Each Enters the Forest on Their Own Terms
On a journey to a cave in the midst of the Belizean forest, I lost my way. Mesmerized by the lush surroundings, I fell behind the procession. I looked ahead, and no one was in Read more…
In this webinar, we discuss the recently published, Goddesses: A Skeleton Key Study Guide, a compelling study guide for Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine with points of interest, essay topics, discussion prompts, and creative prompts. We hope to help teachers and students enter into Campbell’s work and build on his ideas. 100% of the proceeds from the book go to support the work of the Joseph Campbell Foundation.
Psyche and Cinema is an interactive, virtual discussion with the Jung Society of Austin community that engages the 2023 record-breaking box office hit Barbie through a Jungian lens. In this clip, Stephanie Zajchowski, PhD explores the symbiotic relationship between the imaginal world and the “real” world and how that connection is informed by the myth of Inanna.
This webinar is about Jane Eyre’s Sisters: How Women Live and Write the Heroine’s Story. This book offers a fascinating and insightful analysis of stories by and about female protagonists. To learn more, visit Jody’s website.
This webinar is about Integrative Spirituality: Religious Pluralism, Individuation, and Awakening, by Patrick Mahaffey. In this book, Patrick champions a vision of religious pluralism at which he has arrived through a career of study and practice across traditions.
This webinar is about A Pilgrimage Beyond Belief: Spiritual Journeys through Christian and Buddhist Monasteries of the American West, by Dennis Patrick Slattery. This page-turner of a memoir takes readers along on Dennis’s transformational journey as he visits a series of spiritual retreat centers. To learn more about Dennis’s work, visit Dennis’s website.
On a journey to a cave in the midst of the Belizean forest, I lost my way. Mesmerized by the lush surroundings, I fell behind the procession. I looked ahead, and no one was in Read more…
Parenting teenagers is not for the faint of heart. As a mother of two, I try to keep my finger on the pulse of their current experience. Teen angst evolves with the challenges of each Read more…
The hermitage offers the seclusion required to hear one’s inner voice, a knowing that is often drowned out in the noise and bustle of daily life or, even worse, silenced by society’s enculturation. For people Read more…
I pulled the card, turned it over, and there it was…Death. My stomach turned at the sight of it. It was a sunny day in New Orleans and I was captured by the atmosphere of Read more…
The morning news reads like a dystopian novel. After five years of studying apocalyptic writing, I imagined I would be able to achieve an academic distance from a global pandemic in order to observe as Read more…
A mythic response to the pandemic. This blog was written for and originally published by Pacifica Graduate Institute Alumni Association’s Voices on March 23, 2020. We each have a story, and the COVID-19 pandemic is Read more…