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The World's Dream and Ecopsychology

A taste of academia... Here's the link to a paper I wrote a month or two ago for my Ecopsychology class covering the convergence between Depth Psychology and Shamanism as is applicable to Ecopsychology. Wordy? Yes. Academic? Yes. Fascinating? Well...I think so!

Cheers!

http://amandaspiral.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/the-worlds-dream-ecopsychol...

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such gratitude...

i went in for a second viewing of 2010:TimeForChange this evening. my mother, who is visiting from out of town, asked i would go with her and the friend she is traveling with. while watching this time, i was overcome with gratitude for the movie, for what it represents, and for the fact that this community exists. it gives me an overwhelming sense of hope and empowerment.

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archetyping the experience

last fall, i began studying in a brand new master's program at antioch university seattle. the program is "psychology and spirituality" and my focus is "depth psychology." the freedom i have within this program to create my own course is amazing. my concentration (as it stands at the moment) will be archetypal astrology.

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ah, saturn.

where am i?

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About Me

Bio

seventh house aquarius sun. leo rising. shamanic scorpio moon at the root of it all. inherently unable to use labels other than my name, and am thrilled at the prospect of revolving around with a network of like minded people from whom i'm sure i've much to learn. in a particularly introverted patch, so do chime in if you feel compelled.

i find myself currently gliding around in a life better than any dream i could have imagined. i am in graduate school in a program that is allowing me to pursue my interests in depth psychology and astrology. i'm completely enmeshed in dreamwork, ritual, astrology, active imagination, and enough reading that my brain demands 9-10 hours of sleep each night for processing time. my master's thesis will involve designing rituals to help people through "plutonian passages," with the goal of re-imagining the archetype of apocalypse.

i really, truly, love life.

Skills and talents
taking in millions of tiny bits and synthesizing them all
Interests
Alchemy, Astrology, aura cleansing, camping, Depth Psychology, energy healing, learning all the time about everything, lucid dreaming, my neighborhood, Shamanism, structure, Tarot, walking fast uphill, western hermetics/occultism/magic, [compulsive]used book shopping
What I'm Reading
the essential jung; the cambridge companion to jung; on poetic imagination and reverie (bachelard); anatomy of the psyche (edinger); re-visioning psychology (hillman); a game of thrones
What I'm Listening To
astrology podcasts and red ice radio
Movies I've Seen Recently
wake up!
Websites I'm Into
www.dailygrail.com, www.dreaminglucid.com

Education

High school
catalina foothills - tucson, az
College
university of washington - BA in social sciences
Graduate school
antioch university - integrative studies in psychology - psychology & spirituality - depth psychology
Additional study
yes, please. always.

Work

Employer
local non-profit
Position
administrative what-not-er