The Lightning Path
Pamela Eakins and Brian Swimme

You are universe, the cosmic dream becoming. Embody your soulful vision and change the world forever.

The Lightning Path illuminates the Ten Cosmological Powers of Love, the new visionary work of Pamela Eakins and Brian Swimme. These 10 principles, or laws—based on science and
mysticism—include Centration, Attraction, Creation, Stabilization, Cataclysm, Synergy, Evolution, Symbolization, Absorption, and Radiance. Through entering into these powers, we shift into an elevated existence. We catalyze the philosophical revolution of integrity, interconnectivity, sustainability, and blessing.

Pamela Eakins and Brian Swimme will unveil their vision at the February 1 lecture in an atmosphere of joyous celebration. On February 3, attendees will meet at the Cultural Integration Fellowship, where Pamela and Brian will guide participants through the interior dimensions of their soulscape, followed by a sojourn into Golden Gate Park.

The Art and Discipline of Writing
Richard Tarnas

This one-day workshop is for those who wish to communicate their ideas and passions effectively through writing. Because we live in a time of extraordinary urgency—when we must contemplate the future of the Earth community—it is essential that those with relevant
information speak and be heard, received, and understood. Writing in service of such a goal involves the development of certain skills, disciplines, and knowledge—as well as other less tangible but perhaps even more important capacities. This workshop will be particularly valuable for those who wish to commit themselves to the life and labor of writing, not only as an intellectual and artistic discipline, but also as a spiritual path, a sustained engagement with the deep mysteries of language and creativity.

The Nonviolent Teachings of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Reverend Dorsey Blake

Connections between spiritual foundation and growth and the quest for radical social reconstruction, as exemplified in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., comprise this meaningful workshop. How did King become a great 20th century visionary and leader? What influenced his life? How did he clarify his vision? What spiritual disciplines or tools of the spirit did he employ to deepen his resolve? How did he sustain his commitment to a dream larger than his capacity to fulfill it? What were some of the dynamics between his leadership and the response of his community? What can we learn from his life regarding nonviolent strategies, effective organizing, and the capacity of the human spirit? Exploring these questions and the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will provide insight into how we can inspire and institute nonviolent social change in today’s world.

Movement Ritual and Dance Exploration
Anna Halprin

Movement ritual and dance exploration is the foundation of Anna’s approach to dance. Movement ritual is a creative approach to dance that organizes a range of structurally integrated movements within the body, leading to greater body consciousness and creativity.

Participants receive the opportunity to perform their own creations, focusing on such elements as falls, lifts, balance, walks, leaps, and ways of shifting weight and moving through space. Through somatic and subjective exploration of the qualities of movement, each person will discover and create movements intended to deepen self-expression and heighten awareness of the relationship between mind and body. Gain awareness of how the body functions anatomically and kinesthetically; learn the 15 basic movement sequences that are generated by focusing on the spine; and further appreciate how to use such movements to create your own dance variations.

This is an ideal workshop for dancers and yoga practitioners who want to develop body
awareness beyond form, as well as those who wish to deepen their body awareness and
enliven a creative approach to dance based on sound, integrated movement.

The Way of the Shaman — The Basic Workshop
Michael and Sandra Harner
Assisted by Susan Mokelke

Widely considered an international authority on shamanism, Michael Harner introduces participants to core shamanism—the universal and near-universal basic methods shamans use to enter a nonordinary reality for problem solving, well-being, and healing. During this experiential workshop, participants receive an initiation into shamanic journeying, aided by drumming and other techniques for experiencing the shamanic state of consciousness, as well as for divination and healing.

Shamanism, Dying, and Beyond
Michael and Sandra Harner
Assisted by Susan Mokelke

Explore the issue of dying and the destiny of souls from a shamanic perspective. The workshop is structured for those who wish to learn for themselves, as well as for those who wish to facilitate others who are in terminal situations or who have already passed on. Training to be undertaken includes learning how to become experientially familiar with the after-death realms, tracking a person using shamanic journeying, completing unfinished business, helping a person to cross over, and classic psychopomp work.

Prerequisite: The Way of the Shaman: The Basic Workshop with the Harners or other authorized Foundation for Shamanic Studies faculty members.

The Poetics of Enlightenment:
Creativity in Tibetan Buddhism
Steven Goodman

Join us for an experiential celebration of the enlightened arts of Tibet. By exploring the radiant mysteries of the heart and using the elemental energies of sound and light (including their magical displays: poetry, music, dance, and painting), we’ll learn about
the “crazy wisdom” traditions of India and Tibet, and how they can open us to delight and amazement. Specifically, we will engage in Buddhist games of attention and distraction, humor and sobriety, and effort and ease. Through guided practices, we will experience ways of moving beyond the bounds of the ordinary—and into open spontaneous presence.