Myth and Contemporary Physics: Joseph Campbell and David Bohm
Friday, Oct 24
Discover the surprising commonalities between myth and the language of contemporary physics in this lecture. When the eminent scholar of mythology Joseph Campbell asserted that the function of a myth is to move the individual to a state in which one becomes transcendent to transcendence, his choice of words echoed the thinking of contemporary physicist David Bohm. Bohm described an Implicate Order that conveys an underlying unity of all the parts into an organic whole in which all aspects of creation are related.
Riting One's Personal Myth
Saturday, Oct 25
Experiment with riting, a way of evoking the ritual sense inherent in the act of writing, in this workshop. Ritual is an embodied act, in which we remember particles of our personal myth that may not yet be fully conscious. Using passages from Joseph Campbell's work as well as selections of poetry, we will explore and give language to some of the complex contours of one's personal mythos. In the process we will explore the possibility of mythic knowing, as both content and as a way of perceiving the reality we create for ourselves. Please bring a journal for this day of writing exercises designed to coax aspects of one's personal myth to the surface of consciousness.
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