Cobb Institute

Learning Circle: Process & Coffee
2022-10-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-10-19 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-10-26 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-11-02 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-11-09 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-11-16 08:00 - 09:00, 2022-11-23 08:00 - 09:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online Event
Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives.

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Process Pop-up: Balancing Eight Spiritual Tensions
2022-10-12 17:00 - 18:00
Facilitated by Jared Morningstar

Join an interactive Pop-Up event where we will explore four pairs of religious and spiritual dispositions which are in tension with one another. Participants will explore the feelings that come up with each of the perspectives, and try to find ways to see richness in both sides of the tensions, rather than just rejecting one side and restricting one’s perspective. Together we will consider how we can hold these tensions with grace so as to not lose the organic dynamism of authentic spirituality.

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Learning Circle: Readings on Faiths Around the World
2022-10-13 08:30 - 09:30, 2022-10-27 08:30 - 09:30, 2022-11-10 08:30 - 09:30, 2022-11-24 08:30 - 09:30 | Online Event
Readings on Faiths Around the World is a book group that meets twice a month to read and discuss texts that deal with the vast diversity of world faiths, those that have had a very large influence for many centuries as well as those that may be newer and less well-known. The only prerequisite for this group is a desire to learn about the wide variety of religion expressions.

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Extended Sight & Process Philosophy
2022-10-15 10:00 - 12:00
Join us for this Saturday morning dialogue between physicist and neuroscientist Àlex Gómez-Marín and Cobb Institute Science Advisory Committee chair Matt Segall. Dr. Gomez-Marin, who is head of the Behavior of Organisms Laboratory at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante, Spain, will summarize the results of his recent experiments on “scopaesthesia” (in collaboration with Dr. Rupert Sheldrake) and on “extraocular vision” (inspired by the work of Dr. Jacobo Grinberg). He and Segall will then explore how these phenomena can be given coherent interpretation from a process philosophical perspective.

Àlex Gómez-Marín is a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist. He holds a PhD in theoretical physics and a Masters in biophysics from the University of Barcelona. He was a research fellow at the EMBL-CRG Centre for Genomic Regulation and at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon. His research spans from the origins of the arrow of time to the neurobiology of action-perception loops across species, including flies, worms, mice, humans and robots. Since 2016 he is the head of the Behavior of Organisms Laboratory at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante, where he is an Associate Professor of the Spanish Research Council. His latest research concentrates on human consciousness in the real world.

Àlex Gómez-Marín

Matt Segall is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco where he teaches graduate level courses on process philosophy and German Idealism. His recent book, Physics of the World-Soul: Alfred North Whitehead’s Adventure in Cosmology, put Whitehead’s process cosmology into conversation with various contemporary scientific theories, such as general relativity and quantum theory. This book is exemplary of much of Matt’s recent work, which puts ideas from process philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences.

Matt Segall

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This event is sponsored by the Science Advisory Committee.

Learning Circle: Beginning Process and Reality
2022-10-16 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-10-23 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-10-30 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-11-06 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-11-13 16:00 - 17:00, 2022-11-20 16:00 - 17:00
Encountering Whitehead’s Magnum Opus for First-Timers

Designed for beginners, this learning circle will involve a close reading of Whitehead’s seminal work, discussing passages together in-depth as we work our way through the text.

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Learning Circle: An Awakening Planet?
2022-10-18 08:30 - 09:30, 2022-11-01 08:30 - 09:30, 2022-11-15 08:30 - 09:30 | Online Event
A Discussion Group Contemplating the Vision of Teilhard de Chardin

Facilitated by Dr. Ernie Tamminga, this group meets every two weeks to carefully consider how and whether Teilhard de Chardin’s hope-filled perspective on the human evolutionary future can still inspire us in a time full of conflicts and division.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Chris Hedges
2022-10-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: Ukraine and the Politics of Permanent War

Presenter(s): Chris Hedges

John Cobb has recruited this Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, best-selling author, activist, and Presbyterian pastor to shed light on current events in Ukraine by placing it in a broad trajectory of America’s way of being in the world. Chris Hedges was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief. He previously worked overseas for The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor, and NPR. To sample recent examples of his Solutions Oriented Peace Journalism, see this link to an archive at Transcend Media Services. He used to be the host of the Emmy Award-nominated RT America showOn Contact. For an archive of “On Contact” television programs, introducing “dissident voices,” go to this link. You are invited to learn more about Chris Hedges and to follow his writing at The Chris Hedges Report.

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Interweavings: Remembering our Ancestors & Honoring our Beloved Dead
2022-10-22 10:00 - 11:00
The end of October is marked by many cultures as a sacred time when the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead becomes more porous. Gaelic or Celtic cultures celebrate Samhain and the Christian tradition has honored its dead on All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days. The wonderful animated film “Coco” honors the Mexican tradition of the Day of the Dead in exuberant color. On October 22, Process & Faith will hold a special online event, sponsored by the Pagan Path Group, that will be a service of remembrance for everyone who has lost or grieved a loved one. Attendees will be encouraged to bring pictures of their loved ones.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Jonathan Foster
2022-10-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: Theology of Consent: Mimetic Theory in an Open and Relational Universe

Presenter(s): Jonathan Foster

Dr. Foster is the first to graduate under Thomas Jay Oord’s supervision in the doctoral program in Open and Relational Theology at Northwind Theological Seminary. His doctoral dissertation, Theology of Consent: Mimetic Theory in an Open and Relational Universe, is being published this month by SacraSage Press. Jonathan will be discussing the book, its context, and the interesting overtones emanating from René Girard’s mimetic theory and open and relational theology. Tom Oord affirms, “Foster’s creative ruminations break new ground and inspire transformation.” To find out more about Jonathan see jonathanfosteronline.com. To see other books this best-selling author has written see his author page on Amazon. For a basic introduction to Rene Girard, see this video, this simple overview, or this book.

Information about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute, please join our list of Friends.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Rosemary Radford Ruether Tribute
2022-11-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: Tribute to Rosemary Radford Ruether

Scholars and friends who worked closely with this eminent ecofeminist theologian will pay tribute to the ways her thought found expression in her actions. Among those who have agreed to share their experience of Rosemary Radford Ruether are Renny Golden, Antoinette Wire, Barbara Troxell, Joann Carlson Brown, Elaine Padilla, and Kathy Bergen. We’ll also experience Dr. Ruether’s Harvard lecture about her first engagement with America’s civil rights struggle.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Barbara Muraca
2022-11-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: Decolonizing Ecology: Process Ontology and Societal Relationships with Nature

Presenter: Barbara Muraca

Dr. Barbara Muraca, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon, articulates a radical critique of the structural coloniality of the Western concept of nature, on which both conservationism and the overexploitation of resources are rooted. By drawing on Whitehead’s relational process ontology, on Gernot Böhme’s phenomenological approach to ecology, as well as on postcolonial theories, indigenous philosophies, and STS Studies she will outline possible trajectories for a decolonization of societal relationships with nature and show their relevance for current environmental justice struggles.

Information about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute, please join our list of Friends.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Tim Eastman & Matt Segall
2022-11-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: Big Bang? Multiple Universes? How Do Scientists Know?

Presenters: Tim Eastman & Matt Segall

We look forward to an informed conversation led by space physicist Tim Eastman and Cobb Institute science advisory committee chair, Matt Segall. John Cobb thinks scientists are overly confident they know all about a ‘Big Bang’ and ‘multiple universes.’ How are we to understand the ways of scientific exploration and how our universe works?

Information about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute, please join our list of Friends.

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering: John Buchanan
2022-11-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: Processing Reality: Finding Meaning in Death, Psychedelics, and Sobriety

Presenters: John Buchanan

Dr. John H. Buchanan is a long-time explorer of process thought and transpersonal psychology. He will discuss his latest book, Processing Reality: Finding Meaning in Death, Psychedelics, and Sobriety, published last month by Wipf & Stock in their Perspectives in Process Studies Series. “In this book, John Buchanan takes us on a journey through the early death of a parent, the ups and downs of addiction, the extraordinary revelations of psychedelic experiences, and the rewards of a sober and meaningful life.” At the publisher’s website, you’ll find high praise from John Cobb, Catherine Keller, and Philip Clayton. Keller invites us to “a bit of a trip!. . .This irresistibly readable narrative of psychedelic exploration, of a long path ultimately sober and all the more visionary, opens a stunning new portal into our shared reality. We discover not just a remarkably lucid introduction to Whiteheadian theo-cosmology, but—aimed right at our self-destructive civilization—the chance of a spiritual awakening.”

Buchanan’s extended interview with “Mind Matters” explores the intersection of Whitehead and Transpersonal Psychology. He was a contributing editor of Rethinking Consciousness: Extraordinary Challenges for Contemporary Science, published by Process Century Press. And Jay McDaniel expresses appreciation for John Buchanan’s role in planning a Claremont conference on Open Horizons: “Can Exceptional Experience Help Save the World?”?

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John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Jeremy Fackenthal & Lina Mira
2022-11-29 10:00 - 12:00 | Online Event
Topic: Well-Being in Pomona: A Community in Progress

Presenters: Jeremy Fackenthal & Lina Mira

This is a progress report on a project reported to Cobb & Friends in April, 2021. Dr. Fackenthal, as Managing Director of the Institute for Ecological Civilization, will report on its work in Pomona, California, with the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (WEAll) and the Wellbeing Economy Alliance California hub. Pomona’s Latino-Latina Roundtable is also involved, and its Executive Director Lina Mira will share in this report about how they are approaching a wellbeing economy in Pomona by developing a community-led vision and a community wealth building strategy in the form of worker-owned cooperatives.

Jeremy invites you check out this excellent video that celebrates these developments in Pomona.

Information about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute, please join our list of Friends.

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