Title: “Stars in Your Eyes, Rosy Cheeks, and a Happy Girl in the Morning”: An Alchemical Case Study in Orgonomic Ritual, Jungian Integration, and Pop-Cultural Mythos as Vehicles for the Transmutation of Complex Trauma and Somatic DiseaseAuthor: Dr. Eleanor Vance, Ph.D., F.S.A. (Pseudonym)Affiliation: Institute for Applied Depth Psychology and Ritual Studies, OxfordPresented to: The Society for Trauma, Symbol, and Somatic Healing, Trinity Term 2026
Title: “Stars in Your Eyes, Rosy Cheeks, and a Happy Girl in the Morning”: An Alchemical Case Study in Orgonomic Ritual, Jungian Integration, and Pop-Cultural Mythos as Vehicles for the Transmutation of Complex Trauma and Somatic Disease Author: Dr. Eleanor Vance, Ph.D., F.S.A. (Pseudonym) Affiliation: Institute for Applied Depth Psychology and Ritual Studies, Oxford Presented to: The Society for Trauma, Symbol, and Somatic Healing, Trinity Term 2026 Abstract This paper presents a longitudinal, auto-ethnographic case study of a single subject, here referred to as Jane, who has undergone a profound and ongoing healing journey from severe, multi-layered trauma and its somatic sequelae. Through an interdisciplinary lens combining Wilhelm Reich's orgone biophysics (as later popularized by Don and Carol Croft), Carl Gustav Jung's analytical psychology, the symbolism of medieval alchemy, and contemporary pop-cultural mythologies (WandaVision, Steven Universe, X-Men, Agath...
