St. Francis Renewal Center
1901 Prior Road, Wilmington, Delaware, 19809
February 24-27, 2005 |
The
personality develops through education and social interaction. It thinks to itself
and imagines that it is in control of life, but is intrinsically fragmented. In
contrast, both spiritual and psychological investigators have said that there
is a deeper self, hidden in the psyche, which can be a source of wholeness and
hence of healing. A meaningful life is one in which the personality is completed
by what lies within. This is what we mean by 'psyche integration'.
There are
many paths available, crafted over centuries to suit different temperaments and
cultures. Our seven-fold methodology is a spectrum of experiences that combines
individual exploration with group process: |
1. Experienting - experiment with the 'stuff' of experience through 'physiological
meditation' | |
| 2.
Social dreaming - association to the meaning of dreams that are shared in
the group as access to emergent social reality | |
| 3. Moving - gestural movement
to integrate psyche and soma and producing whole body images that can evolve into
a story |  |
| 4. Tissue paper collage - accessing
meaning through the aesthetics and beauty of visual art |  |
5.
Median group - dialogue of equals to share meaning and develop mutual understanding
or fellowship |  |
| 6. Logovisual technology (LVT)
- articulation of molecules of thought and their integration into unifying insights |  |
| 7. Immediate Learning in the Moment
(ILM) - accessing the field of active information through music and sounds | |
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As the personality
- represented by the circle at the top of the circular mandala - travels through
these experiences, it comes under the influence of the hidden wholeness at the
center. A labyrinth connects inner with outer and each person follows a path governed
by their question or quest. In the center are the mysteries of how our individuality
is involved in the being of others, and how our own unconscious dwells in the
collective unconscious. We cannot understand if we are isolated. Psyche
Integration contains dialogue, imagination, images, dreams, movements and music.
It operates along the continuum from the cosmos through the social to the individual
and the cells of the body. A spectrum of methods is involved to invoke the whole
gamut of human perceptions. Its style is that of serious play with exact disciplines
followed in a spontaneous release of meaning. It is a journey of self-discovery
that spreads its benefits into the active working day, life of the family and
relation with higher intelligence.
For more information on psyche integration click here
FACILITATORS: |
Anthony
Blake has a background in physics and philosophy. He studied with the systems
thinker and mystic John Bennett as well as with the physicist David Bohm and other
innovators and pioneers. He has followed the principle of integration without
rejection, proposed by Bennett, and focuses on how to make this possible in real
life. He is the author of several books - on the Enneagram symbol of Gurdjieff,
the meaning of time, intelligence, dialogue, globalization, systematics, etc.
Co-founder of the DuVersity, of which he is Director of Studies, Anthony facilitates
seminars and lectures on methodology. |  |
| Karen Stefano
is an artist and practicing psychotherapist. She has worked with Jungian analyst
Dr. Edith Wallace on the tissue paper collage method for many years. Karen has
worked with groups in a variety of settings, which include Gurdjieff/Fourth Way,
psychodynamic, and Median approaches. She has trained with Dr. Patrick de Mare
in Median Group process and worked with Gordon Lawrence in Social Dreaming Matrix.
Karen is co-founder of DuVersity and organizes its educational events. |  |
| LOCATION and
CHECK IN TIME: | CLAYMONT COURT,
WEST VIRGINIA
This seminar will be held in the historic Claymont Mansion, at
Claymont Court in Charles Town, West Virginia. This colonial estate covers 350
acres of forest and farmland, 65 miles from Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD.
Please arrive at 3pm. Dinner will be at 6pm to be followed with evening meetings
and end on Sunday after lunch. |
| COSTS: | Tuition:
$650
Shared room and board: $375
Private room supplement: $150 |
Make
checks payable in US Currency or international money order to:
DUVERSITY SEMINARS. We can also accept Visa or Mastercard
Mail to Karen Stefano,
Registrar, 25 Homewood Hills, Charles Town, WV 25414
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