_______________________________________ The Initiated Soul, the Awakened Self An intensive two-day course with storyteller & mythologist Michael Meade April 16th and 17th ~ SF Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, CA As uncertainty becomes the ruling principle of life, as 'mass mentality,' fundamentalism and literalism dominate, the mythic sense of life waits to re-enter the world. As the collective sense of unity collapses, the 'uniqueness' within individuals becomes the source of unifying imagination. For, each person carries a 'hidden poetic unity' that reflects the mysterious continuity of the world. The story written on the walls of the soul is intended to be lived out as a great experiment in life, as a willingness to die again and again in order to grow. Each story involves spells and blessings, gifts and wounds, indelible marks that reveal where the individual soul and spirit insist on being known consciously. The exact medicines for healing the threats and volatile divisions so characteristic of modern life lie in touching again the hidden unity of human imagination. In this study we will examine the life lived so far, separating what is vital and creative from the corpses of the past, while seeking places where the soul carries its initiations, where the self tries to awaken us further. Each further incarnation of the soul involves descents and ascents which necessitate a full emotional life; for the soul requires that we climb the ladder of wisdom and descend to the depths of love. Join us on this path of discovery where experience becomes knowledge, where psychology encounters myth, where struggle reveals life purpose. Drawing on traditions from many cultures, on psychology of the Old Mind, alchemical imagination, the guiding language of dreams and life sustaining practices, we will touch the pulse of being and work at nourishing the roots of 'living myth.' Themes include: Images That Open the Heart ? Trauma and Trouble: Ordeals That Made Me ? A Little Redemption ? Walking Your Limp ? Symbolic Action, a Changed Life ? Opening the Ego ? Difficult Road to the Center ? The Resplendent Self For more information or to register please visit the Mosaic website at www.mosaicvoices.org <http://www.mosaicvoices.org/> or contact the Mosaic office at 800-233-6984. Mosaic Multicultural Foundation 4218 1/2 SW Alaska, Suite H Seattle, WA 98116 (206) 935-3665 (voice) (206) 935-3612 (fax) info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.mosaicvoices.org <http://www.mosaicvoices.org> ------ End of Forwarded Message ------ End of Forwarded Message ======================= The Redwood Men's E-mail List Keeping you in touch with the Redwood Men's community - To change your list settings, or to unsubscribe, login at: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi - For technical information about this list ,go to: //www.freelists.org/help/index.html - Redwood Men's Center webpage: http://redwoodmen.org/ - Redwood Men's Center Administrative contact: lyncon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Please be patient, a response may take a few days.) - For technical issues related to this list: cwa.2@xxxxxxxxx =======================