Richard Tarnas, PhD — CIIS Faculty · School Founder

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Richard Tarnas, PhD

San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
CIIS Faculty · School Founder
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About

Richard Tarnas is Professor Emeritus and the founding director of the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where he taught for thirty years. His 2006 book Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View is the foundational text of archetypal cosmology and received the Scientific and Medical Network Book of the Year Prize in the UK.

Notable work

Author of Cosmos and Psyche and The Passion of the Western Mind. Founding director of CIIS PCC program.

Credentials

  • CIIS — California Institute of Integral Studies (Philosophy, Cosmology & Consciousness)
  • Founder / school director

Tradition & specialties

Tradition: Archetypal cosmology

Archetypal cosmologyPsychological astrology
Years practicing: 40+

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