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3.00 Credits
This course is a wide and substantial introduction to the wisdom of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), esoteric teacher; founder of anthroposophy, Waldorf education, and biodynamic agriculture; and contributor to advances in science, philosophy, social science, and the arts. It will cover Steiner's life and works; his Goethean approach to nature; his "philosophy of freedom"; his accounts of anthroposophy, evolution oconsciousness, a path of initiation, and cosmic Christ.
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3.00 Credits
This advanced doctoral seminar explores the thought of Friedrich Nietzsche in its dramatic evolution over the course of his life. Most of his major works are covered, as well as a sampling and survey of the others. Our task is to enter into this extraordinary and immensely influential philosopher's intellectual and spiritual world, engage his ideas in dialogue, and attempt to grasp their deeper contours and larger significance. This course is intended for doctoral students; master's students need permission of the instructor.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Coursework that extends a student's field of inquiry beyond current CIIS courses. Requires a syllabus and contract signed by the student and faculty member, and approved by the program chair.
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3.00 Credits
This advanced seminar, held on three weekends spread out over three months, will be devoted to an examination of the personal and intellectual biographies of Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, and Carl Gustav Jung. Familiarity with the basic principles of archetypal astrological analysis will be assumed. Prerequisite: Psyche and Cosmos I, or the equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the different models in the field of comparative mysticism: perennialist, constructivist, feminist, contextualist, and participatory. Students select and compare two mystical traditions, applying one of these models or developing their own comparative approach.
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3.00 Credits
This seminar considers the complex network of factors related to the birth and ongoing transformation of the Planetary Era. Drawing on the insights of such "big picture" thinkers as Hegel and Jung, Karl Jaspers, and Teilhard de Chardin, or more recently of Ewert Cousins, Ken Wilber,and Edgar Morin, we seek to discern the deeper pattern of world history and the evolution of consciousness. Emphasizing the continuity among such traditions as Renaissance esotericism, Romanticism, the 1960s counterculture, and the New Paradigm, we participate in the creation of a wisdom culture worthy of the Planetary Era.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will unlock the mysteries of academic literature research, for a term paper or a dissertation literature review. It covers not only "consuming" research (how to identify, find, and evaluate other scholars' writings) but also "producing" research (strategies for getting yown work published). These skills will be grounded in discussions of labyrinth learning, learning styles, and other pedagogic theories, with discursions into using technology efficiently, recent politics and economics of the information industry and intellectual property, and strategies for academic success.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course explores a diversity of spiritual quests. Participants read and discuss women's stories, journals, poetry, and other writings about seeking the divine through pilgrimage, solitude, sexuality, social activism, motherhood, community, nature, and much more.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Women's sacred experience and beliefs too rarely find expression in contemporary culture via film. The inspiring new genre of women's visionaryfilms, created primarily by women about women from diverse cultures of our global community, will be viewed or read for their discussion of sacred themes. The mystical vision of many of these works is embodied in the daily lives and sacred stories of ordinary persons as well as mythical beings. Films such as Goddess Remembered, Sorceress, Daughters of the Dust, Monsoon Wedding, Frida, Blossoms of Fire, and Whale Rider will be reviewed.
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3.00 Credits
This class weaves together women's spiritual experiences with cultural history, art, womanist-feminist theory and practice, Earth-based spiritual traditions, ecology, ecofeminism, and ancient and modern struggles for liberation. Drawing substance from the visions, dreams, artistry, and activism of many women from all over the globe, it introduces some of the leading and emerging multicultural and multidenominational voices of the women's spiritual movement in the United States and the world. This portal course for Women's Spirituality residential M.A. andPh.D. students emphasizes community building and greater awareness and appreciation of diversity. Each person is asked to research and share her mother-line heritage.
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