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November 24, 2015

Imagine

Dear Friends:

I unexpectedly became hopeful about religions working together to help humanity and planet at the Parliament of the World's Relgions (October 15-18, 2016 in Salt Lake City). I was seeing and hearing about service and actions from religious people, who shared the basic value of compassion. Over eighty religions were represented among the ten thousand attendees, with ethnic and cultural diversity evident wherever I looked. These world religions call divinity by a different name, or many names, but seemed to basically be saying that divinity was one; and that humanity was one.

They are working on forgiveness, peace, sustainability, climate change, and gender equality. At this PWR, a tipping point was reached in numbers and influence of women, which began with the Inaugural Women's Assembly that preceded the opening of the conference and brought together three-thousand women. We entered the cavernous hall to the sound of drumming: an upbeat. heartbeat, the sound of twenty or thirty " Sheroes" with drums. It was an all-day event, two plenary sessions, and while there were speakers (I was one of them), this was far from a line-up of talking heads.

Hope also came from feeling that I was seeing the morphic field effect, circles have become easier and easier to form; the more there are, the easier and faster more are formed until we reach the metaphorical "millionth circle." The conveners of the Millionth Circle held a circle deepening before the PWR began and the evening before the Women's Assembly, put a large card about the Millionth Circle idea, and Circle Principles on each of the 3,000+ seats.

THEN CAME PARIS

IMAGINE

John Lennon's haunting song "Imagine" was played outside the Baraclan Theatre where at least 80 people died in the terrorist attack. It has become an anti-terrorism anthem of hope. The pianist was Davide Martello, a German musician who is known for taking his moveable grand piano to play in conflict zones.

Imagine all the people

Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace

NEXT UP: LONDON, BARCELONA, ROME

I leave for London, Barcelona, and Rome just before Thanksgiving to give lectures and workshops, and media interviews for Artemis The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman, helping launch Artemisa in Spanish, and Artimede in Italian. With an IAAP--Jungian conference on "Analysis and Activism" and the Pui Libri Book Fair, both in Rome. I was emailed an announcement-invitation to send to my friends and colleagues for the presentation at the book fair. If you are in Rome and might attend, see the link on my upcoming schedule.

At every event I do, I "seed circles" believing that every circle with a spiritual center transforms the women and men in them to speak about what they truly feel and know, and in voicing this and being heard, trust in themselves and in the compassion of others, grows. Circles are a sacred space to incubate dreams of what you might do, learn from each other, and take first steps knowing the circle has your back and through silent prayer, visualization, meditation, can call upon the blessings and support of the invisible realms of angels, ancestors, and archetypes as well. A tipping point is reached when there is a critical mass. This is the metaphoric "millionth circle," the one that tips the scales, and enacts an enantiodroma or teeter-totter effect that ushers in a new era. Then, what was resisted becomes the new norm: such as women's gaining the right to vote, or the recent acceptance of gay marriage in the United States. It was how "just women talking" in conscious-raising groups in the late 1960s & '70s became the Women's Movement that changed the world for American women.

Imagine a proliferation of grassroots women's circles with a spiritual center spreading across the globe. Imagine 5WCW--Beijing +25 in 2020 magnifying consciousness and choice, women's equality and empowerment. Imagine women having an equal say in the decisions that matter in the home, community, nations, and world. Imagine a world where what every mother wants for her own child was what all children could have. Imagine a world without violence. Imagine a world without patriarchy.

These weekly quotes are excerpts from Jean's various books. Click here to visit her website and here to see a list of all the books she has authored.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:

Descriptions & More Details

http://www.jeanbolen.com/schedule.html

2015

November 27-28 – London, England

C.G. Jung Club London

Friday, November 27: Evening Lecture:

Artemis the Archetype Liberated by the Women's Movement

Saturday, November 28
Seminar: Path with Soul/Path with Heart: the Inner Compass

http://www.jungclub-london.org/

December 1-3 – Barcelona, Spain

Editorial Kairos, Spanish Edition of Artemis, Media & Event

Tuesday, December 1: Book Presentation of Artemis, The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman

Wednesday, December 2
Workshop: Artemis

http:// www.editorialkairos.com

December 4-6, 2015 – Rome, Italy

IAAP – Analysis and Activism Conference

Social and Political Contributions of Jungian Psychology

Saturday, December 5, 11:30am to 1:10pm First break-out session

Artemis, The Archetype Liberated by the Women’s Movement

http://www.iaap.org/congresses-and-conferences-events/conferences/2015-conferences.html

December 6, 2015 – Rome, Italy
Casa Editrice Astrolabio Ubaldini Editore, Piu Libri Book Fair
Sunday, December 6, between 4-7pm: Introduction to Italian version of
Artemis, The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman
http://www.astrolabio-ubaldini.com/
http://www.piulibripiuliberi.it/menu2009/HOME.aspx

2016

January 7-14 2016 - Havana, Cuba
The New York Center for Jungian Studies
Cuba: Myth, Music & Spirit
http://nyjungcenter.org/

January 27, 2016 - The Shift Network
Online Introduction (Free) to Course
Goddesses in Everywoman
TheShiftNetwork.com
Details TBA

February 11, 2016 – Houston, TX

Houston Grand Opera, The Ring Cycle - Siegfried

Evening lecture. Details TBA

http://www.houstongrandopera.org/Siegfried/

February 12-13, 2016 – Houston, TX

Houston Jung Center

February 12, Lecture: Artemis Goddess of the Hunt and Moon,

Archetype of the Activist and Feminist

February 13, Workshop: Path with Heart, Heart as Compass, Heart-Activism

http://www.junghouston.org

February 19-20, 2016 – Happehatchee, Florida

The Happehatchee Center

Friday, February 19, Public Lecture: Artemis: Goddess, Archetype, and Source of Meaning and Activism