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OPUS Archives and Research Center is an active site for wonder and participation in the great questions of our time. Located on the campuses of Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California, OPUS is a dynamic center for the advancement in the fields of depth psychology, mythology and the humanities, and their place on the world platform especially as they inform the areas of social justice and environmental sustainability.
In addition to serving as a destination research facility, OPUS sponsors interdisciplinary dialogues, community networks, internet forums, and creative conversation among researchers, scholars, students, and faculty from various disciplines on a broad series of topics relevant to the issues of the day and how they are informed by eminent scholars in the fields.
Thus, OPUS Archives and Research Center forms a nucleus for the exploration of psyche and myth in the world. It is a center that, in Joseph Campbell's words, provides a "secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation".
The archives housed at OPUS are repositories for rare and significant collections in the fields of mythology, archetypal psychology, and world culture. OPUS extends the availability of these collections to students, scholars and the interested public holding a keen desire to utilize them in contemporary research. OPUS also facilitates grants that further research in these fields and fosters the dissemination of scholarly work into the culture-at-large, including social and environmental entrepreneurs who are active in the contemporary issues of society. |
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