In a world overflowing with distraction, it becomes increasingly difficult to slow down, to remember what is essential, and to listen to the quiet movements within our own heart. A Year with Hafez is an invitation to pause, to return to ourselves, and to enter a living relationship with one of the great mystical poets of all time.
For twelve months, we will gather once a month in a circle of exploration and contemplation. Each session centers on a single ghazal (poem) of Hafez and living elements of his symbolic universe. We will approach these poems not as literary artifacts or intellectual ideas, but as portals into the soul: images and presences that open us to deeper layers of our own inner life.
For centuries, Hafez’s poetry has been used for divination, a way of entering conversation with what transcends the rational mind and inviting Divine Wisdom into our choices and actions. When we stay with his verses over time, something begins to stir within us. Dreams shift. Synchronicities appear. The unconscious awakens and begins to speak and subtle transformations take root.
This is not a course about Hafez.
It is a year with Hafez
a year of allowing the pulse and presence behind his poetry
to infuse our days with orientation, clarity, and soul.
If you feel called to walk this path of imagination, presence, and poetic companionship, you are warmly invited to join.
Your guide, Arash Golnam, was born and raised in Iran, where the poetry of Hafez lived not only in books but in the rhythm of everyday life. His father, a professor of Persian literature for more than forty years, cultivated in him a deep intimacy with the classical tradition. Through that lifelong transmission, Hafez’s verses took root in Arash from an early age. Over the years, he has walked under their guidance, witnessed their transformative power, and explored their imaginal depths through the lens of Jungian psychology and his work as a Jungian analyst.
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Have a deeper relationship with your inner life.
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Feel drawn to mystical poetry and symbolic language.
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Notice dreams or synchronicities and want to understand their guidance.
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Slow down and create inner space in a busy life.
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Seek soul-centered transformation rather than self-improvement.
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Learn with a guide who unites Jungian psychology and Persian mysticism.
Class 1
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Class 2
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Class 3
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Class 4
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Class 5
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Class 6
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Class 7 (July 23 at 9 am PT / noon ET )
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Class 8 (August 20 at 9 am PT / noon ET )
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Class 9 (September 17 at 9 am PT / noon ET )
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Class 10 (October 15 at 9 am PT / noon ET )
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Class 11 (Nov 12 at 9 am PT / noon ET )
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
Class 12 (Dec 10 at 9 am PT / noon ET )
The duration of the class is 90 minutes.
