Online Courses
The Way of the Hermit
Live online zoom seminar on Saturday, May 2 from 10:30- Noon PST
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Live online zoom seminar on Saturday, May 2 from 10:30- Noon PST
Learn more and register
Magdalene Emerging:
A 22 Day Online Series
Open enrollment until April 15, 2020
Mary Magdalene is emerging as an archetype for our times who can empower our own spiritual journey in these challenging times. Each day for 22 days, you will receive in your email inbox a bounty of beauty celebrating Mary Magdalene to guide you into your own depths and pass on the wisdom from fifteen years of research.
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A 22 Day Online Series
Open enrollment until April 15, 2020
Mary Magdalene is emerging as an archetype for our times who can empower our own spiritual journey in these challenging times. Each day for 22 days, you will receive in your email inbox a bounty of beauty celebrating Mary Magdalene to guide you into your own depths and pass on the wisdom from fifteen years of research.
CLICK HERE to learn more and register
To study anytime online:
Heroines of Hope:
Women Who Changed the World
A celebration unconventional women of extraordinary gifts, intelligence, inspiration and courage
Composers Barbara Strozzi , Marianna Martinez and Alma Mahler
Poet Veronica Franco
The Buddhist Carmen: Opera singer and Tibetan scholar Alexandra David-Neele
Psychologist, playwright and philosopher Lou Andreas Salome
Painters Frida Kahlo and Artemisia Gentileschi
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Online Courses
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Heroines of HopeStories of Beauty and Courage From France
A four week series of salons celebrating the hidden stories of the women who inspired the paintings of Renoir, Degas and Toulouse Lautrec, the music of Ravel and Faure and the Troubadours ad the glories of the Gothic Cathedrals Online class available here |
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Episode One:
The Queen of Courtly Love and Cathedrals: Blanche of Castile Eleanor of Aquitaine's Spanish grand-daughter was a force of nature: mother to eleven children (and two saints), Blanche of Castile was the power behind the throne of France for decades, guiding it to peace and prosperity during a time of war. She was also the subject of adoration by Troubadours in poetry and song, and a composer herself. Blanche was one of the greatest patrons of education, art and architecture that France has ever known, and you will discover how to find her symbols hidden in plain sight from Notre Dame and Chartres Cathedral to the glorious Sainte Chapelle. |
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Episode Two: The Muse of Montmartre: Suzanne Valadon Erik Satie's only love, Manual Utrillo's mother and only art teacher, Suzanne was an incredibly plucky, determined heroine whose face and body inspired some of the best loved works of Degas, Toulouse Lautrec, Renoir, Pue de Chavannes and more before she became the first woman painter exhibited at the Beaux Arts . You have seen her face a thousand times-- and you, too, will fall in love with her after you learn about her astonishing life and spirit. |
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The Lavender Princess: Winaretta Singer The heiress of the American sewing machine company was a formidable painter and musician in her own right, and with her beloved homosexual husband, became the greatest patron of Faure, Ravel, Satie, Strainsky, Da Falla. and more Her unconventional (but happy) marriage and commitment to beauty and generosity profoundly shaped the culture of Paris. We will celebrate some of the dozens of works dedicated to her, including Ravel's gorgeous Pavane. |
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Myths and Mysteries of the Middle Ages
Now available online! The Middle Ages were truly both the best and worst of times: amidst war and the horror of crusades arose astonishing beauty and wisdom. From the ashes of catastrophe, Chartres Cathedral emerged as a beacon of light and hope, drawing together the wisdom of many different traditions and re-igniting the flame of inspiration from the Ancient Greek world. In this four episode telecourse, we illuminate the myths and mysteries behind Chartres Cathedral in a story and visual feast that gives hope and meaning to our own dark times. CLICK HERE to learn more and register |
Winter 2020: Alchemy and the Arts
January 13: Ancient Egypt and Alchemy:
Maria Prophetissa, Theano, Philip Glass's opera Ahknaten and Mozart's Magic Flute
January 20: Jung and Alchemy
Renaissance Art; The Shadow and the Broadway musicals Les Miserables and Wicked
January 27: Wisdom Hidden in Plain Sight
Harry Potter and The Wizard of Oz