As Rupert Sheldrake has pointed out, this is the ultimate anthropomorphic projection: a man-made machine, something not in fact ever found in nature. . Some basic help and starters when you have to write a tribute to someone you love. Paradigm is an almost exact equivalent of techno-economic base, social practice, behavioral injunction, or exemplar. The funeral service will be at Gesu Church on Monday, May 9, 2016, with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m. and Mass at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery. An online journal, Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology began a year later. Mankind began to see the world as an objective reality which can be studied by science and manipulated with technology. On April 23 of that year he married Mary Louise Hommel, and together they raised a family of six sons and two daughters, beginning in Geneva, Switzerland where he studied international law for a year, and continuing for over half a century in Detroit with summers on Cass Lake. Richard Tarnas was a highly respected as well as beloved figure in the greater Detroit area for over nine decades.Visitation will be at Wessels and Wilk Funeral Home in Pleasant Ridge on Sunday, May 8, from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. Tarnas associates the astrological planet Uranus with freedom and change, while Pluto is associated with evolution, instinct, and eros. April 25, 2016 [1] Tarnas acknowledges that astrology's status in contemporary thought is, as he puts it, "the gold standard for superstition". For the whole being, body and soul, mind and spirit, is implicated. Mother of Richard (Heather), Robert (Barbara), Catherine (Kim) Harris, Stbon (Kristen), Paul (Donna), David (Carolyn), Christopher (Susan) and Theresa In 2007 a group of fifty scholars and researchers in the San Francisco Bay Area formed the Archetypal Research Collective for pursuing research in archetypal cosmology. For those who wish, the family has suggested that memorial contributions may be made to the University of Detroit Jesuit High School. March 26, 2005. It has also been much praised by depth psychologists for its precise linking of an archetypal perspective in biography and history to the macrocosm of planetary movements, providing an invaluable new . He was a pleasure to be around. Tarnas' proposed way out of this "Cartesian-Kantian epistemological box"[4] involves a participatory epistemology: a theory of knowledge in which "human beings are regarded as an essential vehicle for the creative self-unfolding of reality. Richard Theodore Tarnas (born February 21, 1950) is a cultural historian known for his books The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View and Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View. At his side at the time of his death was his son Christopher, who had provided extraordinary care for his father in his last years. In other words, the denial of hierarchical stages is itself an invalid metanarrative. [2], The contemporary world of postmodern thought, according to Tarnas, is caught "between the inner craving for a life of meaning and the relentless attrition of existence in a cosmos that our rational scientific world view has assured us is empty, dead, devoid of all purpose."[3]. 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He received many career achievement and distinguished service awards throughout his life. He was also a professor of law at several law schools in Michigan, including fifty years at the University of Detroit School of Law. Always a delight to see with his trademark warm smile and firm handshake. It gave Tarnas' work international respect[9] and was hailed as an important work by Joseph Campbell, Huston Smith, Stanislav Grof, John E. Mack, Stanley Krippner, Georg Feuerstein, David Steindl-Rast, John Sculley, Robert A. McDermott, Jeffrey Hart, Gary Lachman, and others. Richard T. Tarnas Obituary With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Richard T. Tarnas (Pleasant Ridge, Michigan), born in Detroit, Michigan, who passed away on April 25, 2016 at the age of 92. He served as Esalen's director of programs and education and was characterized as both the literal and figurative gate-keeper of Esalen. This online event continues our recent annual tradition of offering such an archetypal overview, and this year includes a special advance screening of the opening episode of the new documentary series The Changing of the Gods. Richard Tarnas Tarnas' second book, Prometheus the Awakener, published in 1995, focuses on the astrological properties of the planet Uranus, describing "the uncanny way astrological patterns appear to coincide with events or destiny patterns in the lives of both individuals and societies". This epilogue was originally a paper entitled "From an Archetypal Point of View," delivered at the "Philosophy and the Human Future" conference in Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, in August 1989, at the final meeting of the Esalen Re-Visioning Philosophy project. Wife of Richard. His father, also named Richard, worked in Geneva as a government contract attorney. Richard Theodore Tarnas died peacefully at his lakeside home on Monday, April 25, at the age of 92. The book was highly acclaimed by Joseph Campbell, Huston Smith, Stanislav Grof, John E. Mack, Stanley Krippner, Georg Feuerstein, David Steindl-Rast, John Sculley, Robert A. McDermott, Jeffrey Hart, Gary Lachman, and others. Receive obituaries from the city or cities of your choice. A unique and lasting tribute for a loved one. Formerly the director of programs and education at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, he is a graduate of . This page was last edited on 1 September 2022, at 13:35. Thank you for showing us all a life well lived. He loved traveling, sailing, fishing, and snorkeling, and greatly appreciated music, theater, and the arts. An online journal, Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology, edited by Keiron LeGrice and Rod O'Neal, began a year later, based on the research orientation and methodology established in Cosmos and Psyche. He was a very capable attorney and a joyous person to be around. For twenty-five years, Richard Tarnas served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command headquartered in Warren, Michigan. Human knowledge is radically interpretive. Active in many organizations, he served as president and co-founder of the Federal Bar Association Eastern Michigan District Chapter, president of the Palmer Woods Association, and president and long-time board member of the Detroit Federal Employees Credit Union. 1972) and Saybrook Institute (Ph.D., 1976). Please Note: The live streaming event began with a special advance screening of the opening episode of the new documentary series The Changing of the Gods, followed by a presentation and audience Q&A with Richard Tarnas. Cosmos and Psyche may radically transform the way we see cultural and political history, individual life journeys, and our sense of participation in the universe. [2] He belongs to the schools of Jungian and Transpersonal psychology, epistomologically to the Participatory theory - a conceptual framework which attempts to bridge the subjectobject distinction. Richard Tarnas was a highly respected as well as beloved figure in the greater Detroit area for over nine decades. From 1974 to 1984 he lived and worked at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, teaching and studying also with Joseph Campbell, Gregory Bateson, Huston Smith, Elizabeth Kbler-Ross, and James Hillman. It incorporates the postmodern understanding of knowledge and yet goes beyond it. Tarnas is the founding director of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness graduate program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. For some people, the best send-off is one that they would have loved to attendthemselves: a big party. What is the current planetary situation, and which gods are now in dynamic motion? Humanity's "progress of knowledge" and the "evolution of consciousness" have too often been characterized as if our task were simply to ascend a very tall cognitive ladder with graded hierarchical steps that represent successive developmental stages in which we solve increasingly challenging mental riddles, like advanced problems in a graduate exam in biochemistry or logic. Epilogue to The Passion of the Western Mind. Richard Theodore Tarnas is a cultural historian and astrologer[citation needed] known for his books The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View and Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View. He received his Ph.D. from Saybrook Institute in 1976 with a thesis on psychedelic therapy. Tarnas first describes the ancient world view, in which the self is undifferentiated from the world-soul in a participation mystique. He loved traveling, sailing, fishing, and snorkeling, and greatly appreciated music, theater, and the arts. He was also a professor of law at several law schools in Michigan, including fifty years at the University of Detroit School of Law. He was always an inspiration. My condolences go out to one of my favorite families on Earth. and Ph.D. degrees. In 1968 Tarnas entered Harvard, graduating with an A.B. https://www.astro.com/wiki/astrowiki-en/index.php?title=Richard_Tarnas&oldid=11129. I knew Prof. Tarnas both as the father of one of my classmates at U. of D. High, and as a professor at U. of D. Law School. Anthony Freeman, 'A Daniel Come to Judgement? His website is CosmosandPsyche.com. He received many career achievement and distinguished service awards throughout his life. What are the deeper stirrings in the collective psyche today? If youre in charge of handling the affairs for a recently deceased loved one, this guide offers a helpful checklist. Richard Theodore Tarnas is a cultural historian and astrologer [citation needed] known for his books The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View and Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View. See if your friends have read any of Richard Tarnas's books. (Tarnas's research has not found significant correlation between the zodiac signs and human events.) "The Western World View: Past, Present And Future" in R. E. Di Carlo (Ed. Obituary Pearl K. Pierce, nee Kagan, 93, beloved wife and best friend of Richard for 75 wonderful years; loving mother of David Pierce (Judy Kohn), Debi Pierce (Joe Amarilio) and Sharon Pierce (Jeffrey Perelman); cherished Bubby of Alana Pierce (Jonathan Stansel), Ethan Pierce (Ashley Powell), Margeaux Pierce (Glen Watson), Jonathan Amarilio (Bridget Eastman), Katharine (Jeffrey) Schultz . The lectures discussed regaining a connection to the sacred in the modern world. Your fathers spirit was inspirational to me everyday and I will never forget him. With the Scientific Revolution, and subsequent secularization of Europe, the overwhelming success of science and technology eroded belief in the existence of the transcendent God. Richard Tarnas. Thus in Tarnas's theory, the apparent relationships (conjunctions, oppositions, and squares) of Uranus and Pluto have momentous potential for human history. [15], In papers posted to the Shambhala Publications website in 2003, Ken Wilber called Tarnas a "boomeritis theorist", and criticized him for using Abraham Maslow as a "whipping boy",[16] for allegedly misusing Thomas Kuhn's concept of the paradigm,[17] and for allegedly engaging in "hermeneutic violence" by using a metanarrative which denies hierarchical stages. 4.19. I hope that you cherish all the wonderful memories and joyous times together. "[7] Anthroposophist Frederick Dennehy opined in Lilipoh magazine that "Tarnas deeply radical hypothesis is that the disenchantment of the modern universe is unreal the result of a simplistic epistemology and moral positioning totally inadequate to the depths, complexity and grandeur of the cosmos. Tarnas does not argue for a causal relationship between the planets and human events: In the perspective I am suggesting here, reflecting the dominant trend in contemporary astrological theory, the planets do not "cause" specific events any more than the hands on a clock "cause" a specific time. In monotheistic religion, God is transcendent. Pinchbeck writes that Cosmos may offer "a transformative matrix for reconceiving our relationship to the cosmos. The great irony suggested here of course is that it is just when the modern mind believes it has most fully purified itself from any anthropomorphic projections, when it actively construes the world as unconscious, mechanistic, and impersonal, it is just then that the world is most completely a selective construct of the human mind. (92 years old). In 1996 Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine approvingly quoted Tarnas in a paper entitled "Science, Reason, and Passion". He also served as Esalen's director of programs and education. [9] Tarnas suggests that the characteristics associated with the mythological figure Uranus do not match the astrological properties of the planet Uranus, and that a more appropriate identification would involve the mythological figure Prometheus. From 1980 to 1990, Tarnas wrote The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View, a narrative history of Western thought which became a bestseller and remained in use in universities as of 2000[update]. Add a photo or a video Request Info To plant trees in memory, please visit the, Richard and I were attorneys with DOD in the 1950s. The idea for Cosmos and Psyche began when Tarnas realized that the climax of the 1960s cultural revolution took place precisely during the only Uranus-Pluto conjunction in the 20th century. Tarnas' Cosmos and Psyche extends this rising awareness beyond the bounds of the biosphere. His subsequent 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 Changing of the Gods. 2017-2023 Tribute Archive. He is a past president of the International Transpersonal Association and served on the Board of Governors for the C.G. He is survived by his sister Delphine (John M. Sheridan), his sister-in-law Valerie (Harold, deceased), and his children, Richard (Yvonne) of California, Robert (Barbara) of Vermont, Catherine (Kim, deceased) of Michigan, Stbon (Kristin) of Hawaii, Paul (Donna) of Michigan, David (Carolyn) of Hawaii, Christopher (Susie) of Michigan, and Terre of Michigan, as well as by eighteen grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and Jeanne Moesta, his companion during his final decade. The family homes, on Fairfield Avenue across from the University of Detroit where they resided for ten years (1955-1965), and Strathcona Drive in Palmer Woods where they lived for forty years (1965-2005), were always welcoming, busy centers of family, neighborhood, and community activities. Richard Tarnas was born in Detroit on August 26, 1923, the son of Peter Tarnas and Charlotte Kolowicz Tarnas. 'In effect, the objective world has been ruled by the Enlightenment, the subjective world by Romanticism,' Richard Tarnas says in his remarkable book Cosmos & Psyche, an attempt to heal that schism, to 're-enchant' the cosmos and redeem what he calls the 'pathos' of the modern condition. He is the author of "The Passion of the Western Mind," 1991, a highly acclaimed history of Western thought which became both a bestseller and a widely used text in colleges and universities. The eldest of eight children, he grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where he studied Greek, Latin, and the Classics at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy. Human language cannot establish its ground in an independent reality. Echovita Inc is a registered trademark. "[15], Ray Grasse, "Cosmos and Psyche: An Interview with Richard Tarnas". He brought a great son ,rick tarnas, and his son and daughter. He is survived by his sister Delphine (spouse John M. Sheridan), his sister-in-law Valerie Tarnas, and his children, Richard (Yvonne) of California, Robert (Barbara) of Vermont, Catherine of Michigan, Stbon (Kristin) of Hawaii, Paul (Donna) of Michigan, David (Carolyn) of Hawaii, Christopher (Susie) of Michigan, and Theresa of Michigan, as well as by eighteen grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and Jeanne Moesta, his companion during his final decade. Richard Theodore Tarnas died peacefully at his lakeside home on Monday, April 25, at the age of 92. Richard Tarnas was born in Detroit on August 26, 1923, the son of Peter Tarnas and Charlotte Kolowicz Tarnas. Finally, in postmodern thought, meaning is seen as projected onto or constructed in an empty, meaningless world. Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View is a 2006 book by cultural historian Richard Tarnas, in which the author proposes the existence of relationships between planetary transits and events in the lives of major historical figures, as well as cultural events. Providing an excellent multifaceted education for people committed to transforming themselves, others, and the world, Professor Richard Tarnas's income source is mostly from being a successful . Tarnas' father, also named Richard Tarnas, worked as a government contract attorney, former president of the Michigan Federal Bar Association, and professor of law. Calling it "unadulterated crack-pottery", he wrote that Tarnas's observations were vacuous, opining that they "drain human events of meaning rather than fill them with significance."[9]. Richard Theodore Tarnas (born February 21, 1950) is a cultural historian known for his books The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View and Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View. Ray Grasse, "Cosmos and Psyche: An Interview with Richard Tarnas". He was deeply devoted to his family, ensured that all received excellent educations, and enjoyed taking the family on many camping trips throughout the country. He is also on the faculty of the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. RICHARD TARNAS OBITUARY TARNAS RICHARD THEODORE August 26, 1923 - April 25, 2016. They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. Funeral: at Gesu Catholic Church 17180 Oak Dr. Detroit, Mi. At his side at the time of his death was his son Christopher, who had provided extraordinary care for his father in his last years. In 1974 he had gone to Esalen in California to study psychotherapy with Stanislav Grof. [6], The Passion of the Western Mind became a bestseller, selling over 200,000 copies by 2006. Just carry him in your back pocket. Camping in Hawaii with all of the boys, Mary Lou, and some significant others was a memory that I will never forget. He is the founding director of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness graduate . Wessels & Wilk Funeral Home - Pleasant Ridge. You have funeral questions, we have answers. The human mind has abstracted from the whole all conscious intelligence and purpose and meaning, and claimed these exclusively for itself, and then projected onto the world a machine. Chris Brennan interviews Tarnas about his book Cosmos and PsycheListen to the interview on The Astrology Podcast >>>, "The Greater Copernican Revolution and the Crisis of the Modern World View" in A New Renaissance: Transforming Science, Spirit and Society (2010), 2022 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES1453 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, Apply Today Refresh and try again. The way Kuhn used the term "paradigm," of course, has been badly misunderstood by the public and by most critics and appropriators of the term, who incorrectly use it to mean some sort of theory or super theory. He suggests that the characteristics associated with the mythological figure Uranus do not match the astrological properties of the planet Uranus, and that a more appropriate identification would involve the mythological figure Prometheus. Richard Tarnas is the founding director of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at CIIS. Welcome back. Echovita offers a solidarity program that gives back the funds generated to families. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army during World War II. Prepare a personalized obituary for someone you loved.. August 26, 1923 - Psychology textbooks of future generations will look back on modern psychologists working without the aid of astrology as being like medieval astronomers working without the aid of a telescope. ), "A new birth in freedom: A (p)review of Jorge Ferrer's Revisioning transpersonal theory: A participatory vision of human spirituality", R Tarnas, E Laszlo, S Gablik, "The Cosmic World-How We Participate in Thee and Thou in Us" Revision 2001, "The modern self and our planetary future: a participatory view", "World Transits 20002020" archaijournal.org, Sean M. Kelly, "The Rebirth of Wisdom" Review of, This page was last edited on 26 December 2022, at 05:43. The interpretive and constructive character of human cognition is fully acknowledged, but the intimate, interpenetrating and all-permeating relationship of nature to the human being and human mind allows the Kantian consequence of epistemological alienation to be entirely overcome. How we approach "the other," and how we approach each other, will shape everything, including out own evolving self and the cosmos in which we participate., The world is in some essential sense a construct. Richard Tarnas, Ph.D., is the founding director of the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at CIIS. [3] From 1974 to 1984 he lived and worked at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, teaching and studying with Grof, Joseph Campbell, Gregory Bateson, Huston Smith, Elizabeth Kbler-Ross, and James Hillman. Funeral arrangement under the care ofWessels & Wilk Funeral Home. Understanding both the cyclical patterns and the historical trends that preceded our current moment can help us engage with greater consciousness and skillful intelligence the powerful forces now active in the world. David Kessler's top 4 tips for dealing with holiday grief. 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