Barque: Thomas Moore

Focus of talk in London is pleasuring the soul

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:22:00 +0000

Botticelli's three Graces

London's Re-Vision, Centre for Integrative Psychosynthesis hosts Thomas Moore the evening of Friday 20 April 2012 for his public talk Pleasuring the Soul.

According to the Re-Vision site, "This talk will be informed by Epicurus, Marsilio Ficino, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, D. H. Lawrence and Oscar Wilde. It will also find insight in the mythology of the Graces and will consider the importance of a graceful existence. These issues may seem light and superficial. They are not. They lie at the very heart of our relationship problems, depression, cultural ennui and aggression."

Reservation information is available on the linked page.
Fee: £20.00
Time: 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Location:
Small Meeting House
Friends House (opposite Euston Station)
173 Euston Road
London U.K. NW1 2BJ

Lecture and workshop in Sarasota this weekend

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:34:00 +0000

Today Susan Rife writes "Care of the Soul author to lecture, lead workshop at Sarasota Memorial Hospital" for the Herald-Tribune, Sarasota. Rife's sidebar states, "Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul in Medicine, will give a lecture at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 and a workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 21 in Waldemere Auditorium at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Tickets are $25 members, $30 nonmembers for the lecture, $85 and $95 for the workshop. Register at www.cgjungsarasota.org. Sponsored by the C.G. Jung Society of Sarasota."

In this piece Rife writes, "Soon after Care of the Soul was published, 'People began calling me and writing to me and asking me to come and speak to doctors and nurses and specialists,” said Moore, a psychotherapist and former monk who has written numerous books on spirituality. "The first thing I discovered is a lot of people working in hospitals are confused about how to deal with death, with patients who are dying, and the families of the patients.'" Rife describes recommendations for medical patients in Moore's work.

Lecture & Workshop location:
Waldemere Auditorium
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
1700 S. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, Florida

Earlier coverage of this event on Barque:
20 December 2011: "Attend a public lecture by Moore in Sarasota"
21 September 2011: "C. G. Jung Society of Sarasota hosts Moore"

Rothko Chapel hosts Art, Dreams and Spirituality

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:29:00 +0000

The Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas promotes its 3 March 2012 program with Thomas Moore: Art, Dreams, and Spirituality: "Author, psychotherapist and lecturer Thomas Moore will explore the connections between spirituality, dreams, and art, and will discuss how to interpret great works such as Mark Rothko’s." This program starts at 3:00 p.m.

According to the Rothko Chapel's Public Programs page, "All of the Rothko Chapel's programs are held at the Chapel, 3900 Yupon Street, and unless otherwise noted are free and open to the public. Seating is limited and is first-come, first-served. For additional information, check the calendar and listings on this website or call 713.524.9839."

New York programs over March 2012 weekends

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:38:00 +0000

EDITOR'S UPDATE: Dates revised 10 January 2012. Incorrect dates listed in Center's winter catalogue.

Thomas Moore participates in three programs with the New York Open Center over the last two weekends of March 2012. Descriptions of the individual workshops and online registration are available:

Sunday 25 March 2012
2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
In Honor of James Hillman:
Reflections on His Life and Legacy
Program with Thomas Moore, Pat Berry, Steve Aizenstat and others
$45 (No member discount)
Code: 12WSI60P

Saturday 31 March 2012
10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Natural Magic:
Using Your Hidden Powers for a More Effective Life
Members: $125
Non-members: $135
Code: 12WSI79S

Sunday 1 April 2012
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
The Path of Eros
Members: $50
Non-members: $60
Code: 12WSI77M

Attend a public lecture by Moore in Sarasota

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:25:00 +0000

The C.G. Jung Society of Sarasota sponsors an evening with Thomas Moore talking about Care of the Soul in Medicine on Friday 20 January 2012 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. This public event is co-hosted by the Bayside Center for Behavioral Health at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. The society's promotional description of this evening includes:

"Soul has to do with our deep feelings, thoughts and attachments. Spirit has to do with meaning, vision and the wider context of our lives. Both are equally important and play an important role in sickness and healing. Home, family, memory, story and emotion are soul matters that intensify during sickness and need attention for healing. A larger sense of the meaning of illness and spiritual practice bring the spirit into play. Both of these sensibilities can be seen in images of the Blue Buddha and in the healing style of Jesus. This lecture prepares both patients and healthcare providers with a vision for healing people and not just bodies."

Lecture Fee:
$25 Members
$30 Non-Member
$20 Full Time Student with ID at Door
(2) CEUs $10 - Paid at the Door - CEUs provided by SMH

Event Location:
Waldemere Auditorium
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
1700 S. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, Florida

Click the link above to register online and to see a map of the location. Read a September 2011 notice for this event on Barque: "C. G. Jung Society of Sarasota hosts Moore" that also describes a workshop with Moore the following day, Saturday 21 January 2012.

Moore promotes spiritual caring in Glasgow

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:36:00 +0000

Thomas Moore speaks at the dinner on 13 March, 7:00 p.m. for the Spiritual Care and Health: Improving Outcome and Enhancing Wellbeing, International Conference, 13-14 March 2012 at The Beardmore Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland. Moore talks about healing stories and care of the soul in medicine. This conference is "for healthcare researchers, educationalists and practitioners with an interest in spiritual care." A primary aim is to "promote spiritual care as being an integral part of quality holistic healthcare which is person-centred, safe and effective." Program and registration information and an online registration form are available.

Astrology may link our daily lives with spirituality

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:40:00 +0000

Thomas Moore participates in a five-day summer course in which he explores facets of natural magic. The course is offered at Exeter College, Oxford U.K. from 17 August to 24 August 2012 for the Faculty of Astrological Studies. According to the program's Summer School 2012 online description Moore co-presents in Track 1:

Living Soulfully
Thomas Moore, Judy Hall, Dana Gerhardt and Laura Andrikopolous

"With the idea that 2012 marks a turning point now embedded in our cultural consciousness, many people are questioning established values and finding new meaning in spiritual understanding. Astrology can be an invaluable guide to character, soul and inner landscape during this monumental shift in personal and global awareness. This track brings together astrological, psychological and spiritual perspectives from experienced practitioners for a profound re-visioning of relevant topics, including the astrology of happiness, psychological alchemy, and astrology’s gift of linking our daily lives with cosmic archetypes. We will see how we can find fulfilment and deep-seated, meaningful contentment by weaving astrological and spiritual practices into our daily lives. We will also discover the potential of these times for a shift in global consciousness on a collective level, and how we can use our understanding of astrological patterns to navigate our way through a changing world."

The full summer school brochure is available at the beginning of January 2012, when registration begins.

Seasonal message shared at the end of 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:35:00 +0000

Thomas Moore and his wife, Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, share their 2011 holiday message with readers and supporters. This email includes tentative speaking schedules for 2012.

Moore looks at strands: From hero to Hermes

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:21:00 +0000

Today Thomas Moore writes "Freud’s Medusa" for The Dasein Project. In this piece, he explores:

“So, a gun is a symptom. But what is the cure for a gun? What would replace the gun and be real, have power? Why not a penis? Not the symbol of neurotic power but the means for being erotic, expressing love, incarnating desire, creating children, and offering pleasure. Maybe these qualities could be therapeutic for the gun. If everyone got serious about them, maybe they’d forget their guns.”

Moore recommends substituting the ideal of a gun-toting hero with a penis-showing Hermes to expand the "imaginal implications" of potency.

Register for a free program about embodiment

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:27:00 +0000

Thomas Moore participates in Meridian University's program, "The Mystery of Embodiment ", a free four-day telesummit from Friday 2 December to Monday 5 December, 2011 with more than 20 teachers in the field. Each day of the telesummit features six to eight live interviews, including live Question & Answer sessions at the end of the interview. You can listen to the interviews live by phone or webcast, or you can listen to the recordings of the interviews, available a few days after the interviews.

The program announcement suggests, "If you’re a somatic practitioner, a body worker, a teacher in somatic studies, or have an interest in yoga, dance, or trauma therapies — this telesummit will be of interest to you. It will be packed with cutting edge information and practices that can help you in deepening your professional work. Even if personal growth is your main interest, this telesummit will deliver, helping you to become a more embodied individual who can inspire, lead, and transform the world around you."

Other speakers include:
— John Conger, author of Jung and Reich: The Body as Shadow and The Body in Recovery: Somatic Psychotherapy and the Self;
— Susan Griffin, author of Transforming Terror: Remembering the Soul of the World;
— Stanley Keleman, author of Emotional Anatomy; Embodying Experience; Your Body Speaks its Mind; Insults to Form; Living Your Dying; and Myth and the Body
— Pat Ogden, author of Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy

This free telesummit requires registration.

Wisdom House hosts 2012 program with Moore

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:44:00 +0000

Thomas Moore offers the weekend retreat Soul and Spirit: Developing a Spiritual Life, from Friday 9 November to Sunday 11 November, 2012 at Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center, in the historic town of Litchfield, Connecticut . Scroll to the bottom of this linked page for the initial announcement. Registration is not open yet. According to the center's site:

"This property, originally known as Spruce Brook Farm, was purchased in 1949 by the Daughters of Wisdom from the family of Margaret and Frederick Busk. The Busk family estate became a convent and novitiate for the Daughters of Wisdom, and was named Mary Immaculate Novitiate. In 1960, the center also housed Seat of Wisdom College and in 1967, the center began its transition into an interfaith retreat center with the presence of a Buddhist retreat.

Wisdom House has several buildings on its campus, the oldest, with fireplace dates back to 1770. The barn, built circa 1925, is now a meeting room. The colonial brick building, an outdoor swimming pool, 50 acres of meadows and forests, all comprise the campus of Wisdom House."

Wisdom House
229 East Litchfield Road
Litchfield, Connecticut
06759 - 3002
Phone: 860-567-3163
Fax: 860-567-3166
E-mail: info@wisdomhouse.org

Attend a week-long course with Moore in 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:50:00 +0000

The New England Educational Institute posts the symposia schedule for its 2012 summer program on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Thomas Moore presents Spirituality and Care of the Soul in Psychotherapy from Monday 9 July to Friday 13 July 2012 at the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Eastham. Register online before 13 March 2012 for the early price $539 US.

According to NEEI, "In this symposium, Dr. Moore will offer a way to practice therapy with a rich and positive philosophy of life while including paradoxes and challenges. Participants will explore the fundamentals of archetypal psychology and how it offers deep insight into healing. Participants will view filmed interviews of healers in order to obtain a complete picture of the qualities needed to be a healer. The “shadow” side of being a counselor or medical professional — problems of eros, power, money, belief, insecurity, and burn-out — will also be addressed."

Moore also offers this program on Marco Island, Florida from Monday 20 February to Friday 24 February, 2012. Register online before 1 December 2011 for the early price $499 US.

Psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, primary care physicians, counselors, nurses and allied mental health professionals are the intended audience, however symposia are open to anyone interested in the topic.

We need to expand our healing beyond science

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:36:00 +0000

Listen now to 11:11 Talk Radio host Simran Singh's interview with Thomas Moore about Care of the Soul in Medicine, recorded 1 July 2010. Moore begins the program by voicing his intention to keep patients and healthcare workers together in the book. According to the episode description, Moore "gives advice to both health-care providers and patients for maintaining dignity and humanity, providing spiritual guidance for dealing with feelings of mortality and threat, encouraging patients do not only take an active part in healing but also to view illness as a positive passage to new awareness."

Run time: 54:40 minutes

Moore is 2011 Bob Russum Memorial Lecturer

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:42:00 +0000

Joseph Cole writes about Thomas Moore's upcoming lecture under the headline "Greenwich Lecturer Focuses on Body, Mind and Soul" for The Daily Easton. Moore is this year's featured speaker at the annual Bob Rossum Memorial Lecture to take place from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 16 November 2011 at the Greenwich Library, Cole Auditorium, in Greenwich, Connecticut. Cole writes:

Moore will "discuss his holistic approach to health care, which he knows isn't the easiest for some to grasp. Modern medicine focuses largely on fixing the immediate problem. He wants to fix the whole being and believes that means addressing the emotional and spiritual elements as part of the recovery process.

To that end, Moore doesn't eschew the technology and methodology of medicine. He has had two shunts placed in his heart. He makes no qualms that without the physical end of the health-care spectrum, he wouldn't be here today to talk about the emotional and spiritual parts."

This lecture is free, however limited space requires pre-registration. To reserve your seat call 203-863-3627 or 888-357-2409, or register online at www.greenwichhospital.org.

Moore speaks in Dayton, Ohio, 12 April 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:02:00 +0000

Boonshoft School of Medicine promotes its fourth annual Medical-Spirituality Conference, Care of the Soul in Medicine featuring Thomas Moore on Thursday 12 April 2012. Click the linked page above for a map and directions.

The event is at:
Sinclair Community College
David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center
Building 12, 444 W. Third St.
Dayton, Ohio 45402

Online registration opens January 2012.
Early Registration Fees (through March 31):
Physicians: $150
General admission: $75
Students: $25
Boonshoft School of Medicine students: $10
Fee includes conference materials, lunch, refreshments during breaks, and parking. Proceeds from this event will benefit the medical school’s Healer’s Art Fund.

Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine serves the Miami Valley region of Southwest Ohio.

BetterListen.com offers free Moore download

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:40:00 +0000

BetterListen.com makes available Thomas Moore’s audio program A Magical Life as a free digital download until Wednesday 9 November 2011. This program (ISBN: 978-1-61544-006-1) regularly costs $9.95. It has a run time of 137 minutes.

According to the site description, "... Thomas Moore recommends a radical shift in priorities: slowing down, living with our human imperfections and designing an intimate life. Moore illuminates this important lesson in this recording by focusing on old-time magicians – masters of illusion who created experiences of wonder by tapping into the less obvious, less mechanical, and less literal potencies of nature. Moore talks about how, through magic, we bring the heart into play and become more able to regard the most ordinary aspects of daily life as sacred."

Download the program now before the offer expires Wednesday. This offer is part of a tribute to James Hillman who died 27 October 2011. Read BetterListen.com's blog entry about this tribute.

Restraint accompanies sex, beauty and grace

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:44:00 +0000

Today Thomas Moore posts "Dallas and the Soul" on his blog. This piece celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Dallas Insitute of Humanities and Culture, as a precursor to Moore’s appearance on 10 November 2011 to talk about his work and the theme of beauty. He shares:

"In Dallas I also hope to talk once again about Botticelli’s allegorical and beautiful painting la Primavera. I want to focus on the role of one of the Graces, Castitas, chastity, known by the Greeks as Aidos, Restraint. We don’t often think of restraint as part of the world of sex, beauty, sensuality and grace, but this painting makes it the turning-point in Venus’s universe. In the painting Restraint allows an opening to Hermes, the imagination of the world and insight into life. He points to clouds with his traditional magic wand, suggesting that we see images in an otherwise only practical and literal world. We need to pause and appreciate the beauty and significance of all that we behold with our senses."

Remembering James Hillman across the web

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:14:00 +0000

A Gathering to Celebrate the Life and Work of James Hillman
Pacifica Graduate Institute
Ladera Lane Campus
Santa Barbara
2-4 March 2012

In Honor of James Hillman:
Reflections on His Life and Legacy
Program with Thomas Moore, Patricia Berry, Steve Aizenstat and others
New York Open Center
25 March 2012

"'I am dying yet in fact, I could not be more engaged in living. One thing I'm learning is how impossible it is to lay out a border between so-called 'living' and 'dying'." – James Hillman

"'One thing I'm learning' – dying, yet still learning. Still teaching. That was the man." – Michael Ventura

Letters at 3 AM: James Hillman (1926-2011)
Michael Ventura, The Austin Chronicle
13 January 2012

The death of the maverick psychologist
This Old Heart – Musings on Archetypal Psychology: Remembering James Hillman
8 January 2012

Myth and Theatre Festival dedicated to James Hillman
Pantheatre 7-17 August 2012
Homages to James Hillman
Linda Wise, Paris 11 November 2011
Enrique Pardo, Paris 20 December 2011

James Hillman obituary
Mark Kidel, The Guardian U.K.
21 December 2011

Thought of the Heart
Captain Future, 60s Now
17 December 2011

The Wonderbread of Civilization
Suzi Gablik, Virgil Speaks
5 December 2011

Guardian Obituary: James Hillman
Mark Kidel, Roy Hart International Arts Center
3 December 2011

The dangerous words of James Hillman
Steve Thorp, Pychotherapist, UK
November 2011

A Tribute to James Hillman
Slide show with music
http://youtu.be/qMkDNIYczSM
Eldo Stellucci
20 November 2011

James Hillman: In Memoriam
C. G. Jung Society of Montreal
19 November 2011

James Hillman, R.I.P.
Tina Fields, Indigenize
19 November 2011

James Hillman on Aging
Tammie Fowles, Psychotherapist, Retiring in Maine
19 November 2011

Tribute to James Hillman
Diana Raab, Diana's Notebook: Literary Musings
14 November 2011

James Hillman kept conversation alive
Alan Bisbort, Republican American
13 November 2011

TENDING THE SOUL: The Legacy of James Hillman
Elizabeth Clark-Stern
12 November 2011

Remembering James Hillman
Michael Hanson, MarketMinder
8 November 2011

James Hillman
Musings of a Late Bloomer, Pacifica Graduate Institute student
8 November 2011

James Hillman Obituary
Loren Duffy, Independent.ie
6 November 2011

A Champion of the Soul
J. Moore, Sothis Medias
4 November 2011

In gratitude to James Hillman...
Steve Aizenstat, Pacifica Graduate Institute

James Hillman, ave atque vale
Wolf Pascoe
1 November 2011

How Do You Say Goodbye to the Teacher Who Has Changed Your Life?
Pythia Peay, The Huffington Post
4 November 2011

James Hillman 1926-2011
Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture

In response to Thomas Moore’s blog post "Remembering James Hillman" for The Huffington Post, Chuck McIntyre’s comment includes, “Many of us owe a great deal to James and his wittisms, along with his genius left in his writings.” Thomas Moore responds, “Thank you, Chuck. I'd like to see remembrances like this from many who met James.” Below are some responses to James Hillman’s death across the English-writing web.

On James Hillman: Au Revoir, and Hello to Uncle Jimmy
Robert Kopecky, Evolver.net
2 November 2011

James Hillman: Jungian, iconoclast, philosopher and wizard
Alfred DePew, The Vancouver Observer
2 November 2011

Reflections on the death of James Hillman: The psychologist of relativism
Lucetta Scaraffia, L'Osservatore Romano
1 November 2011

Eratosphere
Eratosphere » Conversation » General Talk » James Hillman
Blog comments

Obituary James Hillman 1926-2011
International Association for Analytical Psychology

James Hillman passed away yesterday 10/27/11
Integral Life
Blog comments

Remembering James Hillman
Thomas Moore reflects on Hillman
Sacred Disorder (Cliff Bostock)
31 October 2011

Facebook posting about James Hillman
Richard Tarnas
C. G. Jung Analytical Psychology Club London

In Memoriam: James Hillman
Len Cruz
The Asheville Jung Center
29 October 2011

James Hillman, April 12, 1926- October 27,2011
La Belette Rouge (Tracey Cleantis)
27 October 2011

James Hillman: Life and Work
Pacifica Graduate Institute

Workshop presents ordinary natural mysticism

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:51:00 +0000

Alternatives at St. James’s Church, Piccadilly, London, U.K. hosts Thomas Moore’s workshop The Natural Mystic: Developing a Spirituality of Everyday Life on Sunday 22 April 2012 from 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. The description for this event includes Moore’s view:

"In history we have many examples of special men and women who embody this ordinary or natural mysticism: William Morris, William Wordsworth, Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, and Glenn Gould are a few of my favorites.

The natural mystic loves this life, this world, and his or her bodily and sensual experiences. There is no tendency to avoid life or to be excessively pure and bodiless. At the same time, he or she is not unconsciously absorbed by the world but has various methods of retreat, resistance, and expression. Thoreau built a cabin by a lake and withdrew for two years of retreat. Dickinson stayed at home. Gould was eccentric and re-created music according to his genius. Morris made beautiful objects. Wordsworth understood the spirituality of nature."

Reserve your place online by scrolling down this linked page.
Cost: £65 (£40 concs.) This workshop requires pre-registration.

Moore writes about James Hillman for HuffPost

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:10:00 +0000

Today Thomas Moore writes "Remembering James Hillman" for The Huffington Post, emphasizing Hillman’s role in the field of depth psychology. Moore writes about the beginning of their correspondence and his attraction to Hillman’s psychology:

"I was taken by his loyalty to Jung expressed through his original and fresh re-working of key ideas. He calmly removed unnecessary gender issues from Jung's ideas of the anima and soul. He advocated a view of the person as made up of multiple, dynamic faces that should be kept in tension rather than "integrated" into some sentimental notion of wholeness. In hundreds of pages he worked through the struggle between age and youth, senex and puer, that causes individuals and culture itself to stumble."

Moore concludes:

"If I had to sum up his life, I would say that he lived in the lofty realm of thought and yet also like one of the animals he loved so much. He was always close to his passions and appetites and lived with a fullness of vitality I have never seen elsewhere. To me, he taught more in his lifestyle and in his conversation than in his writing, and yet his books and articles are the most precious objects I have around me."

Read Thomas Moore’s tribute in his October 2011 newsletter, and his recent blog post about A Blue Fire, a collection of James Hillman's writings that he edited.

Your physical, spiritual and emotional health

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:57:00 +0000

Greenwich Hopsital issues a press release announcing Thomas Moore’s presentation, The Soul and Spirit of Medicine: Your Physical, Spiritual and Emotional Health, to be delivered Wednesday 16 November 2011 as the Bob Rosum Memorial Lecture. According to the release, "In his bestselling book Care of the Soul in Medicine, Moore explains how a person's health always intertwines body, soul and spirit. He says that ordinary people as well as healthcare professionals should keep this image of the human person in mind at times of illness." This event is free, however attendance requires pre-registration. To register call 203-863-3627 or 888-357-2409 or register online from the linked press release.

Wednesday 16 November 2011
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
(Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m.)
Greenwich Library, Cole Auditorium
101 West Putnam Ave.,
Greenwich, Connecticut

Read an earlier Barque announcement for this event.

Read this Foreword about Jung and meditation

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:41:00 +0000

Thomas Moore writes the Foreword for the re-issued Gathering the Light: A Jungian View of Meditation by V. Walter Odajnyk Ph.D. In this piece, Moore references one of his favourite books by Jung:

"If you have read C. G. Jung’s memoir Memories, Dreams, Reflections, you will have eavesdropped on a remarkable man who, perhaps more than any other 20th century person, used many methods, internal and external, to explore his soul. Many readers are surprised to find what they thought was an autobiography to be slight on facts and heavy with internal images and experiences. Jung explored and mapped and named the inhabitants of the inner world with a ferocity of imagination rarely seen."

Moore also writes about Jung's approach to the relationship between psychology and religion:

"When contemporary psychology confronts meditation, it often moves in a reductive direction, like telling us that certain parts of the brain are lighting up when a person enters deep focus. But Jung was not your typical psychologist. He had a vast and detailed interest in religious and spiritual issues and for the most part didn’t reduce the spiritual to the psychological. Or, if he did come close to it on occasion, generally he tried to elevate psychology through an enthusiastic appreciation of religion and opened up the meaning of religious rites and imagery with his own rich brand of psychologizing. As a former member of a Catholic religious order, I found his writings on the Mass and on the Virgin Mary enlightening and enriching."

He includes, "I welcome the re-appearance of this book because generally people focus on the technical aspects of meditating and not so much on the processes and fantasies of the psyche that are involved." Shambhala originally published this book in 1993. Odajnyk is "a Jungian analyst, and serves as a Core Faculty member and is the Research Coordinator for Pacifica Graduate Institute's Mythological Studies Program."

Gathering the Light: A Jungian View of Meditation
by V. Walter Odajnyk
Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Fisher King Press (December 2011)
ISBN-10: 1926715551
ISBN-13: 978-1926715551

Kripalu Center hosts Thomas Moore, April 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:08:00 +0000

Thomas Moore co-presents Waking Up to an Engaged and More Vital Life with his wife Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts during the first weekend in April, 2012: Friday 6 April to Sunday 8 April. Tuition for this Easter-themed program is $250 US. Pricing for room and meals is based on accommodation choice. The program description urges, "Light a new fire in your life by honoring the emptyings and rebirths that are happening all the time. Something in you is ending at the same time other interests, qualities, and gifts are coming back to life." Continuing Education credits are available.

"These rituals, songs, and stories of Easter can help you with the difficult places inside you that are in need of resurrection."

Moore describes Marsilio Ficino's natural magic

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:13:00 +0000

Today Thomas Moore writes about "Marsilio Ficino, an astrologer, philosopher, musician, translator, priest and magus of 15th century Italy" in his post "Natural Magic":

"I interpret him saying that we can make a more spiritual and more soulful world if we appreciate the power of ordinary things to affect our emotions and sense of meaning. The colors we use, the sounds that surround us, the timing of our projects, the images that we allow to impact us — the objects in our lives are not there just for their utility or their beauty but for their power to affect us profoundly.

This magical philosophy puts a different slant on the arts especially. For Ficino, an art piece is not just an aesthetic object of pleasure but a talisman, an object that has a degree of power for our lives. It’s important what colors we choose for the home and the workplace. Architecture, he said, is the most important of the arts because it affects how we live and accomplish anything. Advertisers know about these things and are always looking for the magic that will sell products. But imagine a natural, everyday magic that would make us healthier and happier, that would support our personal relationships and our work."

Moore describes his natural magic talismans at home that support and inspire him.

Spirituality needs to be tough and substantial

noreply@blogger.com (Editor) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 02:40:00 +0000

Angelfire offers 19 quotes by Thomas Moore, most of them taken from his book The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life. Enjoy the excerpts and the "keywords" associated with each passage (while excusing the typographical errors). A Barque favourite:

"I believe strongly that our personal emotional problems are all spiritual in nature and require a spiritual, not a psychological, response. But the spirituality we seek out for deep and ingrained problems had better be tough and substantial. Otherwise, our spirituality will only increase our problems and give merely the illusion of healing." — Thomas Moore, "The Alchemist's Retort", Spirituality and Health, Spring 2001