City Lights in conjunction with the Green Earth Foundation and the Emerald Tablet present

The Ecology of Consciousness: An afternoon with Ralph Metzner

Pioneer in the field of consciouness studies, Ralph Metzner will discuss the cycle of work known as :The Ecology of Consciousness. A seven volume series of concise and comprehensive books, The Ecology of Consciousness is a distillation of over 45 years of work in the field of consciousness research. On the occasion of the release of the final volume in the series, Worlds Within and Worlds Beyond, Ralph Metzner will discuss his methodology and review the narratives that flow through his work. He will explore subjects as far ranging as alchemical transformation and divination, psychotherapy, shamanism, yoga, the roots of war, navigation of states of consciousness, life cycles and transitions, the visionary experience, social transformation, and much more.

This event will take place at The Emerald Tablet, 80 Fresno St  San Francisco, CA 94133. Event is free but reservations shall be required in advance. Seating is limited. Please e-mail: peter@citylights.com to make reservations. A sign up sheet is also available at the front counter at City Lights Bookstore.

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Ralph Metzner, Ph.D. who has a B.A. in philosophy and psychology from Oxford University and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Harvard University, has been involved in the study of transformations of consciousness ever since, as a graduate student, he worked with Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (later Ram Dass) on the Harvard Psilocybin Projects. He co-wrote The Psychedelic Experience, and was editor of The Psychedelic Review. During the 1970s, Ralph spent 10 years in the intensive study and practice of Agni Yoga, a meditative system of working with light-fire life-energies. He wrote Maps of Consciousness, one of the earliest attempts at a comparative cartography of consciousness; and Know Your Type, a comparative survey of personality typologies, ancient and modern. He was the Academic Dean for ten years, during the 1980s, at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where he taught courses there on "Altered States of Consciousness" and "Developing Ecological Consciousness." He is now Professor Emeritus. He maintains a part-time psychotherapy practice, and conducts numerous workshops on consciousness transformation, both nationally and internationally. His books include The Well of Remembrance, The Unfolding Self, Green Psychology, and two edited collections on the science and the phenomenology of Ayahuasca and Teonanácatl.