InnerEyeFebruary 10, 2000
InnerEye
by Tanya Wilkinson, Faculty
Here we see the birth of Eros, the life force that sets the universe in motion. His/her double nature is reflected in the names given by Black-winged Night. "Feeder upon the heather" reflects the pleasure of following and meeting instinctual needs. Eros' other name, "first born sinner," reflects the inevitable shadow side of those needs.
Robert Graves, in his dictionary of Greek myth, gives us six versions of the creation story. For me, the most compelling version is pieced together from fragmentary texts describing the Orphic Mysteries, texts that Graves believes combine Hellenic and pre-Hellenic myth. The Orphics say, "black-winged Night, a goddess of whom even Zeus stands in awe, was courted by the Wind and laid a silver egg in the womb of darkness. Eros, double sexed and golden winged, was hatched from this egg and set the Universe in motion." Night gave Eros two names, one meaning "feeder upon the heather" and the other meaning "first born sinner."
The tension between these opposites creates the energy that sets the world moving. On Valentine's Day we acknowledge those who prompt the birth of Eros in ourselves. Our quest for the Beloved produces the tension that keeps our Universe ever moving.
Happy Valentine's Day from the InnerEye!
CIIS Council of Sages member Dr. Riane Eisler-cultural historian, evolutionary theorist, and best-selling social thinker-has a new book coming out in February. Dr. Eisler is head of the Center for Partnership Studies in Pacific Grove, which consults with educational organizations and institutions, and offers workshops for teachers and administrators who are trying to effect a cultural transformation in education.
In The Chalice and the Blade, Dr. Eisler introduced the idea of "the partnership way," a model for society that stresses environmental sustainability, nonviolence, multiculturalism, and gender-fairness. In her new book, Tomorrow's Children: Partnership Education for the 21st Century (Westview Press, with a foreword by Stanford University professor Nel Noddings), she applies this model to education. The book urges educators to integrate a sense of spirituality into school curricula, and to let it inform our whole way of teaching. By this she means giving children a sense of meaning that is larger than our day to day lives. Riane says, "There is a great deal of resonance between my work and the values CIIS embraces. For example, I'm proposing that there is a way of teaching evolution that can form a bridge between science and core partnership values of spirituality. My approach focuses on the qualities that are our true humanity: creativity, caring, and love. These aspects are just as deeply rooted in us as are aggression and violence."
"There is a great deal of resonance between my work and the values CIIS embraces."
Riane Eisler's professional life spans a lifetime of research, writing, teaching, consulting, lecturing, and social activism. She says that her own three grandchildren were a main impetus for writing the book: "They and other children deserve the very best world we can create for them."
Continuing Education
For the first time, Continuing Education will be offering exciting summer programs, including five-day intensives that may be taken for course credit. Below is a preview of a few of the presenters and topics:
Watch future issues of Inner Eye for details on Continuing Education offerings for summer 2000.
ADVANCING THE INSTITUTE
Dear Colleagues,
On January 29, the Institute held its first meeting of the Board of Trustees in the new millennium and surveyed our progress over the first six months of this academic year. We focused on a variety of subjects, including morale, technology, finances, communications, student satisfaction, and fundraising. Board members were unanimous in their conclusion that a positive momentum has taken hold of the Institute. While they realize that we need to continue to strengthen our academic quality and financial vitality, trustees recognize the generous spirit and creative intelligence of our students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
At a dinner following the meeting, Laurence Rockefeller, a distinguished honorary member of the Board, engaged with faculty, students, and administrators in a lively conversation about the challenges facing the Institute as it advances its programs in Integral Health and Health Psychology. Mr. Rockefeller compared the Institute to the Trojan Horse-moving into the secure confines of higher education by virtue of its accreditation and then unleashing its spiritual values and new paradigms to transform education and eventually civilization.
The metaphor of the Trojan horse aptly describes the experience that the academic deans, a faculty member, and I had at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in the week prior to the dinner. In her session on integral education, Carol Whitfield (East/West Psychology) spoke about the Institute's commitment to explore multiple ways of knowing. In fact, we were invited to design a session on this topic at next year's meeting. While we take this subject for granted at the Institute, it has the power to transform the understanding of diversity and education. Like the few in the Trojan Horse, we can change the status quo.
Prior to the Board meeting, we had a half-day meeting of the Strategic Planning and Budget Committee-inspired by Cathy Coleman, we will call the planning process "Turning the Tide with Magic." Annabel Beerel, a new member of the Board's Academic Affairs Committee and author of a recent book on strategic planning and adaptive leadership, provided us with many fresh insights.
Cordially,
Circle of Friends, Alumni to Gather
Peggy Grove '98, Ph.D., WSE, will be the featured speaker at the Circle of Friends event on February 11 at the Institute loft. Peggy will speak about her fieldwork experiences with the Aboriginal elders in Australia and show slides of 6,000 year-old rock paintings. Annual donors of $1,000 or more are members of the Circle of Friends, and hold quarterly gatherings to recruit new members and showcase faculty and alumni presentations. Employees are invited to join through payroll deduction forms available in the Development Office. Other items of note:
Eye on Technology
By Lionel Chan, Chief Information Officer
Faculty and Students
Jon Morgan, director of technology, is on disability leave. Questions that would typically be directed to him should be sent to me by e-mail (lionelc@ciis.edu), since my onsite time is limited to Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.
CIIS Attracts New Leaders
Annabel Beerel, a new member of the academic affairs committee, has a doctorate in Religion and Culture from BU, a Master's of Theological Studies (with distinction) from Weston Jesuit School of Theology, and a Master's of Business Administration from Cranfield Institute of Technology in the UK. Annabel is the former owner/managing director of Lysia Limited in London, a management consulting firm with expertise in strategic planning, corporate and international finance, and artificial intelligence. The company developed and implemented IT solutions. Annabel has taught such subjects as practical finance for managers, leadership and spirituality, and business ethics at a number of universities, including Harvard-Radcliffe and London Business School. She has written or co-authored five books, including Expert Systems in Business, The Realities of Raising Business Finance, and Leadership through Strategic Planning.
See the next issue of Inner Eye to learn about other new friends of CIIS.
Diversity Hearings/Listening Tours
As a follow up to the Diversity Town Hall meeting that was held last semester, the Diversity Action Team will be holding a series of follow-up Hearings/Listening Tours to hear directly from the CIIS community about their personal stories that relate to diversity issues. These stories will inform the ongoing development of the Institute's strategic plan. The first of the Hearings/Listening Tours will be held on Monday, February 28 from 4:00 - 5:30 PM in Room 434. For more information, contact Henry B. Villareal at 415-575-6156 or e-mail at Henryv@ciis.edu
CIIS Commencement - May 6, Palace of Fine Arts
Dean of Students Richard Buggs is to be congratulated for securing the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts in the Marina district of San Francisco for commencement ceremonies, which will be held on Saturday, May 6, at 1:00 pm. If you have a suggestion for a speaker, e-mail Richard now at richardb@ciis.edu or call 415-575-6116. Graduates-to-be, watch your mailbox for an informational letter. Note: If you plan to graduate in Spring 2000, you must be enrolled and have completed a graduation application. As published in the schedule of classes, the final date to apply to graduate was January 31.
Dreams and Human Development-East &West
Leland van den Daele, dean of the School of Professional Psychology, was invited by the Hong Kong Psychological Society to lecture and deliver a workshop in December. Leland spoke on "Cultural Differences between Eastern and Western Psyche," and in his workshop explored the relations among "Dreams, Development, and Jung's Theory." In his observations on psychological differences between persons in the Asian and European culture belts, he emphasized the importance of early childhood experience and, in particular, differences in maternal-infant interactions. In the East, parenting stresses interdependence, and in the West, independence. Leland also addressed the role of Chinese ideographic language and Western phonetic language, and the implications of these different forms of representations for Chinese and Western philosophy, metaphysics, medicine, conversational styles, food, pathologies, and psychotherapeutic treatment.
Leland found Hong Kong "an exciting and vibrant city-New York on steroids. The energy and humanity but with newer technology, and superior restaurants where eating and shopping is a way of life." During his stay, Leland visited Malaysia, where, he says, "beautiful white sands and forest are joined to magnificent mountain ranges." Noting that Asia is the home of two-thirds of the world's populations, he said, "It is dynamic, blessed with beauty and abundance, and disciplined people." He opined, "A great work for the new millennia is synergy of East and West, the development of new forms and ideals, and the generation of new ways of thinking to enrich both traditions. Standing at the extraordinary juncture of civilizations, our university has a unique and exciting opportunity."
One of the ways CIIS serves the larger community, as well as its students, is through its three counseling centers and the Psychological Services Center (associated with the Clinical Psychology Psy.D. Program). All the centers serve a clientele that reflects the Bay Area's diverse cultural and ethnic composition, bringing sensitivity to multicultural, gender, and sexual orientation/identity issues. The centers fill an important niche in the city's mental health resource system by offering low fees on a sliding scale. In this issue, we introduce you to the Psychological Services Center. Our next issue, will explore the Church, Pierce, and Clement Streets Counseling Centers.
The Psychological Services Center (PSC), located on the sixth floor at CIIS, offers crisis counseling as well as short-and long-term psychotherapy. Presenting problems cover a wide range, most frequently involving relationships, depression, and anxiety. Other issues include personal growth, creativity, spiritual development, grief and loss, anger, and stress management. Scores of agencies refer people to the center, and it maintains a relationship with a local physician for medical referral and con- sultation. Clinical doctoral students are trained to use a variety of psychological tests as an adjunct to treatment.
Center director Harrison Voigt says, "PSC is only in its third year. Basic services are in place, and total client hours are from 35-40 per week. We are now moving into developing as a wellness center and a community mental health resource. Trainees at the Center bring the personal qualities to their work that reflect the integral mission of CIIS." Douglas Anderson, a CIIS graduate and volunteer supervisor at the center, appreciates the opportunity to give something back to the Institute. He says, "My education here gave me a valuable foundation for my professional practice."
Among the many success stories at PSC is one of an aspiring young actress who 'froze' every time she stood on the theater stage. Supported by her work at the center, she overcame her fear and was accepted by a prestigious East Coast academy with a full scholarship to embark on her coveted acting career. Another is a middle-aged man who spent most of his days on his couch; he eventually accepted a high status company position for which he was sought out and which only a year ago would have been beyond his imagination.
Center hours are 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. weekdays. If you would like to contact the center, call 415-575-6200. Center Director Harrison Voigt can be reached directly at 415-575-6218.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Tuesdays through 3/28
Friday, February 4,
Sunday, February 13
Friday, February 18, 4:00 - 6:00 pm
Thursday, February 10, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Saturday, February 19
Sunday, February 20
Wednesday, February 23
Thursday-Thursday, March 16-23
Friday, March 3
Friday-Monday, March 17-20
Monday, March 27, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Saturday, April 1, 10:00 AM - 2:00 pm
Thursday-Sunday, May 11-14
August 26 & 27
SAVE THE DATE
*For further details on these PCC forums, go to http://pcc.ciis.edu, or call Christina Hardy at 415-575-6270.
KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH THE STUDENT ALLIANCE
Budget, School Representatives
on Agenda
Would you like to make a difference in this small part of the planet? The Student Alliance is seeking representatives from each program. In this role, you would organize meetings of your cohort/program, learn the views of as many people in your program as possible, ascertain the priorities for your group, and represent it fairly in Student Alliance meetings.
It's a chance to build community within your program and have significant input in the strategic planning decisions the school is now making in consultation with the student body. If your program doesn't have a representative it won't have input. The vision of the Student Alliance and the President is for the students to be represented as democratically and thoroughly as possible-if you want to help make CIIS a truly student-centered school, we invite your participation. Both new and returning students are welcome to take advantage of this path of service.
We are also about to set the budget (we currently have $23,000). Again-if your program has no representative, it has no input. Even if you just want to informally represent your program or yourself, you are welcome. Check out the Student Alliance bulletin board next to the third floor Cafe for details of our meetings.
Students may leave a message for the Alliance at 415-575-6290, e-mail ciisstudentalliance@yahoo.com, or drop a written note in the Alliance mailbox under the bulletin board.
ON CAMPUS
Do you know anyone who might be interested in becoming a student at CIIS? Suggest they attend one of the following Bay Area Graduate and Professional School College Fairs, where CIIS will have representatives:
Tuesday, February 8, 4:00 - 7:00 pm, Commonwealth Club, 595 Market (at 2nd Street), Second Floor, San Francisco
For more information, call the Admissions Office at 415-575-6156 or e-mail henryv@ciis.edu
Tax Notes for Financial Aid Students
Look for the 1098T Form in the mail by the end of February in order to file for the tuition tax credit on your 1999 Federal tax return. You will keep the 1098T form in your tax records, and send in the 8863 schedule with your taxes. The 8863 (and all other tax forms) are available at the IRS office in the Federal Building at 450 Golden Gate, or you can get them from the IRS Website at www.irs.ustreas.gov. In order to receive the tuition tax credit, you must file a 1040 or a 1040A tax return, not a 1040EZ. Brochures about this tax credit are available in the Financial Aid Office, Room 402.
On the Page, On the Stage
David Ulansey, PCC Faculty
Jorge Ferrar, EWP Faculty
COMINGS & GOINGS
Farewell:
Welcome:
Transitions:
IT'S IN THE STARS
All planets are now in direct motion, making it easy to move forward with plans, until Mercury stations and goes retrograde February 21 through March 14. Often things need to be redone, reworked, revised, and reviewed during the three-week Mercury retrograde period. It would be a good time to work on drafts of theses, dissertations, or papers. It's not a good time to launch new projects or sign contracts. The second square of Saturn to Uranus now symbolizes energy for opening up old structures and for grounding and implementing innovative and intuitive ideas. Jupiter enters the sign of Taurus on February 15, bringing expansive energy to practical matters such as finance. Better financial times for the Institute should continue to build and expand. The Sun leaves humanitarian Aquarius and moves into Pisces on February 19, highlighting emotional and spiritual concerns. Aspects around the February 19 Full Moon support buoyancy and optimism.
Each issue of the Inner Eye features a photograph of staff or faculty from another time in their lives.
(Please submit photos to Candice Chase in Communications.)
The Inner Eye is published every 3 weeks by the Communications & Marketing Department.
Articles may be submitted to candicec@ciis.edu via email or disks may be put in the Inner Eye mailbox. Articles are subject to editing for clarity, length, and appropriateness.
SAGE ADVICE FOR TOMORROW'S CHILDREN
- Riane Eisler
In his review of Tomorrow's Children, Rabbi Michael Lerner, author and editor of Tikkun Magazine, says, "This book is an important and powerful manifesto-a blueprint for how to take the first steps towards a saner and more humane educational system, and a loving alternative to the technocratic nonsense that often dominates the school reform debate." The book will be available in the CIIS InnerLight Bookstore.
Summer Programs Heating Up!
Message from President Subbiondo
Joseph L. Subbiondo
InnerNet Unveiled
Staff and Faculty
Inner Eye, InnerGate, and now . . . INNERnet (aka intranet). INNERnet is an internal institutional digital file cabinet where frequently requested items can be shared with staff and faculty. Types of shared items are directories (e-mail, telephone extensions), forms (e.g., vacation requests, events, parking space contract, purchase order, time cards), policies (employee handbook, hiring, holidays), and technology (e-mail guides, Help Desk memos, telephone operating directions). Also, you can link to e-mail (InnerGate) and to the CIIS Website from INNERnet. This will be a continual work in process. Find the INNERnet at http://innernet.ciis.edu. Please contact me at with additions, changes, comments, and questions.
Do you want to increase communication and sharing of information in your classes? Consider using a listserv. We can create a single e-mail address for a course such that any e-mail sent to this address is forwarded on to each subscriber to that listserv. After our office sets up a listserv with your class code, becoming a subscriber is simple. Send an e-mail to the listserv, e.g., EWPnnnn@ciis.edu with the message subscribe EWPnnnn Jane Doe. The actual message will use the official course code in place of EWPnnnn, and your name in place of Jane Doe. Faculty members who would like to try a listserv should contact me via e-mail.
In recent months several accomplished individuals with exceptionally high levels of academic experience have been appointed to standing committees of the Institute.
Joan Majerus, chair of the CIIS finance committee, has been chief financial officer at Hastings College of Law, Golden Gate University, and California College of Arts and Crafts, as well as controller at California State University, San Jose. Joan recently completed a period as interim controller at CIIS, working to ensure the Institute's financial stability, improve the ledger system, and set up efficient financial systems. Of her interactions at the Institute, Joan says, "The people are a wonderful, dedicated group, and have the best interests of the school at heart."
CIIS Counseling Centers Serve Community
2:00 - 3:00 pm
President Subbiondo's 'walk-in' hours
4:00 - 6:00 pm
"Chaos and Divination"
Ralph Abraham*
Namaste Hall
"A Celebration of 'The Mother's Birthday"
Wayne Bloomquist, CIIS '79, Ph.D, EWP
Cultural Integration Fellowship (CIF)
SF, 415-386-9590
"The Gendered Atom:
Reflections on the Sexual Psychology of Science"
Theodore Roszak*
Namaste Hall
"Discover the Healing Wisdom of Africa:
Finding Your Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual & Community,"
Malidoma Some
Co-sponsored with The Learning Annex
www.learningannex.com
10:00 am -12:00 Noon
Drama Therapy Information Meeting
Free Workshop
1:00-4:00 PM
Namaste Hall
RSVP 415-575-6230
"I Ching: The Book of Changes"
Dr. Yi Wu, CIIS Faculty, ACS
Cultural Integration Fellowship (CIF)
San Francicso
415-386-9590
9:30 a.m.
Affirming Spirituality Town Forum
All CIIS Community Invited
Namaste Hall
Swimming with Dolphins & Whales in Kona
www.seeopenu.org
3:00 - 6:00 PM
"How Can We Open the Heart of the World?"
Joanna Macy*
Namaste Hall
Ayahuasca Conference
SF Register On-line!
415-575-6290
kathyg@ciis.edu
"Life After Death and
the Power of the Spirit to Heal"
Joel Rothschild
Co-sponsored with The Learning Annex
www.learningannex.com
Open House
Namaste Hall
International Expressive Arts Therapy Association Conference
Miyako Hotel, San Francisco
415-522-8959
e-mail anin4arts@aol.com
www.ieata.org
CIIS Alumni Reunion - Watch future issues for details
Monday, October 23
CIIS Gala
Asian Art Museum, SF
Watch future issues for details
Calling All Prospective Students
Tuesday, February 8, 4:00 - 7:00 pm, Hewlett-Packard Company, 19111 Pruneridge Avenue, Oak Room, Bldg. 48, Cupertino
Wed., February 9, 11:00 - 2:00 pm, California State building, 1515 Clay (at 15th Street), Main Lobby, Oakland
Wed., February 16, 11:00 - 1:30 pm, East Bay Partners in Higher Education, John Muir Medical Center/Ball Auditorium, 1601 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek
Sat.-Sun., February 19-20, 9:00 - 6:30 Panthea-Con 2000, Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101 VanNess (at Geary), San Francisco
"Cultural Transition and Spiritual Transformation: From Alexander the Great to Cyberspace," in The Vision Thing: Myth, Psyche, and Politics in the World (ed. Thomas Singer). Routledge, 2000.
"The Ourboros and the Web: Cyberspace and the Evolution of Consciousness," The Jung Institute of San Francisco, October 1999
"The Cosmic Mysteries of Mithras," New York Open Center, March 2000
"Mithras and Christ"California Museum of Ancient Art, Los Angeles, March 2000
"Transpersonal Knowledge: An Epistemic Approach to Transpersonal Phenomena," in Transpersonal Knowing: Exploring the Farther Reaches of Consciousness (eds. T. Hart, P. Nelson, and K. Puhakka. State University of New York Press, in press.
"El Paradigma Epistemico de la Transpersonalidad," en Psicologia Transpersonal: Teoria y Practica (ed. F. Rodriguez Bornaetxea). La Liebre de Marzo, in press.
Priya Clarke Sowerby, administrative assistant to the master's programs of the School of Psychology. Priya will be focusing her energy on her two counseling internships.
Michael Aho, student services coordinator in the School of Consciousness & Transformation. During Gabriele Schilz's absence, Michael will take on many of the tasks of the student services manager. He will also work part-time as administrative assistant for the School of Professional Psychology, replacing Priya Clarke Sowerby. Michael previously worked in the office of the dean of Harvard College.
Beatriz Rincon has been promoted to the position of Institute-wide budget analyst, which includes much of the work of the former controller. She will continue to assist the chief academic officer.
Jack Weller, after recovering from a heart attack, has returned to the Institute full-time as director of the Expressive Arts Program.
by Cathy Coleman
WHO IS IT?
HINT: Claims he's the Rodney Dangerfield of CIIS
ANSWER AT: InnerGate-mail.ciis.edu.
INNER EYE
Editor: Candice Chase
Editorial Board: Donna Blakemore, Pamela Chaloult, Cathy Coleman, Anne Tiech, Phaedra Valencia
Deadline for next issue: Thursday, February 17
Next issue: Thursday, March 2