Tag Archives: Pacifica

OPUS Archives

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

While I was at Pacifica’s Ladera Lane campus for the James Hillman Tribute event, I took advantage of the opportunity to attend one of the short tours in the OPUS archives. It took every effort not to walk around jaw-dropped … Continue reading →

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Tribute to James Hillman, Pt 5

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

The Tribute to James Hillman closed with a tree ceremony on the sunny afternoon of Sunday, March 4. Michael Meade again led us in song. You can hear an excerpt here. The song repeats, “Away,” as the person has departed, … Continue reading →

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Tribute to James Hillman, Pt 4

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

On the morning of Sunday, March 4, the Tribute to James Hillman continued as more individuals shared their memories of Hillman and the impact his works have had on their lives. The first speaker of the day was David Miller. … Continue reading →

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Tribute to James Hillman, Pt 3

Posted on March 11, 2012 by

On the evening of Saturday, March 3, the Tribute to James Hillman had a very special guest speaker, Michael Meade. Before his presentation began, one of my close friends told me she had seen him speak before. She explained to … Continue reading →

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Tribute to James Hillman, Pt 1

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

This past weekend, I had the privilege to attend A Gathering to Offer Tribute and Celebrate the Life and Work of James Hillman at Pacifica Graduate Institute. I plan to write a series of posts about the event, summarizing and … Continue reading →

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Depth Psychology

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

A friend of mine just shared this video of one of my favorite instructors at Pacifica. What a treasure! Ginette Paris has so much insight and is just an amazing individual to learn from. Here she discusses ideas from her … Continue reading →

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Dream Tending

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

On Tuesday evening, I had the great privilege of attending a guest lecture with Stephen Aizenstat at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Second year students, myself included, are required to attend these extra Tuesday night seminars. However, many first and third year … Continue reading →

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Psyche & Archetypes

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

Following is the research paper I wrote this week for Ginette Paris’ course Post Jungian and Archetypal Psychology. I followed a structure Ginette suggested, and it really helped me work the material academically and personally. Most of the papers I … Continue reading →

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Summer School, Day 5

Posted on August 6, 2011 by

What a freaking amazing week!!!! In our fourth day in Ginette Paris’ course, we continued to discuss the father archetype and, in general, mythological perspective. The word gravitas came up a lot, and I now have a special affinity for … Continue reading →

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Summer School, Day 4

Posted on August 5, 2011 by

Things continue to go well here at my summer session at Pacifica! Ginette Paris’ course has been so dynamic!! On Thursday, we started the morning off discussing Life Stories and how we come at things from varying archetypal perspectives. We … Continue reading →

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