| John Gentile, PhD
The Longing for Sacred Landscapes
"[O]ur anguish over the fate of the earth," writes Roger S. Gottlieg in This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment, "is a real element in our everyday emotional lives" (4). Confronted with the desacralization, commod
sacred landscapes found in other cultures, particularly those of Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Bhutan. This paper explores the longing for sacred landscapes, its inspiration in grief, its early unconscious stirring, and recognize
the divine.
John S. Gentile, PhD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at Kennesaw State University. His publications include Cast of One: One-Person Shows form the Chautauqua Platform
Storytelling, Self, Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Storytelling Studies. His production The Hero's Journey: Mythic Stories of the Heroic Quest was presented at the 2004 Mythic Journeys conference. He will direct hJonathan Paul De Vierville, Phd is Professor of History and The Humanities, St. Philip's College and Director, Alamo Plaza Spa, San Antonio, Texas. He facilitates The Eco-Social-Psi-Dreaming & Global Spa Culture S
Seminars during the early years (OE70's) of Archetypal Psychology. At The University of Texas, Austin (OE80s) he wrote A History of American Spas and Healing Waters and helped found The International Spa Associatio
College, England he encountered the dreams, sounds, mysteries and myths of Crop Circles. http://www.alamoplazaspa.com |