’t a brand. It’s a mythic mirror.
It’s a space where Gothic stories and psychological depth come together to guide you back to yourself.
If you’ve felt the pull of the unknown…
If you’ve sensed that there is hidden meaning in your dreams, fears, and shadows…
If you’re standing at the threshold of change — or already lost in the underworld…
You’re not alone.
Step into The Gothic Descent with me.
Together, we will uncover the story you were meant to live; one symbol, one shadow, one step at a time.
Alicia. In Greek, “One who tells the truth”
Founder of The Gothic Descent
Storyteller | Jungian Explorer | Guide through the Mythic Unknown
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