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Announcing
a January offering for the
Joseph Campbell Roundtable:

The Fundamentalist Mind:
How Polarized Thinking Imperils Us All

Booksigning and Lecture with Discussion
Dr. Stephen Larsen

2-5 PM
Sunday, January 20, 2008
at the Center for Symbolic Studies 310 River Rd Ext. New Paltz, NY

This is the follow up-to last year’s very participatory meeting and brainstorming session during the writing phase of the book. A year has passed and it is now published: (Quest Books, Dec 2007), and can be seen at Amazon.com, or ordered locally through Mirabai bookstore.

The lecture moves from Joseph Campbell’s prophecy about “the clash of the fundamentalisms” to looking at how our brain participates in fundamentalist, literalistic or dualistic thinking, to how these principles are exploited by certain unscrupulous religious movements and personalities. The fragmentation of the image of God parallels the contemporary fragmentation in the psyche.

Though the fundamentalist world is polarized, black and white, we conclude the presentation with suggestions for the humbling task of dealing with the fundamentalist within ourselves. Awaiting us all is a more natural religiosity, and a sense of harmony with nature, sustainability and spiritual growth without guilt, coercion or bombast! We conclude with a revisioning of spirituality for our time.

Light refreshment and good fellowship.

 

Read more about Stephen Larsen's book:
The Fundamentalist Mind How Polarized Thinking Imperils Us All

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Stone Mountain Center
is located on Stone Mountain Farm near New Paltz, NY.

From NYC or areas south:
Take NYS Thruway (I 87) north to Exit 18 (New Paltz). Make a left onto Rt. 299 and follow it through the town of New Paltz. At the 4th traffic light turn right onto Rt. 32N; continue about 5 miles, cross the steel bridge over the Wallkill River and turn left onto River Road. Go to the stop sign and continue straight ahead crossing over Springtown Rd. and onto River Road Extension. There is a tall green sign saying “Stone Mountain Farm” and a dead end sign at the entrance of River Road Ext. Follow the road going underneath an old railroad trestle. Continue on the gravel road another ¼ mile and make a right up the driveway to the building at the top of the drive. Park in the circular parking lot.

If coming from the Kingston/Woodstock area:
take Rt. 32S through Rosendale, up hill into Tillson. Make right onto Tillson Rd. (Postage Inn is on the left). Go to the stop sign & make a left; then go another ½ mile and make a right onto River Road Ext. Proceed as above. Please contact us at 845-658-8083 if you have any questions.

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