| Ruth Meyer, PhD
Walking in the Soulscape of History
We might think of the archives as the normal habitat of the historian, but Clio the Greek muse of history originally danced in nature around the springs of Mount Olympus. This presentation will focus on the unconscious fo
the landscape of history. The experiences of several eminent historians including Simon Schama and his teacher Richard Cobb will be examined, alongside the experiences of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. Together we
district, to the ruins of Pompeii. We will observe how time changes when we walk in nature and how touching the rich loam underfoot can awaken us to a new historical archive: the archive of the soul.
Ruth Meyer, PhD studied and taught history in England before moving to America in 1999 to pursue her doctoral degree in depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She now teaches world history in a college prepPhoenix Raine, MEd
Shall we gather at the river: A timeless confluence
How are text and image kept alive in our imagination? Memory holds symbols in the urns and turns of alchemical dreams. Landscape and mindscape provide foreknowledge. Historical and imaginative uprisings surface m
reveals collective imagination. Then a new horizon emerges in a confluence of relations, permeable timelines flow from the river. The Confluence Project, along the Columbia River, between Oregon and Washington State
According to the Confluence Project's collaborators, the project is representative of Lewis and Clark's meeting the Chinook Peoples. The seven stages of memorial will, with the intention of architect/artist Maya Lin (best k
past events. One memorial is complete, Cape Disappointment State Park, where the river expands to ocean. Bachelard wrote, "in its substance, [water] is a type of intimacy. … water is a type of destiny … essential destin
discuss a temporal vortex—memorials making present meaning.
Phoenix Raine, MEd is a third year depth psychology student. She is an adjunct faculty teaching in the BA completion department and is also a staff member at Antioch University Seattle. Her pedagogy focuses on creat
Muses into a collaborative effort to enter into our collective cultural unconscious. Her primary interest is acknowledging the trauma of anti-racist education and creating educational environments for cultural healing.
and history. She is a regular contributor to the journal Clio's Psyche, and her most recent publication appears in the November 2006 issue of Spring Journal. Her forthcoming book, Clio's Circle: Entering the Imaginal Wor |