Monika Wikman, Ph.D, is a Jungian analyst, astrologer and cranial sacral practitioner. Author of Pregnant Darkness: Alchemy and the Rebirth of Consciousness. Editor and contributor to Living with Fire: The Alchemical Imagination of Nathan Schwartz Salant and his contributions to Depth Psychology, Chiron Publications, 2026. A graduate of the Jung–Von Franz Center for Depth Psychology in Zürich, she taught for many years in the graduate department at California State University, Los Angeles, and was a principal investigator of dream research at UCSD Medical Center on "Dreams of the Dying." She hosts a non-profit project under Earthways.com, The Center for Alchemical Studies. Podcasts with Monika on various topics can be found at chasingconsciousness.net/episodes, shrinkrapradio.com and speakingofjung.com.