| Annamarie Fidel-Rice, PhD
Traveling Grief - A Soulful Place
Boots. Hundreds of boots. There were literally 2,753 pairs of boots representing American soldiers killed in Iraq. A traveling exhibit of the Iraq war, Eyes Wide Open, was in Denver October 11, 2006. Boots were lined up i
Now, flowers filled the boots. Families attached memorabilia to their son or daughter's boots. There were letters to the souls that used to wear the boots. The boots had become traveling graves of sorrow. This place on an
between the art museum, library, and Starbucks. Magically, sorrowfully the boots alchemically transformed the soul of this place overnight. I experienced and witnessed alchemy as I walked through the sea of boots. I felt
presentation will explore the overnight transformation of this urban environment into a terrain of Rebecca Vincent, PhD
The Reenchantment of Water: Reuniting Mythos and Logos
To transition into the modern industrial world, we traded in our fishtails connecting us to the mystical nature of water adopting instead a consciousness oriented predominantly around linear rationality. This shift in consciou
part of the contemporary water crisis. New technologies for water conservation will not entirely solve the problem of the depletion and pollution of the world's freshwater supplies. The solution lies not only in radically alterin
consciousness toward water. Traditional myths and stories of spirits and deities of the waters can help shift modern consciousness by reintroducing images of water as mystical and sacred into the cultural psyche. Part of
spell the Sea Witch placed on the Little Mermaid to remove her fish tail and transform her into a solely land-based creature. This presentation will explore how restoring our fishtails connecting us to the nebulous underwat
perception of water and ultimately work toward transforming cultural patterns.
Rebecca Vincent, PhD completed a PhD in Mythological Studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute in 2002. Her dissertation work focused on water myths and the intersection of myth and ecology. Rebecca is a writer, activis
water dwellers. She is committed to raising awareness of the critical issues related to water use in the contemporary era, and to helping shift modern consciousness of nature and water.grief, comparing the medieval process of alchemy to change the soul of place. Two thousand pairs of boots catalyze a trave
Annamarie Fidel-Rice, PhD is a depth psychologist in private practice for fourteen years and core faculty at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. In addition, Annamarie is president and owner of The Fidel-Rice Group, |