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Office of Admissions

Join us for a One-Day Introduction to Pacifica’s graduate degree programs in Depth Psychology and Mythological Studies. The event offers prospective graduate students a comprehensive introduction and orientation to the distinctive educational features of the Institute.
This Introduction provides an excellent opportunity to:
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<LI>Experience Pacifica’s unique interdisciplinary graduate degree programs through faculty-led, program-specific information sessions and presentations.</LI>
<LI>Hear from Pacifica students and alumni about their experiences and career outcomes.</LI>
<LI>Explore the grounds of the Lambert Road Campus.</LI>
<LI>Learn more about the admissions process & financial aid.</LI>
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The $35 registration fee includes all of the day’s activities and lunch. Pacifica’s $75 application fee will be waived for online applications. 
All attendees are eligible for a special 50% off discount for the <A HREF="https://retreat.pacifica.edu/introduction-to-dream-tending-2018/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Introduction to Dream Tending</A> program, please contact <A HREF="mailto:ExternalAffairs@pacifica.edu" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ExternalAffairs@pacifica.edu</A> for more information. 
If you have any questions about this event please contact the Admissions Department <A HREF="mailto:admissions@pacifica.edu" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">admissions@pacifica.edu</A> or 805-969-3626 ext: 305.
 
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<H2>Featured Presentation</H2>
<H3>Psychotherapy, the Fate of the Dream, and the Future of the World with Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D.</H3>
We live in a world dependent on the digital code of algorithms. Highly complex systems of cyber technology are replacing human imagination and expression, once rooted in the organic anima mundi – the soul of the world. Advanced machines have attained high-level capabilities of consciousness, including intelligence, attention, autonomy, and intention. At lightning speed, the future of human experience will be located in a matrix of virtual, augmented, and mixed realties. The fate of the dream, originating in the mystery of psyche, is challenged by the take-over of the programmer’s digital code. This presentation will explore the dynamic tension between the innate intelligence of the dream, rooted in the imaginal world (mundus imaginalis), and the artificial intelligence of the cyber image, located in the vast network of technology.  Working with particular approaches from Dream Tending, we will explore the peril and the promise of a new emerging paradigm of psychotherapy and life practice, an evolving model for self-care and for care of the world – the Imagination Matrix.
Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., is the founding president of Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is a Clinical Psychologist, a Marriage Family Therapist, and a credentialed public schools teacher and counselor. For more than 35 years he has explored the power of dreams through depth psychology and the pursuit of his own research. His areas of emphasis include depth psychology, dream research, the psyche/soma connection in dreamwork, and imaginal and archetypal psychology. A major focus of Dr. Aizenstat’s original research is a psychodynamic process of “tending the living image,” particularly in the context of dreamwork. He extends this work in ways that engage the healing forces of dreams through imaginal “medicines.” Aizenstat’s book, Dream Tending, includes sections on dreamwork and addictions and the craft of transmuting dream images into medicines that can be adjunctive in physical healing. His other recent publications include: Imagination & Medicine: The Future of Healing in an Age of Neuroscience, “Dream Tending and Tending the World,” in Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind, and “Soul-Centered Education: An Interview with Stephen Aizenstat” in Reimagining Education: Essays on Reviving the Soul of Learning. Dr. Aizenstat has collaborated with many masters in the field, including Joseph Campbell, Marion Woodman, Robert Johnson, and James Hillman; as well as native elders worldwide. For more information on Dream Tending, visit <A HREF="http://www.dreamtending.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.dreamtending.com</A>. 
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<H2>Friday Evening Salon</H2>
<H3>Imagining Otherwise and the Unreason of Reason: Occupying the Space of a Dream without Dreaming</H3>
Join us for “<A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/imagining-otherwise-and-the-unreason-of-reason-tickets-42922625729" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer">Imagining Otherwise and the Unreason of Reason</A>” with Elliot R. Wolfson on Friday, April 13th, 2018 from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
Explore the far-reaching cultural and psychological implications of the psychoanalytic juxtaposition of dreams and delirium in this fascinating talk by award-winning, internationally renown scholar, and professor of mystical Judaism, Elliot Wolfson.
Elliot Wolfson Ph.D.,  received bachelor and master of Arts degrees from Queens College of the City University of New York, where he pursued the study of philosophy, focusing especially on phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He received the master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees from Brandeis University, where he specialized in the study of the Kabbalistic texts and traditions that have remained central to his scholarly work. He was the Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University, where he taught between 1987 and early 2014.  Elliot is currently the Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies and Distinguished Professor of Religion at University of California, Santa Barbara.  His publications include the award-winning Through a Speculum That Shines: Vision and Imagination in Medieval Jewish Mysticism (Princeton University Press), Language, Eros, Being: Kabbalistic Hermeneutics and Poetic Imagination (Fordham University Press), A Dream Interpreted Within a Dream: Oneiropoiesis and the Prism of Imagination (Zone Books), and most recently, his forthcoming The Duplicity of Philosophy’s Shadow: Heidegger, Nazism, and the Jewish Other (Columbia University Press).
<A CLASS="btn btn-primary btn-lg m-t-3" HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/imagining-otherwise-and-the-unreason-of-reason-tickets-42922625729" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer">Register for the Salon</A>
<H2>General Information</H2>
APPLYING TO PACIFICA Pacifica is currently accepting applications for fall 2018 in all programs. You can conveniently <A HREF="http://info.pacifica.edu/pacifica-graduate-institute-application-page" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">apply online here</A>. For all questions regarding program information and enrollment please contact: Admissions Department, 805.969.3626 ext: 305 or email <A HREF="mailto:admissions@pacifica.edu" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">admissions@pacifica.edu</A>. Thank you for considering Pacifica Graduate Institute for your graduate degree.
LOCATION  <A HREF="https://www.pacifica.edu/visit/pacificas-lambert-road-campus/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lambert Road Campus</A>, 249 Lambert Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013.
GUESTS  Attendees may purchase extra tickets for their guests on the registration form.
MEALS Lunch on the day of the Introduction is provided to encourage ongoing dialogue and community exchange throughout the day. Pacifica’s caterers provide healthy meals for our attendees and their guests. Continental breakfast on the day of the Introduction will also be available to attendees and their guests. No other meal services are available.
ACCOMMODATIONS  Onsite accommodations are not available for this event, please use the links below to reserve a room at a nearby hotel in Carpinteria.
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TRAVEL  Major airlines provide service into the Los Angeles International Airport located 90 miles south of Santa Barbara and into the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, approximately 18 miles north of the Campus. Pacifica does not offer transportation services to or from the airport. Please refer to our <A HREF="https://www.pacifica.edu/student-services/student-housing-dining/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">guest services page</A> for transportation resources. Please reach out to the <A HREF="mailto:admissions@pacifica.edu" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">admissions staff</A> if you need any information about ground transportation to and from Santa Barbara.
DISABILITY SERVICES ON CAMPUS  It is the policy of Pacifica’s Public Programs Department to accommodate attendees with disabilities in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations. Please let us know in advance if you have special needs or require assistance due to a disabling condition while you are attending a public program. If you are accompanied by a service dog, please contact Disability Services directly (805.679.6125), as all animals visiting campus must have pre-approval. For additional information regarding Pacifica’s policies, visit <A HREF="http://www.pacifica.edu/about-pacifica/pacifica-graduate-institute-student-services/pacificas-disability-services" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pacifica’s Disability Services web page</A>.
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Where can I contact the organizer with any questions? Please contact the Office of Admissions at 805.969.3626 ext: 305.

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