The Fabric of Misinformation -with Gregory Brun

We live in a world flooded with information, yet true understanding feels more out of reach than ever. This evening, we’ll explore how the way we consume information came to […]

Healing Journey of a Nazi’s Daughter—with Andrea van de Loo

McGowan House Center 381 High St, Monterey, CA, United States

Born during WWII in the Netherlands, Andrea van de Loo experienced a traumatic childhood. Her father’s past as a member of the Nazi SS cast a long shadow over her […]

The Earth Has a Soul: Jung on Nature, Technology & Modern Life

McGowan House Center 381 High St, Monterey, CA, United States

As the environmental crisis on Earth deepens, we are consulting Jung for his insights concerning Anima Mundi, the soul of the world. As he writes: “Nature, psyche, and life appear to me […]

The Life of the Soul: Hermetic Perspectives on the Self—with Ike Baker

McGowan House Center 381 High St, Monterey, CA, United States

This presentation will focus on extant primary source materials to examine the foundations of Hermetic thought from antiquity to the Renaissance, tracing the history, theory, and practices of the Hermetic traditions. […]

Architecture as an Aspect of Yoga—with Lakshmi Mayya

McGowan House Center 381 High St, Monterey, CA, United States

“Architecture as an Aspect of Yoga” explores the intersection of spatial design, whole-person psychology, and the evolution of consciousness. Drawing on Sri Aurobindo’s philosophy that “All life is yoga” and […]

Historians and the Making of Meaning—with Robert Strayer, PhD

McGowan House Center 381 High St, Monterey, CA, United States

Humans are meaning-making creatures. In the absence of meaning, we do not flourish. Historians too participate in this vast human effort. A large part of the historian’s craft involves identifying, […]

What’s the Matter with Matter?

McGowan House Center 381 High St, Monterey, CA, United States

Jung often takes up traditional conceptions of spirit as the opposite of matter . Yet, in his work with alchemy, Jung speaks of the merging of the material-sensual and the […]