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eNewsletter
- Dec 2002
Our next issue mails in 2003. At this time we would like to remind our friends that we are a nonprofit 501c3 organization; we welcome your end-of-year support. Gifts may be made through the Center's website, or sent via mail to PO Box 398080, Cambridge, MA 02139. Thank you.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The Center's former chairman, Richmond Mayo Smith of Boston, has successfully ended his fast, which he began two weeks before Thanksgiving in recognition that "we in the United States of America have been especially graced with great gifts, and by accepting and using these gifts wisely, we can build a future of peace, justice and beauty for our children." Please read the heartfelt essay by this octogenarian, grandfather, and retired educator who still has much to teach us. His essay is shared on the front page of our website.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: ECOPSYCHOLOGY INSTITUTE
The Center's Ecopsychology Institute is offering a workshop on Ecological Consciousness: Exploring our Connections within the Earth Community, on Friday, January 31, 2003. In this day-long experiential workshop, we will introduce principles of ecopsychology and methods that connect human consciousness and identity with the earth as living system. The setting will be the Showa Boston Institute in Boston. For information
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ANNOUNCEMENT: PROGRAM FOR EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE RESEARCH
Those interested in the Center's research into extraordinary experiences may be pleased to learn that an hour of highlights from the SciFi Channel’s two recent symposiums on alien encounters (in NY and Washington DC) will be aired at 3AM, late night of Friday December 13 (technically that is the morning of December 14). Included are excerpts from presentations by Dr. John Mack, Dr. Jacques Vallee, Dr. Michio Kaku, Budd Hopkins, and Dr. David Jacobs. This special will be repeated Sunday, 12/22 at 2:00 a.m., Friday, 12/27 at 7:00 a.m., and Saturday, 12/28 at 5:00 a.m.
And don't forget, if you have not yet seen the outstanding documentary The Abduction Diaries, a very few rebroadcasts are coming up 12/6 at 3AM, 12/8 at 9AM, and 12/14 at 10AM. (The Center assisted the producers in their search for experiencers who were willing to share their disturbing and sometimes transformative experiences with the public).
CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE COSMOS
Writing an ET Tale (for the Man Who Made 'ET')
"Steven said one thing to me about aliens early on: he said they're not friends or foes.
They don't think like us."--Leslie Bohem, screenwriter, on producer Steven Spielberg.
The screenwriter of Taken, Spielberg's new miniseries about alien encounters, was interviewed recently by the New York Times. The Center's own Dr. John Mack was also asked to provide some comments.
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CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Instead of Empire: What Future for the United States?
To explore possibilities for an alternative to empire America, Yes magazine invited five people to shed the light of their experience, spiritual leadership, and knowledge of world affairs. This is not a debate on whether we should go to war but an exploration of what might happen if the US chose a path that is neither the Clinton-promoted future of corporate globalization, nor the Bush Doctrine of endless war.
Includes Former US Ambassador to NATO Harlan Cleveland, Presiding Episcopal Bishop Frank T. Griswold, and European Union Futurist Marc Luyckx.
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The Islam Project
A year-long community engagement campaign to help people better understand Islam and Muslims is holding an event in Boston on December 13th. Their website offers helpful tips on facilitating group discussions and dialogues in your town.
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ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & SPIRIT
Returns next month
SUPPORT CHANGE - AND IMPROVE YOUR SELF
Every month we highlight a new book which we feel may enrich your life; the purchase of which helps support our non profit organization.
The books of Patrick Harpur, British philosopher and historian of mythology, have always been difficult to find in the US, but a domestic printing has at last been arranged for his two best titles. Fans of the late Joseph Campbell will be particularly delighted to discover this new voice.
In The Philosopher’s Secret Fire (available now), Harpur asks "How is it that the same myths are perpetuated through different cultures at different times? Could it be something to do with the universal imagination?"
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In Daimonic Reality (available for delivery in January), Harpur explores the history of the balance between the material world and the world of spirit and myth. Dr. John Mack says, "In the Western worldview there exists [the] so-called objective (or 'outside') world and the subjective (or 'inner') world. There have been various attempts to show that these two worlds are not all that exists. Patrick Harpur's Daimonic Reality is one of the most eloquent expressions of that effort."
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THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY & SOCIAL CHANGE
The Center's online Journal features contributions from some of the leading experts in the fields of psychology, spirituality and social change. Submissions are welcomed. The latest articles include:
If Lawrence of Arabia Were Viewing the War
by John E. Mack, M.D.
Originally published in 1991; Reprinted on occasion of the renewed conflict with Iraq.
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Psychosis and Spirituality: Finding a Language
by Isabel Clarke
Why is religious/spiritual preoccupation and subject matter so prominent in psychosis? How come they both share a sense of portentiousness and supernatural power, and where does this sense come from?
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Visit our website’s community discussion area: www.centerchange.org
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About the Center for Psychology & Social Change
Founded in 1982 by Harvard professor of psychiatry John E. Mack, M.D., the Center runs programs in a wide variety of areas, such as ecopsychology, spirituality and health, therapeutic counseling and extraordinary experience research. The Center's efforts are designed to invite a new way of looking at the world that could lead to sustainable, equitable, and peaceful ways of living.
If the links in this email are not working properly due to variations in service from internet mail services, the online version of this newsletter with fully functional links is available at the Center's website, www.centerchange.org
To suggest items for future issues of Crossroads, please email the editor at info@centerchange.org.
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