On Friday, March 18th OPUS and Pacifica celebrated the arrival of the Guggenbühl-Craig collection to the archives. The intimate gathering was addressed by OPUS Board President Stephen Kenneally and long time student of Guggenbühl-Craig’s, Joe McNair. Stephen Kenneally also shared a fe
“You enter the forest at the darkest point, where there is no path. Where there’s a way or path, it is someone else’s path; each human being is a unique phenomenon.” Joseph Campbell, Pathways to Bliss
Twenty-first century depth psychology research encompasses many methodologies, methods, techniques, procedures, and moves. While current practice encourages a mix and match bricolage approach to collecting and analyzing data, the possible choices are overwhelming. How can you become
New year, new Campbell book to dive into at our Mythological RoundTable® Group at OPUS! The book is The Mythic Dimension and contains a selection of essays that Campbell wrote between 1959 and 1987. The two main topics in this volume are mythology and history and mythology and the art
Dennis Patrick Slattery has just released his newest book titled Day-To-Day Dante: Exploring Personal Myth Through The Divine Comedy. Dennis has contributed articles on Joseph Campbell to our website and I invite you to check them out here. Overview The premise of this series of 365 m
OPUS is honored to announce the arrival of the Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig collection to the archives. Dr. Guggenbühl-Craig’s magnificent collection of articles, lectures and correspondence sits alongside James Hillman’s, long time colleagues and friends. Dr. Guggenbühl-Craig’s collection
Announcing the addition of an online archive of our E-Newsletter, “The Root and the Bloom”. Click here to access the archives and read the March, 2011 E-Newsletter or browse through older newsletters and read about past events and news from OPUS!
Thresholds, a place of liminality, a moment of endings and beginnings. Thresholds are a consequence of the unfolding of time as any movement will lead one to places of crossing. Orpheus looking back, Amaterasu emerging from her cave.
Bob Walter, Executive Director of the Joseph Campbell Foundation is on Karen Tate’s “Voices of the Sacred Feminine” radio show today. She writes that they will be discussing “what it means to be a “mythic activist”, the importance of Joseph Campbell
Akeso (Greek “akesis”) is the goddess of healing wounds and curing illnesses. She represents the process of healing, not the cure itself. Akeso is the daughter of Epione the goddess of soothing of pain and Asklepios the god of medicine. I could find no images of Akeso tho