In 2006, Tarnas published his third book, Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View. Tarnas suggests that the characteristics associated with the mythological figure Uranus do not match the astrological properties of the planet Uranus, and that a more appropriate identification would involve the mythological figure Prometheus. Tarnas' second book, Prometheus the Awakener, published in 1995, focuses on the astrological properties of the planet Uranus, describing 'the uncanny way astrological patterns appear to coincide with events or destiny patterns in the lives of both individuals and societies'. Tarnas is the founding director of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), where he remains a core faculty member as of 2020. McDermott, Jeffrey Hart, Gary Lachman, and others.

Mack, Stanley Krippner, Georg Feuerstein, David Steindl-Rast, John Sculley, Robert A. The book was highly acclaimed by Joseph Campbell, Huston Smith, Stanislav Grof, John E. įrom 1980 to 1990, Tarnas wrote The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View, a narrative history of Western thought which became a bestseller and remained in use in universities as of 2000. Jeffrey Kripal characterizes Tarnas as both the literal and figurative gate-keeper of Esalen. He also served as Esalen's director of programs and education. From 1974 to 1984 he lived and worked at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California, teaching and studying with Grof, Joseph Campbell, Gregory Bateson, Huston Smith, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross, and James Hillman. In 1974 Tarnas went to Esalen in California to study psychotherapy with Stanislav Grof. from Saybrook Institute in 1976 with a thesis on psychedelic therapy. In 1968 Tarnas entered Harvard, graduating with an A.B. The eldest of eight children, he grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where he studied Greek, Latin, and the Classics at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy. His mother, Mary Louise, was a teacher and homemaker. Tarnas' father, also named Richard Tarnas, worked as a government contract attorney, former president of the Michigan Federal Bar Association, and professor of law. JSTOR ( December 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification.

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