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Explores the mystical strains within the world’s great religious traditions. Jewish, Christian, and Islamic mystics did not always express the same beliefs and attitudes as mainstream adherents. When mystics are placed side-by-side, amazing similarities appear. One cannot always tell whether a given mystical statement is Hindu, Jewish, Sufi, or Christian. This class examines these mystical traditions, East and West. Cross-listed with RLST 5160.
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A course in philosophical cosmology using material from the sciences, history and philosophy. The goal is to illuminate our present theories concerning the nature of the universe and the place of life within it. Cross-listed with PHIL 3420.
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Studies of evolution traditionally regard morphology (anatomy) / behavior and mind/consciousness as separate fields that belong either in biology/paleontology or in psychology/philosophy. The “middle ground” behavior, anthropology, social systems, is also treated separately in most cases. Recent approaches tend toward a more holistic view using unifying principles and “laws of nature” that show similar processes (dissipative effects, information theory, development theory) operating across all fields. Examines the relationships and common threads between the physical anatomical evolution of organisms and their behavior perception and consciousness. Prereq: Introductory course in evolution (biology/paleontology), psychology, philosophy, anthropology, or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with GEOL 3100 and PHIL 3100.
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Approaches the field of classical Greek mythology and religion from the perspective of Jungian archetypal theory. The deities of the ancient Greeks are presented as archetypal patterns with universal correlates elsewhere in world religions. A foundation in C. G. Jung’s archetypal theory will be offered to ground the course material. Cross-listed with RLST 5300.
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Examines the issue of spiritual currents in the modern world. Joseph Campbell claimed that Western culture long ago lost an active sense of the sacred and that the traditional religions have not been the spiritual center for the vast majority of moderns for centuries. This class looks at the modern spiritual awakening in Shamanism, Eastern thought, the New Age movement, the men’s movement, paganism and goddess religion, and the revival of traditional religious forms in recent decades. Prereq: RLST 4300.
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The myth of the hero’s journey serves as a metaphor for the vicissitudes life puts each of US through. The hero or hera represents the ego-self who undertakes the journey–a grand adventure into the realm of the unknown–to seek the treasure. He or she is greatly transformed by the process, ultimately into the great self, who wins the boon to share with all humanity. Versions of the story are found all over the world, such as in the sagas of Gilgamesh, Odysseus, Psyche, King Arthur, Dorothy of Oz, and Luke Skywalker from a galaxy far, far, away. Cross listed with ENGL 3530.
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Focuses on the phenomenon of dreams in a way that differs distinctly from the traditional approach to the subject in the field of psychology. Throughout history, dreams have been regarded as prophetic, as the voice of the gods. These “spiritual” approaches to dreams are examined, as well as some major theorists on dreams, especially the work of Sigmund Freud and C. G. Jung.
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God, gods, and goddesses have been imagined in many different modes, forms, aspects, and guises throughout human history. This course investigates Paleolithic models of God, the Great Goddess of the Neolithic era, the gods of mythological traditions, Biblical God, the abstract God of the philosophers, the God of the pantheists, the deists, and the God of the mystics. Cross-listed with RLST 5400, PHIL 4650 and 5655.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the many forms which goddesses have assumed through history, including the Neolithic Great Mother and her heiresses in the ancient Mediterranean cultures, such as: Isis, Ishtar, Demeter, Hecate, Aphrodite, Artemis, Athena and others, and their parallels in India. Goddess traditions have encompassed a full spectrum from virgins to Great Mothers to dark underworld goddesses of death and destruction. Cross-listed with RLST 5420 and WGST 4420.
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Asks the questions: What is the nature of the human being? What makes us “human?” Do humans have a “soul?” What is its nature? Is it different from the “spirit?” What is its ultimate fate? Examines the various theories put forward by philosophers of both Eastern and Western traditions. Cross-listed with RLST 5440 and PHIL 4470, 5470.
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