596. Richard Tarnas

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Rick Archer

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.7 • 695 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Richard Tarnas is a professor of psychology and cultural history at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where he founded the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. He teaches courses in the history of ideas, archetypal studies, depth psychology, and religious evolution. He frequently lectures on archetypal studies and depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara and was formerly the director of programs and education at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. He is the author of The Passion of the Western Mind, a history of the Western world view from the ancient Greek to the postmodern widely used in universities. His second book, Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, received the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network and is the basis for the upcoming documentary series The Changing of the Gods. He is a past president of the International Transpersonal Association and served on the Board of Governors for the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. Website: cosmosandpsyche.com Summary and transcript of this interview. Interview recorded April 25, 2021. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - Introduction and Welcome to Buddha at the Gas Pump 00:03:51 - Distribution of Film and Book Corrections 00:07:28 - The Playful Dimension of Consciousness 00:11:25 - The Tension Between Creativity and Order 00:15:07 - Resistance to new ideas and materialism in science 00:19:26 - The Liberation of Humankind and the Disenchantment of the Cosmos 00:24:00 - The Transformation of the Renaissance 00:29:01 - The Power of Initiatory Rites and Transformation 00:33:10 - The Acceleration of History 00:37:40 - The Unfolding Process and the Initiation Ritual 00:41:48 - The Perinatal Dimension of Psychological Transformation 00:45:43 - Everything Breathes Together 00:50:09 - The symbolic meaning of the planets in astrology 00:54:13 - The Mysterious Unitive Connection between Humans and the Cosmos 00:58:52 - The Cosmic Intelligence of the Universe 01:03:09 - Kinship with All Beings 01:07:22 - Transformation through Meditation 01:10:40 - Connecting with the Whole 01:14:18 - Immersion in the World of Each Interviewee 01:17:35 - The Transformative Power of Immersion in Deep Ideas 01:21:01 - Cultivating Similar Capacities in Oneself 01:24:35 - Questions about Astrology from a Sceptic 01:28:16 - The Numinous Universe 01:32:57 - Astrology and the Intelligent Cosmos 01:37:11 - The Existence of Subtle Bodies and Intelligent Entities 01:40:57 - Astrology and Psychedelic Therapy 01:44:59 - Archetypal astrology and the human psyche 01:49:14 - Living on Different Planets 01:53:11 - Planetary Alignments and Evolutionary Pressures 01:58:01 - Cultivating Hope for the Future. 02:01:44 - Guest Announcement for Next Week

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Buddha at the gas pump.
0:27.7	My name is Rick Archer.
0:29.7	Buddha at the gas pump is an ongoing series of conversations with spiritually awakening people.
0:36.2	We've done nearly 600 of them now. And if this is new to you,
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1:06.9	with it. My guest today is Richard Tarnas. Richard is a professor of psychology and
1:14.3	cultural history at the California Institute of Integral Studies, my alma mater in my next lifetime,
1:21.2	in San Francisco, where he founded the graduate program in philosophy, cosmology, and consciousness.
1:27.4	He teaches courses in the history cosmology, and consciousness.
1:34.2	He teaches courses in the history of ideas, archetypal studies, depth psychology, and religious evolution.
1:36.1	He frequently lectures on those topics at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara and was
1:40.9	formerly the director of programs and education at Essela Institute in Big Sur,
1:45.4	California, where he studied with Stanislav Groff, Joseph Campbell, Gregory Bateson, Houston Smith,
1:52.0	and James Hillman. He received his Ph.D. from Sabrook Institute in 1976 with a dissertation
1:58.4	on LSD psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and spiritual transformation.
2:03.9	He is the author of Passion of the Western Mind, a history of the Western worldview from
2:08.8	the ancient Greek to the postmodern, widely used in universities.
2:13.4	And his second book, Cosmos and Psyche, Intimations of a New World Order, received the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network, and is the basis for the upcoming documentary series, The Changing of the Gods.
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