Events

“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” Carl Jung                                        Jung is perhaps one of the most Hermetic/Gnostic thinkers of our era.  He wrote about the Nag Hammadi Hermetic scripture, Zosimos’s visions, and the influence that Paracelsus and Goethe had on him. Although Jung is known as a […]

My presentation is on the concept death and the various ways Western philosophers, artists and, more recently, AI researchers have explored it. The idea of death has been trending. Many people are convinced that with the inevitable merging of humans with Artificial Intelligence, a superhuman creature who is deathless will come to be. No more death! This shocking possibility […]

Tonight, all are invited to share our various points of view about human personality. Many powers are converging to mutilate—but also to enhance the development of—our personalities. What is the meaning of an authentic, genuine, human personality? Is this question being raised in Silicon Valley C-suites? The achievement of personality means nothing less than the […]

What do we mean by meaning? Such as, the meaning of being, as we take it up in our weekly dialogues. The lack of meaning in life is a soul-sickness whose full extent and full important our age has not as yet begun to comprehend. // A psychoneurosis must be understood, ultimately, as the suffering […]

What is projection? What happens when we become aware of our projections, individual and collective? We will take up chapters 5 and 6 on demons and daimons to understand how they relate to complexes and to “spirits.”  In chapter 6, we will look into the tale of Eros and Psyche, so we will take a […]

In a duo-exhibition, Elizabeth will show paintings and John will show sculptures at the Pacific Grove Art Center from September 6 through October 24—under the title, WHAT DID THE THUNDER SAY? In the Book of Revelation : ...a mighty angel…cried out in a loud voice, like a lion roaring… and the seven peals of thunder […]

This presentation and discussion will explore the three triangles in Hermetic Kabbalah linking Cosmos, Psyche/Soul and Matter/Body/Earth as a map to finding meaning in the epoch-changing times we navigate. Whether we like it or not, one of our tasks on this earth is to work with the opposites through different levels of consciousness until body, […]

What is projection? What happens when we become aware of our projections, individual and collective? We will take up chapters 5 and 6 on demons and daimons to understand how they relate to complexes and to “spirits.”  In chapter 6, we will look into the tale of Eros and Psyche, so we will take a […]

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 shape our view of the world. Drawing from Guy Debord’s idea of the Society of the Spectacle, and Baudrillard’s concept of hyperreality, we’ll look at […]

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 life. Despite challenges, she embarked on a journey toward healing and self-discovery. Her search for self took her across the globe (she presented last year […]

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 like divinity unfolded—what more could I ask for?”  We continue reading chapters from the anthology edited by Meredith Sabini: 6: Our Civilizing Potential Has Led […]