Category: Soma Sancta

• Why the Mass Heals: Contemplative Stillness, Depth Psychology, and the Somatic Liturgy

  

  To your call I fallDaylight breaks through heavy rainStillness calls my soul ~Thomas C. Maples Somatic Liturgy and Building the Inner Sanctum To mend the tensions of the soul, my thought processes immediately turn to the chatter of what came first: the chicken or the egg. Or maybe, as we have explored in Thomistic hylomorphism,…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  June 8, 2026

  Analytical Psychology, Catholic Psychology, Depth Psychology, Soma Sancta

  Carl Jung, Catholic Mysticism, Contemplative Prayer, depth psychology, Hylomorphism, Imago Dei, Mindfulness and Faith, Overcoming Anxiety, Polyvagal Theory, Psyche and Soul, Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Liturgy, Spiritual Discipline, St Bernard of Clairvaux, St Hildegard of Bingen, St Thomas Aquinas, The Catholic Mass, Vagus Nerve Regulation

• Soma Sancta: Somatic Dissociation and Spiritual Healing

  

  Rain sweeps mud to moldGentle voice calls soul to saySpringtime Spirit’s play ~Thomas C Maples “And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us…” ~ John 1:14 Breaking Down the Wall In our foundational inquiry into the Soma Sancta, we confronted a staggering truth: we do not merely inhabit a body like a ghost…

  Dr. Thomas Maples

  June 1, 2026

  Analytical Psychology, Catholic Psychology, mental health, Personal Development, Resources, Soma Sancta

  Carl Jung, Cartesian Dualism / Mind-Body Split, Ego Defenses, Emotional Intelligence, Holistic Nutrition, Hylomorphism, Imago Dei, Interior Castle, Mindful Breathing, Somatic Dissociation, Somatic Dissociation and Spiritual Healing, Somatic Tracking, Spiritual Healing, St. John of the Cross, St. Thomas Aquinas, Trauma Recovery