One thing I am appreciating more and more about this series, is that my attention is drawn in multiple directions with connections being made at meta-levels. Sometimes I find myself going down roads that were not necessarily the focus…but of GREAT us
Read more…"As these people turn the vision into culture by speaking for and living it, they start finding each other. The framework of the culture-to-be rises from these critical connections around a modest core of emblems, principles, and inspiring teachings
Read more…The brief treatise on Eradigmatics, provides a much needed distillation of the many " bits and pieces" one encounters when looking for an overarching concept of a "Mono Myth" of and age or time in human history. I have a feeling that this type of
Read more…Greetings everyone. My name is Mara Schaeffer and I have been interested in Depth Psychology and mythology for most of my life. I would like to deepen and focus my exploration and studies with this class. I’m a retired teacher, have my MS in Psycholo
Read more…i was snagged by a paragraph in one of the readings about complexity and have parsed it out for my work situation. it has given me some great insight, especially about the tension of forces (attractors) at work. now to think about how mythology app
Read more…The myth or stories that we tell ourselves regarding our past and present shape our future.
It seems our culture have lost the tradition of telling sacred stories. Instead our culture is shaped by our mainstream media, the vampires (rich and famous)
Hi Everyone,
I'm interested in learning about how Applied Myth can help with the current Eco-crisis, Collective insanity, Cultural and Personal traumas.
Namaste,
Vanita
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For some reason the video on this didn't take but the audio came through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohF4JIDb4mc&feature=youtu.be
The slides are attached so you can follow along.
Read more…Highly recommend the Youtube clip that Craig mentioned on Ray Anderson. I just watched it - very inspiring! There were multiple clips, but the link to his Ted Talk is below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP9QF_lBOyA
Read more…HI to everyone on this mythic journey,
My name is Michael and I'm completing my doctorate in East-West Psychology at CIIS. I realized last week that I took the level one Applied Mythology course before; somehow I thought this was part two. I guess t
Read more…I have particularly enjoyed the discussion on the reductionist and the organic theories of myth. As a historian who examines the intellectual climate of institutions and societies, I find the most interesting to be the creation myth. Organizations
Read more…After reflecting on the lecture and the readings, it left me in a state of wonder with what seems like just as many questions as answers. Some of these questions seem to have challenged me for a while now and maybe it is precisely through the study o
Read more…The article "A Brief Mythology of Petroleum" caught my attention on many levels. Besides feeling being taken for a fool and buying into the false notion of "progress", I have to add that the oil Plutocracy needed another willing player in the cha
Read more…i think i'm just going to plonk down a few ideas in somewhat random order ...
a pilot decides (as it looks like) to destroy. or the destructive impulse takes over and makes that decision. or, "the shadow erupts." i doubt that a person like that "i
Read more…Hi everyone, my name is Jason Moore. I am originally from San Marcos, Texas, but I'm currently living in San Francisco working on my MA in East/West psychology at CIIS. I have greatly appreciated my experience here and have immersed myself in the cul
Read more…I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and will review the slides once again soon. The experience had me realize that the information and concepts, intersecting ancient and modern myth with historical and contemporary events with my tendency to link p
Read more…hi all - i'm isabella. i grew up in germany and have been in canada since 1982. i work in mental health; by training i'm a counsellor but right now i work as a family support and involvement coordinator at a big psychiatric hospital, which is part
Read more…A few reflections on the readings for this past week...
In the "What is mythology" reading I was struck by the line, "To be equipped with a mythology education and the means to understand it psychologically is to live on the forefront of creative ad
Read more…Hello, I am Mark Grandstaff, an emeritus professor of History and Culture at Brigham Young University, a MBTI Master Practitioner, and a lover of myth and understanding its role in creating and shaping society. I have written much on the role of th
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