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Welcome to
The Gothic Psyche
School of Thought
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Knowledge Lies in the Descent
If you are “wired differently”: autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, left-handed, suffer or have suffered epilepsy, or are simply deeply sensitive, you may already know why horror, the Gothic, and the unexplainable call to you.
This isn’t just taste. It’s your psyche seeking reflection.
A Map to
Reclaim Your Story
Your suffering is not the end of the road.
It is the beginning of the descent, an invitation to uncover meaning in the shadows.
Within the Gothic Psyche School of Thought, we follow a symbolic framework called
The Three Gates of the Descent.
Each Gate opens to a realm of hidden knowledge where the personal and the mythic meet:
The Mind as an Archetypal Universe
Anxiety, overwhelm, or neurodivergence are not flaws to be “fixed.”
They are stories written in the language of archetypes, ancestral figures that live through us.
The mind is a cosmos of images, symbols, and patterns. Recognising our diversity restores dignity to the way we think, feel, and imagine.
The Soul as a Daimonic Guide
Longing, dread, and hunger for meaning are some of our souls’ ways of guiding us.
Crisis, creativity, and intuition are not accidents but calls to transformation.
By listening to this daimonic voice, we engage in dialogue with shadow and light, becoming more whole. Not perfect, but authentically ourselves.
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The Body as a Haunted House
Your body remembers. Pain, illness, and discomfort are not random failures but metaphors, doorways into unspojen truths.
Everybody has its haunted rooms, secret corridors, and locked chambers.
Exploring then allows us to honour memory, release silence, and destigmatise difference in how we live within our physical form.
This is not a quick-fix method. It is a descent guided by presence, imagination, and symbolic insight into the places where your voice was lost, so you may finally reclaim it.
Are you ready to cross the first Gate?
What You’ll Find in the Gothic Psyche School of Thought
A contemplative and transformative space for those who sense that their difference, pain, or shadow carries hidden meaning.
This is not self-help, it’s a descent into the underworld of the psyche, where suffering becomes symbolic and the Gothic becomes a guide.
Through writings, videos, symbolic tools, and guided explorations, we engage in:
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Interpreting the symbolic language of the mind, body, and soul.
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Transforming pain into meaning, without denying or simplifying it.
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Reconnecting with personal myth and inner archetypes.
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Dialoguing with symbols, images, and dreamscapes of the unconscious.
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Navigating descent with clarity, responsibility, and self-compassion.
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Living more authentically and soulfully, in resonance with your inner truth.
All grounded in a Gothic, Jungian, mythopoetic, and Orphic approach.
No shortcuts. No false promises.
Only a deep journey into the Gothic Psyche, a school of thought for those who dare to descend.
Two Ways to Enter the Gothic Psyche
Every descent begins with an invitation. At the Gothic Psyche School of Thought, there are two main paths:
The Collective Path — Classes & Materials
Step into a shared chamber where you’ll find:
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Essays, symbolic maps, and seasonal explorations.
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Guided materials and tools to help you dialogue with your unconscious.
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Invitations to courses, workshops, and future community spaces.
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This is your place for self-paced discovery, guided by the framework of the Gothic Psyche.
Explore the Gothic Psyche annual course here
The Private Path — 1:1 Mythopoetic Journey
For those who feel the deeper pull, I offer a 3-month one-on-one descent:
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Six 90-minute online sessions
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Personalised symbolic guidance
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Archetypal and mythological analysis of your story
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Ongoing private support and integration
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This is like having your private tutor in the Gothic Psyche, a personal descent into your story, your symbols, and your soul.
Explore the personalised sessions here
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How the Classes & Materials work
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This is not traditional education. It is a school of thought where learning is lived, symbolic, and transformative.
Through essays, guided materials, courses and different explorations, you will:
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Engage with the archetypal language of literature, myth, and art.
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Discover symbolic tools to dialogue with your unconscious.
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Explore neurodivergence, death, and the Gothic as mirrors of the psyche.
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Follow seasonal themes and mythic cycles as collective guides.
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Learn at your own pace, while remaining connected to a growing body of thought.
This path is for those who seek to study, reflect, and deepen their self-understanding through shared symbolic material.
It is the collective chamber of the Gothic Psyche.
How the Mythopoetic Journey Works
This is not therapy or a course.
It is a private 3-month descent. A transformational container for those ready to explore the deep symbolic roots of their suffering and reimagine their life from the inside out.
Across three months, you’ll be guided to:
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Enter your story through six deep-dive 1:1 sessions (90 minutes each, online).
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Receive personalised symbolic guidance and archetypal analysis.
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Work with exclusive exercises and symbolic practices between sessions.
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Map your suffering and patterns within mythic and Gothic frameworks.
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Be supported through ongoing private contact and a closing integration.
Investment in Your Descent: €1,200
(With an instalment payment option)
This is the private chamber of the Gothic Psyche; a personal tutoring for your symbolic journey.
If you feel the pull, it means you’re ready.
Add terms and conditions
Best Value
Descent-1 payment/Descenso -1 pago
1,200
Three months setting the foundations of your Gothic mythic map/ Tres meses construyendo los pilares de tu mapa mítico gótico
Valid for 3 months
6 online 90mins. 1:1 sessions/6 sesiones 1:1 de 90 mins.
Exclusive content/Contenido exclusivo
Analysis of your inner world/analisis de tu mundo interior
Ongoing private support/apoyo continuado privado
Closing integration/integración final
Best Value
Monthly Descent - Descenso mensual
420
Every month
Three months setting the foundations of your Gothic mythic map/Tres meses construyendo los pilares de tu mapa mítico gótico
Valid for 3 months
6 online 90 mins. 1:1 sessions/6 sesiones 1:1 de 90 mins.
Exclusive content/Contenido exclusivo
Analysis of your inner world/análisis de tu mundo interior
Ongoing private support/apoyo continuado privado
Closing integration/integración final
Choose your pricing plan
Find the best plan that works for you
WHO I AM AND WHY I CAN ACCOMPANY YOU
I am Alicia Domínguez, also known as Alice in Gothic Land.
I’m an English philologist with a Master’s in Jungian Psychology, and the creator of The Gothic Descent, a YouTube space where Gothic literature becomes a mirror for the soul.
But more than titles, my work arises from lived experience:
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A body marked by grief and chronic illness.
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A motherhood touched by death.
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A life stitched together by forgotten myths that still pulse beneath the surface.
These are the roots of the Gothic Psyche School of Thought.
It is not an abstract philosophy, but a lived descent and a way of seeing suffering, shadow, and difference as thresholds to meaning.
Over the years, I’ve walked beside others as they ventured into their symbolic depths, helping them resurface with courage and a renewed connection to their story.
I’m not a therapist. I’m not a guru. I’m a woman halfway through life, wildly curious, deeply human, with a fierce belief that pain holds the key to transformation.
Because pain is not the end.
It is the threshold.
And crossing it changes everything.
