THE GAIA PROJECT
Gaia: Then and Now – The Mythopoetics of Climate Change
A Film Series from ARAS: The Archive for Research in Symbolism
Hosted by Eugene Friends of Jung.
Film. Lecture. Conversation.
VENUE:
Eugene Public Library,
2nd floor, Singer room
FALL SERIES DATES:
11.5.23 / 11.19.23 / 12.3.23
(Winter series to follow)
FREE EVENT.
OPEN TO PUBLIC.
TIME:
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
(Films vary in length)
Almost all of the discussion about climate change has focused on the science that supports the notion that climate change is real and caused by human beings vs. those who deny its reality, its human causes, and question the validity of the scientific evidence supporting its existence. That the debate has focused on the science is only natural in an era when the scientific method has been embraced for several hundred years as the fundamental way of knowing the truth about the earth and the universe.
For a far longer period of time, there has been another way of knowing about the world—what we might call the mytho-poetic way of knowing. The scientific and mytho-poetic ways of knowing have been at odds with one another for at least a few centuries. At a time when everything seems to be polarizing in our views of the world, it might seem odd to suggest that the scientific and mythopoetic ways of knowing can be viewed as complimentary rather than at war. The ARAS Gaia Project seeks to explore the mythopoetic ways of knowing the nature of the earth and the current crisis of climate change—not by putting itself in opposition to the scientific way of knowing, but rather by offering itself as a complementary way of understanding our dire situation and how we got there.
Eugene Friends of Jung invites you to join us
for a collective viewing experience of an ARAS film series.
The goal is to stimulate shared reflection
and conversation to further a
communal raising of consciousness while
exploring the Spirit of the Times and listening for
clues from the Spirit of the Depths.
These programs will be facilitated by Ruthann Duncan
and will be free and open to the public at the Eugene Public Library
on Sunday afternoons during Fall 2023 and Winter 2024.
The films vary in length and include
lecture and illustrative images.
FALL FILM LIST:
November 5, 2023
Jules Cashford-Gaia
November 19, 2023
Jules Cashford—Return of Gaia
December 3, 2023
Shoshona Ferschtman—
Goddesses in Prepatriarchal Culture
WINTER FILM LIST:
(DATES TBD)
Stephan Harding—Gaia and the Tree of Life
Jules Cashford—The Eleusinian Mysteries
Stephan Harding—Gaia Alchemy
Jeffrey Kiehl—Mandalas as an Archetypal Portal to Engage Climate Chaos
ARAS is an archive focusing on symbolic imagery as it appears in diverse cultures and eras throughout human history. ARAS offers a unique perspective on the collective and individual psyche as it expresses itself through image, story, and myth that point to underlying archetypal themes. It is this unique perspective that ARAS wants to bring to the discussion of climate change and our human relationship to Earth.
To learn more about the ARAS Gaia Project click the link below
VENUE:
Eugene Public Library,
2nd floor, Singer room
FALL SERIES DATES:
11.5.23 / 11.19.23 / 12.3.23
(Winter series to follow)
FREE EVENT.
OPEN TO PUBLIC.
TIME:
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
(Films vary in length)
PLEASE REGISTER BEFORE ATTENDING,
AS SEATS ARE VERY LIMITED.
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