The Institute for the Study of Imagination . . .

was founded in 1987 in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, by Thomas Moore and Benjamin Sells to encourage study into the imaginal dimensions of individual and cultural life. By exploring the specific ways such experiences are imagined today and have been imagined in history, ISI seeks to foster a deeper appreciation for the sustaining function of imagination in determining how we feel and think about the world and our place in it. ISI is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization funded solely by contributions from people who share its interests and objectives.

Through offices in Chicago, Baltimore, and Albuquerque, ISI presents conferences, seminars, lectures, and on-going programs in imaginal studies. ISI publishes PRIMAVERA, a bi-annual folio of imagistic studies, and in collaboration with Lindisfarne Press edits a book series of seminal works in the history, theory, and practice of imagination. Titles to date include: The Planets Within by Thomas Moore, Facing the World With Soul by Robert Sardello, Archetypal Imagination by Noel Cobb, and Book of the Heart: The Poetics, Letters, and Life of John Keats by Andres Rodrigues. ISI also has close ties with the London Convivium for Archetypal Studies, and the journal Initiations in Brussels.

Homemakers, office workers, teachers, artists -- ISI includes people from all walks of life. ISI exists to encourage this diversity and to mirror the many faces of imagination in the world. But ISI's work is not idle, arm-chair flirtation. History teaches that cultures rise and fall on the crests of their supporting images. We are forever carried by imagination, and tend to act badly when we ignore its substance and intent. ISI's goal is to help restore and strengthen our imaginative vision.

For more information on ISI, contact:

Benjamin Sells
417 Shenstone Road
Riverside, IL 60546
(708) 442-2670
e-mail to: bsrc@aol.com

Jean Lall
Ruscombe Mansion
4803 Yellowwood Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21209-4622
(410) 367-3219

Dan Noel
Address to be posted later