Journey of the Universe took a recent tour across Central America! Project Manager Sam King traveled through Guatemala and Costa Rica to offer a series of film screenings in English and Spanish.
The first screening took place at Proyecto Poporopo, an innovative restaurant and art gallery in Guatemala City. An avid group of local artists and scholars converged for the screening and engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of cosmology, spirituality, and sustainability that spanned well into the night.
The next film screening took place in San José at La Universidad Técnica Nacional, the largest public technical university in Costa Rica. The event marked the launch of a new interdisciplinary Humanities program for undergraduates focused on environmental ethics. Following the film screening, an auditorium full of students and faculty engaged in a cross-cultural discussion about the fusion of science and spirituality in birthing a global environmental ethic for our time. We are grateful to Silvia Arrieta for the generous invitation!
The tour was capped off by a film screening, meditation, and discussion with Earth Charter International at the University for Peace in El Rodeo, Costa Rica. A diverse group of Master’s students reflected on the the film and its implications for their work in international peace studies. Thanks to Mirian Villela for arranging the screening and to Alicia Jimenez and Amanda Bennett for their warm welcome!
Our latest episode of the Journey of the Universe: 10 Years Later podcast features Tom Spiritbringer, founder of the Universe Story Calendar initiative. Sam King speaks with Tom about the shortcomings of the Gregorian calendar, the influence of Thomas Berry, and the vision for a new model of time grounded in evolutionary cosmology.
"Sacred Space: Religion and Cosmic Exploration"
Hosted by Lance Gharavi and Mary Jane Rubenstein
Arizona State Interplanetary Initiative
Free Online Event
March 2, 16, 23 and April 6, 7:00 pm EST
Guests include:
Vatican Astronomer Guy Consolmagno
Former NASA chief historian Roger Launius
Afrofuturist curator Ingrid LaFleur,
Theologian Catherine Keller
Theoretical physicist Paul Davies
"Mass Extinction: Art, Ritual, Story, and the Sacred"
"Remembering Lost Species: Rituals for the Anthropocene" with Persephone Pearl, Emily Laurens, and Rachel Porter
Hosted by the Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative at Yale Institute for Sacred Music
February 24, 2023
Watch the recordings here.
"Cosmogenesis is one of the most remarkable stories of our time--not simply a pager-turner, but a life-changer." -- Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University
"A Tree’s View of History: A Conversation with Lacy M. Johnson"
Moderated by Mary Evelyn Tucker
Sponsored by Orion Magazine, Yale Forest School, and Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology
February 15, 2023
“A Gaian Discussion of Journey of the Universe”
With Sam King
Gainaism Community
February 15, 2023
Learn more about Gaianism here.
"The Perspective of Religious Naturalism"
January 26, 2023
Dialogue with Ursula Goodenough, Professor of Biology Emerita, Washington University and Carol Wayne White, Interim Director of the Griot Center (2022-23) and Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Bucknell University. Moderated by Mary Evelyn Tucker , Co-founder and Co-director, Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale University.
This event is part of the Eco Justice for All Dialogue Series hosted by the Temple of Understanding.
“Astronomers estimate 50,000 sources of near-infrared light are represented in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Their light has travelled through varying distances to reach the telescope’s detectors, representing the vastness of space in a single image. Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, I. Labbe (Swinburne University of Technology) and R. Bezanson (University of Pittsburgh). Image processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)”
These courses have drawn thousands of viewers from around the planet and include one course on The Worldview of Thomas Berry.
“Applying the New Cosmology”
Module 2 of the Deeptime Leadership Program
Deeptime Network
January 11 - March 24, 2023
Register here.
“Deeptime Workshop Series”
February 12 - May 7, 2023
Register here.
"Living Waters"
Hosted by Schumacher College
Starts March 7
Register for the Living Waters course here.
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