Online events · 2026–2027
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Join presentations and discussions exploring metaphor, symbolism, psychology, language and human experience. See the next meeting first, save future dates, then revisit completed sessions in the recording archive.
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Live on Zoom
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2:00–3:00 pm UK
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DEC
2026
Thursday · 2:00–3:00 pm UK
The Long Dark Night of The Christmas Soul
A seasonal exploration of depth and introspection during the winter period.
Presented by Andrew T. Austin
07
JAN
2027
Thursday · 2:00–3:00 pm UK
The Living Death Metaphor
From zombies to empty lives: when we no longer have a life.
Presented by Andrew T. Austin
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FEB
2027
Thursday · 2:00–3:00 pm UK
Tidal Waves and Floods
When we get swept away and caught up in overwhelm.
Presented by Andrew T. Austin
04
MAR
2027
Thursday · 2:00–4:00 pm UK
The Hermit and The Hurts
An exploration of the symbolism of the Hermit Tarot card and its relationship to the Metaphors of Movement hurts bias.
Presented by Andrew T. Austin
18
MAR
2027
Thursday · 2:00–3:00 pm UK
“Stuck”: Processing collective trauma with ghost stories
Exploring the processing of collective trauma through ghost stories.
Presented by Adam Sargant (Story Teller)
01
APR
2027
Thursday · 2:00–3:00 pm UK
What Holds Us Up? Support, Decay and the Ground Beneath Us
Exploring how endings, loss, decomposition and inherited structures become sources of support within the metaphorical taxonomy.
Presented by Andrew T. Austin
15
APR
2027
Thursday · 2:00–3:00 pm UK
Faust: Selling Your Soul To The Devil
An exploration of the Faustian bargain and the metaphors of selling one’s soul.
Presented by Ray Wilkins
06
MAY
2027
Thursday · 2:00–3:00 pm UK
The Shape of Time: Portals, Pressure and the Divided Self
How past, present and future appear spatially in metaphor—and what movement, stretching, attachment and the two hemispheres may reveal.
Presented by Andrew T. Austin
03
JUN
2027
Thursday · 2:00–3:00 pm UK
When Metaphors Raise Alarm: Boundaries, Risk and Practitioner Discernment
Recognising metaphors suggestive of danger, abuse or profound misalignment—without overinterpreting—and deciding when to pause, step back or refer.
Presented by Andrew T. Austin
01
JUL
2027
Thursday · 2:00–3:00 pm UK
Into the Void: Deletion, Suppression and the Return of the Missing
Examining internal and external voids, trauma, social conditioning and whether integration can restore what appears absent from a person’s reality.
Presented by Andrew T. Austin
03
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01
OCT
2026
Past meeting · 2:00–3:00 pm UK
General Discussion and Q&A
An open session for general discussion, questions and answers about metaphor, symbolism and Metaphors of Movement.
Presented by Andrew T. Austin
14
SEP
2026
Past meeting · Recording available
Rainbows and Resurrection
Rainbows as an archetype and in autogenic metaphor. Watch the recording in the members’ archive.
Presented by Andrew T. Austin
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