Laura Strong, PhD

Mythologist • Visual Artist & Designer • Systems Thinker

I’m a cross-cultural mythologist, visual artist, and designer with a deep interest in the symbolic, intuitive, and mythic dimensions of transformation. For decades, I’ve drawn on my intuitive sensibility and creative background to explore the threshold between seen and unseen worlds—especially in relation to death, transition, and the enduring presence of the soul.

My academic training includes an MA/PhD in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where I focused on global traditions surrounding death, rites of passage, and the archetype of the psychopomp—a guiding figure between the realms of the living and the dead. This gave context to lifelong experiences and opened new ways to frame cultural conversations around loss and change.

Through visual art, research, and story-based design, I continue to explore how myth, imagination, and symbolic language can help us engage with life’s deeper mysteries—while making space for reflection, connection, and meaning in times of transition.

Laura Strong, PhD
info@psychopomps.org