Purpose Geek Book Club
Purpose Guides Institutes proudly announces our first Book Club with Joanna Macy!
First session is May 10th at 5:30 - 6:30pm PST.
Joanna Macy - Author
Joanna Macy received her PhD (1978) from the State University of New York, Syracuse. She is a visionary activist and scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. Weaving these threads together, she has created both a groundbreaking theoretical framework for a new paradigm of personal and social change, and a powerful workshop methodology for its application. Her wide-ranging work addresses psychological and spiritual issues of the nuclear age, the cultivation of ecological awareness, and the fruitful resonance between Buddhist thought and contemporary science.
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Our Book: Active Hope
"Climate change, the depletion of oil, economic upheaval, and mass extinction together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power [from the heart of our soul's purpose]. Joanna guides us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science." - Amazon
Additional Information
Three live discussions with Joanna Macy in a Zoom community .
Cost:
First discussion group is free.
Groups 2 & 3
Register by May 10th: $85.00
Register after May 10th: $95.00
Dates/Times:
Session 1 / Thurs. May 10th, 5:30—6:30pm PST.
Session 2 / Thurs. June 7th, 5:30pm—7:30pm PST
Session 3 / Thurs. June 14th, 5:30pm—7:30pm PST
Joanna Macy
In this special 60-minute event you will:
- Discover why it’s important to come from gratitude.
- Understand the importance of honoring our pain for the world.
- Explore what it means to see with new eyes and discover a wider sense of self through discovering your soul-level purpose.
- Hear the story of the moment when Joanna saw the image of her destiny.
- See how going forth with other purpose-infused individuals can transform work into a social occasion for sacred activism.
- Hear about the upcoming two-session Book Club which Joanna Macy will personally host on Thursday, June 7th and Thursday, June 14th at 5:30pm PST. We’ll be discussing Joanna’s Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We’re in without Going Crazy.
The Book
The challenges we face can be difficult even to think about. Active Hope shows us how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work That Reconnects, the authors guides us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality, and holistic science. This process equips us with tools to face the mess we’re in and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a life-sustaining society.
The Book Club
Meeting #1 - Thursday, May 10th, 5:30pm PST / 8:30pm PST
No reading required. FREE preview call. This is both a stand alone hour of learning with Joanna and a tee up for the subsequent meetings.
Meeting #2 - Thursday, June 7th, 5:30pm PST / 8:30pm PST
Read Active Hope Part 1 & 2 (2hr meeting)
Meeting #3 - Thursday, June 14th, 5:30pm PST / 8:30pm PST
Read Active Hope Part 3 (2hr meeting)
More info on Meetings #2 & #3 HERE.
Praise for the Book
“To the future beings of the twenty-second century, Active Hope might turn out to be the most important book written in the twenty-first.”
— Bill Plotkin, author of Soulcraft and Nature and the Human Soul
“Active Hope is a brilliant guide to sanity and love.”
— Roshi Joan Halifax, abbot of the Upaya Zen Center
“Active Hope is not just a book but a gateway to transformation.”
— Jim Douglass, author of JFK and the Unspeakable
Praise for Joanna Macy
“Joanna Macy is a woman of uncanny courage and ferocious compassion - a bodhisattva ablaze.”
— David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous
“Joanna Macy is one of the most inspiring voices calling us to our power and healing.”
— John Robbins, author of Diet for a New America
“There are few guides in our world that are as trustworthy and brilliant as Joanna Macy!”
— Fr. Richard Rohr, author of Falling Upward and The Naked Now
About Joanna Macy
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy PhD, is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. A respected voice in the movements for peace, justice, and ecology, she interweaves her scholarship with five decades of activism. As the root teacher of the Work That Reconnects, she has created a ground-breaking theoretical framework for personal and social change, as well as a powerful workshop methodology for its application.
Her wide-ranging work addresses psychological and spiritual issues of the nuclear age, the cultivation of ecological awareness, and the fruitful resonance between Buddhist thought and contemporary science. The many dimensions of this work are explored in her books including: Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age; Dharma and Development; Thinking Like a Mountain (with John Seed, Pat Fleming, and Arne Naess); Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory; Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World (with Molly Young Brown; and Joanna’s memoir entitled Widening Circles.
Many thousands of people around the world have participated in Joanna’s workshops and trainings. Her group methods, known as the Work That Reconnects, have been adopted and adapted yet more widely in classrooms, churches, and grassroots organizing. Her work helps people transform despair and apathy, in the face of overwhelming social and ecological crises, into constructive, collaborative action. It brings a new way of seeing the world, as our larger living body, freeing us from the assumptions and attitudes that now threaten the continuity of life on Earth.
Presented by Purpose Guides Institute