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The Sophia Center

Wisdom Centered Learning for a Changing World

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“We are in a deep transformational crucible in which communities like The Sophia Center represent a crucial, heroic community with a vision that is sharply different from mainstream society. We have to hold space for each other to go through our deep transformations.”

 

Rick Tarnas, PhD, The Sophia Talks

New Offerings - Now Enrolling!

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WOMEN IN FILM & CINEMA
Series of 3 Panel Discussions
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3 Live Panel Discussions        $59
Circle Members Free!

LISTENING TO A CREATIVE SILENCE
A Prophetic Feminine Wisdom Hidden in Sacred Stories

Loralee Scott, MFA
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RECORDED   4 Classes        $79

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EROS IN RELATIONSHIPS
Goldmine or Minefield?                 
  Ursula Wirtz, Ph.D.
               
   Begins Nov. 6th!
--------------------------   4  Class Live Course!                   $110
Circle Members FREE!     

On-Demand Courses - Available at Your Convenience

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FINDING OUR WAY HOME
The Soul's Path to What Matters Most

                           Demaris Wehr, Ph.D.   
             
                     
 Available on Request
--------------------------    8 Recorded Sessions     $99
Circle Members FREE!

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THE SUFFERING OF GHOSTS
Intergenerational Complexes in Analytical Psychology
                                Samuel L. Kimbles, Ph.D. 
                         
                           
Available on Request

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4  Recorded Sessions!                          $99
Circle Members FREE!      

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THE HEROINE WITH 1001 FACES
                       A Sophia Talk with
                           Maria Tatar, Ph.D.
                          Available on Request
--------------------------   A Sophia Talk!                               
Circle Members FREE!     

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PSYCHE, CULTURE & POLITICS
Panel Discussion                 
      with Andrew Samuels, Betty Sue Flowers and Vorris Nunley
               
                              Available on Request
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Circle Members FREE!     

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CIRCLE MEMBERSHIP!

Get All Our Offerings at NO Charge!

                                  JOIN TODAY!

 

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Circle Members FREE!     

Sophia Center Author Talks!

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In Brigid's Footsteps
with Linda McFadden
Saturday, August 21st
11:00 AM - Noon EDT
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On Demand Lecture         $17.00
Circle Member Discount            FREE!

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Phantom Narratives
with Samuel L. Kimbles
Saturday, Sept. 18th
11:00 AM - Noon EDT
-----------------------On Demand Lecture          $17.00
Circle Member Discount            FREE!

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Nonviolence & Individuation
with Renee Moreau Cunningham
Saturday, Oct. 2nd
11:00 AM - Noon EDT
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On Demand Lecture          $17.00
Circle Member Discount            FREE!

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Heart Coherence & The Embodied Sophia

with Anne Elizabeth Taylor, Ph.D.

Saturday, Nov. 13th

11:00 AM - Noon EDT

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Live Discussion!          $17.00

Circle Member Discount            FREE!

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Reconnecting with the Sacred in the Wake of Trauma
with Shoshana Fershtman, Ph.D.
Saturday, Dec. 4th
11:00 AM - Noon EDT
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Live Discussion!                       $17.00
Circle Member Discount            FREE!

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Cultural Complexes and the Abjected Feminine
with Dennis Pottenger & Rebecca Livingston Pottenger
Saturday, January 8th
11:00 AM - Noon EDT
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Live Discussion!                       $17.00
Circle Member Discount            FREE!

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The Sophia Talks - Series II

Political Rupture and Personal Responsibility in Times of Crisis

with Professor Andrew Samuels

 Click on photos to go to the recorded talk.

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“Feisty, wise conversation.”

- Maura Conlon

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“Conversations that take

my mind beyond boundaries.”

- Gloria Crist

“Just fantastic!” - Cate Cabot

Lectures

The Sophia Talks - Series I

 Click on photos to go to the recorded talk.

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Sophia Talk I:

Rick Tarnas, PhD


Elemental Energies from the Depths - the Astrological and Archetypal Influences for Revolution and Reform

Sophia Talk II:

Andrew Samuels, PhD

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Revolution, Reformation and Revisioning Psychoanalytic Practice in Political Cultures

Sophia Talk III:

Susan Rowland, PhD

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Exploring the Mysteries of the Walled in Woman within the Academy, the Psychology and the Psyche

Sophia Talk IV:

Elizabeth Nelson, PhD

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Deep Purpose in a Superficial World: Transformative Silence and Hearing the Voice of Soul

The conversations have been stellar! I have learned so much about deepening my own voice from these Seeing Red and Sophia Center experiences. - Marilyn Matthews, MD, Jungian Analyst

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Congratulations on a totally successful beginning for The Sophia Center. I can’t wait to see more of what you are creating!

- Barbara Joy Laffey, PhD

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The launch with The Sophia Talks catapulted me into a fresh way of thinking about the world and gave me hope.

- Carol Rose Brown, Artist

The Emergence of Sophia

 

“Foreshadowed in the pages of the Red Book, hidden behind the images of Salome the seductress, and Elijah the wise one, written into the cosmologies of almost every major world religion — yet culturally exiled to the shadowy world of the complex. She has remained hidden and marginalized for centuries. Until now. Now she emerges from the cultural chaos, carrying vessels of wisdom and compassion. Her name is Sophia.”

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— Loralee M. Scott, Founder and Director, The Sophia Center for Transformative Learning

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