“Amor Mundi: What is most difficult, writes Arendt, is to love the world as it is. Loving the world means neither uncritical acceptance nor contemptuous rejection, but the unwavering facing up to and comprehension of that which is.” —Hannah Arendt Association

This multi-layered program is designed to build capacities for immersion into the collective imagination and to impart skills that are needed for personal and community-based resilience work.

In the ancient traditions, there was an intimate relationship between humans and the more-than-human world, which included the realm of the imagination, dreams and myths. This primary relationship helped humans relate to nature and each other as a community, as well as cultivate a relationship with the different levels of reality and the cosmos. Over time, this relationship was severed and this primal belonging to the World Soul was lost throughout many different parts of the world. Is there is a way to remember and embody this primal belonging? The founder of depth-psychology, Carl G. Jung, as well as scholars of orality and oral cultures speak about doing the work of remembering Her language; the language of images, dreams and symbols and to learn to speak this language in a time as crucial as ours. This will be the first pillar of the training.

As we remember what we have lost, we have to learn ways to face what is ahead of us at this specific time of transition. With this remembering can come a song of sorrow and the uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty and unknowing. How do we live this ancient reciprocity with the World Soul at a time where she Herself is going through a destruction-creation process? How can we learn to love the world as it is and be of service in the ways we are called? This will be the second pillar of our training.

Please note that this program is offered only once every 3 years.

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