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3.00 Credits
The universe uses a variety of processes, laws, and powers, such as the electromagnetic interaction, the second law of thermodynamics, and gravity. These are the fundamental activities of the universe that have given rise to all the complex beings throughout 14 billion years of evolution. The human being, from this perspective, is a new, holistic blending of these processes and powers. This course examines the way in which humanity can be understood as a "hominized" form of cosmological processes.
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3.00 Credits
Humanity and the Earth itself are currently facing an unprecedented challenge: a mass extinction, caused by human activity, unparalleled since the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Estimates are that at current rates, one-half of all species of life on Earth will be extinct by the end of this century. This intensive seminar explores the scientific, cultural, psychological, and spiritual significance of this situation, and the possibilities for changing humanity's direction. Readings include selections by E. O. Wilson, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Carl Jung.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
The phenomenon of synchronicity constitutes a dramatic challenge to the dominant scientific paradigm of our time: If synchronicity is real, the universe must be very different from what is assumed by the conventional scientific understanding. This course investigates the implications of accepting the reality of synchronicity and the role it has come to play in the psychological and spiritual life of our time. The course begins with a discussion of C. G. Jung's original formulation of the issue, including how that differed from the approach he actually adopted in his own life and practice, and then examines the various theoretical explanations that have been proposed by scientists, philosophers, and depth psychologists.
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3.00 Credits
A companion course to Western Spiritual Masters, this course studies 20th-century spiritual teachers and activists rooted in Asian spiritual traditions. The first half of the course introduces Indian/neo-Hindu ideals and focuses on M. K. Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, and Haridas Chaudhuri. The second half introduces Buddhist ideals and focuses primarily on His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and secondarily on Joanna Macy and other Buddhist activists who exemplify the path of wisdom and compassion.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the biographies, teachings, and influence of three great spiritual-esoteric teachers of the late 19th and 20th centuries: Madame Blavatsky (H.P.B.) and theosophy, Rudolf Steiner and anthroposophy, and C. G. Jung and archetypal psychology. This course also explores archetypal-astrological perspectives so as to uncover a deeper understanding of these three figures and the times in which they lived.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the use and interpretation of mythology by C. G. Jung. The course begins with an introduction to Jung's life and thought. There follows an examination of Jung's studies of a series of mythological motifs, including, among others, the Hero, the Great Mother, the Child, the Wise Old Man, and the Trickster. The course also explores Jungian approaches to an interrelated family of Mesopotamian myths that lie behind much of later Western mythology: namely, the myths of Inanna and Gilgamesh. The course ends with an examination of Jung's interpretation of the "Christ Myth," the central myth of Christianity.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the central ideas and discoveries of the evolution of the universe. This empirically based narrative is a cosmological epic, an account of how things came to be and of how the human fits into the cosmos. The importance of a new, transcultural epic is difficult to overestimate, for this is a story with relevance for peoples throughout the planet and can serve as the basis for a single, multivalent human community. The focus here is on the early parts of the universe, the birth of the cosmos, the development of galaxies, and the origin and development of stars.
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3.00 Credits
We live in what the ancients called a kairos, a time of radical transformation, where the fate not only of the human project but of the biosphere as we have always known it lies in question. Blending lecture, experiential exercises, and dialogue, this course seeks to cultivate a deeper insight into our current moment through an exploration of the concept and experience of time. Some of the themes or elements of the course include the following: changing views of time throughout the evolution of consciousness, different approaches to time, our increasingly accelerated time-sense, and the healing power of extending our experience into "deep time."
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3.00 Credits
Our relationship to the vital Earth we inhabit is inherently alchemical. But at this moment, evidenced by the looming planetary ecological crisis, the vessel of that relationship is on the verge of shattering. A crisis of this magnitude demands that we respond to the situation from a perspective that honors both exterior and interior landscapes. Our task is to examine how we have reached this critical point and to explore the possibilities of creating a more sustainable crucible for life. This 10-day off-site residential field course investigates the psychocultural origins of the planetary crisis and pursues direct practical solutions to it. Utilizing the ethic and practice of deep ecology and permaculture, we aim to envision, create, and live a sustainable way of being. Activities include lectures, discussions, wilderness field trips, hands-on experience with bioremediation, permaculture design principles, water catchment, wild food and medicine foraging, organic dairy production, practice in sustainable community, and-most important-exploring our playful and joyous kinship with the wild and natural world. Readings includeselections by E. O. Wilson on the ecological crisis, readings by C. G. Jung and others on alchemy, and a variety of readings on permaculture and deep ecology.
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3.00 Credits
Drawing on defining classic texts, this course engages some of the foundational perspectives characteristic of Western thought and culture. Beginning with the ancient Greek worldview and proceeding through the Judeo-Christian to the modern, lectures emphasize the deeper significance and continuing relevance of the ideas under review. This course provides essential background for many of the specialized PCC courses and is highly recommended for students lacking a strong familiarity with the history of Western thought.
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