Presented by Dr. Silvia Behrend
This lecture series forms part of our Spirit & Psyche Public Lecture Program which focuses on themes related to The Soul’s Journey.
Lecture dates:
Thursdays November 18 & December 2 & 9 from 8pm - 9pm ET
Thu Nov 18 - Wisdom and the Shekhina: The Hidden Feminine
Thu Dec 2 - Judith and Artemisia: The Sword and the Brush
Thu Dec 9 - The many faces of Eve: Hope and Resilience
Cost: $120.00
The recordings of the seminars are included in your tuition.
This lecture series forms part of our Spirit & Psyche Public Lecture Program which focuses on themes related to The Soul’s Journey.
Lecture dates:
Thursdays November 18 & December 2 & 9 from 8pm - 9pm ET
Thu Nov 18 - Wisdom and the Shekhina: The Hidden Feminine
Thu Dec 2 - Judith and Artemisia: The Sword and the Brush
Thu Dec 9 - The many faces of Eve: Hope and Resilience
Cost: $120.00
The recordings of the seminars are included in your tuition.
“My brother and I were at Sinai
He kept a journal
Of what he saw
Of what he heard
Of what it all meant to him
I wish I had a record of what happened to me there”
Merle Feld
He kept a journal
Of what he saw
Of what he heard
Of what it all meant to him
I wish I had a record of what happened to me there”
Merle Feld
Award winning Jewish playwright and poet, Merle Feld, writing about Miriam and Moses, captures the essence of the feminine experience of being silenced in the annals of history and religion.
Her words achingly echo the longing in the heart of those who seek to tell their stories of suffering, sacrifice, resilience, and hope through times of great trials. So many of us also long to hear the whispers of what has not been told but lived. Where do we find these voices? As we look in awe at the night sky, and are brought to our knees by the beauty and mystery, we also see gaping voids, where there is absolutely nothing. Where once there were clusters of stars lighting the sky, we only see the absence of light. This absence speaks to the presence of the unseen, of a life which was once so full of promise and experiences needing to be shared, now muted and exiled. Yet, we sense this presence and search for a glimpse of that which desperately needs to be seen. Not only do Black Holes exist in the cosmos but they are also painfully recognized in the silenced lives of the great women in the Bible.
As we shift our gaze from the stars to the world, the historical and the sacred, we find glimpses of what was once a dynamic force in the world, specifically the voices and stories of the feminine. Where do we find the strength, the courage, and an archetypally Feminine way to approach an outdated and oppressive attitude towards women’s experiences, knowledge and wisdom?
The Hebrew Scriptures offer us a truly compelling history of human evolution through extreme suffering, oppression, and persecution. The Jewish experience is emblematic of all people who, faced with unspeakable horror, still find a way through the wilderness. That way requires a re-vivification of what has been desiccated and denied. The voices of the feminine which helped guide the people through the desert into a promised land, still calls to be recognized.
We want to hear her voice through her own stories, revealing that which has been hidden, relegated to the margins. We live in precarious times, outdated attitudes and beliefs no longer serve us as we face contemporary and archetypal threats. Through Biblical and archetypal history we see that the Feminine response to threats and conflicts has offered a novel response to re-occurring issues. In turning our gaze to the role of women and the feminine in the Bible, we can find our way back to this wisdom. Hers is not a new voice, but one which has been there from the beginning, and will be there until the end of time.
The Women in the Bible webinars will focus on the stories from the Hebrew Scriptures to offer a corrective lens, a breath of courage and conviction that we may indeed face what must be faced, do what must be done. Because the way has been trodden before. It has only been muted, not destroyed.
Series themes:
November 18, 2021, Wisdom and the Shechinah: The Hidden Feminine.
December 2, 2021: Judith and Artemisia: The Sword and the Brush
December 9, 2021: The many faces of Eve: Hope and Resilience
Her words achingly echo the longing in the heart of those who seek to tell their stories of suffering, sacrifice, resilience, and hope through times of great trials. So many of us also long to hear the whispers of what has not been told but lived. Where do we find these voices? As we look in awe at the night sky, and are brought to our knees by the beauty and mystery, we also see gaping voids, where there is absolutely nothing. Where once there were clusters of stars lighting the sky, we only see the absence of light. This absence speaks to the presence of the unseen, of a life which was once so full of promise and experiences needing to be shared, now muted and exiled. Yet, we sense this presence and search for a glimpse of that which desperately needs to be seen. Not only do Black Holes exist in the cosmos but they are also painfully recognized in the silenced lives of the great women in the Bible.
As we shift our gaze from the stars to the world, the historical and the sacred, we find glimpses of what was once a dynamic force in the world, specifically the voices and stories of the feminine. Where do we find the strength, the courage, and an archetypally Feminine way to approach an outdated and oppressive attitude towards women’s experiences, knowledge and wisdom?
The Hebrew Scriptures offer us a truly compelling history of human evolution through extreme suffering, oppression, and persecution. The Jewish experience is emblematic of all people who, faced with unspeakable horror, still find a way through the wilderness. That way requires a re-vivification of what has been desiccated and denied. The voices of the feminine which helped guide the people through the desert into a promised land, still calls to be recognized.
We want to hear her voice through her own stories, revealing that which has been hidden, relegated to the margins. We live in precarious times, outdated attitudes and beliefs no longer serve us as we face contemporary and archetypal threats. Through Biblical and archetypal history we see that the Feminine response to threats and conflicts has offered a novel response to re-occurring issues. In turning our gaze to the role of women and the feminine in the Bible, we can find our way back to this wisdom. Hers is not a new voice, but one which has been there from the beginning, and will be there until the end of time.
The Women in the Bible webinars will focus on the stories from the Hebrew Scriptures to offer a corrective lens, a breath of courage and conviction that we may indeed face what must be faced, do what must be done. Because the way has been trodden before. It has only been muted, not destroyed.
Series themes:
November 18, 2021, Wisdom and the Shechinah: The Hidden Feminine.
December 2, 2021: Judith and Artemisia: The Sword and the Brush
December 9, 2021: The many faces of Eve: Hope and Resilience
About Silvia Behrend:
Dr. Silvia Behrend is Director of International Studies of the Assisi Institute: The International Center for the Study of Archetypal Patterns. She develops, supports, teaches and maintains programs in Latin America, Russia, Australia and Cyprus. She has presented international webinars and lectures in English and in Spanish and currently serves as translator and faculty in the Latin American program. She has a private practice in Olympia, Wa as a Certified Archetypal Pattern Analyst, mentor and educator. As a clinical leader, Silvia has co-developed and co-implemented programs and retreats for the Assisi Institute, for Gonzaga University in the Doctoral Leadership Program, as well as many intergenerational programs utilizing the arts as a means of individual and collective transformation. As senior faculty of the Assisi Institute, she hosts national and international webinars on many subjects; dream pattern analysis, the field of leadership, psychological development, the creative, unconscious communication, voice of psyche and others. She has researched and published articles on the transformational power of art, the archetypal fields of leadership and exile.