Mythic Figures: 2017 James Hillman Symposium
The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
In Mythic Figures, volume 6.1 of the Uniform Edition, James Hillman asks, “What is the truth of myth?” and then answers himself: “This question is particularly important since the modern, secular notion of myth usually means falsehood and fantasy, anything but the truth.” The volume is concerned with psychopathology and myth. As Jung famously said, “the gods have become our diseases.” Hillman points out the psychopathology of each type of human behavior that is manifested in different spheres connected to the gods and myth; he will discuss the virtues but then call to your attention the underside. Speakers "sounded the speech of a particular mythic figure, one that [Hillman] had written about in the volume . . . and spoke resonances of mythic moments re-sounding in our time" [Robert Sardello, Preface, Conversing with James Hillman: Mythic Figures, forthcoming 2018].
Robert Sardello - Good Mother Earth: Imaginal or Literal
Robert Sardello, Ph.D, is Co-Founder and Co-Director of The School of Spiritual Psychology, which began in 1992, and co-editor of Goldenstone Press. He is author of six books. His main emphasis has been to develop theoretical and practical approaches to perceiving and being in right relation with the Soul of the World, showing that humans are pulled from the time stream from the future rather than pushed from the past, and developing the interior consciousness of the heart. He has created new, yet very practical cultural visions in areas such as the meaning of books, the essence of service, the virtues, money, business, giving, healing, religion, living through the heart, and how to be in right relationship with and in the earth. He is an independent teacher and scholar. He is Co-Founder and a Fellow of the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.