A Midsummer Nights Writing Workshop

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

(C.G. Jung)

This is a creative writing & life journaling workshop that lives at the intersection of deep self-knowledge and artistic expression.

During the time of the summer solstice we gather again to look at what the first half of the year has brought to fruition and how we envision the rest of the year. It is an invitation to uncover what has been hidden, to begin what never started and to use your own creativity to express what needs to be said.

Across the weekend, you will be guided through:

• Generative writing prompts (fiction & non-fiction/memoir)

• Dream and symbol analysis

• Guided meditations and visualisations

• Reflective journaling exercises

• Rituals inspired by the summer solstice

• Exercises designed to deepen creative intuition and reconnect with your artistic self-expression

We'll be looking at excerpts from:

Dream Analysis by Carl Gustav Jung

Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

(and more)

You will come out of this weekend with new writing, new insights, new ideas and most importantly changed.

DATES:

27.06.2026, 7-10 PM British Summer Time (SATURDAY)

The Initiation

28.06.2026 7-9 PM British Summer Time (SUNDAY)

The Return

This writing workshop is for you if:

• you’ve not been writing that much all year and really want to get out of your slump

• you really want to reflect on some things that happened

• you keep repeating the same things and want to change

• you desire clarity

• you feel exhausted and need a moment to gather yourself

• you want to be inspired

• you like a witchy vibe

• you seek a creative community

• you want some concrete steps and goals for the rest of this year

• you’re curious what could happen if you try

About your instructor:

Sophia Hembeck is a writer, visual artist & cultural critic. She has published three books: Things I Have Noticed, 2020, Things I Have Loved, 2023 & Things That Are Different Now, 2025 which comprise lyrical essays as well as artwork that she specifically created for the books. Her work has appeared in off-chance, The Localist, Koralle Magazin,  Missy Magazin, Almost Magazin & Culture Vulture.

She’s a fierce advocate for literary essays and teaches essay writing classes for writers of all levels.