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 […]

Conversations with Monsieur Le Mot—with Eileen Murphy, MD

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

In this presentation I will introduce you to someone with whom I speak often—someone who knows much more than I do. I experience a shudder on saying this. It feels […]