ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a mythopoetic approach to trauma through the author’s self-reflective account, located in an Indian-Hindu context, consisting of images and symbols of a ghost, the Hindu monkey god Hanuman, and finally a harmless ghost. The author shows how trauma expresses itself in a mythopoetic language that gets composed in dreams and in the client–therapist relationship. The chapter explores the significance of myths, rituals, and embodiment in healing from trauma. It describes how these images and symbols are not just functions of the unconscious psyche but also embody felt experiences in relation to trauma and resilience. We understand how drama-therapy offers a space for these myths to emerge, be acknowledged, and bring together mind and body in the process of healing.
