Benjamin Sells
. . . is a writer and archetypal psychotherapist in private practice in Chicago.
He is the author of The Soul of the Law (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1994) a ground-breaking study on the psychology of law and lawyers, and writes a nationally syndicated column on psychological issues in professional life as well as contributing to numerous professional journals including Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture. He presently is at work on his third book, American Letters, an exploration of the psychological power of America's ideas, and is editing a three-volume anthology on the theory and practice of archetypal psychology.
Mr. Sells also is a lawyer who practiced law as a litigator with a large Chicago firm for a number of years before opening his private counseling practice. He lecturers widely on psychological aspects of individual and cultural life, is co-founder and director of the Institute for the Study of Imagination, and editor of PRIMAVERA, the Institute's folio of imaginal studies.
This quarter's issue of The Salt Journal, features an article by Ben:
Other samples of Ben's work is featured in the Green Street Gallery
'Ethics After the Fall' by Ben Sells
Green Street Interviews Green StreetCecil Curtwright, one of Green Street's founding members, interviews another founding member, Ben Sells, author of The Soul of the Law, about his book.
Ben can be reached at bsrc@aol.com
Fern Shaffer
. . . is a Chicago artist whose art revolves around enacting an empowerment ritual involving the cleansing of the earth.
Fern conducts public lectures which relate her experiences with her 'ritual art' and has just returned from a two week lecture tour in South America. An article relating the experience of her art is featured in Writings About Pariticpants of Green Street:
'The Artist as Enchanter: Restoring Mystery to Our Too-Rational World'
Fern can be reached at OpeningLines by specifying Attn: Fern in the Subject area.
Cecil Curtwright
. . . is a founding member and a key facilitator and visionary for Green Street. More details about Cecil to follow shortly.
In the interim, an inquiring Cecil is featured at:
Green Street Interviews Green Street wherein Cecil interviews another founding member, Ben Sells, author of The Soul of the Law, about his book.
Cecil can be reached at hermes@uic.edu
Gary S. Shunk
. . . is a psychotherapist and professional speaker.
As a psychotherapist, Gary focuses on caring and attending Soul. By listening for Soul through it's precise symptomatic language, Gary helps individuals and couples reconnect with the Soul of the world. This reconnection inspires a sense of meaning and belonging.
Gary conducts workshops and seminars that reimagine issues from the viewpoint of archetypal psychology. For example:
PATH OF THE HEART attends to the father son wound and nurtures the art of integrity.
REIMAGINING ADDICTION explores the loss of relationship with the sacred as a force behind addiction.
THE MYSTERY OF LIFE imagines refueling the "magic of life" by transcending literalism, rationalism and conceptualism.
..as well as other topics.
Gary can be reached at g.s.shunk@juno.com
Judith Eaton. . .
is an Interpretive Artist.
An interesting design element and an idea that touches the soul - - these are the things that inspire Judy.
Judy bases a painting on realistic subject matter but renders it in an adaptive fashion. She says that art can only touch the viewer's soul when it expresses the artist's personal spirit as well. And that this kind of communication - - from one soul to another - - is the best medicine to heal our troubled world.
Judy offers her own unique vision of the world, emphasized in design and color.
Media: watercolor and oil.
Examples of Judith's work, Free Spirits and Stargazers can be found at:
Judy can be reached at OpeningLines by specifying Attn: Judy in the Subject area.
Other participants of Green Street will be entered here as their bio's are received.
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