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SUMMARY:Benign Anarchy!
DESCRIPTION:Benign Anarchy! \n\n\n\nA gathering of members of AA and NA but open to anyone interested in Dialogue..as developed by David Bohm and also Martin Bubers “I-Thou“ \n\n\n\nDates: May 25 – June 1\, 2024 \n\n\n\nOrganizers: Tom C.\,  Rose R.\,  Jim C. \n\n\n\nLocation: Pari\, Italy \n\n\n\nPrice: 890 euros for single occupancy730 euros for shared occupancy (two-bedroom apartment\, shared bathroom)645 euros each for a couple sharing a room  \n\n\n\nwhich includes: \n\n\n\n\na 7-night stay in private accommodation;\n\n\n\nbreakfast\, lunch and dinner at the local restaurant featuring locally sourced produce and traditional dishes;\n\n\n\nprogrammed activities and materials;\n\n\n\nrefreshments provided at mid-morning and mid-afternoon coffee breaks.\n\n\n\n\nEvent: The event starts on Saturday May 25 at 19:00 with a welcome dinner and ends on Saturday June 1 after lunch. \n\n\n\nRegistration and Information: Please contact Tom tcallagyp@gmail.com or Eleanor eleanor@paricenter.com or Chiara chiara@paricenter.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event: \n\n\n\nThe second gathering of members of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) and NA (Narcotics Anonymous) will be held in Pari\, May 25 – June 1. The week’s structure is freeform and anarchistic! There will be closed and open meetings\, visits to the hot springs\, long hours at the bar/restaurant talking\, and wonderful food. There will also be visits to Florence and Siena for those who wish to go further afield. \n\n\n\nIt is not necessary to be a member of either fellowship in order to attend. And we hope that this year\, the group will include a few friends and partners. This is also an invitation to anyone interested in Dialogue—note that the 12 Steps and the 12 Traditions for nearly 100 years ‘contain all the wisdom of all the ages.’  \n\n\n\nIt is hoped to have discussion groups/workshops on the history of AA and NA; the influence of Carl Jung on Bill W; a talk on Bill W. and Jimmy K. by Irene C.; the deep wisdom of the 12 Steps and the profundity of the 12 traditions. \n\n\n\nIt is hoped the golden thread running through our week will be‘The Language of the Heart.’ \n\n\n\nAll of the above in magical Pari—the creation of David Peat and Maureen Doolan. Here we will have wonderful Italian food—and—talk\, talk\, talk in the outdoor café\, with music and dancing in the square\, soaking in the sulphur springs\, and joy and laughter! \n\n\n\nParticipating in an event at the Pari Center means not only attending meetings but living for a week in a medieval village\, mingling with the local population\, eating local dishes\, appreciating the beauty of the surrounding countryside\, and participating in a very gentle way of life far from the frenzy of work and city living. David Peat compared Pari to an alchemical vessel—a place where transformation can come about—as well as an opportunity to pause for a moment and re-assess one’s life. \n\n\n\nAdditional information about the Pari Center – pdf
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SUMMARY:Consciousness for Real
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to the generous funding from a European foundation\, we now have the opportunity to offer three full scholarships\, preferably to young minds\, for this event. For more information: \n\n\n\n\nScholarship Programme\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConsciousness for Real:Towards a New Science of Human Experience \n\n\n\nJune 4 – 11\, 2024 \n\n\n\nSpeakers: Owen A. Barfield\, Edi Bilimoria\, David Glowacki\, Marcello Massimini (on zoom)\, Jonathan Rowson\, Vandana Shiva\, Angela Volpini\, Marjorie Woollacott  \n\n\n\nCurated and Chaired by: Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nLocation: Pari\, Italy \n\n\n\nTicket Prices: \n\n\n\nPrivate AccommodationPrice: 2175.00 euros \n\n\n\nShared Accommodation – Private Room with shared bathroomPrice: 1875.00 euros \n\n\n\nwhich includes: \n\n\n\n\na 7-night stay;\n\n\n\nbreakfast\, lunch and dinner at the local restaurant featuring locally sourced produce and traditional dishes;\n\n\n\nwater\, wine\, and coffee are provided with lunch and dinner;\n\n\n\nprogrammed activities and materials;\n\n\n\nrefreshments provided at mid-morning and mid-afternoon coffee breaks.\n\n\n\n\nThere is a limited amount of accommodation in Pari and you will be placed on a first-come\, first-served basis. We will also be using accommodation just outside of the village—within 3 kilometres. If you are housed outside Pari\, a shuttle to and from the village will be provided. \n\n\n\nEvent: The event starts on Tuesday June 4 at 19:00 with a welcome dinner and ends on Tuesday June 11 after lunch. \n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event \n\n\n\nJoin us at the Pari Center with world-renowned leaders in consciousness studies as we deepen our insights into the many facets that such an intimate mystery entails.  \n\n\n\nThis will be an informal meeting with presentations by experts followed by roundtable discussions. \n\n\n\nParticipating in an event at the Pari Center means not only meeting with scholars and experts but living for a week in a medieval village\, mingling with the tiny local population\, eating local dishes and drinking local wines\, appreciating the beauty of the surrounding countryside\, and participating in a very gentle way of life far from the frenzy of work and city living. David Peat compared Pari to an alchemical vessel—a place where transformation can come about—as well as an opportunity to pause for a moment and re-assess one’s life. It’s a unique opportunity open to everyone. \n\n\n\nPlease contact Eleanor if you would like more information about this event at: eleanor@paricenter.com \n\n\n\nThrough in-depth presentations and informal discussions in a convivial atmosphere you will learn about\, and have opportunities to discuss\, the insights and research findings of world-renowned experts on current consciousness research and its future. \n\n\n\nSuch a multifaceted field is currently enjoying a huge renaissance in terms of general interest and academic momentum. Consciousness is more than a ‘hard problem’—and also less. It’s the intimate mystery of our very existence. Its study thus requires an integrative and conscious approach beyond short-sighted abstractions.  \n\n\n\nFrom phenomenology and neuroscience to biology and sociology\, we will weave together a spectrum of approaches to consciousness that have\, up till now\, been largely disconnected\, if not avoided\, by academia and left to lie beyond the border of what is typically explored scientifically or discussed in public. \n\n\n\nWe can now more openly and rigorously ask whether such approaches can actually inform us about ‘consciousness for real\,’ truly advancing its scientific study as well as transforming science as we know it and\, more importantly\, our very understanding of the nature of reality and our collective and individual place in it. \n\n\n\nMindfully drawing from orthodox\, heterodox\, and heretic views on consciousness\, our humble ambition is to tackle it ‘for real\,’ overcoming our ingrained limiting habits of thought and grasping the roots of human experience and its evolutionary future. \n\n\n\nWe at the Pari Center seek to bring together world-renowned experts from a great range of disciplines\, approaches\, and sensibilities to meet together in person and deepen our insights on the workings and origin of human experience\, while also exploring creative and rigorous frameworks to integrate such wonderful mysteries hidden in plain sight into a coherent evolutionary understanding. You are cordially invited to join us. \n\n\n\n\nInformation\n\n\n\nAdditional Information about the program (PDF) \n\n\n\nTerms and conditions for this course (PDF) \n\n\n\nAdditional Information about the Pari Center (PDF)
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SUMMARY:Gentle Action: A Gathering of Shared Experience
DESCRIPTION:Gentle Action: A Gathering of Shared Experience \n\n\n\nDates: June 13 – 20\, 2024 \n\n\n\nLocation: Pari\, Italy \n\n\n\nPrice: 950.00 euros\, which includes: \n\n\n\n\na 7-night stay in private accommodation;\n\n\n\nbreakfast\, lunch and dinner at the local restaurant featuring locally sourced produce and traditional dishes;\n\n\n\nwater\, wine\, and coffee served with lunch and dinner;\n\n\n\nprogrammed activities and materials;\n\n\n\nrefreshments provided at mid-morning and mid-afternoon coffee breaks.\n\n\n\n\nEvent: The event starts on Thursday June 13 at 19:00 with a welcome dinner and ends on Thursday June 20 after lunch. \n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event \n\n\n\nJoin us for a week of living moment by moment\, in Pari\, Italy surrounded by the peaceful hills of the Tuscan landscape. With its beautiful palazzo\, rustic bar\, and numerous quiet places\, the medieval village of Pari acts as an alchemical vessel for transformations to take place. \n\n\n\nThroughout the week you will have ample opportunities to connect with Nature\, others\, and—perhaps most importantly—yourself. Experience the power of dialogue and active listening in an atmosphere that cultivates intimacy in everyday interactions. \n\n\n\nEmbracing the present and choosing to act more gently\, allows insights and interconnections to emerge and bubble up in a natural and playful manner. Such moments are often accompanied by experiences of openness\, trust\, joy\, and a childlike sense of wonder. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur Story\n\n\n\nSeveral years ago\, a small group of us were sitting outside the bar in Pari\, Italy when the idea came up to bring a group of very open-minded people together for a gathering without any agenda\, topic\, intention\, or specific purpose.  \n\n\n\nAfter leaving Pari\, we continued to meet monthly through an online Zoom dialogue\, where our small group of three individuals gradually grew in a most organic manner. More than a year of online meetings led to our first Gentle Action Gathering back at Pari in September of 2022.  \n\n\n\nOur original group of Jena\, Manfred\, and Tom\, who hail from New York\, Germany\, and Ireland has gradually grown into a thriving community. Members of our online community have traveled from throughout the world to meet one another in person. Similarly\, new participants who meet during our in-person Gentle Action Gatherings\, frequently wish to stay in touch through our online dialogues.  \n\n\n\nOver the course of time we have come to discover that we have much to share with one another. Somewhat paradoxically\, many of us believe that this is due to—rather than despite—our differing backgrounds. Throughout our interactions\, we have also found that we have much in common. Perhaps most importantly\, we all share a genuine interest in one another’s perspectives on the world\, quite reminiscent of Rumi’s quote:  \n\n\n\nOut beyond the ideas of right and wrong\, there is a field. I will meet you there. \n\n\n\nThis June we have chosen to meet once again in Pari\, Italy. The medieval village of Pari\, nestled in the Tuscan landscape\, provides the perfect backdrop for new insights and explorations. During our Gentle Action Gatherings\, participants are largely free to roam around as they please. They can meet in the newly renovated palazzo\, take part in a yoga class\, explore the area’s hot springs\, or just sit down to have an espresso at the charming and peaceful square. Many find that leaving their daily routine behind and setting aside the expectations of the outer world allows them to reconnect with their innermost nature.  \n\n\n\nTaking the time to communicate and interact in the moment\, for the moment\, provides a unique opportunity to engage with the world in a much more playful manner—deepening participants relationships with themselves\, others\, and the world around them.  \n\n\n\nMany participants notice that an almost childlike curiosity tends to emerge\, unforced and unbidden\, ‘beyond the ideas of right and wrong’ allowing them to experience the innate beauty of the present moment.  \n\n\n\nMore than anything\, our gatherings have given us a deep sense of connection and friendships that endure beyond the limits of time and space.  \n\n\n\nThis June we get to come home again. It would be wonderful if you could join us. \n\n\n\nJena\, Lisa\, Manfred\, Michael\, Todd\, and Tom  \n\n\n\n\nInformation\n\n\n\nAdditional Information about this Event (PDF) \n\n\n\nTerms and conditions for this course (PDF) \n\n\n\nAdditional Information about the Pari Center (PDF)
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SUMMARY:The Future Mind – A Conversation with Patrick Harpur
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Conversation between Patrick Harpur and Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nWednesday\, June 199:00am PDT  | 12:00pm EDT  | 5:00pm BST  |  6:00pm CEST  \n\n\n\nThis event is LIVE and FREE. All registered participants will receive the RECORDING. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick Harpur grew up in Surrey\, attended Cranleigh School and travelled for a year in Africa before going to St Catharine’s College\, Cambridge\, to read English. Subsequently he did much of the reading and research which he would eventually use in his books\, and wrote poetry\, stories and plays by way of practice\, while supporting himself with part-time jobs\, such as teaching\, market research\, gardening\, computer personnel etc. For five years he worked in London as a researcher and then as an editor for a book-packaging company. His first book was a ‘theological thriller’ entitled The Serpent’s Circle (UK Macmillan\, 1985; Coronet\, 1986\, and US St Martin’s Press\, 1985; Warner\, 1986). His second was a novel about an autistic child\, The Rapture (Macmillan\, 1986; Coronet\, 1986). Mercurius; or\, the Marriage of Heaven and Earth\, a partly fictional account of the Great Work of alchemy\, was published by Macmillan in 1990 and re-issued by The Squeeze Press in 2008. His first attempt at complete non-fiction was Daimonic Reality: A Field Guide to the Otherworld (UK Viking\, 1995; Penguin\, 1996 and US Penguin\, 1995\, 1996; re-issued by Pine Winds Press\, Idyll Arbor\, 2003) which attempted to make sense of visions and apparitions by recourse to Platonic philosophy\, Jungian psychology\, and the Romantic notion of imagination. The Philosophers’ Secret Fire: A History of the Imagination (UK Penguin\, 2002 and US Ivan R. Dee\, 2003; re-issued by The Squeeze Press\, 2009) outlined an esoteric Western way of seeing the world which has been largely neglected. In 2010\, Rider published the rather ambitiously titled A Complete Guide to the Soul which appeared a year later in the US as The Secret Tradition of the Soul (Evolver Editions\, an imprint of North Atlantic Books). The Savoy Truffle (Skylight Press\, 2013) is a highly autobiographical\, blackish comedy set in the Home Counties of the 1960s.  The Good People (Strange Attractor Press\, 2017) is a modern fairytale and a sort of fictional companion-volume to Daimonic Reality. The Stormy Petrel (The Squeeze Press\, 2017) is a novel based on the life and work of the Danish thinker Soren Kierkegaard whose writings have gripped Patrick for years. His four non-fiction books have been translated into Spanish and published by Ediciones Atalanta. At the same time as he was writing these\, Patrick was commissioned by BBC television to write an adaptation of The Rapture; plus\, he has written pieces for such publications as The Guardian\, Fortean Times\, Gnosis\, Resurgence\, the New Statesman and the Independent on Sunday. He’s often invited to give talks in the UK\, in Spain and in America; he’s taught post-graduate students at Schumacher College (Dartington). Patrick lives in West Dorset. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÀlex Gómez-Marín is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time to the neurobiology of action-perception across species\, from flies and worms to mice and humans. Since 2016 he has been the head of the Behavior of Organisms Laboratory at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante\, where he is an Associate Professor of the Spanish Research Council. Combining computational biology and continental philosophy\, his current research concentrates on consciousness in the real world.
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SUMMARY:How to Think Impossibly
DESCRIPTION:How to Think Impossibly:A mind-bending invitation to experience the impossible as fundamentally human \n\n\n\nJune 28 – July 1\, 2024 \n\n\n\nSpeakers: Jeffrey J. Kripal \n\n\n\nCurated and Chaired by: Àlex Gómez-Marín \n\n\n\nLocation: Pari\, Italy \n\n\n\nPrice: 725.00 euros\, which includes: \n\n\n\n\na 3-night stay in private accommodation;\n\n\n\nbreakfast\, lunch and dinner at the local restaurant featuring locally sourced produce and traditional dishes;\n\n\n\nwater\, wine\, and coffee are provided with lunch and dinner;\n\n\n\nprogrammed activities and materials;\n\n\n\nrefreshments provided at mid-morning and mid-afternoon coffee breaks.\n\n\n\n\nEvent: The event starts on Friday June 28 at 16:00 with a welcome dinner and ends on Monday July 1 after lunch. \n\n\n\nFrom precognitive dreams and telepathic visions to near-death experiences\, UFO encounters\, and beyond\, so-called impossible phenomena are not supposed to happen. But they do happen—all the time. Jeffrey J. Kripal asserts that the impossible is a function not of reality\, but of our everchanging assumptions about what is real. \n\n\n\nDownload information\, terms and conditions for this course. \n\n\n\nAbout the Event \n\n\n\nHow to Think Impossibly invites us to think about these fantastic (yet commonplace) experiences as an essential part of being human\, expressive of a deeply shared reality that is neither mental nor material but gives rise to both.  \n\n\n\nThinking with specific individuals and their extraordinary experiences in vulnerable\, open\, and often humorous ways\, Kripal interweaves humanistic and scientific inquiry to develop an awareness that the fantastic is real\, the supernatural is super natural\, and the impossible is possible. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProf. Kripal’s new book\, How to Think Impossibly\, will be published on July 3rd\, 2024. \n\n\n\nAs complimentary preparation material\, participants will receive an exclusive digital copy of the Prologue and Introduction of the book before its publication\, as well as a signed physical copy of the book while in Pari. \n\n\n\nParticipating in an event at the Pari Center means living for a week in a medieval village\, mingling with the tiny local population\, eating local dishes and drinking local wines\, appreciating the beauty of the surrounding countryside\, and participating in a very gentle way of life far from the frenzy of work and city living. David Peat compared Pari to an alchemical vessel—a place where transformation can come about—as well as an opportunity to pause for a moment and re-assess one’s life. It’s a unique opportunity open to everyone. \n\n\n\nPlease contact Eleanor if you would like more information about this event at: eleanor@paricenter.com \n\n\n\nSCHEDULE \n\n\n\nIntro (Friday afternoon): Thinking-with experiencers… \n\n\n\nPart 1 (Saturday morning): World of the dead and the nature of soul \n\n\n\nPart 2 (Saturday afternoon): Praying mantises\, flying sauces and professional comedians \n\n\n\nPart 3 (Sunday morning): Neuro-diversity and multi-verses \n\n\n\nPart 4 (Sunday afternoon): Time travel\, quantum physics  \n\n\n\nOutro (Monday morning): How to pull it all together \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeffrey J. Kripal is the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University. He also helps direct the Center for Theory and Research at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur\, California and sits on numerous advisory boards in the U.S. and Europe involving the nature of consciousness and the human\, social\, and natural sciences. Most recently\, Jeff is the author of The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents\, Moral Objections\, New Realities (Chicago\, 2022)\, where he intuits an emerging order of knowledge that can engage in robust moral criticism but also affirm the superhuman or nonhuman dimensions of our histories and futures. His forthcoming book is How to Think Impossibly: About Souls\, UFOs\, Time\, Belief\, and Everything Else (Chicago\, 2024). He is presently working on a three-volume study of paranormal currents in the sciences\, modern esoteric literature\, and the hidden history of science fiction collectively entitled The Super Story: Science (Fiction) and Some Emergent Mythologies. His full body of work can be seen at http://jeffreyjkripal.com  He thinks he may be Spider-Man.  \n\n\n\n\nInformation\n\n\n\nAdditional information on this program (PDF) \n\n\n\nTerms and conditions (PDF) \n\n\n\nAdditional Information about the Pari Center (PDF)
URL:https://paricenter.com/event/how-to-think-impossibly/
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