Direct from Chartres: Cosmogenesis

Brian Swimme with Phil Cousineau, hosted by Lauren Artress

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Rediscover beauty and meaning in the universe through walking our earth with awe and wonder.Join us virtually from Chartres on the Cosmogenesis Pilgrimage, hosted by Lauren Artress. Sign up to receive video recordings from four days of morning meditations with Judith Tripp, talks by Brian Thomas Swimme, discussions between Brian and Phil Cousineau, and video vignettes around Chartres village with Lars Howlett. Watch the journey unfold Sept 17th-21st or at your own time and pace. (Recordings are not live, but emailed in daily digests with links that will NOT expire.) Questions? Email [email protected]


Your Instructor


Brian Thomas Swimme
Brian Thomas Swimme

Brian Thomas Swimme is the Director of the Center for the Story of the Universe and a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oregon in 1978 for work in gravitational dynamics. Swimme is the author of The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos and The Universe is a Green Dragon. He is co-author of The Universe Story, which is the result of a ten-year collaboration with cultural historian, Thomas Berry. Swimme is also the creator of three educational video series: Canticle to the Cosmos, The Earth’s Imagination, and The Powers of the Universe. Most recently he co-wrote and hosted the 60-minute film Journey of the Universe, broadcast on PBS television stations nationwide.


Course Curriculum


  Preparing for Our Journey
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  Welcome and Orientation
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  Session One
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  Session Two
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  Labyrinth Orientation and Walk
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  Session Three
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  Session Four
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  Village Vignettes
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