WEBINAR: Pilgrimage in Europe: A Journey to Awaken the Imagination, with Dr. Kayleen Asbo

Join core Veriditas faculty Kayleen Asbo, Ph.D for the inspiring story of the tradition of pilgrimage across the centuries through history, myth, image and song. We'll explore the collective awakening a thousand years ago as individuals and communities sought a direct way to connect to their spiritual longings through the act of journeying to sacred sites--- and how this is model for inner transformation is experiencing a profound renaissance in our own times. We'll survey the Santiago Compostela, Chartres, Provence, pilgrimages to Black Madonnas at Rocamadour and Montserrat and more in a feast for the imagination.

This FREE one hour program is an introduction to our upcoming telecourse, Myths and Mysteries of the Middle Ages.

Dr. Kayleen Asbo is a cultural historian, musician, writer and teacher who weaves together myth, history, and the arts with experiential learning. Kayleen has been on the faculty of Sonoma State University (where she teaches Introduction to Art Therapy in the Psychology department), Dominican University (where she lectures on Cultural History for the Osher Life Long Learning Institute) and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (where she has taught courses on music and developmental psychology for 13 years). Kayleen holds master's degrees in both music and psychology, and has a doctoral degree in Mythological Studies with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Kayleen has been a guest presenter and lecturer on the intersection of spirituality, psychology and the arts at the Oxford Round Table, Chartres Cathedral, Grace Cathedral, the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, the Numina Center and churches and colleges throughout the Bay Area. Kayleen's classes and workshops have repeatedly been lauded by students as "life changing", "transformational", "passionate" "inspiring", "fascinating" and "the best I have ever taken"