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Rita Abreu Costa commented on Barque's blog post James Hillman: A Psyche the Size of the Earth
"Thank you for you comment, Barque!!! I liked very much the article by John Seed. He organizes in words so many thoughts and feelings that I often have :) His article made me remember the story of the cloud floating in each sheet of paper, by Thich…"
Mar 26
Ian commented on Barque's blog post James Hillman: A Psyche the Size of the Earth
"Thank you for your kind and patient response to my half-formed ideas. I admit I am simply pushing against this Ecopsychology intro with something I feel I understand better. I just need to read Anima Mundi and watch the videos you’ve…"
Mar 17
Barque commented on Barque's blog post James Hillman: A Psyche the Size of the Earth
"Hi Ian,I'm not sure that the early Hillman is incompatible with the later Hillman. I see extensions through his career, moving from the interior to the exterior. 1. I don't understand this question. The Hades perspective, it seems to me,…"
Mar 16
Barque replied to Gary Hodges's discussion Where is everyone?! :)
"Hi Bradley, Rather than continue this discussion, I created a new discussion dedicated to COTS, called Care of the Soul. When you get your copy of the book, please share your poem in the new discussion. "
Mar 15
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Care of the Soul - Discussion about the book

Barque Network Member Bradley Brooks wants to discuss Moore's book, Care of the Soul so I've started this discussion to focus on COTS as Bradley refers to it. He wrote in one of his comments about an Emily Dickinson poem. I hope Bradley gets a copy of the book and shares his concerns with network members. Anyone else who wants to discuss features of COTS — please contribute.See More
Mar 15
bradley brooks replied to Gary Hodges's discussion Where is everyone?! :)
"okay   i   think   i  might   have   it   down   now   [[   the   foremat   etc]]---------i'm    hopeing    i   can   get   people   to   take   part   in   the   talks   by     focusing    on   …"
Mar 15
bradley brooks replied to Gary Hodges's discussion Where is everyone?! :)
"how   do   i   send   this    and   were   do   i   go   to     read   it   and   responses"
Mar 15
Ian commented on Barque's blog post James Hillman: A Psyche the Size of the Earth
"Thanks for your response. I am in complete agreement with these ideas about our relationship to the natural world, but am still troubled by incompatibilities with what Hillman wrote in earlier works. (1) If the psyche is the size of the earth, what…"
Mar 11
Barque commented on Barque's blog post James Hillman: A Psyche the Size of the Earth
"Hi Ian, I haven't spent the time you have thinking about this: Is there any room in this way of thinking of soul and in ecopsychology for Hades' perspective? I offer an initial response. I think Hillman's focus on the hidden aspects…"
Mar 7
Ian commented on Barque's blog post James Hillman: A Psyche the Size of the Earth
"Thanks for this link. After reading it, I know I understand even less than I thought! I've started reading The Dream and the Underworld, and am particularly struck by the section 'Hades' in Chapter 3 (pp29-30): "there is no time…"
Mar 6
Barque replied to Gary Hodges's discussion Where is everyone?! :)
"Hi Bradley, You're in the right place although the room may still be a little empty. The Thomas Moore network (forum) had a hiatus in 2010 and 2011 and this is really an experiment to see how many people, if any, want to discuss Moore's…"
Mar 5
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Mar 5

Thomas Moore Biography

This amalgam is from various sources, including Thomas Moore's site, careofthesoul.net.

Moore is an author, psychotherapist, musician and theologian, who lectures and writes in the areas of archetypal psychology, mythology, spiritual ecology and the arts.

He grew up in Detroit, Michigan with his parents and younger brother, Jim. At the age of thirteen, he entered a preparatory seminary for the Servite religious order and at nineteen, travelled to Ireland where he studied philosophy for two years before returning to the Chicago area to focus on musical studies. Moore left the order before possible ordination as a priest, twelve years after entering the seminary.

He spent several years studying music, religion and philosophy, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in music and philosophy from Chicago's DePaul University, a Master of Arts degree in musicology from the University of Michigan, a Master of Arts degree in theology from the University of Windsor, Ontario, and in 1975, a Doctor of Philosophy degree in religion from Syracuse University.

After teaching psychology for a year at Glassboro State College in New Jersey, he was a professor of religion at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Moore spent sixteen years in private psychotherapy practice and has been a writer, lecturer and seminar leader. While in Dallas, he taught and studied with The Dallas Institute for Humanities and Culture, where colleagues included James Hillman, Patricia Berry, Robert Sardello, Gail Thomas, Ivan Illich, and Rafael Lopez-Pedraza.

In 1985, he left Texas to work in New England and taught part-time at Lesley College in Cambridge, Massechusetts. In 1987, he helped to create the Institute for the Study of Imagination in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, "to encourage study into the imaginal dimensions of individual and cultural life."

Moore published his best-selling book, Care of the Soul in 1992. Other books include The Planets Within, Dark Eros, Soul Mates, The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life, The Soul's Religion and Dark Nights of the Soul, awarded the 2006 Best Psychology Book at the Books for a Better Life ceremony in New York City. His book A Life at Work became available in 2008. The next year Hay House released his book Writing in the Sand: Jesus & the Soul of the Gospels. In 2010 Hay House published Care of the Soul in Medicine and Moore's collection of short stories The Guru of Golf.

Some of the people who have influenced Moore include Lao Tzu, Heraclitus, Ovid, Marsilio Ficino, Rumi, Paracelsus, Nicolas of Cusa, Johann Sebastian Bach, the Marquis de Sade, William Blake, Oscar Wilde, Henry David Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, William Morris, Oscar Wilde, Igor Stravinsky, Samuel Beckett, Carl Jung, James Hillman, Anne Sexton, Norman O. Brown, Wallace Stevens, and Shunryu Suzuki.

Moore often teaches with his wife Hari Kirin Kaur Khalsa, author of Art & Yoga: Kundalini Awakening in Everyday Life. The family lives in New Hampshire.

Visit Barque, a blog dedicated to Moore's work: http://barque.blogspot.com

 

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Spend time with Buddhism's Heart Sutra

On 19 April 2012 Thomas Moore @thomasmooreSoul tweeted:

"It's worth reading the Heart Sutra every day to realize the ultimate purpose for everything we do. It takes a while to arrive at Zen empty."

In addition to reading it, you may enjoy two YouTube videos:



Heart Sutra in Sanskrit (with English transliteration)…

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Posted by Barque on April 25, 2012 at 6:00pm

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Care of the Soul - Discussion about the book

Barque Network Member Bradley Brooks wants to discuss Moore's book, Care of the Soul so I've started this discussion to focus on COTS as Bradley refers to it. He wrote in one of his comments about an…Continue

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Started by Barque in Books & Events Mar 15.

Farm Spirit

Thomas Moore writes about his need to be close to the farm spirit, hence his residence in a rural area. This lovely documentary follows the life a man who embodies that spirit and follows his…Continue

Started by Rob in Books & Events Feb 27, 2010.

Where is everyone?! :) 31 Replies

This has to be one of the quietest groups/blog/forum that I've ever belonged to. Which isn't a complaint, really. I just wish it was a bit more lively. That being said, I just discovered that there…Continue

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Started by Gary Hodges in Books & Events. Last reply by Barque Mar 15.

Map of the psyche?

What do you all make of this:http://www.chalquist.com/images/jungpsychemap.jpgRobContinue

Started by Rob in Books & Events Feb 7, 2010.

i have a question 1 Reply

is this all of the comments on the entier site or do i need to go somewhere else-----help--------------i really love the book care of the soul and the comments i have read so far on the site which…Continue

Started by bradley brooks in Books & Events. Last reply by Barque Jan 12, 2010.

Getting out of our heads 7 Replies

When I look at headlines and other signifiers of popular culture, I can't help but notice a fascination with the human brain and how it works to determine our well being and prosperity. It feels like…Continue

Started by Rob in Books & Events. Last reply by Rob Jan 31, 2010.

Are you prepared? 3 Replies

Reading this latest RSS feed http://barque.blogspot.com/2009/12/moore-asks-uu-ministers-are-you.html I asked…Continue

Started by Rob in Books & Events. Last reply by Barque Dec 11, 2009.

Popularity of positive psychology 9 Replies

I’m interested in “positive psychology” and how this approach seems to pervade the discipline. Barbara Ehrenreich has written a book, Bright-Sided:How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking…Continue

Started by Barque in New. Last reply by maureen griffin Dec 8, 2009.

London 6 Replies

I'm coming to the end of a week in London. I gave a talk at St. James church in Picadilly last Monday evening to a large crowd. It's the church where William Blake was baptized, a good venue for me.…Continue

Started by Thomas Moore in Books & Events. Last reply by Julianne Sep 30, 2009.

2009 Commencement re-imagination 2 Replies

Hi,This is a commencement speech given at a Catholic university just down the street from me, the University of Portland. The text is lengthy, but well worth reading every word of:…Continue

Started by Rob in Books & Events. Last reply by Nick Routledge Jul 10, 2009.

 
 
 

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