Courses

35 Courses
  • 12 Lessons

    Great Lives – 2021

    This course explores the lives of transformative historical and spiritual figures whose impact continues to shape human culture, ethics and collective evolution. Through deep inquiry, comparative study and reflective writing, students examine how great lives respond to global challenges and illuminate timeless paths of wisdom.
  • 2 Lessons

    Great Books – 2021

    This course explores the timeless wisdom found in the world’s Great Books, from ancient scriptures to modern masterpieces. Through monthly discussions, you’ll uncover the universal themes, symbols, and insights that continue to shape human consciousness and speak to today’s global challenges.This course explores the timeless wisdom found in the world’s Great Books, from ancient scriptures to modern masterpieces. Through monthly discussions, you’ll uncover the universal themes, symbols, and insights that continue to shape human consciousness and speak to today’s global challenges.
  • 6 Lessons

    Artist of the Spirit, Scientist of the Heart: Toltec Wisdom for Navigating Modern Times

    This four-week course introduces the Toltec path of personal freedom, exploring its history, mythology, and core teachings that empower individuals to consciously create their inner and outer worlds. Drawing on the wisdom of Castaneda and don Miguel Ruiz, participants learn practical, heart-centered practices to release suffering, cultivate authenticity, and become “artists of the spirit” in their daily lives. The word Toltec means “artist of the spirit,” and the Toltec path is one of personal freedom–the freedom to choose how we want to create our inner and outer world through our perceptions and intent. This course explores the history, mythology, and cosmology of the Toltecs and then moves into specific ancient practices that are critical for our modern times.
  • 6 Lessons

    A Myth for Our Time: J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and the Imaginal Realm

    This course offers an in-depth study of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings as a modern myth, exploring its profound themes, symbolism, and enduring spiritual resonance. The beloved text of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings has become a myth for our time. This course offers a deep reading of The Lord of the Rings and situates Tolkien’s writing process within his own powerful experiences of the imaginal realm. Explore the wisdom that this trilogy offers during these deeply mythic and transformative times.
  • 9 Lessons

    (Chartres Academy) Virtual Grammatica: From Trauma to Transformation Intensive

    This course, The Liberal Art of Grammatica, explores trauma as a pervasive phenomenon in modern society and proposes heart coherence as a transformative path to healing. Through partnerships with HeartMath Institute and expert speakers, participants learn to cultivate heart coherence, fostering a positive and loving state that transforms body chemistry and promotes personal and global healing.
  • 13 Lessons

    Mindfulness Basics

    Mindfulness Basics introduces you to the core principles of present-moment awareness, helping you recognize thought patterns and counter distorted thinking. Through simple, practical techniques, this microcourse empowers you to cultivate positive emotions, deepen emotional clarity, and enhance your personal and professional relationships. Practicing true mindfulness encourages living in the present while addressing the dangers of distorted thinking. This mindfulness course will allow you to identify your own patterns of thinking in order to live a more fully conscious, empowered life.
  • 2 Lessons

    Great Books – 2020

    This course explores the Great Books of the world’s wisdom traditions, examining sacred texts, timeless classics, and influential writings—from ancient scriptures to modern masterpieces—to understand what makes a work enduring and transformative. Learners compare universal themes across cultures and eras, engage with profound human questions, and reflect on how ancient wisdom can illuminate today’s global challenges.
  • 7 Lessons

    Four Paths to Union with the Divine Ground

    This course explores the origins, evolution, and enduring influence of four major spiritual traditions — Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Christianity.
  • 6 Lessons

    The Red Book of Carl Jung

    This course explores Carl Jung’s The Red Book, focusing on his journey into the collective unconscious and the mystical, symbolic, and psychological realms beyond personal identity. It examines how Jung, guided by Toni Wolff, documented visions, encounters with archetypal figures, and mythological experiences that shaped his later work. The course emphasizes the importance of relationality, Eros, and conscious guidance in navigating the psyche, highlighting the interplay between the personal, the collective, and the spiritual dimensions of human experience. Carl Jung’s The Red Book: A Record of the Soul’s Journey records Jung’s journey into the darkest and most dangerous regions of the psyche between the years 1913 to 1930. The course introduces the Red Book within the historical-political context in which it was written, and takes us into Jung’s mythological world.
  • 6 Lessons

    Spirituality of Inanna the Goddess

    This course explores the ancient myth of Inanna, a fertility goddess, to understand humanity's connection with nature and the wholeness of the Self. Through Jungian psychology and Campbell's mythological framework, participants explore Inanna's story to cultivate emotional connection with nature, self-awareness, and a transformative vision for humanity. The goddess Inanna’s 5,000-year-old myth provides a rich glimpse of an era when humanity was in harmony with nature. Weaving together psychology and myth, this course unearths Inanna’s ancient story to nourish our own search for wholeness in repairing the split between the feminine and the masculine, and humanity and nature.
  • 2 Lessons

    Energetics of Art 1

    Energetics of Art 1 explores how artistic creation connects with subtle energy, sacred symbolism, and contemplative practices to unlock deeper levels of wisdom and creative expression. Guided by Calen Rayne and Laura Esculcas, this course blends radiesthesia, SoulCollage®, sacred geometry, haiku, and labyrinth work to help you tap into the spiritual and energetic dimensions of art.
  • 2 Lessons

    Great Books – 2019

    This course explores the Great Books of the world’s wisdom traditions, examining sacred texts, timeless classics, and influential writings—from ancient scriptures to modern masterpieces—to understand what makes a work enduring and transformative. Learners compare universal themes across cultures and eras, engage with profound human questions, and reflect on how ancient wisdom can illuminate today’s global challenges.
  • 6 Lessons

    Holistic Health Mastery

    Holistic Health Mastery introduces practitioners to an integral approach to healing that connects body, mind, and spirit through a validated, multidimensional model of wellbeing. Guided by leading experts, this microcourse helps you enhance client relationships, apply holistic diagnostic frameworks, and support sustainable, whole-person health in professional care settings.
  • 6 Lessons

    Long Journey to a New Story with Anne Baring

    In this 4-week course, scholar Anne Baring guides students through an exploration of humanity’s mythic and spiritual evolution — from the Great Flood and Göbekli Tepe to the rise of patriarchal and scientific worldviews. This course will take you on a momentous journey through many eras. You will begin with the Great Flood in 10,800 BC and learn why this forgotten catastrophe underlies Western civilization; and culminate in an exploration of why Consciousness is being recognized as the ground of reality and a New Story is emerging.
  • 36 Lessons

    Impact Measurement

    Impact Measurement teaches you how to evaluate the social value of projects and organizations using proven methodologies aligned with the UN SDGs. Guided by ESG expert Monaem Ben Lellahom, this microcourse equips you with practical tools to track impact, analyze data, and communicate meaningful results to stakeholders and investors.