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CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Christine Downing
Professor of Mythological Studies
Pacifica Graduate Institute
249 Lambert Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93013
Education
1948-1952
1959-1966
Fall 1967
Spring 1968
1979-1982
1981-1982
Swarthmore College - B.A. with Honors (English Literature)
Drew University - Ph.D. (Theology and Culture)
Yale University - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Comparative Literature
University of Tubingen - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Theological
Faculty
United States International University - M.A. in Marriage, Family, Child
Therapy
San Diego Gestalt Therapy Center - Certificate in Gestalt Therapy
Major Teaching Appointments
1963 - 1966
Instructor in Religion, Douglass College, Rutgers University
1966 - 1970
Assistant Professor of Religion, Douglass College, Rutgers University
1970 - 1975
Associate Professor of Religion, Douglass College, Rutgers University
1974 - 1975
Visiting Professor of Religious Studies, San Diego State University
1975 - 1979
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, San Diego State University
1975 - 1990
Core Faculty, California School of Professional Psychology/San Diego
1979 - 1992
Professor of Religious Studies, San Diego State University
1993 Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies, San Diego State University
1995 Professor of Mythological Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute
Adjunct Teaching Appointments
1967 - 1969
Summer School Staff, Pendle Hill Graduate Study Center
1973 - 1974
Adjunct Graduate Professor of Religion and Psychology, Temple University
1974 - 1975
Contract Faculty, California School of Professional Psychology/San Diego
1975 - 1977
Field Faculty, Humanistic Psychology Institute (Psychology)
1975 - 1980
Adjunct Faculty, Union Graduate School West (Psychology)
1978 - 1982
Field Advisor, Antioch College West (Psychology)
1981 - 1983
Adiunct Faculty, Newport College
1985 - 1987
Tutor, Sierra University
1985 - 1988,1994 Visiting Lecturer, C.G. Jung Institut, Zurich
1986 - 1990
Dimension Faculty, Union for Experimenting Colleges and
Universities (Psychology)
1986 - 1987
Adjunct Faculty, Antioch University, San Francisco (Psychology)
1986 - 1988
Adjunct Faculty, California School of Professional Psychology/Berkeley
1988 - 1995
Adjunct Faculty, Pacifica Graduate School, Santa Barbara
1990 - 1994
Adjunct Faculty, Union Graduate Institute (Psychology)
1990 - 1998
Contract Faculty, California School of Professional Psychology/San Diego
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Honors.
1948
1948 - 1952
1960
1961 - 1963
1967 - 1968
Summer 1976
Summer 1977
Summer 1977
Pepsi Cola College Entrance Award
Alumnae Scholarship (Full Tuition), Swarthmore College
Wainwright House Graduate Fellowship
Kent Fellowship
SRHE Cross-Disciplinary Fellowship
SDSU Summer Faculty Fellowship
NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers
Visiting Scholar, Institute of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa
Barbara
1979 - 1980
Faculty Research Grant SDSU
1979 - 1980
SDSU Senior Nominee, NEH Summer Fellowship
1981 - 1982
Faculty Research Grant, SDSU
1982
Hoepfner Prize, Southern Humanities Review
1983
NEH Fellowship
1983-1984
Faculty Research Grant, SDSU
Spring 1984
EMSA (Exceptional Merit) Award, SDSU
1985-1986
Faculty Research Grant, SDSU
Spring 1986
MPPP (Meritorious Performance) Award, SDSU
Spring 1987
University's Outstanding Faculty Award, SDSU
January 1988
Publications Exhibit, Love Library, SDSU
Spring 1988
MPPP (Meritorious Performance) Award, SDSU
Fall 1988
Phi Beta Kappa Lecturer, SDSU
Spring 1989
Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award, Drew University
Spring 1990
MPPP (Meritorious Performance) Award, SDSU
Fall 1990
Establishment of the Christine Downing Scholarship at
the California School of Professional Psychology/San Diego
Spring 1991
Hilliard Scholar in the Humanities, University of Nevada, Reno
NEH Visiting Scholar, University of Nevada, Reno
Spring 1884
Establishment of the Christine Downing Lecture in Religious Studies at
SDSU
Listed in Dictionary of International Biography; Who's Who of American Women; Directory of
American Scholars; Contemporary Authors; Who's Who in Religion: International Biographical
Dictionary of Central European Emigres, 1933-1945; Who's Who in West, Community Leaders
and Noteworthy Americans; World Who's Who of Women in Education; World Who's Who of
Women; Personalities of America; International Who's Who in Education, Biography
International.
Administrative Experience
1971 - 1974
Chairperson, Board of Managers, Pendle Hill Graduate Study Center
1973 - 1974
President, American Academy of Religion
1973 - 1974
Acting Director, Graduate Program in Religion and Psychology, Temple
University
1975 - 1983
Chairperson, Department of Religious Studies, San Diego State University
1990 - 1992
Chairperson, Department of Religious Studies, San Diego State University
1978 - 1979
Coordinator, Humanities, California School of Professional Psychology
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Editorial Experience.
Member, Editorial Board, Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1967-70; 1991 - (Reader,
1977-82)
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 1968-70; Reader,
1970-77; Associate Editor (responsible for Psychology of Religion, Methodology,
Women and Religion) 1977-80
Editor, Quaker Religious Thought, 1969-74
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Shaman's Drum, 1987 - 1989
Member, Editorial Board, Continuum, 1990 - 1995.
Member, Editorial Board, Mythosphere, 1994-2000
Reader for Harper and Row, Princeton University Press, Dickenson Publishing Co., Journal of
Feminist Theology; Notre Dame Seminary Essay Contest; ALGP Mark Freeman Research
Award; SUNY University Press; Wadsworth Publishing Company; Modern Language
Association Book Award; St. Martin's Press; Crossroad Women's Studies Award; Fortress
Press; Shambhala Press, American Academy of Religion Book Award, Feminist Studies..
Other Professional Experience
1958 - 1959
Research Associate for Dr. Ira Progoff, Depth Psychologist
1963 - 1974
Leadership of workshops and growth groups at Kirkridge, Pendle
Hill, Wainright House, NY: Powell House, NY; Friends Conference on
Religion and Psychology, Haverford, PA.
More recent activities of this kind are listed at end of this c.v.
Courses Taught at Rutgers University
History of Religion
Introduction to the Bible
Religion and Psychology (Seminar)
Research Seminar for Majors
Studies in Old Testament (Seminar):
Genesis
Prophecy and Apocalypse
Myth and Ritual
From Heraclitus to Hegel
Death and Dying
Psyche and Society
Readings in Religion and Psychology
Courses Taught at Temple University
Sigmund Freud
Religious Ethics
Contemporary Trends in Religious Thought
Religion and the Arts (Seminar) (1967- 1974)
Religion and Society
Studies in Contemporary Theology:
Buber
Tillich
Modern Jewish Thought
From Feuerbach to Freud
Religion and Contemporary Culture
Readings in Religion and Literature
Carl Jung and Wilhelm Reich
Courses Taught at San Diego State University
Religion and Psychology
Mythology
Carl Jung
Rites of Passage
World Religions
Religion and the Arts
Religion and Literature
Recent Christianity
Ways of Understanding Religion
Goddesses
Shamanism
Modern Religious Thought
Autobiography
Dreams and Visions
Religion and Society
Introduction to Religion
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Courses Taught at California School of Professional Psychology/San Diego
The Psychoanalytical Tradition
Freud, Jung and Myth
Phenomenology and Existentialism
The Unconscious Before Freud
Dream Interpretation in Archaic and
Fairytales
Modern Culture
Eros and Psyche
Freud and Jung on Women
Tales of Madness
Shamanism
Adler, Rank, Reich
Philosophies of Science
Hebrew Scriptures: Paradigms for SelfGoddesses
Understanding
Homosexuality in Myth, Culture and Literature
The Philosophy of Freud
Psychology: History and Systems
Sisters and Brothers
Psychology of Women
Freud's Vienna
Gods In Our Midst
Courses Taught at Pacifica Graduate Institute
Research Methods
Goddess Traditions
Myth and Science
Soul and Poesis
Memoir & Autobiography
Depth Psychology & the Mythic Tradition
Myths of the Self
Approaches to the Study of Myth
Monotheistic Traditions
Freud's Depth Psychology
Greek & Roman Mythology
Introduction to Depth Psychology
Sex and Gender
Goethe, Nietzsche, Thomas Mann
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University Service
At Rutgers:
Freshman Advisory Committee, Admissions Committee,
Departmental Chairperson of Graduate Studies
At CSPP:
Chair, Research Committee, 1976-77.
Member, Committee on Student Evaluations, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1985-87.
Chair, Committee for Protection of Human Subjects, 1977-79, 1984-86.
Member, Committee on Faculty Appointment, 1978-79.
Member, Curriculum Committee, 1979-81, 1984-88.
Member, Committee on Student Admissions, 1980-83.
Member, Library Committee, 1988-89. Member,
Committee on Ethnic and Cultural Concerns, 1988-89.
At SDSU:
Chairperson, Religious Studies Department 1975-1983, 1990Member, Dean's Advisory Committee on Research, 1975-1977.
Member, Committee to Revise CAL Organization, 1978-79.
Member, CAL Promotions Committee, 1979-811985-86.
Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Women's Studies, 1978-81.
Member, CAL Teaching Service Area Committee, 1979-80.
Chair, CAL Research Committee, 1980-81, 1985-86.
Member, CAL Advisory Committee, 1980-81, 1985-84.
Member, University Promotions and Tenure Review Panel 1984-85
Member, Academic Review Panel re Vice President for Academic
Affairs, 1984-85.
Member, CAL Judaic Studies Committee, 1984-87.
Member, CAL Lectures and Colloquia Committee, 1985-87.
Member, Search Committee for CAL Dean, 1985-86.
Chair, CAL Professional Leaves Committee, 1986-87.
Chair, CAL Personnel Committee, 1987-88, 1990-91.
Member, Executive Committee, Institute for Judaic Studies, 1987-88
External Member, Women's Studies Department Personnel Committee,
1987-89, 1990-92
Member, CAL and University Meritorious Performance and
Professional Promise Committees, 1989
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Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Religion
Metropolitan Region Vice-President
National Vice-President
National President-Elect
National President
Associate Director
Western Region President-Elect
Western Region President
Member, 75th Anniversary Committee
Member, Steering Committee, Women & Religion Section
Member, Steering Committee, Lesbian-Feminist Group
Evaluator, Person, Culture & Religion Group
Nominations Committee
Society for Values in Higher Education
Member, Central Committee
Chair, Central Committee
Member, Board of Directors
Regional Coordinator
Council of Senior Fellows
Quaker Theological Discussion Group
Program Chair
National Endowment for the Humanities
Advisory Panel, Research Division
Advisory Panel, Fellowship Division
Reader, Research Grants Division
Reader, Research Resources Program
American Philosophical Association
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Nominee for National Central Committee
The C. C. Jung Institute (NYC)
AAUP
Friends Conference on Religion and Psychology
Executive Committee
Pendle Hill Graduate Study Center,
Board of Managers
Chair of Board
Kent Fellowship Interview Team
1973, 1974
Friends of Jung (San Diego)
Academic Review Panel, Religious Studies Dept., University of California,
Santa Cruz
Mythos Institute, Board of Advisors
Center for Archaic Studies, Advisory Board
Consultant, GEM (General Education Models) Project, sponsored by
NEH and FIPSE
Association of Transpersonal Anthropology
Advisory Council, The Goddess Project, San Francisco
Advisory Board, Campbell Library, Pacifica
1992-
19631971-72
1971-71
1972-73
1973-74
1974-77
1976-77
1977-78
1980-84
1987-92
19901991
1993-98
19611965-68, 1979-82
1965-68
1966-81, 1998-2002
1976-80
19931959-78
1965-68
1977-78
1978, 1979, 1980
1979-84
1980-84
1967-75
1966-80
1974, 1980
1963-75
19631963-90
1971-75
1967-75
1971-74
1960, 1961,
1976-94
1978
1978-81
1978-81
1980-81
1983-84
1985-86
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Bibliography
Dissertation:
"The Theological Imagination: A Study of Martin Buber " (1966)
Books:
Editor: Study of Religion in the State University, Society for Religion in Higher Education,
1965, 102 pages.
Editor (with Gordon Clanton): Face to Face to Face: An Account of a Group Marriage, Dutton,
1975, 241 pp.; Paperback edition, Ballantine, 1976, 220 pp. ; includes my interpretative
essay, "The Human Dynamics, " pp. 187-212/173-193.
The Goddess: Mythological Images of the Feminine, Crossroad, 1981, 245 pp.; Paperback
edition, Crossroad, 1984, 250 pp.; Continuum edition with New Afterword, 1996, 254
pp. Spanish edition: La Diosa, Barcelona: Editorial Kairos, 199, 295 pp.
Journey Through Menopause: A Personal Rite of Passage, Crossroad, 1987, 164 pp.; Paperback
edition, Crossroad, 1989, 164 pp; New Orleans, Spring Journal Books, 2005.
Psyche's Sisters: ReImagining the Meaning of Sisterhood, Harper & Row, 186 pp., 1988.;
Paperback edition, Continuum, 1990, 186 pp.
The Myths and Mysteries of Same Sex Love, Crossroad, 1989, 322 pp.; Paperback edition,
Crossroad, 1991, 322 pp; Continuum edition with new Afterword, 1996, 327 pp. Italian
Edition: Amore Per Lo Stesso Sesso: Miti e Misteri, Milan: La Biblioteca di Vivarium,
1999. 398 pp.; New York: iUniverse, 2006.
Editor, Mirrors of the Self, Tarcher, 1991, 284 pp.; Portuguese edition: Espelos do Self, Sao
Paolo: Editora Cultrix, 1994, 266 pp; Spanish edition: Espeljos Del Yo. Barcelona,
Editorial Kairos, 1994, 373 pp.
Women's Mysteries: Toward a Poetics of Gender, Crossroad, 1992, 196 pp; Paperback edition,
New Orleans, Spring Journal Books, 2003, 234 pp.
Gods In Our Midst: Mythological Images of the Masculine, A Woman's View, Crossroad,
1993, 154 pp; Paperback edition, New Orleans: Spring Journal Books, 2004.
Editor, The Long Journey Home: ReVisioning the Myth of Demeter and Persephone For Our
Time, Shambhala, 1994, 301 pp. .
The Luxury of Afterwards, New York: iUniverse, 2004, 148 pp.
Preludes: Essays on the Ludic Imagination, 1961-1981, New York: iUniverse, 2005, 293 pp.
Editor, Disturbances in the Field: Essays in Honor of David L. Miller, New Orleans, Spring
Journal Books, 2006, 318 pp.
Gleanings: Essays 1982-2006, New York: iUniverse, 2006, 320 pp.
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Articles
"Quakerism and the Historical Interpretation of Religion," Quaker Religious Thought, Fall 1961,
pp. 2-17.
"What is Theology? " Quaker Religious Thought, Fall 1964, 21 pp.
"A Quaker Response to the Death of God Theologians," Quaker Religious Thought, Spring
1966, 4 pp
"All Real Living is Meeting," Inward Light, Fall 1966, pp. 24-32.
"The New Morality, " Douglass Alumnae Bulletin, Fall 1966, pp. 2-5.
"Religious Education: Involving the Whole Family," Friends Journal, February 1967, pp. 80-82.
"Quakers and the Sacramental," The Seeker, Spring 1967, pp. 7-14.
"Quaker Message for Today," Pendle Hill Bulletin, April 1967, 7 pp.
"Toward a Common Vision: A Call for Theological Dialogue Among Friends," pamphlet
published by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1967, 11 pp.
"Male and Female: Journey to Self through Meeting, Myth and Dream," Inward Light, Fall 1967,
pp. 20-26.
"A Typological Critique of the Literary Christ Figure," Journal of the American Academy of
Religion, March 1968, pp. 13-27.
"Exodus as Biblical Metaphor, " Journal of Religion, January 1968, pp. 35-53.
"Theology as Translation: Martin Buber's Verdeutschung of Scripture," Religion in Life, Autumn
1968, pp. 401-416.
"An Eschatological Theology," Quaker Religious Thought, Summer 1969, pp. 15-27.
"Guilt and Responsibility in the Thought of Martin Buber," Judaism, Winter 1969, pp. 53-63.
"Religion and the Reality Principle: A Reading of Freud," Quaker Religious Thought, Winter
1970, pp. 42-45.
"Daydream," in Daniel O. Noel, ed., Echoes of the Wordless Word, Religion and the Arts Series,
#2, American Academy of Religion, pp. 111-122.
"Quakerism Now and Perhaps Tomorrow," Friends Journal, April 1972, pp. 220-221.
"Friends and the Arts," Quaker Religious Thought, Winter 1973, pp. 23-37.
"Separating and Connecting," Inward Light, Fall 1974, pp. 7-10.
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Articles
"Sigmund Freud and the Greek Mythological Tradition," Journal of the American Academy of
Religion, March 1975, p. 3-14.
"To Point to the Moon a Finger is Needed," Henry Barton Robison Lecture Series, CulverStockton College, 1975, 12 pp.
"Incestuous Fantasies: The Myths about Myth Spawned by Freud, Jung and Levi-Strauss,"
Proceedings of the Society for Religion in Higher Education, 1975, 94 pp.
"A Poetics of the Psyche," The American Poetry Review, July/August 1976, pp. 34-35.
"Jealousy: A Depth Psychological Perspective," in Gordon Clanton and Lynn Smith, eds.,
Jealousy, Prentice Hall, 1977, pp. 72-79. (Italian version: "La gelosia in termini di
psicologia del profundo, " Gelosia, Rome: Savelli, 1978, pp. 35-44.)
"Towards an Erotics of the Psyche: In Tribute to Thomas Mann and Carl Jung," Journal of the
American Academy of Religion, December 1976, pp. 629-638.
"Revisioning Autobiography: Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams and Jung's Memories,
Dreams, Reflections," in Soundings, Summer 1977, pp. 210-228.
"Religious Life and Feminine Experience," The Rachel Cadbury Lecture, pamphlet published by
Friends General Conference, 1978, 14 pp; reprinted in Full Circle, Fall 1980, pp. 3-9.
"Persephone in Hades," Anima, Volume IV, 1, pp. 22-29. (An expanded version appears in
The Goddess.)
"Visions and Revisions: A Response to James Hillman," Inward Light, Spring 1978, pp. 43-48.
"Poetically Dwells Man on This Earth," Soundings, Fall 1977, pp. 313-330; reprinted in Charles
E. Scott, ed., On Dreaming, Chico, CA: Scholars Press, 1982, pp. 85-102.
"Ariadne: Mistress of the Labyrinth," Lady Unique, Cycle 3, pp. 4-14; reprinted in James
Hillman, ed., Facing the Gods, Spring Publications, 1980, pp. 135-149. (A
somewhat modified version appears in The Goddess.)
"Your Old Men Shall Dream Dreams," in John Raphael Staude, ed., Wisdom and Age, Berkeley:
Rose Books, 1981, pp. 169-186; reprinted in Journal of World Education, July 1985
"Coming to Terms with Hera," Quadrant, Winter 1979, 12:2, pp. 26-47. (Included in The
Goddess.)
"Feast and Famine: Gifts of the Goddess," in Jane Kaplan, ed., A Woman's Conflict: The Special
Relationship Between Women and Food, Prentice Hall, 1979, pp. 91-105.
"Beginning with Gaea," Lady Unique, Cycle 5, 1980, pp. 22-38. (Included in The Goddess.)
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Articles
"Dear Grey Eyes: A Re-evaluation of Pallas Athene, " Southern Humanities Review, Spring
1981, pp. 97-130; reprinted in Arche, Vol. 6, 1981, p. 9-39. (Included in The
Goddess.).
"Goddess-Sent Madness," Psychological Perspectives, Fall, 1981, pp. 137-149.
"Come and Celebrate with Me: Reflections on Menopause," WomanSpirit, Fall 1981, pp. 13-21,
reprinted in Anima, Fall 1982, pp. 11-27; excerpted in Utne Review, 1:2, 1984, pp. 1318. (Expanded version included in Journey Through Menopause.)
"Preface" to The Goddess, reprinted in Inward Light, XLV:98, Spring 1982, pp. 10-16.
"The Mother Goddess Among the Greeks," in Carl Olsen, ed., The Book of the Goddess: Past
and Present, New York, Crossroad, 1983, pp. 49-59.
"Coming Home to Hestia," Lady Unique, Cycle 6, 1983, pp. 91-106. (Included in Journey
Through Menopause.)
"Dear Chris . . .. Love, Christine," in Mary Jo Meadows and Carole Rayburn, eds., A Time to
Weep, A Time to Sing, Minneapolis: Winston, 1985, pp. 48-63.
"What Use Are Poets in a Time of Need," Soundings, Fall 1985, pp. 301-317; excerpted in
Awakening in the Nuclear Age, #13, Spring 1986, pp. 22-24.
"Beginning At the Beginning," Anima, Fall 1987, pp. 21-38.
Entries on Aphrodite, Athena, Demeter and Persephone, Hekate, Hera, Hestia, in Mircea Eliade,
ed., The Encyclopedia of Religion, New York: Macmillan, 1987.
"Revisioning the Psychology of Women," Perspectives: A Journal of Dialogical Psychotherapy,
#1, Spring 1987, III:1-18.
"Artemis," modified chapter from The Goddess, reprinted in Judith Plaskow and Carol Christ,
eds., Weaving The Visions, San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1989 pp.119-127.
Entries on Centaur, Cretan Bee Motif, Griffin, Hera, Hydra, Jason, Kernos, Lady of the Wild
Boars, Leda, Medusa, Minotaur, Pan, Sphinx, Zeus Mellicheos, in Beverly Moon, ed.,
An Encyclopedia of Archetypal Symbolism, Shambala Publications, 1990.
Entries on Europa, Andromeda, Hermes and Dionysos, Maenads, Dionysus and Satyrs, The Two
Goddesses, Bull and Double-Axe, Demeter and Kore, Mistress of the Animals, Bull
Leapers, Pasiphae, Ariadne, Birthof Dionysus, Mycenaean Lion Gate, Heracles and Nessus,
Caenus, Heracles and Triton, Nereids, Winged Gorgon, Infant Heracles, Perseus and
Medusa, Orestes, Achilles and Chiron, Achilles and Penthesilieia, Odysseus and the Sirens,
Polyphemus, Cape Artemision Zeus, Titian's Rape of Europa, Jupiter and Io, Leda and the
Swan, Dionysus and Maenads, Mask of Dionysos, Asclepius and Hygeia, Apollo
Belvedere, Artemis with Bow and Arrow, Birth of Aphrodite, Aphrodite and Pan, for
projected Vol 2 of An Encyclopedia of Archetypal Symbolism.
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Articles
"Gender Anxiety," Journal of Pastoral Care, Vol. XLIII, No. 2, Summer 1989, pp . 152-1 61 .
"Diotima and Alcibiades: An Alternative Reading," Soundings, Spring 1989, LXXII, No. 4,
pp. 631-656.
"Masks of the Goddess: A Feminist Response," in Dan Noel, ed., Paths to the Power of Myth:
Joseph Campbell and the Study of Religion, Crossroad, 1990, pp. 97-107.
"Introduction: Albert Rabil, Jr.," in Albert Rabil, Jr., Pluralism and the Meaning of the
1960's," Soundings, 1990, pp. 1-4.
"Sisters and Brothers Casting Shadows," modified selection from Psyche's Sisters reprinted in
Connie Zwieg and Jeremiah Abrams, Meeting the Shadow, Los Angeles, Tarcher, 1991,
pp. 65-69
"Greek Mythological Representations of the Wounded Healer," Soundings, Vol. LXXIII #4,
Winter 1990. pp. 551-573.
"The Crone: Rites of Ancient Ripening," Anima, Spring 1991, Vol. 17 #2, pp. 109-122.
(included in Women's Mysteries.)
"Orpheus and Eurydice: Male and Female Responses to Underworld Experience," Halcyon: A
Journal of the Humanities, Volume 14, 1992, pp. 139-154,.
"Toward a Poetics of Gender: A Postpatriarchal Projection," Continuum, Vol. 2:2 & 3, pp. 6376.
"Coming Home: The Late-Life Lesbian, " in Robert Hopcke et al., ed., Love and the Path to
Wholeness: Jungian Perspectives on SameSex Love, Shambhala, 1993 pp. 28-37.
"Response to Gloria Orenstein," Women's Studies Quarterly, Vol. XXI:1 & 2 (Summer 1993),
pp. 38-41.
"Response to Martha Reineke's critique of Myths and Mysteries of SameSex Love," Historical
Reflections/ Reflexions Historiques, Vol. 19:1 (Winter 1993), pp. 103-106.
"A Somewhat Mitigated Disaster: The Status of the Religious Studies Department at San Diego
State University as of February 1993," Bulletin of the Council of Societies for the Study
of Religion, Vol. 22:2 (April 1993), pp. 39-43.
"Lesbian Mythology," Historical Reflections/ Reflexions Historiques, Spring 1994, pp. 1-30.
"An Archetypal View of Lesbian Identity," in Judith M. Glassgold and Suzanne Iasenza, eds.,
Lesbians and Psychoanalysis, Free Press, 1995.
Articles
"Myth and Midrash," in Linda Bennett Elder et al, eds., Biblical and Humane: A Festschrift for
John F. Priest, Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996. pp. 261-284.
"Afterword," to new edition of The Goddess, Continuum, 1996, pp. 247-250.
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"Seven Years Later," New Afterword for Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love, Continuum,
1996, pp. 289-297
"How Little It Resembles Memory: The Book of Ruth." Soundings, Vol. LXXX, 1(Spring 1997),
pp. 41-62.
"Her, HERTA." in Catherine Reid and Holly Iglesias, eds., Every Woman I've Ever Loved:
Lesbian Writers on Their Mothers, Cleis, 1997, pp. 202-211.
Entries on "Feminist Uses of Mythology," "Lesbianism: An Overview," and "Juno" for Serinity
Young, ed., Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion, New York: Macmillan, 1998.
"Journeys to the Underworld, MythoSphere, Vol. 1.2, pp. 175-194.
Entries on "Antiquity" and "Mythology, Classical " in Bonnie Zimmerman, ed., Encyclopedia of
Homosexualiy: Volume I: Lesbian Histories and Cultures, New York: Garland, 2000.
"Bruno Bettelheim: A Wounded Healer," The Salt Journal, Nov/Dec 1997, pp. 30-33.
"Tending Soul in the Age of AIDS, "White Crane, Winter 1998/99, pp. 4-7.
"Turning Again to Athene." The Salt Journal, Jan/Feb 2000, pp. 22-28.
"It's Not So Simple After All: Auschwitz, the Death of God, the Rebirth of the Goddess," Historical
Reflections// Reflexions Historiques. Spring 2000, Vol. 26.1, pp. 127-140.
"Sigmund Freud's Mythology of Soul: The Body as Dwelling Place of Soul, " in Dennis Slattery
and Lionel Corbett, eds., Depth Psychology: Meditations in the Field, Eisiedeln: Daimon
Verlag, 2000, pp. 59-72.
"ReVisiting the Goddesses," Christine Downing Lectures, No. 6, San Diego, Department of
Religious Studies, 2000, pp. 1-20.
“Meetings and MisMeetings: A Return to Martin Buber,” Christine Downing Lectures, No.7,
San Diego, Department of Religious Studies, 2001, pp. 1-16
“Beyond Psychology,” in Dennis Slattery and Lionel Corbett, eds. Psychology at the Threshold,
Carpinteria, CA: Pacifica Graduate Institute Publications, 2002, pp, 99-111
“Greek Tragedy in Its Historical Hour—and in Ours.” Christine Downing Lectures, No 8, San
Diego, Department of Religious Studies, 2002, pp. 1-17.
"The Landscape of H.D.'s Mythic Imagination, " Christine Downing Lectures, No 9, San Diego,
2003, pp, 1-17.
“Foreword, to Nancy Cater, Electra: Tracing A Feminine Myth Through The Western
Imagination, New Orleans: Spring Journal Books, 2003, pp. Ix-xv.
“Looking Back at Orpheus,” Spring 71, Fall 2004. 1-36.
“Narcissus Reflections,” Disturbances in the Field, New Orleans, Spring Journal Books, 2006,
192-205.
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“Another Oedipus,” in Armando Nasciimento Rosa, An Oedipus: The Untold Story, New
Orleans: Spring Journal Books, 2006, 61-90.
“Passages; Life in Retirement,” Religious Studies News, May 2006, 27.
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Reviews
C . G. Jung, Answer to Job, Drew Gateway, May 19 60 .
Julian Hartt, A Christian Critique of American Culture, Journal of the American Academy of
Religion, July 1968, pp. 156-158.
"Teilhard de Chardin and Quakerism," reviewing The Phenomenon of Man, Quaker Religious
Thought, Summer 1970, pp. 30-33.
Edmund C. Whitmont, Symbolic Quest, Inward Light, Spring 1972, pp. 42-45.
David Miller, Gods and Games, and Sam Keen, To a Dancing God, Journal of the American
Academy of Religion, September 1972.
Maurice Friedman et al, Searching for the Syntax of Things by Friedman et al., Theology Today,
December 1972.
Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Reverie, Inward Light, Fall 1972, p. 49.
Paul Ricoeur, Freud and Philosophy, Inward Light, Spring 1973, pp. 44-45.
John Killinger, The Fragile Presence and The Salvation Tree, Theology Today, April 1974,
pp. 90-94
Mythology and Humanism: The Correspondence of Thomas Mann and Karl Kerenyi, in
Parabola, Winter 1976, pp. 108-110.
Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment," Religious Studies Review, April 1977, p. 130.
Paul Robinson, The Modernization of Sex, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, March
1978, p. 114.
Edmund C. Whitmont, The Return of the Goddess, Quadrant, Spring 1983, 16:1, pp.. 109-113.
"Sister Spirits," reviewing Judith Van Herick, Freud on Femininity and Faith ; Jean Bolen,
Goddesses in Everywoman ; Estella Lauter, Women as Mythmakers ; Women's Review of
Books, May 1985, pp. 9-10.
Isabel Allende, House of the Spirits and Christa Wolf, Cassandra, in Commonweal, February
1986, pp. 123-24.
Guilia Sassa, Greek Virginity, Continuum., Vol. I # 1, pp. 182-86.
Gloria Feman Orenstein, The Reflowering of the Goddess, Continuum., Vol. 1 #2, pp. 185-9.
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Papers Read at Professional Meetings
"Theology and Esthetics," Society for Religion in Higher Education, Annual Meeting, August
1967.
"Abraham and Orpheus, "Earlham School of Religion, October 1968; Lafayette College, March
1969.
"Secret of the Kingdom in Mark," Society for Religion in Higher Education, Annual Meeting,
August 1968; Earlham School of Religion, October 1968.
"Theology as Make-Believe," American Academy of Religion, annual meeting, Dallas, October
1969.
"Sexuality and Fantasy," Society for Religion in Higher Education, annual meeting, August 1971.
"Sex Among the Intellectuals," Society for Religion in Higher Education, annual meeting, August
1972.
"Philip Rieff's Contribution to the Sociology of Religion," Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, annual meeting, Boston, October 1972.
"The Three 'Incarnations' in Hesse's Glass Bead Game," Hartford Seminary lecture series,
November 1972; American Academy of Religion annual meeting, Boston, September
1972.
"The Experience of Finitude as Motive for Storytelling," Society for Religion in Higher
Education, annual meeting, August 1973.
"The Poetic Form of the Tao Te Ching," Visiting Professor lecture, San Diego State University,
April 1975.
"Before the Holocaust: Kafka and Freud," American Academy of Religion, annual meeting, St.
Louis, October 1976.
"The Silent Goddess of Death and Two Who Paid Her Tribute: Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung,"
USC-NEH Colloquium, The Symbolism of Aging, April 1976.
"Two Masters of the School of Suspicion: Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud," Paul Ricoeur
Symposium, University of California at Santa Cruz, April 1976.
"Tales that Women Tell," American Academy of Religion annual meeting, San Francisco,
December 1977.
"To Start Us Imagining: Mythological Representations of the Feminine," Society for Scientific
Study of Religion, annual meeting, Hartford, October 1978.
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Papers Presented (continued)
"O! Goddess of Women, Goddess of Men (or: Teaching About Goddesses, )" Presidential
Address, American Academy of Religion, Western Region Spring Conference, April
1978.
"Calling the Goddesses to Account," American Academy of Religion, annual meeting, New
Orleans, November 1978.
"Psyche and Persephone: The Greek Understanding of Death," Age of Wisdom Seminar, Proteus
Institute, Big Sur, January 11-13, 1980.
"The Founding Fathers: A Daughter's View," session on "Religion and Sexism", Society for the
Study of Religion, annual meeting, Cincinnati, November 1980.
"Eros and Death," Conference on Energy: The Spirit in the World, University of California, Santa
Cruz, March 7-8, 1981.
"In Search of HER," Seminar on Women's Spiritual Quest," University of San Diego, March 11,
1981.
"The Way of the Mothers," Conference on Lay Therapy, Labyrinthos, San Francisco, April 1112, 1981.
"After the Manner of Women: Menopause and Creativity," Seminar on Creativity and Aging,
Proteus Institute, Big Sur, May 1-3, 1981.
"May Sarton's The Small Room," Seminar on The Academic Novel, Society for Values in Higher
Education, annual meeting, Vassar College, August 1981.
"The Mysteries of Sisterhood," American Academy of Religion, annual meeting, San Francisco,
December 1981.
"Jung and Gestalt,"San Diego Gestalt Therapy Center, July 1982.
"The Trope of Travel," Society for Values in Higher Education, annual meeting, Greensboro,
N.C., August 1982.
"Tribal Pieties," Will Herberg Colloquy, Drew University, Madison, N.J., October 1982.
"Helen and Klytemnestra: An Exploration of Epic Immortalization," American Academy of
Religion, Annual meeting, New York, December 1982.
"Hestia's Contribution to a Theology of Housework," American Academy of Religion, annual
meeting, New York, December 1982.
Papers Presented (continued)
"Fictive Images of the Lesbian," Society for Values in Higher Education, annual meeting,
Carleton College, August 1983.
"Strategies of Self-Disclosure: Gay and Lesbian Autobiography," Society for Values in Higher
Education, annual meeting, Vassar College, August 1984.
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"Women and Religion: The First Ten Years," American Academy of Religion, annual meeting,
Chicago, December 1984.
"Beginning at the Beginning: Reflections on Egyptian Mythology," American Academy of
Religion, annual meeting, Atlanta, November 1986.
"Psyche's Sisters," American Academy of Religion, annual meeting, Boston, December 1987.
"Fathers' Daughters; Mothers' Daughters," Society for Values in Higher Education, annual
meeting, Seton Hill College, August 1988.
"Not Only Artemis," American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Chicago, November
1988.
"Diotima and Alkibiades: An Alternative Reading," Symposium on The Fragility of Goodness,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, October 1988.
"Men's Studies: A Feminist Critique," Society for Values in Higher Education, annual meeting,
Colorado College, August 1989.
"Marija Gimbutas: Her Life and Work, An Appreciation and A Critique," American Academy of
Religion annual meeting, Anaheim, November 1989.
"What Mothers Want From Fathers For Their Sons," Society for Values In Higher Education,
annual meeting, Williams College, August 1990.
"Greek Mythological Representations of Same-Sex Love Among Women," Gay, Lesbian,
BiSexual Studies Conference, Harvard University, October, 1990.
"Karen Brown's Feminist Methodology," American Academy of Religion, annual meeting,
New Orleans, November 1990.
"What AID are Poets in a Time of Death?," Plenary Address, First International Conference on
Biopsychosocial Aspects of HIV Infection, Amsterdam, September 1991.
"Feminism's Rediscovery of the Dialogical," International Conference on Martin Buber: His
Impact on the Humanities, San Diego State University, October 1991.
Papers Presented (continued)
"Reflections Toward A Poetics of Gender," Plenary Address, American Academy of Religion,
annual meeting, Kansas City, November 1991.
"Response," Session devoted to Myths and Mystereies of SameSex Love, American Academy
of Religion, annual meeting, Kansas City, November 1991.
"The Role Of Friendship in Anthropological Research: A Critique of Mama Lola, American
Academy of Religion, annual meeting, San Francisco, November 1992.
"Was Sappho A Lesbian? and Does it Matter?" History, Gender, and Sexuality Symposium,,
San Diego State University, May 1993.
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"ReMembered Lives: An Experiment in Autobiographical Writing," Society for Values In Higher
Education, annual meeting, Bowdoin College, Auguist 1993.
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Public Lectures
"No Story to Go By," Douglass College Colloquium, October 1963.
"The Quaker View of the Sacraments," Princeton Theological Seminary Symposium on the
Sacramental, March 1963.
"On Teaching Religion: An Exercise in Apologetics," Princeton University Colloquium, Spring
1965.
"God Made Man Because He Loves Stories: Martin Buber's Retellings of the Hasidic Tales,"
Symposium on Religion and Literature, Wilson College, April 1970.
"Abraham and Orpheus," The Quaker Lecture, Earlham College, November 1968.
"Modern Woman in Search of a Psychologic,"University of California, San Diego, February
1975.
"The Languages of Freud," Philosophy Colloquium, SDSU, December 1974.
"Freud and Jung: A Reappraisal of Their Relationship," two lectures. Friends of Jung, San
Diego, February 1976.
"The Jewels Within the Garbage," SDSU Single Parents Group, May 1976.
"Only the Wounded Healer Heals," Conference on Myth, Religion and Healing, Immaculate
Heart College, Los Angeles, May 8, 1976.
"The Silent Goddess of Death and Two Who Paid Her Tribute," Religious Studies Department
Colloquium, SDSU, April 6, 1976; Colloquium on Death and Dying, La Casa de Maria,
Santa Barbara, June 12, 1976.
"The Perversities of Normality: Fantasies About Sex and Family," two lectures, Iliff Seminary,
Denver, January 1977.
"Ariadne, Mistress of the Labyrinth," Rutgers University, April 1977; Friends of Jung, San
Diego, November 1977.
"Teaching About the Goddess," Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, February 1978.
"Re-emergence of the Goddess, "Wesley Foundation, SDSU, February 1978.
"The Cave Within the Cave," Religious Studies Lecture, University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, April 1978.
Public Lectures (continued)
"Religious Life and Feminine Experience," Kent State University, April 1978.
"In Olden Times When Wishing Still Helped: An Exploration of the Psychological Significance
of Fairy Tales," SDSU Counseling Center, November 1977.
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"Women and Religion," Women's Studies Colloquium, SDSU, February 1978.
"The Psycho-Logic of Myth, The Mythologic of Psychic Processes," The Gates Lectures,
Grinnell College, October 1978.
"Encounters with an Inner Shaman: Shaman as Archetype," Friends of Jung, San Diego,
September 1978.
"Goddesses: Their Historical Significance and Contemporary Re-emergence," SDSU Religious
Studies Department Lecture Series, December, 1978.
"The Artist and the Shaman," Annual Lecture sponsored by the Department of Art, University
of Montana, Missoula, February 1979.
"The Greatest Mother," Intersection House, SDSU, April 1979.
"Mythological Images of Love," Arts and Humanities Lecture Series, California Polytechnic State
University, San Luis Obispo, May 1979.
"Exploring Dreams," California Association of Marriage and Family Counselors, San Diego
Chapter, September 1979.
"Jung's Red Book," Friends of Jung, San Diego, October 3, 1979.
"Once Upon a Time: The Formative Impact of Fairytales on Our Sense of the Feminine and the
Masculine," Lecture series on the Masculine and the Feminine, sponsored by New
Hampshire Council on the Humanities, Franconia, N.H., October 1979.
"Greek Goddesses: Archaic and Homeric,"Hellenic Cultural Society of San Diego, May 1980.
"In Search of HER," Earth Song Bookstore, Del Mar, December 1981; January 1982.
"Sisters and Brothers," Friends of Jung, San Diego, February 1982.
"A Poetics of the Psyche," Tokyo Jung Club, February 1982.
"The Mysteries of Sisterhood," Tokyo Jung Club, February 1982.
Public Lectures (continued)
"Dream Interpretation,"Association of Psychological and Educational Counsellors of Asia, Hong
Kong, March 1982.
"Mysteries of Sisterhood," Chicago Jung Center, September 1982.
"The Two Sides of Aphrodite," Conference on The Varieties of the Love Experience, University
of California/San Francisco, October 1982.
"Greek Goddesses and Their Contemporary Relevance," Frauen Kniepe, Heidelberg, May 16,
1983.
"The Mysteries of Sisterhood," Jung Institut, Zurich, Switzerland, May 1983.
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"Greek Goddesses and Their Contemporary Relevance," Frauen Buch Laden, Koln, May 1983.
"Greek Goddesses and Mysteries of Sisterhood," Friends of Jung/South, Birmingham,
November 1983.
"Greek Goddesses and Mysteries of Sisterhood," University of North Carolina, Charlotte,
November 1983.
"Hestia: The First and Last Goddess," C. G. Jung Society of the Triangle Area, Chapel Hill,
November 1983.
"Greek Goddesses," Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, November 1983.
"Attitudes toward Bisexuality in Classical Greece, Early Israel, and Primitive, Patristic, and
Medieval Christianity," BiSexual Forum, San Diego, February 1983.
"Archetypal Dimensions of Aging," Friends of Jung/San Diego, February 1983.
"Re-Encounter with the Goddesses," Antioch-West, Seattle, April 1984.
"The Contemporary Relevance of Goddess Traditions," Plum's Bookstore, San Diego, May
1984.
"Goddesses and the Creative Dimensions of Communal Life," Temenos Gallery, San Diego, May
1984.
"Religious Values and Counseling," University of California at Irvine, May 1984.
"The Shadow Face of Gender," Georgia Psychological Association, Atlanta, September 1984.
Public Lectures (continued)
"Carl Jung's Psychology of Women," University of North Carolina, Charlotte, November 1984.
"The Many Faces of Aphrodite," Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, November
1984.
"The Mysteries of Sisterhood," University of North Carolina, Greensboro, November 1984.
"Greek Goddesses and Contemporary Women," Swarthmore College, November 1984.
"Journey Through Menopause," New Views of Women Lecture Series, SDSU, February 1985.
"Sisters," San Diego Chapter of NOW, February 1985.
"Greek Goddesses," Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, March 1985.
"Greek Goddesses," Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, March 1985.
"Women Shaping the Theory of Psychology," Keynote address, Women and Psychology
Conference, Berkeley, May 1985.
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"Goddesses: Mythological Images of the Feminine," Lecture Series, C. G. Jung Institute, Zurich,
Switzerland
"Beginning at the Beginning," Multicultural Arts Center, San Diego, June 1985.
"Revisioning the Psychology of Women: An Existential-Dialogical Approach," Institute for
Dialogical Psychotherapy, San Diego, July 1985.
"From Karnak to Nagasaki," keynote address, Society for Values in Higher Education, annual
meeting, South Bend, IN, August 1985.
"Re-Emergence of the Goddess," California State University, Sacramento, October 1985.
"Freud on Homosexuality," Gay and Lesbian Forum, California School of Professional
Psychology, San Diego, November 1985.
"Beginning at the Beginning," History Club, SDSU, November 1985.
"Jung on Homosexuality," Gay and Lesbian Forum, California School of Professional
Psychology, San Diego, January 1986.
"The Mythology of Pathology," San Diego Society for Sex Therapy and Education, February
1986.
Public Lectures (continued)
"Goddesses in Patristic Cultures," Feminist Spirituality Conference, California State University,
Long Beach, March 1986.
"The Psychology of Women," Community-Based Block M.A. Program, SDSU, April 1986.
"Dream Quest," two lectures, WomanQuest Series, San Diego, April 1986.
"ReVisioning the Psychology of Women," California School of Professional Psychology,
Berkeley, CA, April 1986.
"The Unbearable Heaviness of Being: A Critique of Kundera," Society for Values in Higher
Education, regional meeting, Lake Arrowhead, CA, May 1986.
"Goddesses," Women's Forum, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, May
1986.
"Sisters and Brothers," 5 session lecture series, C. G. Jung Institut, Zurich, June 1986.
"ReVisloning the Psychology of Women," 5 session lecture series, C.G. Jung Institut, Zurich,
June 1986.
"Beginning at the Beginning: Reflections of Egyptian Mythology," Friends of Jung, Atlanta,
November 1986.
"Even the Gods Will Die," Humanities Forum, University of Alabama, November 1986.
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"From the Gospels to the Reformation," series of three lectures, La Jolla Friends Meeting, Winter,
1987.
"Goddesses," classroom presentation, San Diego Mesa College, February 1987.
"Mythological Images of Homosexuality," Gay & Lesbian Forum, California School of
Professional psychology, San Diego, March 1987.
"A Feminist View of Academic Leadership," Society for Values in Higher Education, regional
meeting, Chicago, April 1987.
"Gender Anxiety," keynote address, American Association of Pastoral Counselors, New
Orleans, May 1987.
"Freud on Women, Women on Freud," keynote address, convocation in honor of Valerie
Saiving, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY, May 1987.
Public Lectures (continued)
"House of Forgiveness: An Appreciation of Isabel Allende," Society for Values in Higher
Education, regional meeting, Santa Barbara, May 1987.
"The Goddess of Birth/The Rebirth of the Goddess," Mingei Museum, San Diego, May 1987.
"Beginning at the Beginning: Reflections on Egyptian Mythology," Analytical Psychology Club,
London, June 1987.
"An Archetypal ReReading of Freud," 4 session lecture series, C.G. Jung Institut, Zurich, June
1987.
"Depth Psychological Views of Homosexuality," 4 session lecture series, C.G. Jung Institut,
Zurich, June 1987.
"ReVisioning the Psychology of Women," Institute for Dialogical Psychotherapy, San Diego, J
uly 1987.
"Journey Through Menopause," presentations at bookstores in Del Mar, Sherman Oaks,
Hollywood, Los Angeles, September 1987.
"The Meaning of Goddess Imagery for Contemporary Women," Loma Linda University,
October 1987.
"A Feminist ReVisioning of Ethics," Campus Y, San Diego, October 1987.
"Descending With Orpheus," University of California, Berkeley, March 1988.
"Rediscovering the Goddess," University of New Orleans, March 1988.
"Homosexuality and the Bible," Gay and Lesbian Student Organization Panel, SDSU, March
1988.
"Myths and Archetypes of Homosexuality," Gay Awareness Week, University of California, San
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Diego, April 1988.
"There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe," graduation address. California School of
Professional Psychology, San Diego, June 1988.
"Psyche's Sisters," As You Like It Bookstore, Berkeley, July 1988.
"Women in the Academy: Special Gifts, Special Problems," Academic Women's Association,
SDSU, September 1988.
Public Lectures (continued)
"Journeys Through Menopause," Stanford Medical School, Palo Alto, September 1988.
"Gods In Our Midst: Women's Experience of the Masculine," Friends of Jung, San Diego,
October 1988.
"Psyche's Sisters," University of Tennessee, Knoxville, October 1988.
"Myths We Live By," Phi Beta Kappa Lecture, SDSU, November 1988.
"Orpheus and Eurydice," Jung Center, Pittsburgh, February 1989.
"Ancient Goddesses: Symbols of Female Empowerment," University of Nevada, Reno,
February 1989.
"Orpheus and Eurydice," Friends of Jung, Orange County, April 1989.
"The Goddess and the Goddesses," Interface, Boston, May 1989.
"The Underworld in Greek Mythology," Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, May 1989.
"The Underworld in the Bible and Dante," Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, May 1989.
"Body and Soul: Toward a New Psychology of Women," Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa
Barbara, May 1989.
"The Underworld in Modern Literature," Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, June 1989.
"Orpheus and Eurydice," Nexus Conference, Los Angeles Jung Institute, St, Mary's College,
Los Angeles, Septemner 1989
"The Archetypes of Lesbian Love," FrauenCentrum, Koln, Germany, September 1989
"The Archetypes of Love and Death: Reflections on AIDS," Jung Institut, Zurich, September
1989
"The Mythology of Same-Sex Love," A Different Drummer Bookstore, Laguna Beach,
November 1989
"The Mythology of Same-Sex Love," Gay and Lesbian Forum, California School of
Professional Psychology, San Diego, November, 1989.
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Public Lectures (continued)
"ReVisioning the Psychology of Women," Women's Forum, California School of Professional
Psychology, San Diego, November 1989.
"The BitterSweetness of All Completions," Graduation Address, Pacifica Graduate Institute,
Santa Barbara, January 1990.
"Oedipus: From Sophocles to Freud," Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, January 1990.
"Persephone and Oedipus," Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, January 1990.
"The Mythology of Same-Sex Love," Radio interview, WBAI New York, Febrauary 1990.
"Gods In Our Midst," Jung Club, Minneapolis, February 1990.
"The Mythological Imagination," Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, February 1990.
"Ovid's Metamorphoses,: A Psychological Reading," Pacifica Graduate Institute,
March 1990.
Santa Barbara,
"My Creative Process as a Writer," Friends of Jung, San Diego, March 1990.
"Women ReVisioning the Sacred," Rethinking the Sacred Image, Symposium sponsored by the
Arts Exchange, Atlanta, March 1990.
"The Archetypes of Same-Sex Love," Gay and Lesbian Writers Conference, University of
California at Los Angeles, April 1990.
"Women's Mysteries: A Farewell Speech," Symposium to honor Christine Downing,
California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, September 1990.
"Changing Man and Changing Woman," California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco,
October 1990.
"Women Reclaiming the Psychology of Women," Community Based Block, San Diego,
November 1991.
"Orpheus and Eurydice," University of Denver, February 1991.
"The Future of Difference?" Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, March 1991.
"The Poetics of Gender," Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, April 1991.
Public Lectures (continued)
"The ReEmergence of the Goddesses," Unitarian Universalist Assembly, San Dieguito, April
1991.
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"Orpheus and Eurydice," University of Nevada, Reno, April 1991.
"Paths to the Power of Myth," Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, October 1991.
"Orpheus and Eurydice," Friends of Jung, San Diego, December 1991.
"The German Romantics: Precursors of Depth Psychology," Pacifica Graduate Institute, March
1992
"With the Blessings of the Gods," Commencement Adress, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa
Barbara, April 1992.
"Reuniting Sexuality and Spirituality: A Lesbian Perspective," All Sous' Episcopal Church, San
Diego, September 1992.
"Women's Mysteries," Blue Door Bookshop, San Diego, October 1992.
"Body and Soul: A Woman's Perspective on the Interconnections." Stanford Medical School,
Palo Alto, October 1992.
"Demeter and Persephone: Contemporary ReVisionings of an Ancient Myth," Friends of Jung,
Vancouver, B.C., February 1993.
"Rites of Ancient Ripening," Analytical Psychology Club, Seattle, February 1993.
Commencement Address, San Diego State University, May 1993.
"Gods In Our Midst," Paradigm Women's Bookstore, San Diego, May 1993.
"Gods In Our Midst," NPR Radio Interview, June 1993.
"Gods In Our Midst," Blue Door Bookstore, San Diego, June 1993.
"Women's Underworld Descents." GAIASpiritRising, Seattle, September 1993
"Journeys Through Menopause," California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, October
1993
"ReMembered Lives," Operation Concern Benefit, San Francisco, October 1993.
Public Lectures (continued)
"Only the Wounded Healer Heals," San Diego Friends of Jung, October 1993
"Martin Buber and Depth Psychology," Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, October 1993.
"Gods In Our Midst," Oak Knolls Therapy Center, Poway, CA, December 1993
"The Poetry of AIDS," Unitarian Church, San Diego, January 1994
"Feminist Spirituality," 3 session lecture series, La Jolla Friends Meeting, Spring 1994
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" Coming Home and Going Forth: The Two Aspects of Faith," Friends for Lesbian and Gay
Concerns, Sarasota , February 1994
"On Being a Queer Quaker," Friends for Lesbian and Gay Concerns, Sarasota , February
1994
"ReMembered Lives," Open Center, New York, February 1994
"Gods and Goddesses in Our Midst," Intersection, Cambridge, February 1994
"The Archetypes of Love and Death: Reflections on AIDS," The C.G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe,
March 1994
"On Getting Ready to Write a Lesbian Mystery," Queer Gaze lecture series, SDSU, April 1994
"ReUniting Sexuality and Spirituality," The C.G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe, March 1994
"ReVisioning the Myth of Demeter and Persephone," Friends of Jung, Amsterdam, May 1994
"Journeys to the Underworld," 3 session lecture series, Jung Institut, Zurich, May 1994
"ReMembered Lives," 3 session lecture series, Jung Institut, Zurich, May 1994
"Body and Soul," Heat of the Soul Conference, C.G. Jung Institute, San Francisco, June 1994
"Mythological Representations of the Healer," San Diego Museum of Man, August 1994
"Demeter and Persephone," Barnes & Noble Bookstore, San Diego, August 1994
"Orpheus and Eurydice," Cleveland Jung Association, November 1994
Public Lectures (continued)
"A Post-Holocaust Life," Aaron Aronov Lecture in Judaic Studies, University of Alabama,
February 1995
"The Long Journey Home," Interface, Cambridge, February 1995
"Freud's Poetics of the Psyche," Pacifica East, New York City, February 1995
"The Long Journey Home," Open Center, New York City, February 1995
"Orpheus and Eurydice," Minneapolis Jung Association, March 1995
"Demeter and Persephone," Jung Association, Victoria, B.C., May 1995
"Journeys to the Underworld," Vancouver Friends of Jung, May 1995
"Memory and Imagination," First Annual Christine Downing Lecture in Religious Studies,
SDSU, May 1995
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"Demeter and Persephone," Chautauqua Gathering, Encinitas, CA, May 1995
"Demeter and Persephone," Orcas Center, June 1995
"The Antigone and the Medea," Pacfica Graduate Institute, June 1995
"Myth and Midrash,":Pacfica Graduate Institute, July 1995
"The Poetry of Aids," Annual Conference of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology,
Asilomar, CA, August 1995
" Myths of Same-Sex Love," Cleveland Friends of Jung, November 1995
"Journeys to the Underworld," Religion Department Lecture in Honor of Richard Underwood,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, April 1996
"How Little It Resembles Memory: Reflections on the Book of Ruth," Second Annual Christine
Downing Lecture in Religious Studies, SDSU, May 1996
"Same-Sex Love: Blessings and Challenges," Cleveland Lesbian Group , May 1996
"Demeter and Persephone," Oasis Center Solstice Weekend, Williams Bay, WI, June 1996
"Martin Buber: The Turn to the Other," Pacifica Graduate Institute, November 1996
Public Lectures (continued)
"Myth and Meaning in the Age of AIDS," Literature in the Age of AIDS: The 15th Annual Key
West Literary Seminar, Jan 1997
"Beginnings, Endings, and New Beginnings: The Book of Genesis, " Third Annual Christine
Downing Lecture in Religious Studies, SDSU, Feb 1997
"Athene's Role in the Odyssey, " Guilford College, Greenboro, NC, April 1996
"Journeys to the Underworld," Victoria Friends of Jung, April 1997
"Martin Buber's Challenge to Psychology," Pacifica Graduate Institute, April 1997
"Tending Soul in the Age of AIDS," NOMAS Conference, St John"s College, MN, July 1997
Commencement Address, Pacifica Graduate Institute, October 1997
"All Real Living is Meeting." Seattle Friends of Jung, Dec 1997
"All Real Living is Meeting." Vancouver Friends of Jung, Dec 1997
"A Feminist Reflects on the Meaning of Evil," Center for Studies in Religion and Culture,
University of Victoria, February 1998
"It's Not So Simple After All: Auschwitz, The Death of God, and The Rebirth of the Godess,"
Fourth Annual Christine Downing Lecture in Religious Studies, SDSU, Feb 1998
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"Sigmund Freud's Mythology of Soul," The Bollingen Lecture, Jung Association, Columbus. Ohio,
Oct. 1999
"ReVisiting the Goddesses," Sixth Annual Christine Downing Lecture, San Diego State University,
San Diego, April 2000 .
c " Dionysos and Aphrodite: Two aspects of the Erotic." Keynote address, Annual meeting of the
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, San Diego, April 2000
"Athene: Legacy of Leadership," Keynote address, annual meeting of The Athena Foundation,
Denver, Colorado, May 2000 .
"Healing the Body and Soul of the City," City and Psyche Symposium, The Salt Institute, Santa
Fe, New Mexico, May 2000
"The Power of Myth," Moon, Myth, and Magic Conference, Mile Hi Church Women's Conference,
Vail, Colorad, May 2000
Public Lectures (continued)
"Mysticism, Eros, and Death," Mysticism and Healing Seminar, Jung on the Hudson, Rhinebeck,
New York, May 2000 "Sad is Eros, Builder of Cities," Psychology at the Threshold Symposium, Pacifica Graduate
Institute, Santa Barbara, California, September 2000
“What Threshold?” Plenary Panel with James Hillman and Wolfgang Giegerich, Psychology at
the Threshold Symposium, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California, September
2000
“Meetings and MisMeetings: A Return to Martin Buber,” February 21, 2001, San Diego State
University
“The Body as Dwelling Place of Soul,” Washington DC Jung Society, April 5, 2002
“After the First Collapse There Is No Other.” The World Behind the World Conference, April
13, 2002 , anta Barbara
“Greek Tragedy in Its Historical Hour—and in Ours.” April 17, 2002, San Diego Staste
University
“May the Gods Be Present: Therapy As Ritual,” Jung on the Hudson, July 2002
“On Being the First Woman President of the AAR,” Panel presentation at the Annual Meeting of
the American Academy of Religion, Toronto, November 2002
“The Landscape of H.D.’s Mythic Imagination,” San Diego State University, January 2003
“Instincts and Archetypes,” The Annual Assisi Lecture, Mount Snow, Vermont, April 2003
“Looking Back at Orpheus,” New Orleans Jung Group, May 2003
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“Remembering, Repeating and Working-Through,“ Conference On Mid-Life And Beyond, Jung
in Ireland, Dingle, Ireland , March 2004
“Looking Back at Orpheus,” San Diego State University, April 2004
Seven lectures on Greek Mythology, “Myth and Dream 2004,” Pacifica trip to Greece, May 2004
“Looking Back- Revisioning The Myth Of Orpheus And Eurydice.” Jung Society of Vancouver,
February 2005.
“Myths and Mysteries of Love.” Utah Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, April 2005.
Ten lectures on Greek Mythology, “ Greece 2005” – a 2 week trip to Greece that I led in May for
32 participants, most of whom were Pacifica students or alumni (or partners thereof.)
“Hope is a Kind of Love,” Mythological Studies Graduation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Msy
2005.
“The Myth of Narcissus and Depth Psychological Understandings of Narcissism,” Seattle Jung
Society, May 2006.
“Demeter and Persephone,” Jung Forum Association of Edmunton, Alberta, Canada, March 2006.
Ten lectures on Greek Mythology, “Greece 2006,” – a 2 week trip to Greece with 36 participants,
May 2006.
“May Two-Faced Four-Eyed Janus Be Present Among Us Today,” 30th Anniversary Gathering,
Pacifica Graduate Institute, June 2006.
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Leadership of Conferences, Seminars, Institutes, Workshops
Conference Coordinator, "Separating and Connecting," Friends Conference on Religion and
Psychology, Haverford College, May 28-31, 1974.
Seminar Leader, "The Psychology of C. G. Jung," Pendle Hill, June 30-July 5, 1974.
Seminar Leader, "The Archetypal Dimensions of Significant Transitions in Personal Life," Mann
Ranch, June 30-July 3, 1975.
Coordinator, Western Regional Conference on College Teaching, "Images and Modes of
Teaching: Some Radical Challenges," sponsored by Danforth Foundation and Society for
Values in Higher Education, Idyllwild, March 26-28, 1976.
Workshop Leader, "Fairy Tales," Meador Ranch, April 1977
Instructor, Weekend Extension Course, "The Reappearance of the Goddess," University of
California at Santa Cruz, November 1978.
Workshop Leader, "Nurturing the Soul through Relationships," West Coast Quaker Association
on Religion and Psychology, Ben Lomond, CA, Feb. 12-16, 1981.
Workshop Co-Leader, "In One-Selfness and Relationship: Exploration through Myth and
Movement," Asilomar, July 1981.
Workshop Leader, "Sisters," University of California, Santa Cruz, February 1982.
Workshop Leader, "Dream Interpretation," Japan Institute of Christian Education, Hammamatsu,
Japan, March 1982.
Workshop Leader, "Gestalt Therapy," Research and Consultation Center for Social Growth,
Kamakura, Japan, March 1982.
Workshop Leader, "Dream Interpretation," Research and Consultation Center for Social Growth,
Kamakura, Japan, March 1982.
Workshop Leader, "Dream Interpretation," Association of Psychological and Educational
Counsellors of Asia, Hong Kong, March 1982.
Workshop Leader, "The Goddess: Mythological Images of the Feminine," Chicago Jung Center,
September 1982.
Workshop Leader, "Sisters" University of California, San Diego, October 1982.
Leadership of Conferences, Seminars, Institutes (continued)
Workshop Leader, "Sisters and Brothers," University of California, Santa Cruz, November
1982.
Workshop Leader, "Sisters and Other Siblings," Minnesota Jung Association, Minneapolis,
September 1983.
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Workshop Leader, "Goddesses," University of California, Santa Cruz, July 1984.
Workshop Leader, "Women Loving Women: An Archetypal Perspective," Friends of Jung,
Atlanta, September 1984.
Workshop Leader, "The Dark Night of the Soul," Quaker Conference on Religion and
Psychology, Claremont, CA, April 1985.
Workshop Leader, "Feminist Theology," Pendle Hill Graduate Center, October 1985.
Workshop Leader, "The Goddesses of Ancient Egypt," Women and Spirituality Conference,
Antioch University, Seattle, WA, March 1986.
Workshop Leader, "The Mysteries of Sisterhood," Women and Spirituality Conference, Antioch
University, Seattle, WA, March 1986.
Workshop Leader, "Women Shaping the Practice of Psychology," California School of
Professional Psychology, Berkeley, April 1986.
Seminar Leader, "Goddesses," California School of Professional Psychology, Berkeley,
Feb/March 1987.
Seminar Participant, "Jung and The Humanities," University of Wisconsin, Madison, April 1987.
Workshop Leader, "Descending With Orpheus," Human Relations Institute, Santa Barbara, May
1987.
Workshop Leader, "Sisters," Analytical Psychology Club, London, June 1987.
Workshop Leader, "The Wounded Healer," Loma Linda University School of Nursing, October
1987.
Roundtable Participant, "Revisiting Oedipus," Human Relations Institute, Santa Barbara, October
1987.
Leadership of Conferences, Seminars, Institutes (continued)
Workshop Leader, "Journey Through Menopause," Open Center, New York City, December
1987.
Seminar Leader, "Sisters and Brothers," California School of Professional Psychology,
Berkeley, CA, February 1988.
Workshop Leader, "Sisters," University of New Orleans, March 1988.
Seminar Leader, "Myth, Dream and Psyche," Human Relations Institute, Santa Barbara, March
1988.
Seminar, "Feminine Images of the Healer," Human Relations Institute, Santa Barbara, March
1988.
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Workshop Leader, "The Wounded Healer," Annual Conference, California Association of
Marriage and Family Therapists, San Diego, April 1988.
Workshop Leader, "Journeys Through Menopause," University of California, Santa Cruz, July
1988.
Workshop Leader, "Journeys Through Menopause," Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY, August
1988
Workshop Leader, "Sisters," Brynwell, Las Vegas, September 1988.
Workshop Leader, "Reconciling Differences," Human Relations Institute, Santa Barbara,
September 1988.
Workshop Leader, "Feminist ReVisionings of Religious Experience," Pendle Hill Graduate
Center, October 1988.
Workshop Leader, "Women's Wisdom," University of California, Berkeley, February 1989.
Workshop Leader, "A Goddess-Based Psychology of Women," Open Center, New York City,
March 1989.
Workshop Leader, "Orpheus and Eurydice," Friends of Jung, Orange County, April 1989.
Workshop Leader, "A Goddess-Based Psychology of Women," Interface, Boston, May 1989.
Workshop Leader, "Sisters," Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, NY, July 1989.
Leadership of Conferences, Seminars, Institutes (continued)
Workshop CoLeader, "The Archetypes of Love and Death," AIDS Workshop, University of
Leiden, The Netherlands, September 1990.
Workshop Leader, "Body and Soul," National Institute for Family Therapy, Seattle, October
1989.
Workshop Leader, "Gods In Our Midst," National Institute for Family Therapy, Seattle,
October 1989.
Workshop Leader, "Goddesses and Contemporary Women." GAIA Center, Seattle, October
1989.
Workshop Leader, "The Mythology of Lesbian Love," Aegean Women's Studies Center, Athens,
May 1990.
Workshop Leader, "Journeys to the Underworld," Union of Mythology, Psychology, and the
Arts, San Francisco, October 1990.
Workshop Leader, "Journeys to the Underworld," C.G. Jung Institute, Denver, February 1991.
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Faculty Forum Leader, "Western Tradition Research," University of Nevada, Reno, April 1991.
Workshop Leader, "Journeys to the Underworld," C.G. Jung Institute, Chicago, May 1991.
Workshop Leader, "Mothers and Daughters: The Relevance of Mythology for Clinical Practise,"
Mercy Center, Iowa, November 1991.
Workshop Leader, "Journeys to the Underworld," Friends of Jung, San Diego, December 1991.
Workshop Leader, "Between Women and Men: The Future of Difference?", Women for Change
Conference, Del Mar, CA, February 1992.
Workshop Leader, "Beyond the Myth of Essence," New York Jung Club, October 1992.
Workshop Leader, "Body and Soul," New York Jung Club, October 1992.
Workshop Leader, "Myths and Mysteries of Lesbian Love," Common Boundary Conference,
Washington, DC, November 1992.
Workshop Leader, "Gods In Our Midst," Common Boundary Conference, Washington, DC,
November 1992.
Leadership of Conferences, Seminars, Institutes (continued)
Workshop Leader, "Journeys Through Menopause," California Institute of Integral Studies,
October 1994
Workshop Leader,"Rites of Ancient Ripening," Open Center, February 1994
Workshop Leader,"The Wounded Healer," Wainwright House, Rye, NY, February 1994
Workshop Leader,"Journeys to the Underworld," Intersection, Cambridge, March 1994
Workshop Leader,"ReMembered Lives," C.G. Jung Institute of Santa Fe, March 1994
Workshop Leader,"ReMembered Lives," C.G. Jung Institute, Chicago, April 1994
Workshop Leader,"Rites of Ancient Ripening," C.G. Jung Institute, San Francisco, June 1994
Workshop Leader,"Honoring the Sacredness of SameSex Unions," Association for
Transpersonal Psychology, annual meeting, Asilomar, CA, August 1994
Workshop Leader, "Journeys to the Underworld," Cleveland Jung Association, November 1995
Workshop Leader, "Demeter and Persephone," Interface, February 1995
Workshop Leader, "Demeter and Persephone," Open Center, February 1995
Workshop Leader, "Journeys to the Underworld," Minneapolis Jung Association, March 1995
Workshop Leader, "Journeys through Menopause," Cleveland Friends of Jung, Nov 1996
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Workshop Leader, "Journeys through the Underworld," Charlotte Friends of Jung, April 1996
Workshop Leader, "Now That We Know: A Workshop for Lesbians," Cleveland, May 1996
Workshop Leader, "Giving Voice to OUR Grief and OUR Rage," Key West Literary Seminar, Jan
1997
Workshop Leader, "Journeys through the Underworld," Victoria Friends of Jung, April 1997
Workshop Leader, Turning to the Self and Turning to the Other," Seattle Friends of Jung, Dec
1997
‘Underworld Journeying,” Seminar Presentation, New Orleans Jung Training Institute, May 2003
Leadership of Conferences, Seminars, Institutes (continued)
“Rites of Passage: Mid-Life Transition Rituals”; “Myths of Same-Sex Love”; “Re-Membered
Lives, .” Conference On Mid-Life And Beyond, Jung in Ireland, Dingle, Ireland , March
2004
“The Pull Of Memory: Regressive And Creative Aspects,” Jung Society of Vancouver, February
2005.
“Aphrodite and Dionysos: Two Faces of Love.” University of Utah, Salt Lake City, April 2004.
“Revisioning Narcissism” Seattle Jung Society, February 2006.
“Mother and Daughter Mysteries,” Jung Forum Association, Edmunton, Canada, March 2006.
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