Dr. Steven D. Goodman & Heidi Gustafson present "Conjuring Deities" at OPUS

The Joseph Campbell Foundation Mythological RoundTable® Group of OPUS at Pacifica Graduate Institute presents Dr. Steven D. Goodman and Heidi Gustafson "Conjuring Deities: Archetypal Presence in Ugaritic and Tibetan Visionary Texts" Sunday, July 16, 2017 at OPUS Archives and Research Center on the campuses of Pacifica Graduate Institute Both Ugaritic and Tibetan visionary texts offer a rich field of exploration in archetypal studies, specifically for those interested in the alchemical practice of conjuring Deities — living presences who carry the catalytic power to engender profound transformations. This event explored two ritual passages: the Cosmic Revelation Formula from the Semitic ‘Baal and Anat’ cycle, and the Mountain Smoke Offering Ritual from the Tibetan tantric ‘Life-Force of the Wisdom Holders’ cycle. Steven D. Goodman, Ph.D. is Program Director and Core Faculty in Asian Philosophies and Cultures at the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco). He co-edited Tibetan Buddhism: Reason and Revelation (SUNY Press, 1992), and authored The Buddhist Psychology of Awakening (Shambhala, forthcoming). Heidi Gustafson is an independent artist and translator who lives and works Bellingham, WA. Currently she collaborates with research scientists to study symbolic, alchemical and ritual use of mineral pigments.