Howling at the Moon 2026
Your next step on the path to becoming who you are meant to be.
Howling at the Moon is an Illuman cohort immersion for men who feel called to deep personal work and the recovery of wholeness. Through self-awareness, inner self-healing, and connection with the deeper archetypal self, participants explore the protective and fragmented parts of the psyche that shape how we relate to ourselves, others, and the world. Carl Jung called this process the “path to individuation”: the lifelong journey of becoming who you are meant to be.
This experience begins with four online Council sessions and concludes with a five-day, in-person wilderness immersion at Aravaipa Canyon Ranch in Arizona. The current immersion draws from Bill Plotkin’s Wild Mind, along with readings from other cultural and spiritual guides.
The Main Practices Include:
Cultivation of wholeness
Council and mirror work
Group mirror training
Solo wilderness wanders
Individual dreamwork, active imagination, and guided mirror work
Self-designed ceremony
Who Is This For?
This immersion is appropriate for any man who wishes to cultivate deeper aliveness, authenticity, and connection with soul. Through time in the natural world, participants will deepen their relationship with the wild, with Spirit, and with the protective parts of the psyche that may have shaped or limited their lives.
For some men, this work may culminate in a Men’s Rites of Passage, creating space to ceremonialize transformation and mark the threshold into a new season of life.
Event Details
Dates (Online Council): August 10 and 24, September 7 and 21; 5 PM PT
Dates (In-Person Immersion): September 27 - October 2, 2026
In-Person Immersion Location: Aravaipa Canyon Ranch, Arizona. Accommodations available in the ranch house or camping.
Price: $875
Questions? Contact John Lew at gjohnlew@gmail.com or Dan Dolquist at dandolquist@gmail.com