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For over fifty years, the Guild for Psychological Studies has conducted seminars that bring together the depth psychology of Carl Jung, the Records of the Life of Jesus (Synoptic Gospels), the Hebrew Scriptures, and material drawn from myth, poetry, world religions, and the evolving images of modern culture and science. Using a process based on Socratic inquiry and dialog, seminar participants carefully attend to images and feelings, discover connections between the personal and collective psyche, and often find a new commitment to the deep and unfolding truth that has been called the Self or Soul.

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Nourishing the Soul 2012

In this Nourishing the Soul, we will explore the rooms, real and imaginary, of our childhoods, remembering rhymes, songs, and stories. We will try to keep what we’ve recalled in collages, drawings, poems. Mary Oliver, particularly her Blue Pasture, may be helpful here.
And we will explore, grown up now, ways of making the world better, using as our text the highly provocative, talky play, Major Barbara, by George Bernard Shaw. It is still able, almost a hundred years after it was first produced, to make us wonder about how the world we live in really works.

Date:

Tue, 03/27/2012 - 5:00pm - Fri, 03/30/2012 - 1:00pm

Place:

Bishop's Ranch.

Leaders:

Nils Peterson, Sue Renfrew, and Maureen Draper.

Fee:

$445 plus $45 nonrefundable registration fee.

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Four Springs: The Fire and Beyond

Submitted by halchilds on Mon, 06/20/2011 - 9:59am

The Lodge at Four Springs burned to the ground on the evening of Memorial Day, May 30. We are struggling with shock and disbelief, as well as possible multiple levels of meaning. What could this mean for Four Springs? What could this mean for the Guild?

We are including here some photos, as well as statements from Tim Locke, the Executive Director of Four Springs Seminars.

Wonders of the Universe

Submitted by Norman McMullen on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:55pm

BBC television usually produces some good programmes, but it is excelling itself at the moment, in our opinion, with a 4 part series called ‘Wonders of the Universe’ presented by Professor Brian Cox. They are taking place (took place) on March 6, 13th, 20th and 27th on BBC 2.

They are in a sense films – not lectures and as such can awaken many of our senses with incredible pictures from space telescopes. Mind blowing concepts are discussed with the backdrop of wonderful photography and music . Brian Cox started life as a rock star in a band and then turned his life’s energy to physics, in which he has excelled. He has a great television presence and invites his audience to feel the wonder of the things he talks about. The themes of the four parts are, Destiny,Stardust, Falling and Messengers. They are each 60 minutes in length.

Living with Soul: Interview with Charles Pfeifer

Submitted by Harry Henderson on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 6:59am

Charles Pfeifer, a Guild member who leads Records seminars in Madison, Wisconsin, was recently interviewed by Jean Feraca on the Wisconsin Public Radio program Here on Earth. Chuck talks about his work with Walter Wink and his use of the Records material.

Here is a link where you can listen to the interview, "Living with Soul," as well as a link to Chuck's blog.

Shelley Mitchell's Talking with Angels - Special for Guild Members

Submitted by Harry Henderson on Sun, 02/13/2011 - 3:11pm

The playwright and actor Shelley Mitchell recently contacted the Guild. She told us of an experience she had with Peggy Reid, and now she's offering Guild members a special price to see her new play "Talking with Angels."

Shelley says:

I met Peggy Reid about 13 years ago when she enrolled in my Method Acting for Non-Actors class. She did a number of very deep exercises one of which... seared itself into my mind and I remember it to this day. We became friendly and she arranged to have me lead a workshop at the Guild's retreat in Lake County. She said that your group used plays to dig deeply into your own lives but that the acting was superficial and she thought the group would benefit from some training in "not-acting". .... The adventure of going out to Lake County and doing the workshop ... was very exciting and I think it went very well.