Moore at retreat for Spirituality Section of ACR

The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) Spirituality Section announces its 7th annual retreat from Friday 1 February to Sunday 3 February 2013 to be held at the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, California. Thomas Moore is the keynote workshop leader for this weekend.

According to the announcement, "This year’s retreat theme is all about the Care of YOUR Soul ... making sure you have all the inner resources you need to continue to make a difference in the work you do and the life you live! ... The ACRSS retreat is designed to support all practitioners who have a spiritual practice (or who are feeling disconnected from that Universal Energy and want to reconnect). Join us as we walk together on our journeys toward personal, psychological and spiritual growth."

This retreat is open to non-members.
Early bird prices are to 1 June 2012:
Section Members: $395 U.S.
General: $495 U.S.
Additional pricing is set for an optional pre-retreat day.

Register online or call 703 234-4141 for more information. Download the ACR Spirituality Section Retreat flyer to share with colleagues.

Weekend workshop about care of soul and spirit

Online registration is open for Thomas Moore's weekend program from Friday 9 November to Sunday 11 November 2012 at Wisdom House in Litchfield, Connecticut: Care of the Soul and Spirit. Visit the Wisdom House program page. Scroll down to Moore's event, listed by date. Click the Register button for Program #TM 11-911.

Care of the Soul and Spirit
"This workshop will teach us how to be soulfully spiritual and spiritually soulful. It will show how to be open-hearted and attached to life, and, at the same time, spiritually detached and related to the very ground of being. It will not avoid the dark places but also indulge in the humor and positive graces of a thoughtful life as we aim at establishing a vibrant and mature spirituality."

Friday 6:00 p.m. dinner to Sunday lunch
Fees:
$195 (shared room, hall bath)
$235 (private room, hall bath)
$265 (private or shared room with bath)
$165 commuter
Non-refundable deposit: $50 U.S.
Scholarships available

Barque coverage:
25 Nov 2011 "Wisdom House hosts 2012 program with Moore"

Focus of talk in London is pleasuring the soul

Botticelli's three Graces

London's Re-Vision, Centre for Integrative Psychosynthesis hosts Thomas Moore the evening of Friday 20 April 2012 for his public talk Pleasuring the Soul.

According to the Re-Vision site, "This talk will be informed by Epicurus, Marsilio Ficino, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, D. H. Lawrence and Oscar Wilde. It will also find insight in the mythology of the Graces and will consider the importance of a graceful existence. These issues may seem light and superficial. They are not. They lie at the very heart of our relationship problems, depression, cultural ennui and aggression."

Reservation information is available on the linked page.
Fee: £20.00
Time: 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.

Location:
Small Meeting House
Friends House (opposite Euston Station)
173 Euston Road
London U.K. NW1 2BJ

Lecture and workshop in Sarasota this weekend

Today Susan Rife writes "Care of the Soul author to lecture, lead workshop at Sarasota Memorial Hospital" for the Herald-Tribune, Sarasota. Rife's sidebar states, "Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul in Medicine, will give a lecture at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 and a workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 21 in Waldemere Auditorium at Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Tickets are $25 members, $30 nonmembers for the lecture, $85 and $95 for the workshop. Register at www.cgjungsarasota.org. Sponsored by the C.G. Jung Society of Sarasota."

In this piece Rife writes, "Soon after Care of the Soul was published, 'People began calling me and writing to me and asking me to come and speak to doctors and nurses and specialists,” said Moore, a psychotherapist and former monk who has written numerous books on spirituality. "The first thing I discovered is a lot of people working in hospitals are confused about how to deal with death, with patients who are dying, and the families of the patients.'" Rife describes recommendations for medical patients in Moore's work.

Lecture & Workshop location:
Waldemere Auditorium
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
1700 S. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, Florida

Earlier coverage of this event on Barque:
20 December 2011: "Attend a public lecture by Moore in Sarasota"
21 September 2011: "C. G. Jung Society of Sarasota hosts Moore"

Wisdom House hosts 2012 program with Moore

Thomas Moore offers the weekend retreat Soul and Spirit: Developing a Spiritual Life, from Friday 9 November to Sunday 11 November, 2012 at Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center, in the historic town of Litchfield, Connecticut . Scroll to the bottom of this linked page for the initial announcement. Registration is not open yet. According to the center's site:

"This property, originally known as Spruce Brook Farm, was purchased in 1949 by the Daughters of Wisdom from the family of Margaret and Frederick Busk. The Busk family estate became a convent and novitiate for the Daughters of Wisdom, and was named Mary Immaculate Novitiate. In 1960, the center also housed Seat of Wisdom College and in 1967, the center began its transition into an interfaith retreat center with the presence of a Buddhist retreat.

Wisdom House has several buildings on its campus, the oldest, with fireplace dates back to 1770. The barn, built circa 1925, is now a meeting room. The colonial brick building, an outdoor swimming pool, 50 acres of meadows and forests, all comprise the campus of Wisdom House."

Wisdom House
229 East Litchfield Road
Litchfield, Connecticut
06759 - 3002
Phone: 860-567-3163
Fax: 860-567-3166
E-mail: info@wisdomhouse.org

Soul and art on Blog Talk Radio, 9 August 2011

EDITOR'S UPDATE:  Listen now to Doug Foresta's interview with Thomas Moore recorded 9 August 2011. Run time: 31:56.

Breakfree to Success host, Doug Foresta interviews Thomas Moore on Blog Talk Radio Tuesday 9 August 2011 at 4:30 p.m. Moore talks about connections between soul and art, and about how art deepens and enriches daily life.

Foresta interviewed Moore last summer on 10 July 2010 about his book, Care of the Soul in Medicine. Listen to this 28 minute interview.

Spirituality and Care of the Soul, February 2012

The New England Educational Institute sponsors Thomas Moore's five-day symposium, Spirituality and Care of the Soul in Psychotherapy on Marco Island, Florida from 20 February to 24 February 2012:

"In this symposium, Dr. Moore will offer a way to practice therapy with a rich and positive philosophy of life while including paradoxes and challenges. Participants will explore the fundamentals of archetypal psychology and how it offers deep insight into healing. Participants will view filmed interviews of healers in order to obtain a complete picture of the qualities needed to be a healer. The “shadow” side of being a counselor or medical professional – problems of eros, power, money, belief, insecurity, and burn-out – will also be addressed."

Early Registration: Postmarked before 1 December 2011: US $499
Late Registration: Postmarked after 1 December 2011: US $575

The Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort & Spa is the host hotel. For reservations and reduced rates click here or call 1 800 445-8667 and mention the New England Educational Institute. Reservations must be made by 20 January 2012 to ensure special room rates. The NEEI site includes additional accommodation options.

Moore talks at SMU Plano campus, October 2012

Southern Methodist University's Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education & Human Development hosts Thomas Moore at the Plano, Texas campus in October 2012. According to the site, "The mission of the school is to integrate theory, research and practice of education and human development; promote academic rigor and interdisciplinary collaboration; educate students for initial certification and professional practice; and nurture collaboration across the academic community." Click for a page of the School's up-coming events. Then click the gold button at the top right for the initial description of Moore's appearance. Registration information is not available yet.

Join Moore, Hillman and Sardello in Dallas

The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture celebrates its 30th anniversary with the 3-day program, Longing for Beauty, featuring James Hillman, Robert Sardello, and Thomas Moore along with Gail Thomas and Joanne Stroud and others from Thursday 10 November to Saturday 12 November, 2011. During dinner at the Institute on the first evening, James Hillman, Robert Sardello, and Thomas Moore talk about their work, from their collaborations in the 1980's to their current interests. This conference culminates the Institute's 30th anniversary activities by reuniting past contributors to the Institute's work and exploring the theme, "Longing for Beauty." Online registration is available. Non-members click here.

Thomas Moore talks about Artemis and privacy

Lyssa, second from left, spirit of fury with a dog's-head cap.

On 21 March 2011 Thomas Moore gave a public presentation, Artemis And Her Children: The Soul's Need For Privacy, with Re-Vision: Centre of Integrative Psychosynthesis for which he's a patron. Before his talk, Moore spoke with Sarah Van Gogh, a tutor with the Re-Vision counselling diploma course. The site offers a seven-page transcript of "Interview with Thomas Moore". In this interview Moore talks about privacy in general life and within the therapeutic relationship. To Van Gogh's question about Moore's own need for privacy, he responds:

"Well, I'm a very, very private person. There's nothing better for me than sitting at home, writing. As a matter of fact, I was just sitting by myself in the hotel room this morning, and I was thinking how much I miss writing. I've been away from home for over a week now. That's the most difficult thing about being away for me, because I enjoy writing so much. And the act of writing is very private, very personal; ultimately it does connect me to the world, but it's a very private process. I think the practice of therapy is also private, even though there are two people involved, it's still contemplative and private, I think the spirit of Artemis can be present in therapy."

Moore also talks about responses from medical audiences to his book Care of the Soul in Medicine:

"Everyone needs an opportunity to reflect on their own experience. If not, you are simply always doing, and there's no possibility for learning. I've been talking a great deal recently to people in the medical professions for my book (Care of the Soul in Medicine), and over the years I've been teaching psychiatrists, and all these people are those who really need the opportunity to reflect on what they are doing, and they have no opportunity, in their work, to do so. They're always being called on to do something. And when I suggest that this is what they need, their immediate reaction is – they can't, because they're too busy. So sometimes we can't even imagine reflection as being important enough to be put into a schedule."

Moore talks about the need for psychotherapists to speak publically in roles of leadership:

"But I think it's important to really take on some roles that come to us. Especially leadership roles. And I think therapists could be more up for that – more up for making connections to the wider world. Because they spend so much time learning a great deal about what goes on in life, in their training and in their work. And that's exactly the perspective that the world needs. But it's not happening enough. I think therapists could be a more productive force, and take more of a leadership role in the world. So, I feel the same about myself: if others are interested in having me around to do things with them, to teach or facilitate, I feel like it's my job to enter that role, and do it, without any false modesty; just really take it on!

He includes discussion of shadow aspects when listeners may be disappointed with his personal approach.

Moore refers to the above image in his interview. According to http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Lyssa.html:
Lyssa, Lytta to Athenians, was "the goddess or daimona (spirit) of rage, fury, raging madness, frenzy, and, in animals, of the madness of rabies." Greek vase-paintings show her in plays about Aktaeon, the hunter killed by his own hounds. "In this scene she appears as a woman dressed in a short skirt, and crowned with a dog's-head cap to represent the madness of rabies."

Moore presents Jesus and Buddha as healers

Hay House promotes its I Can Do It! 2011 London U.K. event, to be held the weekend of September 23 to September 25, 2011 at:
The Grand Hall,
The Grand Connnaught Rooms,
61–65 Great Queen Street,
London WC2B 5DA

Thomas Moore speaks on Saturday 24 September 2011 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
THE BLUE BUDDHA: Healing Body, Soul and Spirit

"To be a healthy person you have to care daily for the health of your soul and spirit, as well as your body. Certain spiritual and psychological illnesses affect the body and make the whole person sick. This presentation teaches you how we become ill in soul and spirit and how to care for these elements daily to keep them healthy. It also explores themes from Thomas’s latest book Care of the Soul in Medicine, about healing soul and spirit in a typical medical context.

Thomas looks at the image of Jesus as Lithargoel, the Pearl that heals, and at the Lapis Lazuli Radiant Healing Buddha, who blends health and sickness in one subtle, complex view of life. In this new direction in his work, Thomas presents a truly alternative view of illness and health.

Thomas Moore is the author of the classic bestseller Care of the Soul and twenty other books, several of them bestsellers. He has been a monk, a musician, a university professor, and, for over thirty years, a psychotherapist practicing archetypal therapy with a spiritual dimension. His books appear in over twenty languages and he lectures in several countries. For fifteen years he has taught psychiatrists and has worked closely with medical schools, hospices, and hospitals. He has won awards for his teaching and his books, including an honorary doctorate from Lesley University and a humanitarian award from Einstein Medical School. Three of his books have won the Books for a Better Life award. He considers himself a new brand of theologian and is known around the world for his work in ecology and spirituality and for his efforts to make a more soulful society."

View Thomas Moore's talk about Art and Dream

Brattleboro Museum and Art Center in Brattleboro, Vermont posts video of Thomas Moore's talk, Art and Dream, delivered Thursday 26 May 2011 at the center. Moore states in his introduction this is a topic he hasn't talked about before.

Part 1 of 2 — Thomas Moore at BMAC: Art and Dream (approximately 33 minutes)


Part 2 of 2 — Thomas Moore at BMAC: Art and Dream (approximately 30 minutes)

Moore reviews Art and Yoga for Amazon.com

In addition to the foreword for his wife's new book, Art and Yoga: Kundalini Awakening in Everyday Life, Thomas Moore writes a thoughtful review for Amazon.com. Scroll this linked page to read his description and for a link to his other reviews on the site. Moore concludes, "In fact, I'd say that the book would be enlightening and enjoyable even if you don't practice yoga or have any interest in painting. Everyone needs to appreciate the place of the deep, reflective soul in the life of the spirit."

Title: Art and Yoga: Kundalini Awakening in Everyday Life
Author: Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa
Foreword: Thomas Moore
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Kundalini Reseasrch Institute
Date: June, 2011
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1934532673
ISBN-13: 978-1934532676
  
Barque: Thomas Moore's Work offers links and excerpts from Moore's foreword for this book.

Listen to Moore's current interests in interview

Bruce and Maryanne Curtis interview Thomas Moore today on the Progressive Radio Network's Truth and Freedom program, titled “The Life of the Soul: Engaging the Multi-Dimensional Nature of Our True Self in All Facets of Life.” In the first half of the program, Moore talks about soul in medicine, the significance of depth and emptiness, and the values of art and dreams. In the second half, he describes his translation of the four canonical Gospels while touching on images of Jesus refreshed through his readings. This free MP3 audio file is approximately 60 minutes.

Moore on education: Demolish and reconstruct

Erica Sosna, founder and director of The Life Project CIC spoke with Thomas Moore during his recent trip to London about priorities in education. This five-minute video, The Soul of Education, features Moore talking about the language we use, the subjects we offer, and the people responsible for teaching. In his vision, the arts would play a primary role in curricula as they, according to Moore, humanize us and help us to see our souls. Science and mathematics would be included but not at the top of the list. He says, as a psychotherapist, he sees a direct line between naive notions of spirituality and sexual issues ― the primary matter in emotional problems. Therefore he would promote religion, not as a belief system but as an exploration of meaning and spiritual vision. Moore also suggests teachers need to develop into bigger, deeper, richer, and more visionary people.

Join Thomas Moore in Toronto this Thursday

Public Conversation with  
Thomas Moore

Thursday April 14, 2011
7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.  
Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation 
79 Hiawatha Rd., Toronto

Between Gerrard St. and Dundas St.,west of Coxwell Ave.
$12.00 at the door

Join author Thomas Moore and Rev. Wayne Walder for an informal evening of dialogue about soul and spirit. Moore has written more than 12 books about soul, including his bestseller, Care of the Soul and is considered one of the foremost writers on the connection between psyche and spirit. He is at the McMichael Gallery, April 15-17, 2011 to offer Master Classes in deepening spiritual leadership.

Visit http://www.soul-spirit-dialogues.ca

Moore featured on New York program, Sunday

Thomas Moore talks about Care of the Soul on the radio program, Change Your Attitude, Change Your Life this Sunday,  3 April 2011 at 9 a.m. on New York's AM970 The Apple and am970theapple.com. The program also streams live on the CYACYL site. Scroll down the linked CYACYL page to a description of Moore that includes, "Moore is an internationally renowned theologian and former Catholic monk. He offers a philosophy for living that involves accepting our humanity rather than struggling to transcend it. By nurturing the soul in everyday life, Moore shows how to cultivate dignity, peace, and depth of character." This program is available after its broadcast date.

Dreams may be seen as x-rays to the soul's needs

Dated 20 March 2011, Open Mind offers an encore program interviewing Thomas Moore about Care of the Soul in Medicine. Click for options to listen to, or to download this audio interview, approximately 27 minutes long. The program description includes, "While sharing stories from his personal and professional life, [Thomas Moore] gives advice to both health-care providers and patients for maintaining dignity and humanity, providing spiritual guidance for dealing with feelings of mortality and threat, encouraging patients to not only take an active part in healing but also to view illness as a positive passage to new awareness."

Thomas Moore offers public talk in Toronto

On Thursday 14 April, the evening before the Soul-Spirit Dialogues program at the McMichael Gallery begins, Thomas Moore  gives a public talk with Rev. Wayne Walder about connections between soul and spirit. This informal evening of dialogue is from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at:
Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation
79 Hiawatha Rd., Toronto.
Between Gerrard St. and Dundas St., west of Coxwell Ave.
This event is open to the public. Admission is $12 at the door.

If you would like to circulate an announcement for this public event via email to your colleagues and friends, please visit: http://barque7.blogspot.com/2011/03/please-come-to-moores-talk-toronto.html
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E-course with Thomas Moore starts Wednesday

Thomas Moore's e-course with Spirituality & Practice starts this Wednesday, 9 March 2011. Sign up now to start the Lenten program on Ash Wednesday. According to Mary Ann and Frederic Brussat:

"[Moore] makes suggestions for how we can inhabit the Gospels, and we are already looking forward to your shares in the online Practice Circle about these practices and mini-projects. To give you some examples from the first few days: we'll listen for an invitation from an angel; we'll practice being a net; we'll play around with words with the same root as "enemy"; we'll reflect upon the Kingdom as a circle with its center everywhere and its circumference nowhere; and we'll try to write a really short prayer. Then, to supplement the 40 daily emails, Moore has recorded audio and video lessons which we'll post in the Practice Circle during the Sundays of Lent. And he will also be available to answer our questions and listen to our responses in two live teleconferences."

The two live hour-long teleconferences with Thomas Moore are Wednesday 30 March and Wednesday 20 April 20, 9 p.m.-10 p.m. Eastern Time. They'll be recorded for later listening. This e-course ends Easter Sunday 24 April 2011. Registration is $49.95.