2024 Journey Week Program

BEYOND BEYOND BOUNDARIES: BOUNDARIES: Caring for Psyche, Soul, and Imagination in a Posthuman Age

September 26th - 29th, 2024

Welcome to Pacifica!

Dear Pacifica Faculty, Students, Alumni, Staff, and Friends, Welcome to Pacifica Graduate Institute’s Journey Week 2024—an extraordinary moment in our shared journey of transformation, introspection, and community building. Whether stepping onto campus once more or joining us for the first time, you are not just a participant but a vital presence within the Pacifica community. Your participation helps weave the intricate tapestry that holds the spirit of this week.

Journey Week embodies Pacifica’s enduring mission to cultivate creative learning and research deeply rooted in the principles of depth psychology. Together, we face the evolving challenges of our world, and within this sacred space, we are called to explore the profound depths of the human psyche and soul. This week has been thoughtfully designed with the present in mind but with a vision of the future—a future that asks us to engage our intellects, challenge our imaginations, and inspire our spirits to greater heights. From immersive workshops and thought-provoking dialogues to creative explorations and meaningful connections, we will be guided by leading voices in depth psychology who will help us navigate the unseen, yet deeply influential, forces that shape our individual and collective experiences.

This year’s theme, “Caring for Psyche, Soul, and Imagination in a Posthuman Age,” beckons us to transcend the familiar boundaries of knowledge and identity. It asks us to reimagine what it means to be human—and more than human—within our complex era. As we journey through these profound questions together, I invite you to embrace the liminal spaces, those threshold moments where introspection meets innovation and our collective work can transform our inner and outer worlds.

Thank you for being part of this sacred time of reflection, learning, and growth. I welcome the opportunity to witness how the insights and connections made here will ripple far beyond this week, continuing to tend soul of and in the world.

Joyfully Serving, Dr. Leonie H. Mattison, Ed.D, MBA President and CEO Pacifica Graduate Institute

Welcome to Pacifica!

Dear Pacifica Faculty, Students, Alumni, Staff, and Friends, Welcome to Journey Week 2024, Beyond Boundaries: Caring for Psyche, Soul and Imagination in a Posthuman Age. We are so glad you’re here! We hope you will immerse yourself in this celebration of Pacifica Graduate Institute’s community of faculty and alumni scholars, practitioners, thought leaders and artists from diverse disciplines whose work speaks to the most pressing challenges of our time.

We invite you to delve into the unique opportunities for a holistic engagement with not only the existential questions that sit at the intersections of psychology, technology and environmentalism, but the leading edge psychotherapeutic modalities that depth scholar/practitioners are developing in response to those questions. This uniquely designed immersive learning event offers you a one-of-a-kind opportunity to experience the forward thinking depth scholarship, creativity and soulful engagement that distinguishes Pacifica Graduate Institute.

If you are considering a graduate program, please be sure to connect with our Admissions team (see the schedule for a free “Pizza and Pacifica” admissions event on Sunday) as well as the many PGI faculty who are presenting. If you are an alumnus, please be sure to stop by the Pacifica Extension table to check out opportunities to feature your work to our growing international online community. If this is your first visit to Pacifica, please let us know that so we can welcome you and connect you with one of our amazing Pacifica Student Guides.

The on-going realities of a mental health crisis underscore the imperative of Pacifica’s mission. The rich legacy of depth psychologies that set Pacifica apart, also knit us together.

We invite you to join with us as we collectively commit to bringing this unique understanding of psyche, soul and imagination to a hurting world.

With You on the Journey, Loralee M. Scott, MFA Senior Director Pacifica Extension https://retreat.pacifica.edu

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Pre-Conference Events Please join us for these pre-conference events happening on Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27th!

Admission to the Film showing on Thursday is free but registration is required.

Admission to MYTHFEST is free.

A separate registration is required to take part in the Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythic Writing Workshop.

Thursday, September 26, 2024 7:00 PM

Film showing in partnership with Illuminate Film Festival “Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness” w/ PGI Faculty Panel: Dr. Juliet Rohde-Brown, Dr. Peter Dunlap, Dr. David Odorisio Location: Barrett Center on the Ladera Lane Campus

(**Please note that this will not be livestreamed and a separate registration is required to attend.**)

Friday, September 27, 2024 1:00 - 5:00 PM

2:00 - 5:00 PM

3:00 - 4:00 PM

MYTHFEST! Experience the Power of Myth!

Location: walkway outside of Ladera admin building between reception and the Barrett Center Beyond Boundaries Mandala - Participants are invited to contribute to a community mandala, finding a place within the greater whole.

Location: in front of the Barrett Center Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythic Writing Workshop Location: Room A-102; separate registration required

Conference Schedule Friday, September 27, 2024 Noon - 5:00 PM 5:30 - 6:30 PM 7:00 - 9:30 PM

Arrivals & Check-Ins - Lobby Wine & Cheese PGI Faculty Reception Location: Breezeway behind Barrett Archetypal Theater - with Featured Vocalist Shelly Rudolph, Iposi – Native American, Indigenous Women Veteran and TwoSpirit Drum Circle, John Bucher, Ph.D. PGI Alum, and Joseph Campbell Foundation Executive Director presenting “The Oracle and the Algorithm: Our Search for Mythos in the Machine” and Julie Tumamait-Stenslie, Chumash Elder and Storyteller presenting “The Sister Song” Livestreamed from the Barrett Center

Saturday, September 28, 2024 7:00 - 8:30 AM 8:45 - 10:00 AM

10:15 - 11:45 AM 11:45 - 1:00 PM 1:00 - 2:30 PM

2:45 - 3:45 PM 4:00 - 5:00 PM 5:15 - 6:45 PM

Breakfast - *Food Served from 7:00AM - 8:00AM* Featured Depth Scholar Session – Dr. Sonu Shamdasani “The Emergence of Jung’s Cosmology: From the Mythless Predicament of Modernity to Personal Myths” (Virtual from London) Livestreamed at the Barrett Center Learning Sessions I - Classrooms & Barrett Center Lunch - *Food Served from 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM* Featured Depth Scholar Session – Dr. Glen Slater, (PGI Associate Chair & Professor) w/Faculty Panel: Between Artificial Intelligence and Genuine Understanding: Why The Human Thought Process Matters Livestreamed @ Barrett Center Learning Sessions II - Classrooms & Barrett Center Learning Sessions III - Classrooms & Barrett Center Dinner - *Food Served from 5:15PM - 6:15PM*

Conference Schedule Saturday September 28, 2024 (Continued) 7:00 - 8:00 PM

“Samsara”- Film with Community Conversation Location: Barrett Center, not livestreamed

Sunday, September 29, 2024 7:00 - 8:30 AM 9:00 - 10:30 AM 10:30 - Noon

Noon

Breakfast - *Food Served from 7:00AM - 8:00AM* Learning Sessions IV - Classrooms & Barrett Center Dreaming the Dream Forward: Temperance and Embodiment in a Technology Driven WorldClosing CeremonyDr. Leonie H. Mattison & Dr. Christophe Le Mouël Grupo Folklórico Fusión Mexicana- Son de la Negra Livestreamed @ Barrett Center Prospective Students Pizza & Pacifica with PGI Faculty and Admissions Team Q&A Room A-102

Learning Sessions Schedule - Saturday, September 28, 2024 Learning Sessions I Time

Room

Title

Presenters

10:15-11:45

Barrett

Panel Discussion: Transforming Our Ideologies into Practices of Shared Becoming

Peter Dunlap, PhD Camille Jarmie, PhD Kevin Volkan, PhD

10:15-11:45

A-102

Panel Discussion: The 21st Century Queer Psyche Through a Jungian Lens-

Marybeth Carter, PhD Naomi Azriel, LMFT Chema Jiménez Orvañanos, MA

10:15-11:45

A-140

Somatic Transference/Somatic Interaction Patterns Through the Lens Of Equine-Assisted Therapy

Brenda Murrow, PhD

10:15-11:45

A-101

The Union of Mindfulness and Artistic Expression as Reclamation of the Soul

Jacqueline Moore, MA, LMFT

Learning Sessions II Time

Room

Title

Presenters

2:45 - 3:45

Barrett

Where We Might Go in Lieu of Posthumanism: Building Indigenous and Decolonial Epistemologies (blended learning/experiential session)

Monica Mody, PhD

2:45 - 3:45

A-101

The Magic Mirror: Imagination, Transference and Artificial Intelligence

Jonathan Erickson, Ph.D

A-140

Reconnecting with Inner Child Through Playful Attitude and Buddhist Concept of NonAttachment

Felipe Capiral, MA, LMFT

2:45 - 3:45

Learning Sessions Schedule - Saturday, September 28, 2024 Learning Sessions III Time

Room

Title

Presenters

4:00-5:00

Barrett

Leonora Carrington: Alchemy, the Underworld, and the Goddess

Evans Lansing Smith, Ph.D

4:00-5:00

A-102

Belonging and Changing Together: Convening Groups to Change Ourselves and Our Communities

Peter Dunlap, PhD Camille Jarmie, PhD

4:00-5:00

A-140

Theater of Self-Reclaiming Agency and Attention Through Embodying the Imaginal: A Primer on Interoception

Bradley McDevitt, MA, ACC

4:00-5:00

A-101

The Body of Water

Elizabeth Flood, PhD

Learning Sessions Schedule - Sunday, September 29, 2024 Learning Sessions IV Time

Presenters

Room

Title

9:00-10:30

Barrett

Why Humanism Is Dehumanizing and Why Posthumanism and AI Return Us to an Indigenous Cosmology

Dylan Martinez Francisco, PhD

9:00-10:30

A-102

Fruiting Bodies of the Collective Unconscious

Pamela Hancock, PhD

A-140

Tickling the AI Trickster: Reoccupying the Archetypal Imaginal Through Movement and Storytelling

Carol Burbank, PhD

9:00-10:30

Learning Session Descriptions Transforming Our Ideologies into Practices of Shared Becoming - Peter Dunlap, PhD, Camille Jarmie, PhD, and Kevin Volkan, PhD Saturday, September 28, 10:15 – 11:45 AM, Barrett Center In this lecture and experiential workshop we will explore our group identities, their ideological shape, and what drives and restrains their development.

Such exploration is rooted in an integration of systems and psychoanalytic perspectives on groups.

This perspective enables us to understand how large group identities form, how each of us participates in these group identities, and how each of us have the opportunity to learn how to intervene, minister to, treat and transform our large group identities. a. Large group and political conflict is commonly understood through the lens of external sociopolitical factors, often depicted using 'rational actor' models of human behavior. While acknowledging the significance of these external factors, internal psychological factors at the individual level play a crucial role in comprehending large group and political conflicts. The psychological perspective of psychoanalysis integrates defense mechanisms like splitting, projection, and projective identification in understanding group behavior, including large group dynamics. These psychological defense mechanisms can clarify how human imagination contributes to the development of destructive ideologies that may lead to warfare or genocide. b. Based on this understanding we can extend psychotherapeutic practices that work for individuals and small groups to larger groups. This can be accomplished by supporting community and organizational leaders to understand the way in which their identities are woven into larger group identities and can use that weave to develop modes of treatment. c. Through exploring our various individual and group identities we can come to understand the role of privilege, domination, and victimization in holding problematic identities together. d. By telling the story of personal and group identities we can begin to undo what restrains these identities, particularly focusing on the role of emotional pain, anguish, fear, grief, and hatred.

Panel Discussion: The 21st Century Queer Psyche Through a Jungian Lens Marybeth Carter, Ph.D, Naomi Azriel, LMFT and Chema Jiménez Orvañanos Saturday, September 28, 10:15 – 11:45 AM, Room A-102 Shame stymies the process of individuation by making it difficult for a person to engage with the images that spontaneously arise from their psyche, which often imply questioning collective norms.

We will explore the ways in which queerness, through intergenerational bonds of kinship, can offer

Learning Session Descriptions Panel Discussion: The 21st Century Queer Psyche Through a Jungian Lens (Cont.) us a politics of survival or resistance to shame. By exposing the unhappiness of conforming to preconceived notions of normality/desirability/maturity/health, queerness in analysis can potentially ally itself with those parts of the patient that are aiming to express their deeper nature, even or especially when the process implies going against the parameters of normality that are relevant within the very institution of analysis itself. Further, we aim to interrogate the intersection of queerness and analytic psychology as a potential incubator for liberatory and transformative energy, carrying forth the spirit of deep authenticity and embodiment into the greater culture. For it was Jung who was enlivened upon discovering that he was a “laughing being of the forest,” who existed for himself instead of believing in or propagating ideals put forth by his culture and society.

Similarly, creating 21st-century relevance for analytical psychology will help to bring the lives of LGBTQ individuals further out of the cultural shadow, and provide for an even greater possibility of authentic lived experience. We will look at humanity’s shared work towards dissolving (gender and other) binaries, such that the transcendent function can emerge and the infinite soulfulness of gender can be present in our individual and collective lives. By expanding the Jungian paradigm, all people find their way to their inner “laughing being of the forest,” so that not only the LGBTQ community, but all of humanity, grows in a direction of deep soul authenticity and aliveness.

Somatic Transference/Somatic Interaction Patterns Through the Lens Of EquineAssisted Therapy - Brenda Murrow, Ph.D Saturday, September 28, 10:15 – 11:45 AM, Room A-140 “The main problem of medical psychotherapy is the transference. In this matter Freud and I were in complete agreement.” (Jung, 1989/1963 , p. 212).

Individuals bring their experiences, histories, and patterns of relating to the therapeutic encounter and how these elements interact unconsciously with those of the therapist, through psyche, is welldocumented in the field of depth psychology (McWilliams, 1994). Jung’s discussion of the concept in 1944 and many others since have contributed to therapeutic practices for interpreting transference and counter-transference, which have been a standard for decades in the training of depth practitioners.

Yet, non-verbal patterns of transference and counter-transference between the bodies of the patient and therapist are much less understood, despite the many ways the somatic layers of awareness are constantly in interaction, akin to the transference and counter-transference experiences through psyche.

Learning Sessions Somatic Transference/Somatic Interaction Patterns Through the Lens Of EquineAssisted Therapy (Cont.)

Depth psychology has developed established ways to assess and interpret the transference and counter-transference in the treatment of psyche, and this presentation considers the implications of what a similar practice of assessment and interpretation of somatic transference and countertransference could provide to the treatment.

Technological advances continue to increase the ability to obtain data about body-based interactions during the therapeutic encounter via wearable biometric devices, and many of the initial theories of Freud and Jung show increased merit as measurement capabilities are enhanced.

This presentation will highlight research on somatic interaction patterns, being conducted in order to aid practitioners in identifying and assessing their therapeutic significance. The presenter and students are working to understand this phenomena by observing it through the lens of equineassisted therapy. Horses are incredibly responsive and demonstrate many bodily reactions when working therapeutically to support humans, which enables an extensive view of body-based interaction patterns.

Much of the information gleaned from the wearable biometric devices is from the physiology we share with horses, and the presentation will also include a discussion of how the correlation of data from biometric devices that are wearable for humans, and for horses, promises to yield a unique way to consider the ways this phenomena occurs between species as well.

The Union of Mindfulness and Artistic Expression as Reclamation of the Soul Jacqueline Moore, MA, LMFT Saturday, September 28, 10:15 – 11:45 AM, A-101 In a world that continually extends into the artificial and non-organic, humans continue to dissociate their psychic awareness outside the body into technological realms. As humans continue to immerse in AI generated imagery and realities, the human imagination risks growing inert. The antidote then is to develop greater somatic awareness and cultivate greater imaginal capacities; this is a return to the Self. The practice of mindfulness originates around 500BC in Theravada Buddhism. Referred to as the original psychology, it continues to stand congruent with modern psychology. Mindfulness meditation is traditionally known for the generation of awareness and insight as it prompts careful observation of the vicissitudes of the body, feelings, the mind, and the existential experience of life itself while offering a clear methodology to eradicate suffering. As practitioners cultivate a more intimate relationship with their psyche, an expressive action becomes imperative to maintaining

Learning Sessions The Union of Mindfulness and Artistic Expression as Reclamation of the Soul (Cont.) integration and engagement in contemporary culture as well as reclaiming the humanity of abstract intelligence. The creative arts process serves this purpose as it amplifies the imaginal capacity and engages the entirety of psyche—body, mind, feelings, emotions, conscious and unconscious—into a generative act of creativity. The objective artistic production then creates a projective field to develop greater insight individually and collectively. Art has long served to refresh the collective unconscious into consciousness through community, conversation, and connection. This workshop will focus on establishing the basic foundations of mindfulness in both theory and praxis. After a period of practice, participants will be prompted into creative process to amplify and efflux their internal phenomenon. The workshop will conclude with community sharing and reflection bringing people back into direct embodied conversation refreshing empathy and altruism. The union of mindfulness and artistic expression is a reclamation of soul.

Where We Might Go in Lieu of Posthumanism: Building Indigenous and Decolonial Epistemologies - Monica Mody, PhD Saturday, September 28, 2:45 - 3:45 PM, Barrett Center The genealogy of posthumanism as a philosophy permits us to see its links to colonial/imperial projects and warfare. This presentation will invite us to consider where we might go in lieu of posthumanism. Locating technology as a premise of making that arises out of the entanglement of body-mind-soul-spirit with Earth allows us to question the inevitability of exploitative technology predicated on environmental destruction (such as AI research). Equally, it allows us to rise above a naïve faith that technological innovations that have their origin in the military industrial complex have benevolent aims.

Instead, the presentation will attend to the elemental conversation with the Earth that is seeking to make itself known. What futures can emerge when we awaken to our inner capacity for relationship with(in) a multi-species world—and co-create with the same—instead of superseding the responsibility of relationship to algorithmic processes that have been pre-programmed? Through the indigenous and decolonial epistemologies of imagination, story, poetry, prayer, and play, we will realign ourselves with the deeper story that emerges as the riverbed of our knowing, watered with multiple streams comprising mythic and ancestral intelligence together with the multiple intelligences that form our planetary consciousness. Casting our awareness back to the seven generations past and forward to the seven generations to come—through psychospiritual modalities making possible embodied and inspirited critique, revelation, and empowerment—we will seed renewed understandings of human consciousness, spirit, and evolutionary communal care.

Learning Sessions The Magic Mirror: Imagination, Transference and Artificial Intelligence Jonathan Erickson, Ph.D Saturday, September 28, 2:45 - 3:45 PM, Room A-101 Emerging artificial intelligence models demonstrate an extraordinary ability to mimic human language to the point where they more easily be mistaken for persons. An increasing number of apps in the marketplace seek to harness this capacity to provide AI companions, ranging from friends to romantic partners to therapists. These apps interact with the user using predictive language responses while failing to exhibit consciousness awareness, offering a blank canvas for users to project their relational needs and fantasies. This paper explores the psychological consequences of attempting to form a relationship with a non-conscious, non-consenting other. The personas fabricated by these apps cannot meaningfully choose the parameters of their relationships, and indeed cannot consent to be in the relationship at all. They offer a frictionless fantasy of what relationship would look like if the other person had no needs and served no purpose except to entertain and engage the user. Far from providing a solution to our current epidemic of loneliness, these apps may instead have a corrosive effect on the development of social skills, driving their users further into isolation. Jungian psychology, and in particular the practice of active imagination, may provide as an alternative roadmap to how we conceive relationships between humans and artificial intelligence. Designed with imaginal engagement in mind, these technologies have the potential to hold up a mirror to the psyche, and perhaps even point the way back to relationship in the lifeworld.

Reconnecting with Inner Child Through Playful Attitude and Buddhist Concept of Non-Attachment - Felipe Capiral, MA, LMFT Saturday, September 28, 2:45 - 3:45 PM, Room A-140 We begin our human journey as a free being: as a child whose actions are not tethered to any purpose, unconcerned what tomorrow may bring, spontaneous, and unself-conscious. As our lives become more complicated while growing up, we become estranged from the innocent Child who has retreated at the core of our soul. The further we stray away from that core, our soul gets weighed down by anxiety and depression. Our actions become driven by purpose as we increasingly take our self-image, our careers, and ourselves too seriously. We then lose the lightness of being that comes from accepting things without any demand. Darkness and heaviness take over as we invest our life force to meet the incessant demands of what the psychologist Karen Horney termed as the “tyranny of the should.” Suffering then becomes our constant companion, bearing witness to the truth of what

Learning Sessions Reconnecting with Inner Child Through Playful Attitude and Buddhist Concept of Non-Attachment (Cont.) the philosopher Alan Watts once said, “Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.” Fun has the quality of light heartedness, the antithesis of the dead seriousness that permeates the world of someone who gets busy appeasing the demands of life’s many “shoulds”. It seems obvious that the answer to the suffering of man’s soul is to connect once again to the core where that Child retreated in the face of traumatizing life experiences. But how? In this paper, I will explore how a playful attitude towards life can be that bridge. Along with that exploration, I will highlight the central importance of the Buddhist concept of non-attachment to developing this playful attitude. That playfulness would allow us to live our life, not driven by purpose but simply motivated by the delight that comes from participating in life. Through that, we regain our innocence and ultimately our freedom.

Leonora Carrington: Alchemy, the Underworld, and the Goddess - Evans Lansing Smith, PhD Saturday, September 28, 4:00 - 5:00 PM, Barrett Center This presentation amplifies my recently published article on Leonora Carrington’s fiction in Psychological Perspectives with the analysis of selected paintings, focusing on themes central to her work: the alchemical transformation of self and world, the recovery of the Grail and the archetypal feminine, and a feminist re-visioning of an eco-apocalypse, moving towards a posthuman world.

Participants will be asked to write a brief response to one the paintings to share with the group.

Belonging and Changing Together: Convening Groups to Change Ourselves and Our Communities - Peter Dunlap, PhD and Camille Jarmie, PhD Saturday, September 28, 4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room A-102 Peter and Dr. Camille will host a conversation about the dynamic relationship between psychotherapy and citizenship. While psychotherapy is often thought of as "internal work" and while community engagement can be thought of as "external work,” the integration of these is possible and necessary. This integration begins in stories of belonging which help us understand the reasons we become healers. Such stories then extend from the consulting room into our communities and into the fabric of our shared collective history. Rooted in our shared history we are learning to focus on our shared becoming, that is, the way we are all fragments of an emerging, shared future.

Learning Sessions Belonging and Changing Together: Convening Groups to Change Ourselves and Our Communities (Cont.)

Through story telling we can learn to tell this deeper story, to find the way in which we can fit ourselves back together, into a shared remedy, into a highly practical vocational and professional path that enables us to become the people called for by our time.

More specifically, in the clinical psychology program at Pacifica Graduate Institute, we recognize the need to integrate the healing values of psychotherapy with the justice values that concern every community. In psychology this means that we broaden our attention, not only focusing on the inner work of addressing depression, anxiety, or worse but also on the outer work of attending to the realities of our communities.

The breath of such attention is supported by practices that cultivate the essential experience of belonging, which is the birthright of every human being, to belong to a community. With the ballast of belonging established, integrating healing and justice values becomes more possible. And, down this path, we find ourselves capable of helping each other become the people called for by our time.

We see this as our shared becoming.

Theater of Self-Reclaiming Agency and Attention Through Embodying the Imaginal: A Primer on Interoception - Bradley McDevitt, MA, ACC Saturday, September 28, 4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room A-140 Our modern world, despite its advancements, presents a stark paradox: unprecedented access to comfort and ease alongside a pervasive sense of emptiness and lack of meaning. We’re inundated with information yet starved for genuine connection and purpose. This existential meaning crisis manifests in rising anxiety, depression, and disconnection from ourselves and the world around us.

Drawing inspiration and methodology from the transformative power of theater and its shamanic roots, as well as depth psychology and cutting-edge cognitive science, Theater of Self offers a unique approach to addressing the most pressing problem spaces of our time. By integrating actor training techniques with mindfulness in motion practices participants will develop tools to: Strengthen Metacognition: Enhance self-awareness by observing thoughts and behaviors in real-time, in real life scenarios.

Deepen Somatic Integration: Bridge the body/mind connection for improved presence and social/emotional intelligence.

Learning Sessions Theater of Self-Reclaiming Agency and Attention Through Embodying the Imaginal: A Primer on Interoception (Cont.)

Cultivate Resilience: Develop adaptability, confidence, and the capacity for meaningful connection.

Leadership Skills: Enhance communication, collaboration, and the ability to navigate complex situations with grace Creative Potential: Unlock right-brained, intuitive thinking, problem-solving skills, and a renewed sense of reenchantment with the world.

Please bring a notebook or journal and come prepared to move, gently. This work accommodates all participants regardless of creative interest or experience, body type, physical ability, or inclination.

No acting required.

The Body of Water - Elizabeth Flood, PhD Saturday, September 28, 4:00 - 5:00 PM, Room A-101 "The Body of Water" delves into the profound connection between human bodies and water, examining this relationship through the lenses of indigenous and ecofeminist perspectives, alongside the framework of body politics. It articulates how water is not merely a physical substance but a vital, animate entity that plays a central role in various cultural narratives and bodily experiences. Indigenous perspectives highlight water's sacredness, viewing it as a life-giving force intertwined with spiritual and communal well-being. This view challenges the commodification and exploitation of water resources, advocating for a respectful and reciprocal relationship with nature.

Ecofeminist theories contribute to this discourse by linking the colonization of women and nature, underscoring how patriarchal structures perpetuate environmental degradation and social inequalities, reflecting a broader theme of control and subjugation. The essay explores how ecofeminism critiques the dualistic thinking that separates humanity from nature, instead promotes an embodied understanding of humans as part of the ecological web. This perspective emphasizes the need for sustainable and equitable practices that honor both women's roles and environmental health.

Body politics further enriches the analysis by addressing how power dynamics shape bodily interactions with water. It examines issues such as access to clean water, the impacts of pollution, and the socio-political struggles surrounding water rights. Through examining themes of nakedness

Learning Sessions The Body of Water (Cont.) and nudity, permeability, vulnerability, and liberation, it addresses the societal conditioning that influences our perception of the body, particularly in water, and how this conditioning manifests as shame or freedom. The essay argues that bodily experiences with water are deeply politicized, reflecting broader issues of justice, equity, and human rights.

The author reflects on the personal struggle and broader environmental concerns, questioning the impact of encouraging more contact with nature in a modern society that is inherently harmful to it.

Through an interdisciplinary approach, the essay underscores the necessity of integrating indigenous knowledge and ecofeminist principles to foster a more holistic and just relationship with water. It calls for a reimagining of water policies and practices that respect the intrinsic value of water and the interconnectedness of all life forms, advocating for a future where both human and environmental well-being are prioritized.

Why Humanism Is Dehumanizing and Why Posthumanism and AI Return Us to an Indigenous Cosmology - Dylan Martinez Francisco, Ph.D Sunday, September 29, 9:00 - 10:30 AM, Barrett Center This learning session will focus on why humanism is ultimately dehumanizing, genocidal, and ecocidal, and thus, why posthumanism and AI return us to an Indigenous cosmology that grounds human nature in a larger relational, complex reality that includes the technological and ‘artificial’ as natural, conscious, and sacred—a relational complex whole that is essential to a depth psychological understanding of the psyche and human wholeness. Humanism is based on the illusion that the measure of what it means to be human can only come from humans themselves—not any larger context or more-than-human considerations. Humanism strips humanity of its spiritual and ecological context, making humanity answerable to nothing beyond itself and its own interests and aims. While this move turns everything—particularly the world of minerals, plants, and animals— into a means of human satisfaction, it also, eventually means that humanity itself lacks any meaning apart from being a means for human satisfaction. When human satisfaction is the measure of all things, even humans eventually succumb to this measure, becoming a dehumanized commodity. In addition, humanism did not arise in a cultural vacuum. It arose in a European context in which only certain humans were considered the measure of humanity, which meant that those who did not fit this measure, failed to be considered human at all. This resulted in certain humans being particularly

Learning Sessions Why Humanism Is Dehumanizing and Why Posthumanism and AI Return Us to an Indigenous Cosmology (Cont.) exploited or eradicated depending on what satisfied the humans of the dominant culture. What this means is that humans need a larger spiritual, ecological, and technological context to be truly human, a context that posthumanism and AI restore. My presentation will provide both depth psychological and Indigenous reasons why posthumanism and AI, paradoxically enough, return us to an animated culture and cosmos and so embody what is necessary for humans to be humane and whole.

Fruiting Bodies of the Collective Unconscious - Pamela Hancock, PhD Sunday, September 29, 9:00 - 10:30 AM, Room A-102 This 90-minute workshop entitled “Fruiting Bodies of the Collective Unconscious” will first explore my current research into the use of psychedelics and symbol to help people connect to the archetype at the center of their purpose. My investigation has been exploring entheogens and symbols as beacons from the archetypal realm that manifested from the collective unconscious to help guide humanity. Then, utilizing my 16’ round portable labyrinth mat, I will guide participants into the center of the labyrinth to connect to an archetype that wants to make contact with them. This will be done through journey work as well as Archetype Dice that I designed for my self-analysis system called Mythic Mapping. Participants will then have an opportunity to make an ARCHETYPE CARD utilizing a collage method that I am currently testing with research participants. Those in the workshop will then learn an active imagination method to use the card on their own and continue to engage with the guiding force they made contact with during our work together, utilizing a specially designed handout that they will take home along with the card. All art-supplies and accompanying materials will be provided.

Learning Sessions Tickling the AI Trickster: Reoccupying the Archetypal Imaginal Through Movement and Storytelling - Carol Burbank, Ph.D Sunday, September 29, 9:00 - 10:30 AM, Room A-140 Although tech companies are enthusiastically marketing AI programs as a liberating force, artists, writers, and arts-based researchers know that the creative potential of the human psyche cannot be encapsulated in aggregated algorithms. AI, as currently explored, is a trickster, sometimes posing as a simple product practical as a washing machine, sometimes promising God-like gifts that offer fast, collectivized solutions to save our skins (or destroy us all). In the face of AI’s propagandistic “posthuman” threats and promises, we have an opportunity to reclaim our own, uniquely human trickster natures. This workshop will use writing, movement, and storytelling to play with archetypes and offer a prism to expand trickster narratives, awakening each person’s unique shapeshifter/trickster insights and building collective energy to generate a uniquely human space of possibility.

We will focus on the subcultural, subordinated, othered stories that machine algorithms cannot perceive or adequately define. These stories of Jezebel, Loki, Inanna, Mercury, and countless creatures from nature (Coyote, Mantis, Spider), are the clowns, mystics and magicians who help us navigate and transcend boundaries. They are the friends we need now, to rehumanize the imaginal, joyfully magnetize the mess, stir the simmering cauldron of our psyches. In this workshop, participants will play with trickster as they feel it in their bodies and visions, choosing one archetypal trickster who calls them to resist Artificial Intelligence algorithms with Archetypal Imaginal activism.

We will reclaim the mythos of the human through serious play, opening a space for a creative and unpredictable spark of holistic soul-centered intelligence. Whether that leads to a project, a renewed goal, or a deeper sense of authentic presence, participants will celebrate their own unique trickster nature, the rebellious, necessary, creative force that sets us free from unconscious artificial borders.

Closing Session Dreaming the Dream Forward: Temperance and Embodiment in a TechnologyDriven World - Dr. Leonie H. Mattison, Ed.D. & Christophe Le Mouël, Ph.D., Sunday, September 29, 10:30 - 12:00 Noon, Barrett Center In a world where technology connects and divides us, the crisis of imagination is becoming ever more apparent. As our digital realities increasingly shape how we see ourselves and others, we must ask how we reclaim the dream of a unified self in a fractured digital age. Christophe Le Mouël and Dr. Leonie Mattison will explore how ancient wisdom and depth psychology can offer us pathways through these complexities, helping us navigate the rapid evolution of technology while remaining grounded in the human soul.

Le Mouël invites us into the archetypal background of artificial intelligence, invoking Carl Jung's mandala-shaped sun from The Red Book (p. 125) as a symbol of the ongoing evolution of human consciousness and the embodiment of a new God-image. He challenges us to see that while AI may push the boundaries of human potential, it cannot fully embody the richness of human experience or our deep, unconscious connection to the self. His exploration raises questions: How do we ensure that the human soul remains central in an AI-driven world? How do we retain our connection to the unconscious when so much of our daily life is projected onto the digital screen? Dr. Mattison invites us to explore the archetypal tension between technological advancement and the human psyche, using Cristoforo de Predis' image of Mars with Aries and Scorpio to illustrate the dual forces in today's digital age. While AI expands human potential, true embodiment remains irreplaceable—the soulful, living connection to self, others, and the world. AI's potential (Aries) drives innovation but, if not carefully managed (Mars), carries the risk of disruption to our emotional balance (Scorpio).

Dr. Mattison calls for embracing temperance—the alchemical process of blending opposites— requiring balance, patience, and ethical awareness to create harmony. This mindful balancing act is essential as we dream forward, ensuring the human spirit remains a grounding force amidst technological transformation. She leaves us with two key questions: How can we practice temperance to maintain psychic balance in a tech-driven world? And how do we keep soul and psyche at the center as AI integrates into our lives, nurturing our connection to the deeper, more soulful aspects of ourselves?

Together, their insights reveal a powerful synergy between embodiment and temperance and an invitation for us to think deeply about integrating AI thoughtfully, ensuring that technology enhances rather than disrupts our inner world, keeping the human essence at the heart of progress.

Wine & Cheese Reception Friday, September 27 from 5:30 - 6:30 PM

Join us on the East Lawn for a Wine & Cheese Reception to connect with PGI Faculty, Presenters and Alums!

Friday, September 27, 2024 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Breezeway behind the Barrett Center at the Ladera Lane Campus Hors d'oeuvres and wine will be provided.

The first keynote presentations will start directly after the reception at 7 PM in the Barrett Center.

Hope to see you there!

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Continuing Education Credit Instructions & Information

The Journey Week Conference provides 10 hours of Continuing Education Credits for Psychologists, LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, LEPs, and Registered Nurses. Please note that CECs are offered for on-campus attendees only.

If you are looking to obtain Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for this conference, you must have paid the $30 CEC fee on your registration form, sign-in and sign-out on the provided sign-in forms for each day of the conference, and turn in an evaluation form at the end of the conference. The sign-in forms and evaluation form will be on a table in the back of the Barrett Center. The evaluation form will be emailed to you after the conference weekend.

The required presentations are listed on the next page. *It is your responsibility to sign-in and sign-out on the provided sheets for each day of the conference. Full attendance is required to obtain a certificate - no partial certificates will be issued.* Failure to sign-in and out each day and/or failing to complete an evaluation form will result in disqualification from earning CEC hours for this program.

CEC Certificates will be emailed out to those who qualify at the end of October.

Required Presentations For Continuing Education Credits

Friday, September 27: 7:00 – 9:30 PM – The Oracle and the Algorithm: Our Search for Mythos in the Machine- John Bucher Saturday, September 28: 8:45 – 10:00 AM – Featured Depth Scholar Session- The Emergence of Jung’s Cosmology: From the Mythless Predicament of Modernity to Personal MythsSonu Shamdasani 10:15 – 11:45 PM – Transforming Our Ideologies into Practices of Shared Becoming - Peter Dunlap, Camille Jarmie, Kevin Volkan 1:00 – 2:30 PM – Featured Depth Scholar Session- Between Artificial Intelligence and Genuine Understanding: Why the Human Thought Process Matters- Glen Slater & PGI Faculty Panel 2:45 – 3:45 PM – Where we Might go in Lieu of Posthumanism: Building Indigenous and Decolonial Epistemologies - Monica Mody 4:00 – 5:00 PM – Leonora Carrington: Alchemy, the Underworld, and the Goddess- Evans Lansing Smith Sunday, September 29: 9:30 – 10:30 AM –Why Humanism is Dehumanizing and Why Posthumanism and AI Return Us to an Indigenous Cosmology - Dylan Martinez Francisco 10:30 – Noon – Dreaming the Dream Onward – Closing Ceremony- Dream Weaving Circles- Dr. Lee & Dr. Christophe Le Mouël

Meet our Keynote Presenters!

Sonu Shamdasani, PhD Sonu Shamdasani (MSc, PhD) is a London-based author, editor-in-chief, and professor at University College London. He is the 2024 recipient of the IAJS annual C. G. Jung Award. A significant portion of his research and writings focus on Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) and cover the history of psychiatry and psychology from the mid-nineteenth century to current times.

Sonu Shamdasani edited the first publication of Jung’s major work: Liber Novus, The Red Book. Although its title had been well known for years, it was not until its publication in 2009 that its contents were revealed to the public and practicing psychotherapists and other scholars.

Julie Tumamait-Stenslie Julie Tumamait-Stenslie has traced her family lineage from her father, Vincent Tumamait, to at least 11 known Chumash villages and as far back as the mid-18th century. Ms. Tumamait-Stenslie has worked as a cultural resource consultant from Malibu to Santa Barbara to the Channel Islands, providing guidance for private groups and state, county, and city regulatory agencies, including the Ventura and Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s offices. She is well known throughout Ventura County and beyond for her Chumash cultural education programs and also performs ceremonies according to her native ways, such as weddings, burials, naming ceremonies, and blessings. Ms. Tumamait-Stenslie is a commissioner on the California Native American Heritage Commission and on the board of the Santa Clara River Conservancy. She serves on the accessions committee for the Museum of Ventura County.

John Bucher, PhD John Bucher is a renowned mythologist and story expert who has been featured on the BBC, the History Channel, the LA Times, and on numerous other international outlets. Holding a PhD in Mythology and Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, he serves as Executive Director for the Joseph Campbell Foundation and is a writer, podcaster, storyteller, and speaker. He has worked with government and cultural leaders around the world as well as organizations such as

Meet our Keynote Presenters!

John Bucher (Cont.)

HBO, DC Comics, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, A24 Films, Atlas Obscura, and The John Maxwell Leadership Foundation, bringing his deep understanding of narrative and myth to a wide array of audiences. He is the author of six influential books on storytelling, including the best-selling Storytelling for Virtual Reality, named by BookAuthority as one of the best storytelling books of all time.

Glen Slater, Ph.D. Glen Slater, Ph.D., was born and raised in Australia. He moved to the United States in 1992 to study Jungian psychology. He has degrees in Religious Studies and Clinical Psychology and has taught for over 25 years at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California, where he is Associate Chair of the Jungian and Archetypal Studies Program. He has written extensively for Jungian publications and edited the third volume of James Hillman’s Uniform Edition, Senex and Puer, as well as the essay collection, Varieties of Mythic Experience. He writes on Jung and film, the psychology of religion, and depth psychology and technology. His long-awaited book, Jung vs. Borg: Finding the Deeply Human in a Posthuman Age, was recently published in January 2024.

Dr. Leonie H. Mattison, Ed.D. Dr. Leonie H. Mattison, Ed.D., is a trailblazing leader as the first Black woman and the fourth president of Pacifica Graduate Institute, the only institution dedicated exclusively to the study of depth psychology. Grounded in her Jamaican heritage and commitment to education and research, Dr. Mattison’s leadership philosophy centers on putting students first, ensuring their experience is at the heart of everything Pacifica does. As a consensus-builder and advocate for transparency, she leads with integrity and a deep belief in the power of collective effort. Her bold vision is to make depth psychology accessible to all, expanding its reach beyond traditional boundaries to serve diverse communities. Dr. Mattison aims to continue Pacifica’s legacy through this work while guiding it into an inclusive, transformative future.

Meet our Keynote Presenters!

Meet our Keynote Presenters!

Christophe Le Mouël, Ph.D. Dr. Christophe Le Mouël was trained as a theoretical physicist and conducted research at the University of Montpellier in France and Thessaloniki in Greece. He earned a master's degree in computer science and worked as a team manager and engineer at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission in Paris. He is currently the executive director of the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles and the cochief editor of Psychological Perspectives, a quarterly journal of Jungian thought. Dr. Le Mouël is passionate about the psychology of C.G. Jung, which he discovered in his teens. He has published several articles on the connection of matter and psyche and has lectured on this topic nationally and internationally. He is a candidate-in-training at the Research and Training Centre in Depth Psychology According to C.G. Jung and M.-L. von Franz in Zürich. He also edited the forthcoming book of conversations with Marie-Louise von Franz, which describes her views on psyche and matter at the end of her life.

Meet our Featured Presenters!

Peter Dunlap, Ph.D Dr. Peter Dunlap is a psychologist and an Assistant Professor of Pacific’s clinical psychology program. Dr. Dunlap is part of the Pacifica initiative to bring depth psychology more fully into the world to respond to the critical questions of our time. His research and teaching integrate clinical practice and community engagement. In his work he asks, “How do we become the people called for by our time?” And, in framing the issue in this manner he is learning about extending what works in clinical practice into our communities through the cultivation of a public emotional intelligence.

Camille Jarmie, Ph.D Camille Jarmie, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, and Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology program at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica in 2018 following a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling specializing in counseling with children and adolescents in 2011. Her clinical areas of expertise focus on supporting birthing families during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum periods, as well as early attachment, work with children and adolescents, animal-assisted therapies through a depth orientation, and remedies to broader societal challenges which impact individuals’ mental, emotional, and bodily wellbeing. Dr. Jarmie’s areas of interest in research and scholarship mirror her clinical areas of expertise through a human sciences tradition which seeks to understand the meaning of these lived experiences, as well as the ways in which having a depth psychological sensibility itself may be a remedy to many of the ills of our time.

Kevin Volkan EdD, PhD, MPH Kevin Volkan EdD, PhD, MPH is a founding faculty member and Professor of Psychology at California State University Channel Islands, where he researches and teaches courses on severe psychopathology, culture-bound disorders, and personality theory. Dr. Volkan currently serves on the Graduate Medical Education Faculty at Community Memorial Hospital and is also Adjunct Professor of Clinical Psychology at California Lutheran University. He joins Pacifica Graduate Institute in the clinical psychology program in the Fall of 2024 as Adjunct Faculty.

Meet our Featured Presenters!

Kevin Volkan EdD, PhD, MPH (Cont.)

He holds doctorates in clinical and quantitative psychology and is a graduate of the Harvard School of Public Health. His training and experience is in archetypal psychology, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, applied behavior analysis, and embodied imaginal dreamwork. He is the author of Dancing Among the Maenads: The Psychology of Compulsive Drug Use, Schizophrenia: Science, Psychoanalysis, and Culture, and How the Mind Works: Concepts and Cases in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. His latest book, Human Aggression, War, and Genocide will be published in the fall of 2024.

MARYBETH CARTER, PhD MARYBETH CARTER, PhD, is a Jungian analyst with a degree in religious studies with honors from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute where she is an adjunct faculty. She is chair of IAJS and serves on the board of the C. G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles. She is coeditor of The Spectre of the Other in Jungian Psychoanalysis, published by Routledge, which won the 2023 Gradiva Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP).

Naomi Azriel, LMFT Naomi Azriel, LMFT, is a Jungian analyst, scholar, activist and poet practicing in Oakland, CA. Her work can be found in the Jung Journal and Psychological Perspectives. She teaches and lectures internationally on the intersection of Jungian depth psychology with feminist and queer topics, including the Cassandra Complex, the transference field, dream work and the liberatory potential of trans identities.

Chema Jiménez Orvañanos, MA Chema Jiménez Orvañanos, MA. is a non-binary, Mexican, Jungian oriented psychotherapist and scholar practicing in Mexico City. Their work centers around queerness, gender and the deconstruction of masculinity. They are an organizing member of the International Queer Jungian Initiative and part of the Lesbianas Junguianas collective in South America.

Meet our Featured Presenters!

Brenda Murrow, Ph.D Dr. Murrow seeks to contribute to the field of psychology by practicing as a clinician, teaching, and through the research of assessment and treatment methods.

She enjoys working in traditional in-office therapy settings as well as partnering with equines and canines in animal-assisted therapies. She is an Assistant Professor and Research Coordinator in the Clinical Psychology department at Pacifica Graduate Institute, and shares psychological concepts in an accessible way through her podcast, Connection Therapy.

Jacqueline F. Moore, MA, LMFT Jacqueline F. Moore holds a MA in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and a BFA in Fine Art Painting from the Academy of Art University. Jacqueline is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist currently in private practice in Ventura, California and serves on adjunct faculty at the Pacifica Graduate Institute. She is a meditator, recording musical composer, and fine art painter.

Monica Mody, Ph.D Dr. Monica Mody is Co-Chair and Assistant Professor in the Pacifica Graduate Institute’s Mythological Studies MA/PhD Program. Her areas of specialization include decolonial, indigenous, and women of color paradigms and epistemologies; Anzaldúan frameworks; earth-sourced and feminist spirituality and ritual; poetry, divination, oracular speech, and arts-based research; and nondual embodiment, in conversation with ancestral lineages from South Asia.

Her creative and academic work have been widely published and presented in journals and edited books, at international and US-based conferences, and through invited talks. www.drmonicamody.com.

Jonathan Erickson, Ph.D. Jonathan Erickson, Ph.D., serves as core faculty in the Integral Transpersonal Psychology PhD program at the California Institute of Integral studies. He is the author of the book Imagination in the Western Psyche: from Ancient Greece to Modern Neuroscience and co-editor and contributor to the upcoming volume Soul in the Machine: Depth Psychology, Myth, and Artificial Intelligence.

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Felipe Capiral, LMFT Felipe Capiral is a graduate of Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is a licensed MFT and is currently in private practice and concurrently a staff at the Coldwater Counseling Center as one of their part time psychotherapists. He is passionate about living one’s life fully and consciously.

Evans Lansing Smith, Ph.D. Evans Lansing Smith, Ph.D., is a Professor of the Mythological Studies Program, which he served as Chair for twelve years. He traveled with Joseph Campbell in Northern France, Egypt, and Kenya, and has a Ph.D. from The Claremont Graduate School, an M.A. in Creative Writing from Antioch International, and a B.A. from Williams College. He has lectured widely and is the author of three books of poems, two novels, and ten academic studies of comparative literature and myth.

Bradley McDevitt, MA, ACC Bradley McDevitt, MA, ACC: With over three decades of experience creating, performing, and teaching physical theater around the world, Bradley McDevitt conveys this somatically integrated work in his creative consultancy as a core practitioner of Presence-Based® personal coaching and professional leadership development. Answering a call to address the growing meaning crisis through the cultivation of attention and embodied wisdom practices, Bradley created the Theater of Self program, bringing clients, participants, and especially young people, into closer relationship with the vast apparatus of meaning making tools available through embodied imagination and creative practice. Bradley is an adjunct faculty member at Pacifica, teaching the course The Complex Nature of Inspiration in the Humanities program. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and is the founder of CarolinaCommons.org

Meet our Featured Presenters!

Elizabeth Flood, Ph.D Dr. Elizabeth Flood holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and dual B.A. degrees in Psychology and Fine Arts from DePaul University, and is currently pursuing a M.A. in Counseling Psychology. Elizabeth has extensive experience in diversity, equity, and inclusion analysis, as well as program development and coordination for at-risk youth. She has created and led therapeutic arts programs in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Indonesia. Elizabeth is also trained in restorative justice practices and is a registered yoga teacher, further showcasing her commitment to holistic well-being and community engagement.

Dylan Martinez Francisco, Ph.D Dylan Martinez Francisco, Ph.D., is Co-Chair and an Assistant Professor of the Jungian and Archetypal specialization of M.A./Ph.D. program in Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Dylan grounds his teaching in the depth psychology of C. G. Jung, decolonialism, and Mestizo/Mexican/Indigenous traditions that provide a primordial, holistic, and sacred worldview within which to understand the psyche, to embody its wholeness individually, and to live it relationally through honoring Spirit, the Ancestors, and the Land.

The Reverend Doctor Pamela D. Hancock The Reverend Doctor Pamela D. Hancock is Core Faculty, Director of the Chaplaincy Program, and Co-Director of the Psychedelics Certificate at Starr King School for the Ministry. She is ordained clergy through Sacred Well Congregation. She is the Priestess of the Sisters of Moon and Snow Coven, and holds an MDiv. from Starr King School for the Ministry (2015). She received her Ph.D. in Depth Psychology from the Pacifica Graduate Institute in May 2022.

Carol Burbank, Ph.D. Carol Burbank, Ph.D. is a writer, creativity and writing coach, educator, and celebrator of deep play as somatic integration and expansion of psyche. She teaches Artist as Activist and Agent of Social Change in the Depth Psychology and Creativity Program. She is an award-winning playwright, scholar, and specializes in leading change from the core of the imaginal. Learn more at storyweaving.com.

Meet our Featured Artists!

Susan Evergreen Hericks, Phd Susan Evergreen Hericks, Phd, has an artistic and psychological approach to being human. Her day to day work involves supporting PGI graduate students in the Depth PhD Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices specialization. An artist and lover of beauty medicine, ceremony, and social justice, she has a varied background in academia (English, Theology/Ethics, Depth Psychology) as well as rites of passage work, wilderness guiding, ceremonial play and art. She has been actively co-designing Ojai’s annual community Mandala since 2009, involving hundreds of painters of all ages.

River Sauvageau, Artist, Ceremonialist and creator of the MandalaMedicineMovement.com River Sauvageau is a community arts activist who has been leading the making of community mandalas in Ojai since 1993. She carries an Earth Altar that guides the principles upon which this work is based. She is an artist, teacher, lay minister and tipi maker. The Mandala Medicine Movement is her current focus, working on bringing this method of placemaking and connection to other communities. “I work to inspire creativity, free thinking, human connection, personal sovereignty and leadership.” studiosauvageau.com

Shelly Rudolph Shelly Rudolph “A soulful vocalist that prefers not to be contained,” Soul Siren Shelly Rudolph infuses jazz, blues and her own “powerfully romantic” material with intoxicating intimacy and unabashed revelation. As a performer, songwriter & poet, Shelly has traveled the world with ensembles that range from intimate duets to Jazz Orchestras. She is among the busiest vocalists in Portland, Oregon, performing and producing her own concerts and spoken-word projects, including collaborations with aerial dance companies, visual artists and jazz icons of the region. www.shellyrudolph.com

Meet our Featured Artists!

Iposi is a Native American and Indigenous Women Veteran and TwoSpirit Drum Circle Although their drum (Iposi) came to them on June 4th of 2022, their drum circle started in the summer of 2015. They sit to educate, support, and pray for each (Photo credit: Robynn Murray) other, their families, their communities including MMIWG2S peoples, Mother Earth, and all beings. They also sit and gather annually at their Veteran Women’s Indigenous Healing Circle to support veteran women and their families. In centering healing and social justice, using an ecological spiritual lens, they are better able to strive towards rematriation and a healthier and equitable relationship amongst themselves and their environment. Their drum is inter-tribal and women from several nations and Indigenous backgrounds sit around her from time to time, including members of Mixteca, Chickasaw, Nahuatl, Lipan Apache, Mapuche, Tlingit, Annishinabe, Chicana, Chumash, and others.

Grupo Folklórico Fusión Mexicana Grupo Folklórico Fusión Mexicana is a vibrant dance ensemble comprised of multiple Mexican dance groups across Santa Barbara, Ventura, and Los Angeles counties, founded by Carlos Mendez & Adrian Castellón Robles. Since their establishment in 2016, this talented group of dancers has traveled extensively within the United States and internationally, including China and Greece, to share their passion for traditional Mexican dance.

Their current directors, Adrian Castellón Robles and Dafne Aguilar, educate communities about Mexico’s rich cultural heritage, inspiring younger generations to appreciate and preserve these rich cultural traditions and foster cross-cultural understanding and exchange.

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Directions to Campus

General Information Accommodations: Pacifica’s Ladera Lane Campus 801 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Housing accommodations can be reserved at the time of registration, or by contacting retreat@pacifica.edu A 14% Santa Barbara County Occupancy Tax is additionally added to the lodging fee.

Accommodations in the Residence Hall at Pacifica’s Ladera Lane Campus consist of standard, single rooms. These rooms include a full or twin-sized bed, sink, mirror, desk, chair, small desk fan, and alarm clock, as well as shelves and hangers for clothing. All linens and towels are included. Our Residence Hall has shared men’s and women’s bathroom and shower facilities. All shower stalls include bath mat and soap. We recommend that guests bring all of their own toiletries. Our recently renovated Semi-Suite rooms, located on the second floor of the Main Building, include a queen-sized bed with a shared bath and shower per every two rooms.

The Residence Hall has a Guest Lounge on the First Floor, complete with couches and a large screen TV. There is also a small kitchenette with refrigerator, water dispenser, and microwave.

**Please note that if you are staying on campus, you can check-in any time after 3 PM on Friday, September 27th. If you arrive before 3 PM, there is a luggage storage room where you can keep your belongings until you can check into your room. We kindly ask that you check out of your room by 3 PM Sunday, September 29.**

Best Western Carpinteria Inn 4558 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, CA 93013 (800) 528-1234 Shuttle service is provided between the Best Western in Carpinteria and the Ladera Lane campus.

Driving Directions From South to Best Western Carpinteria Hwy 101 North:. When you reach Carpinteria, take the Santa Monica Rd exit and turn right at the stop sign. Turn right again at the corner of Santa Ynez and Via Real, go over the freeway bridge, and continue to the signal lights. The Inn will be on your left at the corner of Santa Ynez and Carpinteria Ave. Driving Directions From North To Best Western Carpinteria Hwy 101 South: Approximately 10 miles past Santa Barbara to the Reynolds Ave exit and continue to the stop sign. The Inn will be on your right at the corner of Carpinteria Ave and Santa Ynez Ave.

General Information Travel: Major airlines provide service into the Los Angeles International Airport located 90 miles south of Santa Barbara and into the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, approximately 18 miles from the Campus. Additionally, there is an Amtrak Train Station located in downtown Santa Barbara, approximately 15 miles from the Best Western Carpinteria Inn and/or the Ladera Lane Campus. Uber/Lyft and taxi service is available from train station.

Transportation from Los Angeles Airport The Los Angeles International Airport is approximately 90 miles from the Santa Barbara. Various car rental options available at LAX. Additionally, the Santa Barbara Airbus provides bus transfer service to both a Carpinteria dropoff location (Between Chase Bank & Union Bank at the Casitas Plaza Shopping Center - 1000 Casitas Pass Rd) as well as a Santa Barbara location (3845 State St., Santa Barbara 93105). A taxi service or Uber/Lyft can be taken from the Airbus drop-off locations to the Ladera Lane Campus or the Best Western Carpinteria. Reservations for the Airbus are strongly recommended, and rates will be discounted if reservations are made at least 48 hours in advance.

For schedules and reservations, call the Santa Barbara Airbus at 805.964.7759 or 800.423.1618 or online at www.santabarbaraairbus.com.

Transportation from Santa Barbara Airport The Santa Barbara Airport is approximately 20 miles from the Best Western Carpinteria Inn and/or the Ladera Lane Campus. Car rental services are available. Additionally, Lyft/Ubers are available as well as taxi service. The following cab companies often offer special rates if reservations are made well in advance and Pacifica is mentioned as your destination (via the Best Western or directly to the Ladera Lane campus): Blue Dolphin (805.962.6886) Rose Cab (805.564.2600) Checker Cab Company (805.964.6666) Fly by Night Taxi (805.745.8294) Transportation from the Santa Barbara Train Station There is an Amtrak Train Station located in downtown Santa Barbara, approximately 15 miles from the Best Western Carpinteria Inn and/or the Ladera Lane Campus. Uber/Lyft and taxi service is available from the companies listed above, again, often with special rates if reservations are made well in advance and Pacifica is mentioned as your destination.

Pacifica Graduate Institute Transportation – Shuttles Pacifica Shuttle 805-896-1887 or 805-896-1888 Pacifica Graduate Institute provides courtesy shuttles to campus visitors.The shuttle is available any time during business hours by calling and requesting a pick-up. The shuttle will be running the entirety of the conference weekend.

Pacifica Shuttle stops: Ladera Campus (801 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara) Lambert Campus (249 Lambert Road, Carpinteria) Best Western Plus Carpinteria Inn (4558 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria) SB Airbus Carpinteria (5400 Carpinteria Ave, Carpinteria) Carpinteria Amtrak Station (475 Linden Ave, Carpinteria) Service is not available from the SB Airport in Goleta.

General Information FAQs Who can I contact with any questions?

Please contact The Retreat at Pacifica Graduate Institute at retreat@pacifica.edu.

What are my transportation and parking options?

If you are not renting a car, transportation is available to Santa Barbara from LAX airport via the Santa Barbara Airbus. Amtrak stops in both Carpinteria and Santa Barbara. Taxi service is available from Santa Barbara Airport, and all public transportation depots. Open parking is available at our Ladera Lane Campus 7 days a week.

How does the check-in and check-out process work?

Please check-in with reception at the Ladera Lane Front Lobby any time after 3 pm. You will be given a key to your room at that time. Check out time is 11 am. Please return your key to the front desk when checking out. Please do not leave the key in the room. We greatly appreciate your timeliness in the check-out process. This allows our housekeeping staff to turn the rooms around before our next program checks in.

Which meals are included in my stay?

If you purchased the meal package, Saturday Breakfast, Saturday Lunch, Saturday Dinner, and Sunday Breakfast are included. A table will be set up at the entrance to the dining hall to collect meal tickets during each meal. Meal tickets can be picked up at the reception desk upon check in.

What types of meals do you offer? What if I have dietary concerns?

Our catering company offers healthy, whole meals. They offer vegetarian as well as vegan options and include local and organic ingredients whenever possible. If you have medically restricted dietary concerns, please note it on your registration form or send an email to retreat@pacifica.edu.

Visit the Pacifica Graduate Institute Bookstore!

The Pacifica Graduate Institute Bookstore will be open throughout the conference weekend.

The Bookstore is located in the lobby at the Ladera Lane campus next to the reception desk.

The bookstore will be featuring many Pacifica Graduate Institute faculty books including those by Journey Week Conference presenters.