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Becca Tarnas
Assistant Professor
Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness
School of Consciousness and Transformation
Pronouns: She/Her
Email: btarnas@ciis.edu
Research Interests
Archetypal cosmology; Jungian, transpersonal, and archetypal psychology; philosophy of imagination; participatory spirituality; evolution of world views; ecology and environmental studies; research methods through an archetypal lens, especially focused on literature, music, film, art, biography, and cultural history. Figures: Stanislav Grof, C.G. Jung and Toni Wolff, James Hillman, J.R.R. Tolkien and the Oxford Inklings.
Biography
Rebecca Tarnas, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her doctoral dissertation was titled The Back of Beyond: The Red Books of C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien, and her research interests include depth psychology, archetypal studies, literature, philosophy, and the ecological imagination. Becca is an editor of Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology and author of the book Journey to the Imaginal Realm: A Reader’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. She is currently researching and writing a biography of Stanislav Grof, a co-founder of transpersonal psychology.
Education
PhD Philosophy and Religion, CIIS
MA Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness, CIIS
BA Environmental Studies and Theatre Arts, Mount Holyoke College
Courses
Psyche & Cosmos I: Transpersonal Psychology and Archetypal Cosmology
Psyche & Cosmos II: Transits in Depth Practicum
The Red Books of C. G. Jung and J. R. R. Tolkien
Archetypes, Art, and Culture
Archetypal Women
The Way of the Psychonaut: The Research of Stanislav Grof
Archetypal Biography through Film and Literature
Advanced Seminar: C. G. Jung
The Mythopoeic Imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien
Myth, Legend, and Fairy-Story: A Celebration of Fantasy Literature
Publications
View publications here.