January 1998
05 — * Alan Watts: Resisting change
12 — Carol Pearson: Training students to be cogs
19 — Rumi: “There is no other world.”
26 — Danah Zohar & Sam Keen: Living systems and myths
February 1998
02 — Jesus: Bringing forth what’s inside you
09 — Neil Postman: Teaching religion
16 — James Ogilvy: Education and “perpetual preparation”
23 — * Claudio Naranjo: To express oneself is to realize oneself
March 1998
02 — * Malidoma Patrice Some: Speed as a measure of spiritual crisis
09 — Anatole French: Teaching as awakening curiosity
16 — * Thomas Szasz: Learning and suffering
23 — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Individual freedom and the community
30 — Tao-Sheng: When ideas are absorbed, forget the symbols
April 1998
06 — Alan Watts: The Fantasy of the Future
13 — B. F. Skinner: Education
20 — Connie Zweig & Steve Wolf: Addictions ac Camouflage
27 — Mary Pipher: A Girl-Poisoning Culture
May 1998
04 — Friedeman Wieland: Hero’s Journey as complete-lived experience
11 — Sam Keen & Ann Valley-Fox: Free to explore possibilities
18 — Mark Van Doren: Art of Teaching
25 — Michael de Montaigne: Asses laden with books
June 1998
01 — * Robert Hopcke: Human archetypes, figures and situations*
08 — James Ogilvy: Goals as defense mechanisms
15 — * Danah Zohar: The world view
22 — * Roger Smith: If people understand why, they will work for it.
29 — Paul Reps: The Muddy Road (a Zen parable)
July 1998
06 — Alan Watts: Rythm and flow in life
13 — James Hope: The Soul
20 — Gregg Levoy: Consult your death
27 — Sigmund Freud: Myth — foundation of life
August 1998
03 — Carl Jung: The mandala as inner image
10 — Alan Watts: The relationship between object and ground
17 — Allan Combs & Mark Holland: Quantum physics and oneness
24 — Peter Gold: The Mandala
31 — Joseph Campbell: Teaching and the reality of life
September 1998
07 — Fritjof Capra: The mind and the mystical experience
14 — James Hillman: Gods of the unconscious
21 — Dov Baer of Mezritch: On seeing the divinity within
28 — Claudio Naranjo: Unfinishedness, completing the incomplete Gestalt
October 1998
05 — J. Krishnamurti: Education and the process of self
12 — Stanley Diamond: On the nature of polar symbols
19 — Victor Mansfield: The self as meaning and self-expression
19 — Paul Reps: How to write a Chinese poem
November 1998
02 — E. C. McKenzie: The worth of an educational system
09 — Victor Frankl: On the meaning of life
16 — Manfred Lurker: On the meaning of symbols
23 — Vartan Gregorian and Neil Postman: On the meaning of life
30 — Paul Rubillot: On learning how, not why, we do things
December 1998
06 — * Rollo May: Engagement and absorption must precede creativity
13 — * Claudio Naranjo: Using techniques to avoid reality
20 — * From The Sacred: On science, control and the disruption of balance
27 — Gregg Levoy: Why we reject our Calls in life
January 1999
04 — Tim O’Brien: On finding meaning through telling stories
11 — Andrew Harvey: On the mystical experience
18 — * Thoughts on the Shadow: With a comment on the shadow and the Journey
25 — Ralph Metzner: On the importance and function of myth and metaphor
February 1999
01 — Pema Chodron: When things fall apart — beginning of an adventure
08 — Lorna Catford & Michael Ray: Hero’s Journey is spiritual transformation
15 — Marian Diamond & Janet Hopson: Video games, behavior and thinking
22 — Jacob Needleman: Do you live your life or does your life live you?
March 1999
01 — Christine Baldwin: Writing bridges the inner and outer worlds
08 — Thomas Moore: Participating in rather than controlling life
15 — Wes “Scoop” Nisker: Western detatchment and crazy wisdom
22 — Ralph Metzner: Metaphors of transformation and consciousness
29 — J. Krishnamurti: Education and the integrated process of life
April 1999
05 — Tim O’Brien: A mentor from The Things they Carried
12 — Peter Gold: Balancing the male and female energies
19 — Maladoma Patrice Some: Ritual and the machine culture
26 — Ralph Metzner: Images of the entrapped human consciousness; the labyrinth
May 1999
03 — Chuang Tzu: An ancient Chinese philosopher on the use of symbols
10 — Lorna Catford, Ph. D. and Michael Ray, Ph.D.: Frustration and creativity
17 — Joseph Campbell: On myth and meaning
24 — Stephen Mitchell: On Jesus, awareness, presence and the Journey
31 — Combs and Holland: Complimentary (polar) nature of human situations
June 1999
07 — Swami Paramananda: On concentration and goals
14 — J. Krishnamurti: On the difference between education and training
21 — Laura Day: On our culture’s overreliance on “linear” thought
28 — * Robert Bly: Literature, the shadow and the “dark side”
July 1999
05 — Alan Watts: The necessity of the background to see the object (yin/yang)
12 — David Reynolds: The positive sides of neurotic attitudes.
19 — David Reynolds: Suffering as a constructive guide to action
26 — Eugene Herrigel: Spirituality and transcending skill to achieve art
August 1999
02 — Robert Bly: On the Shadow and Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
09 — Shunryu Suzuki: Karmic action (with comment related to Hero’s Journey)
16 — from The Sacred: On clowns and our own self importance
23 — Hans Biedermann: On the power of symbols to influence and manipulate
30 — from Magic Trees of the Mind: On one difference between Japanese and American teaching styles
September 1999
06 — Alan Watts: On the nature of the sublime experience and its expression in symbols
13 — Neil Postman: On the impact of technology on learning, schools and society
20 — Rollo May: On greed, ethics, technology and depression
27 — * Albert Einstein: On the illusion created by consciousness
October 1999
04 — * Neil Postman: On a world without spiritual or intellectual order
11 — from The Sacred: On greed and exploitation
18 — * Carl Jung: On the psychological process of individuation (with comment on the Journey)
25 — Pema Chodron: When things fall apart: learning to let go
November 1999
01 — Robert Segal: Jung on the difference between signs, allegories and symbols
08 — Deng Ming-Dao: On movement and creativity
15 — Herbert Kohl: “I Won’t Learn from You” & Creative maladjustment
22 — Paul Rebillot: On the rite of passage and our modern “spiritual void”
29 — Malidoma Patrice Some: On ritual and the enslavement overt power
December 1999
06 — Tom E. Driver: Ritual as spiritual “technolgy,” technology of the spirit
13 — from The Mythic Path: On the nature and function of a personal mythology
20 — Robert Segal: Jung on the relationship between myths and archetypes.
27 — Ralph Metzner: Archetypes and layers of personality
January 2000
03 — Transpersonal Psychology: The Perenial Philosophy and the evloution of human consciousnes
10 — Lorna Catford and Michael Ray: On lving in the present moment
17 — Leslie Marmon Silko: from Ceremony on the intricacy of language and meaning
24 — Lewis Hyde: Trickster can disguise his tracks
31 — Alan Watts: Organic nature of mythical language
February 2000
07 — James Hillman: Plato’s myth of Er and the daimon as our guiding principle
14 — Toby J. Tetenbaum: Chaos, bounded equilibrium in organizations + comment
21 — Robert Segal: The relationship of myth and ritual
28 — Alan Watts: The transformation of understanding
March 2000
06 — Frederick Frank: “De-thingifying,” disolving the object/subject relationship
13 — Laura Berk: Behavior of children raised by prmissive parenting
20 — Robert Segal: On Heroes seeing “through things into things.”
27 — * Ginsburg and Opper: Piaget’s concept of equilibruim (with comment on the Journey)
April 2000
03 — James Ogilvy: On the obsolescence of goals
10 — from Navajo and Tibetan Sacred Wisdom: On real values and the modern world
17 — Leslie Marmon Silko: cure would be found only in something great and inclusive of everything
23 — Chang Chung-yuan: On the primordial source, the beginning and end of all things.
30 — Jean Piaget: On perception and intelligence.
May 2000
01 — Rollo May: On myths and making sense in life.
08 — Feinstein and Krippner: On myth as the coded DNA of the human psyche.
15 — Carl Jung: On the importance of meaning in life
22 — Thomas Moore: The inverse relationship between information and wisdom
29 — Michael Josephson: On ethics and decision making
June 2000
05 — Vartan Gregorian: On the two fundamental challenges of teaching.
12 — Allan Combs and Mark Holand: Sacrificing control to experience the divine flow of life
19 — Robert H. Hopcke: Being open to the meaning in what you did not want to happen
26 — David Rosen: The persona is a mask that is used to relate to and interact with the outer world
July 2000
03 — Ken Wilber: On healing the persona-shadow split
10 — Roger Walsh and Frances Vaughn: Spiritual release and the developmental crisis –the Call
17 — Gregg Levoy: Seeing pain and illness as a call to finding an authentic life
24 — Pema Chodron: Restraining from implusive action to discover our true nature
31 — Jiddu Krishnamurti: Education is the discernment of the essential; fear prevents intelligence
August 2000
07 — Alexander Eliot: On the numinous nature of myth
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21 —
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September 2000
04 — Erich Fromm: The “art of living” in a technological, machine-oriented world
11 — Gregg Levoy: On recognizing the “true” calls in our lives
18 — * Tom Williams: On cognitive restructuring in treating PTSD (with comment on Journey)
25 — Linda Barnes: On surrendering our attachments to free our creativity and vision
October 2000
02 — * Lewis Hyde: Trickster as the boundary crosser and embodyment of ambiguity and ambivalence
09 — * James Ogilvy: The perception change from a material economy to an information economy
16 — * Marsha Sinetar: On repecting the self and individual needs for growth and learning
23 — Alan Briskin: The power of the shadow to add vitality and depth to our lives.
30 — Charlotte Joko Beck: Stoking the fire of attention and participation in the present
November 2000
06 — Marsha Sinetar: No part of our personality reveals our basic temperament more than our dark side
13 — * Michael White: The narrative model for experience, with comment on the Journey
20 — Tarthang Tulku: Education provides information but fails to teach us how to use it.
27 — Alan Briskin: The ambiguity of good and evil is a key to explore our heart and motivations
December 2000
04 — Swami Chetanananda: On the necessity of letting go, of the leap of faith, of death and rebirth.
11 — Michael Foucault: On the subjugating power of constant observation
18 — Jerome Bruner: The object of interpretation is understanding, not explanation.
25 — David McCarthy: Gestalt learning theory; creating the need to learn
January 2001
01 — Ellen Langer: Focusing on outcome rather than process develops one’s self image.
08 — * Marsha Sinetar: On the individuality of develompent, with a comment on schools
15 — * Ellen Langer: Emphasizing outcome over process in education reduces mindfulness.
22 — Rollow May: The healing power of myth
29 — David Reynolds: Learning to think of every “now” as important
February 2001
05 — Ellen Langer: We learn about ourselves by examining our choices
12 — Jerome Bruner: Education must help those living in a culture find an identity within that culture
19 — David McCarthy: The illusion of objectivity, with comment on high-stakes testing and power
26 — Rollo May: The existential nature of human experience; there is no reality except as we experience it.
March 2001
05 — Mark Epstein: The self as illusion
12 — Jean-Paul Sartre: Relationship of “self” and “not-self;” comment on Journey as becoming-being
19 — James Hillman: The universality of archetypes as structurers of fantasy and myth.
26 — Thomas Yoemans: Self-awareness and understanding as the foundation for education
April 2001
02 — Alan Watts: The language of myth is integrative and organic; factual language dissects
09 — Jerome Bruner: How one conceives of education is a function of how one conceives of the culture
16 — Claudio Naranjo: The relationship between structure and creativity
23 — Alan Briskin: The impact of standardization and mechanization on the soul.
30 — Fritjof Capra: The Eastern mystical traditions focus on changing the person inside (with comment).
May 2001
07 — George Kelly: We need not be victims of our pasts.
14 — Judith Herman: The importance of being connected to others for trauma recovery.
21 — * Jermoe Bruner: How our “folk psychology” influences the way we see the world.
28 — Alice Miller: We must know our own truths before we can love.
June 2001
05 — Ann E. Berthoff: An organic conception of language; the relationship between word and idea.
12 — Craig Eilert Abrahamson: one cannot know oneself without telling stories.
19 — Jerome Bruner: The nature of narrative truth, understanding and analysis.
26 — David Feinstein and Stanley Krippner: The journey toward balancing internal and external worlds.
July 2001
02 — Tarthang Tulku: On the fragile nature of our inner journeys.
09 — Alan Briskin: On adversity as an opportunity to take charge of our lives.
16 — ChristinaBaldwin: On the need to protect our “creative tension” for writing.
23 — Charolette Joko Beck: Work as Zen practice; doing what needs to be done.
30 — Ann Berthoff: On the corelative nature of thought and language.
August 2001
06 — Mark Epstein: Even painful experiences can be interesting.
13 — George Isaac Brown: On the paradoxical nature of the assembly-line classroom.
20 — Anne Berthoff: On the importance of chaos in composition.
27 — Ken Wilber: On the nature of lines a boundaries (with a reflection)
September 2001
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October 2001
01 — Herbert Kohl: Two thoughts on creative or protective maladjustment in students.
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22 — Parker Palmer: Transition from mentored to mentor and the role of the teacher
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December 2001
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January 2002
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February 2002
04 — Jerome Bruner: On literature’s power to open possibilities in our lives
11 — Carl Jung: On the nature and function of archetypes
18 — George Isaac Brown: On how reliance on manipulation and roles stiffles our growth
25 — Donald Polkinghorne: On narrative and the construction of personal identity
March 2002
04 — Stephen Batchelor: On “having” and anxiety
11 — Erich Fromm: On the replacement of “being” with “having”
18 —
25 —
April 2002
01 — Jerome Bruner: Literature as a tool to make life less fixed and more open to change
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15 — Jerome Bruner: The creation of the narrative self
22 — Ann E. Berthoff: Education as an organic process
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The Hero's Journey: A resource for educators, teachers, and students
January 1998
05 — * Alan Watts: Resisting change
12 — Carol Pearson: Training students to be cogs
19 — Rumi: “There is no other world.”
26 — Danah Zohar & Sam Keen: Living systems and myths
February 1998
02 — Jesus: Bringing forth what’s inside you
09 — Neil Postman: Teaching religion
16 — James Ogilvy: Education and “perpetual preparation”
23 — * Claudio Naranjo: To express oneself is to realize oneself
March 1998
02 — * Malidoma Patrice Some: Speed as a measure of spiritual crisis
09 — Anatole French: Teaching as awakening curiosity
16 — * Thomas Szasz: Learning and suffering
23 — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Individual freedom and the community
30 — Tao-Sheng: When ideas are absorbed, forget the symbols
April 1998
06 — Alan Watts: The Fantasy of the Future
13 — B. F. Skinner: Education
20 — Connie Zweig & Steve Wolf: Addictions ac Camouflage
27 — Mary Pipher: A Girl-Poisoning Culture
May 1998
04 — Friedeman Wieland: Hero’s Journey as complete-lived experience
11 — Sam Keen & Ann Valley-Fox: Free to explore possibilities
18 — Mark Van Doren: Art of Teaching
25 — Michael de Montaigne: Asses laden with books
June 1998
01 — * Robert Hopcke: Human archetypes, figures and situations*
08 — James Ogilvy: Goals as defense mechanisms
15 — * Danah Zohar: The world view
22 — * Roger Smith: If people understand why, they will work for it.
29 — Paul Reps: The Muddy Road (a Zen parable)
July 1998
06 — Alan Watts: Rythm and flow in life
13 — James Hope: The Soul
20 — Gregg Levoy: Consult your death
27 — Sigmund Freud: Myth — foundation of life
August 1998
03 — Carl Jung: The mandala as inner image
10 — Alan Watts: The relationship between object and ground
17 — Allan Combs & Mark Holland: Quantum physics and oneness
24 — Peter Gold: The Mandala
31 — Joseph Campbell: Teaching and the reality of life
September 1998
07 — Fritjof Capra: The mind and the mystical experience
14 — James Hillman: Gods of the unconscious
21 — Dov Baer of Mezritch: On seeing the divinity within
28 — Claudio Naranjo: Unfinishedness, completing the incomplete Gestalt
October 1998
05 — J. Krishnamurti: Education and the process of self
12 — Stanley Diamond: On the nature of polar symbols
19 — Victor Mansfield: The self as meaning and self-expression
19 — Paul Reps: How to write a Chinese poem
November 1998
02 — E. C. McKenzie: The worth of an educational system
09 — Victor Frankl: On the meaning of life
16 — Manfred Lurker: On the meaning of symbols
23 — Vartan Gregorian and Neil Postman: On the meaning of life
30 — Paul Rubillot: On learning how, not why, we do things
December 1998
06 — * Rollo May: Engagement and absorption must precede creativity
13 — * Claudio Naranjo: Using techniques to avoid reality
20 — * From The Sacred: On science, control and the disruption of balance
27 — Gregg Levoy: Why we reject our Calls in life
January 1999
04 — Tim O’Brien: On finding meaning through telling stories
11 — Andrew Harvey: On the mystical experience
18 — * Thoughts on the Shadow: With a comment on the shadow and the Journey
25 — Ralph Metzner: On the importance and function of myth and metaphor
February 1999
01 — Pema Chodron: When things fall apart — beginning of an adventure
08 — Lorna Catford & Michael Ray: Hero’s Journey is spiritual transformation
15 — Marian Diamond & Janet Hopson: Video games, behavior and thinking
22 — Jacob Needleman: Do you live your life or does your life live you?
March 1999
01 — Christine Baldwin: Writing bridges the inner and outer worlds
08 — Thomas Moore: Participating in rather than controlling life
15 — Wes “Scoop” Nisker: Western detatchment and crazy wisdom
22 — Ralph Metzner: Metaphors of transformation and consciousness
29 — J. Krishnamurti: Education and the integrated process of life
April 1999
05 — Tim O’Brien: A mentor from The Things they Carried
12 — Peter Gold: Balancing the male and female energies
19 — Maladoma Patrice Some: Ritual and the machine culture
26 — Ralph Metzner: Images of the entrapped human consciousness; the labyrinth
May 1999
03 — Chuang Tzu: An ancient Chinese philosopher on the use of symbols
10 — Lorna Catford, Ph. D. and Michael Ray, Ph.D.: Frustration and creativity
17 — Joseph Campbell: On myth and meaning
24 — Stephen Mitchell: On Jesus, awareness, presence and the Journey
31 — Combs and Holland: Complimentary (polar) nature of human situations
June 1999
07 — Swami Paramananda: On concentration and goals
14 — J. Krishnamurti: On the difference between education and training
21 — Laura Day: On our culture’s overreliance on “linear” thought
28 — * Robert Bly: Literature, the shadow and the “dark side”
July 1999
05 — Alan Watts: The necessity of the background to see the object (yin/yang)
12 — David Reynolds: The positive sides of neurotic attitudes.
19 — David Reynolds: Suffering as a constructive guide to action
26 — Eugene Herrigel: Spirituality and transcending skill to achieve art
August 1999
02 — Robert Bly: On the Shadow and Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
09 — Shunryu Suzuki: Karmic action (with comment related to Hero’s Journey)
16 — from The Sacred: On clowns and our own self importance
23 — Hans Biedermann: On the power of symbols to influence and manipulate
30 — from Magic Trees of the Mind: On one difference between Japanese and American teaching styles
September 1999
06 — Alan Watts: On the nature of the sublime experience and its expression in symbols
13 — Neil Postman: On the impact of technology on learning, schools and society
20 — Rollo May: On greed, ethics, technology and depression
27 — * Albert Einstein: On the illusion created by consciousness
October 1999
04 — * Neil Postman: On a world without spiritual or intellectual order
11 — from The Sacred: On greed and exploitation
18 — * Carl Jung: On the psychological process of individuation (with comment on the Journey)
25 — Pema Chodron: When things fall apart: learning to let go
November 1999
01 — Robert Segal: Jung on the difference between signs, allegories and symbols
08 — Deng Ming-Dao: On movement and creativity
15 — Herbert Kohl: “I Won’t Learn from You” & Creative maladjustment
22 — Paul Rebillot: On the rite of passage and our modern “spiritual void”
29 — Malidoma Patrice Some: On ritual and the enslavement overt power
December 1999
06 — Tom E. Driver: Ritual as spiritual “technolgy,” technology of the spirit
13 — from The Mythic Path: On the nature and function of a personal mythology
20 — Robert Segal: Jung on the relationship between myths and archetypes.
27 — Ralph Metzner: Archetypes and layers of personality
January 2000
03 — Transpersonal Psychology: The Perenial Philosophy and the evloution of human consciousnes
10 — Lorna Catford and Michael Ray: On lving in the present moment
17 — Leslie Marmon Silko: from Ceremony on the intricacy of language and meaning
24 — Lewis Hyde: Trickster can disguise his tracks
31 — Alan Watts: Organic nature of mythical language
February 2000
07 — James Hillman: Plato’s myth of Er and the daimon as our guiding principle
14 — Toby J. Tetenbaum: Chaos, bounded equilibrium in organizations + comment
21 — Robert Segal: The relationship of myth and ritual
28 — Alan Watts: The transformation of understanding
March 2000
06 — Frederick Frank: “De-thingifying,” disolving the object/subject relationship
13 — Laura Berk: Behavior of children raised by prmissive parenting
20 — Robert Segal: On Heroes seeing “through things into things.”
27 — * Ginsburg and Opper: Piaget’s concept of equilibruim (with comment on the Journey)
April 2000
03 — James Ogilvy: On the obsolescence of goals
10 — from Navajo and Tibetan Sacred Wisdom: On real values and the modern world
17 — Leslie Marmon Silko: cure would be found only in something great and inclusive of everything
23 — Chang Chung-yuan: On the primordial source, the beginning and end of all things.
30 — Jean Piaget: On perception and intelligence.
May 2000
01 — Rollo May: On myths and making sense in life.
08 — Feinstein and Krippner: On myth as the coded DNA of the human psyche.
15 — Carl Jung: On the importance of meaning in life
22 — Thomas Moore: The inverse relationship between information and wisdom
29 — Michael Josephson: On ethics and decision making
June 2000
05 — Vartan Gregorian: On the two fundamental challenges of teaching.
12 — Allan Combs and Mark Holand: Sacrificing control to experience the divine flow of life
19 — Robert H. Hopcke: Being open to the meaning in what you did not want to happen
26 — David Rosen: The persona is a mask that is used to relate to and interact with the outer world
July 2000
03 — Ken Wilber: On healing the persona-shadow split
10 — Roger Walsh and Frances Vaughn: Spiritual release and the developmental crisis –the Call
17 — Gregg Levoy: Seeing pain and illness as a call to finding an authentic life
24 — Pema Chodron: Restraining from implusive action to discover our true nature
31 — Jiddu Krishnamurti: Education is the discernment of the essential; fear prevents intelligence
August 2000
07 — Alexander Eliot: On the numinous nature of myth
14 —
21 —
28 —
September 2000
04 — Erich Fromm: The “art of living” in a technological, machine-oriented world
11 — Gregg Levoy: On recognizing the “true” calls in our lives
18 — * Tom Williams: On cognitive restructuring in treating PTSD (with comment on Journey)
25 — Linda Barnes: On surrendering our attachments to free our creativity and vision
October 2000
02 — * Lewis Hyde: Trickster as the boundary crosser and embodyment of ambiguity and ambivalence
09 — * James Ogilvy: The perception change from a material economy to an information economy
16 — * Marsha Sinetar: On repecting the self and individual needs for growth and learning
23 — Alan Briskin: The power of the shadow to add vitality and depth to our lives.
30 — Charlotte Joko Beck: Stoking the fire of attention and participation in the present
November 2000
06 — Marsha Sinetar: No part of our personality reveals our basic temperament more than our dark side
13 — * Michael White: The narrative model for experience, with comment on the Journey
20 — Tarthang Tulku: Education provides information but fails to teach us how to use it.
27 — Alan Briskin: The ambiguity of good and evil is a key to explore our heart and motivations
December 2000
04 — Swami Chetanananda: On the necessity of letting go, of the leap of faith, of death and rebirth.
11 — Michael Foucault: On the subjugating power of constant observation
18 — Jerome Bruner: The object of interpretation is understanding, not explanation.
25 — David McCarthy: Gestalt learning theory; creating the need to learn
January 2001
01 — Ellen Langer: Focusing on outcome rather than process develops one’s self image.
08 — * Marsha Sinetar: On the individuality of develompent, with a comment on schools
15 — * Ellen Langer: Emphasizing outcome over process in education reduces mindfulness.
22 — Rollow May: The healing power of myth
29 — David Reynolds: Learning to think of every “now” as important
February 2001
05 — Ellen Langer: We learn about ourselves by examining our choices
12 — Jerome Bruner: Education must help those living in a culture find an identity within that culture
19 — David McCarthy: The illusion of objectivity, with comment on high-stakes testing and power
26 — Rollo May: The existential nature of human experience; there is no reality except as we experience it.
March 2001
05 — Mark Epstein: The self as illusion
12 — Jean-Paul Sartre: Relationship of “self” and “not-self;” comment on Journey as becoming-being
19 — James Hillman: The universality of archetypes as structurers of fantasy and myth.
26 — Thomas Yoemans: Self-awareness and understanding as the foundation for education
April 2001
02 — Alan Watts: The language of myth is integrative and organic; factual language dissects
09 — Jerome Bruner: How one conceives of education is a function of how one conceives of the culture
16 — Claudio Naranjo: The relationship between structure and creativity
23 — Alan Briskin: The impact of standardization and mechanization on the soul.
30 — Fritjof Capra: The Eastern mystical traditions focus on changing the person inside (with comment).
May 2001
07 — George Kelly: We need not be victims of our pasts.
14 — Judith Herman: The importance of being connected to others for trauma recovery.
21 — * Jermoe Bruner: How our “folk psychology” influences the way we see the world.
28 — Alice Miller: We must know our own truths before we can love.
June 2001
05 — Ann E. Berthoff: An organic conception of language; the relationship between word and idea.
12 — Craig Eilert Abrahamson: one cannot know oneself without telling stories.
19 — Jerome Bruner: The nature of narrative truth, understanding and analysis.
26 — David Feinstein and Stanley Krippner: The journey toward balancing internal and external worlds.
July 2001
02 — Tarthang Tulku: On the fragile nature of our inner journeys.
09 — Alan Briskin: On adversity as an opportunity to take charge of our lives.
16 — ChristinaBaldwin: On the need to protect our “creative tension” for writing.
23 — Charolette Joko Beck: Work as Zen practice; doing what needs to be done.
30 — Ann Berthoff: On the corelative nature of thought and language.
August 2001
06 — Mark Epstein: Even painful experiences can be interesting.
13 — George Isaac Brown: On the paradoxical nature of the assembly-line classroom.
20 — Anne Berthoff: On the importance of chaos in composition.
27 — Ken Wilber: On the nature of lines a boundaries (with a reflection)
September 2001
03 —
10 —
17 —
24 —
October 2001
01 — Herbert Kohl: Two thoughts on creative or protective maladjustment in students.
08 —
16 —
22 — Parker Palmer: Transition from mentored to mentor and the role of the teacher
29 —
November 2001
06 —
13 —
20 —
27 —
December 2001
03 —
10 —
17 —
24 —
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January 2002
07 —
14 —
21 —
28 —
February 2002
04 — Jerome Bruner: On literature’s power to open possibilities in our lives
11 — Carl Jung: On the nature and function of archetypes
18 — George Isaac Brown: On how reliance on manipulation and roles stiffles our growth
25 — Donald Polkinghorne: On narrative and the construction of personal identity
March 2002
04 — Stephen Batchelor: On “having” and anxiety
11 — Erich Fromm: On the replacement of “being” with “having”
18 —
25 —
April 2002
01 — Jerome Bruner: Literature as a tool to make life less fixed and more open to change
08 —
15 — Jerome Bruner: The creation of the narrative self
22 — Ann E. Berthoff: Education as an organic process
28 —
May 2002
01 — J
08 —
15 — J
22 — A
28 —