Annick de Souzenelle
The Symbolism of the Human Body
Annick de Souzenelle’s work opens a profound path into the body as a living language.
In The Symbolism of the Human Body, she invites us to read the body not only through anatomy, but as a sacred architecture, a symbolic landscape where organs, bones, skin, breath and movement carry deeper meanings. Drawing from biblical, mythological and spiritual traditions, she approaches the human body as a place where our inner life, our transformations and our becoming are inscribed.
Her vision deeply resonates with Les Passagées’ exploration of embodiment: the idea that the body is not simply something we have, but something we inhabit, listen to, and move through. A mysterious inner territory. A labyrinth. A threshold between the visible and the invisible.
Annick de Souzenelle inspires us because she reminds us that the body is never mute. It speaks, remembers, reveals, and guides. It is a place of passage between matter and spirit, intimacy and universality, fragility and metamorphosis.
The Body and the Symbolism — Annick de Souzenelle conference in London