[Scpg] $3000 - $5000 grants to be awarded by Opus for "new mythos" studies

[LBUZZELL at aol.com]

It's all a question of story. We are in trouble just now  because we do not 
have a good story. We are in between stories. The old story,  the account 
of how the world came to be and how we fit into it is no longer  
effective....Our challenge is to create...a new sense of what it means to be  human. 
Thomas Berry 

As a member of the board of the Opus Archives and Research Center, located  
on the campuses of Pacifica Graduate Institute, I am delighted to pass 
along  this exciting announcement from our Executive Director, Dr. Elise  
Collins-Shields (below).  Applications are now open until Sept 15, 2009 and  on 
November 20, 2009 Opus will announce the names of those who will be  awarded 
grants to study and explore the published and unpublished  work held at the 
Opus Archives by Joseph Campbell, James Hillman,  Maria Gimbutas and other 
eminent scholars. The goal is to glean "the gold"  of the wisdom from these 
elders that will help our society come up with a  "new story" or "new mythos" 
for our challenging times. 
 
The grant is open to inspired seekers from many disciplines and  
positions--graduate students, faculty, independent scholars, filmmakers, visual  
artists, business and social entrepreneurs, environmental  visionaries, 
storytellers, educators and those interested in social justice, peace, and 
reconciliation--who have  demonstrated the capacity to research and produce creative 
work through writing, visual art, poetry, film, musical compositions,  
curriculum development or social enterprise. 
 
Current final application review panel members include Barbara Marx  
Hubbard and Jean Houston.
 
More information is at _www.opusarchives.org/grants.shtml_ 
(http://www.opusarchives.org/grants.shtml)    Please pass the word along to anyone who might 
be interested.
 
Linda Buzzell
 
 
 
 
July  2009 
Greetings to you in the  Community-at-Large –  
OPUS Archives and  Research Center, located on the campuses of Pacifica 
Graduate Institute, is  delighted to announce a new grant offering for your 
review and distribution to  potential interested participants.    
The recently funded New  Mythos Grant extends the collections held at OPUS 
Archives into the public  sphere in support of a “new story” relevant to 
contemporary issues and  opportunities facing the world.  
You can read about the  grant below and at 
_http://www.opusarchives.org/grants.shtml_ (http://www.opusarchives.org/grants.shtml)    All applications 
will be processed through our website.  Interested parties  are encouraged to 
visit the on-line document in order to  apply.  
We anticipate a lively  response to this offering and to that end, we have 
assembled independent  committees for both initial review and for final 
selection in order to give  proper consideration to all applications.    
You are encouraged to  distribute this grant notification throughout your 
circles of interest and  influence, as defined in the grant announcement.  
The deadline for grant  application is September 15, 2009 and grant awards 
will be announced on November  15, 2009.    
Please direct questions  to our designated address at 
_newmythos at opusarchives.org_ (mailto:newmythos at opusarchives.org)   
Thank you for your  assistance in forwarding this opportunity to those who 
might contribute to this  significant step toward imaginative manifesting of 
the OPUS collections into the  larger cultural arena. 
Sincerely, 
Elise Collins Shields,  Ph.D. 
Executive Director   
Elise Collins Shields,  Ph.D. 
Executive  Director 
OPUS  Archives & Research Center 
located  on the campuses of Pacifica Graduate Institute 
_www.opusarchives.org_ (http://www.opusarchives.org/)  
ANNOUNCING THE NEW MYTHOS RESEARCH GRANT  
It's all a question of story. We are in trouble just now  because we do not 
have a good story. We are in between stories. The old story,  the account 
of how the world came to be and how we fit into it is no longer  
effective....Our challenge is to create...a new sense of what it means to be  human. 
Thomas Berry 
The old gods are dead or dying and people everywhere are  searching, 
asking: What is the new mythology to be, the mythology of this  unified earth as 
of one harmonious being?...The only myth that is going to be  worth thinking 
about in the immediate future is one that is talking about the  planet and 
everything on it.  
Joseph Campbell 
Toward the end of his life, Joseph  Campbell interrupted his major work 
Historical Atlas of World Mythology to  publish The Inner Reaches of Outer 
Space with an urgent message that he felt  needed to be heard. That book serves 
as a clarion call for the discovery and  development of a new myth to inform 
our world. That was 1986.  
Since then Campbell’s call has been taken up by many and now we  find 
ourselves in a time when the cry from most every quarter is for a new  story, a 
new narrative, the new mythos that he wrote about. We humans are in  search 
of a way to understand the patterns underlying the profound  transformation 
we are currently experiencing in relationship with each other and  our 
planet. From whence will this new mythos come? Who will tell the story? How  will 
such a search be resourced?  
The collections held by OPUS Archives and Research Center  provide 
treasures by visionary thinkers, scholars, writers and teachers. These  individuals 
dedicated their lives to exploring the origins of cultural stories  from 
pre-history (Marija Gimbutas), through ancient and classic history (Joseph  
Campbell and Christine Downing), and into contemporary culture (James Hillman  
and Jane and Joseph Wheelwright), thereby laying the foundation for new 
research  that fosters meaning and guidance for the questions held by our modern 
world.  
OVERVIEW OF  GRANT 
OPUS is offering 5 to 7 grants to  individuals or teams that show both 
intent and ability to seize the opportunity  and take responsibility for 
searching OPUS’ collections for the “gold” harbored  there, both published and 
unpublished; public and as yet unrevealed to the  community-at-large. The goal 
is to use the OPUS archival collections in order to  articulate and manifest 
the seeds of the new mythos, the new narrative of our  time. The findings 
will be made available in a public forum, on OPUS’ and other  websites and, 
if warranted, in written form. The research and project results  are to be 
made available in a myriad of forms with a broad scope. OPUS will  encourage 
the successful grantees to manifest their projects in whatever  creative form 
they take. 
GRANT GUIDELINES 
Applicants must demonstrate the  necessity of substantial on-site use of 
OPUS’ collections. 
Who is Eligible. The grant is open to inspired  seekers from many 
disciplines and positions--graduate students, faculty,  independent scholars, 
filmmakers, visual artists, business and social  entrepreneurs, environmental 
visionaries, storytellers, educators and those  interested in social justice, 
peace, and reconciliation--who have demonstrated  the capacity to research and 
produce creative work through writing, visual art,  poetry, film, musical 
compositions, curriculum development or social enterprise.  
Amount and Duration of Grant. Grants range  between $3000 and $5000. The 
awarded amount will depend on the proposed project.  These funds are for one 
(1) year of research to be conducted between December 1,  2009 and December 
1, 2010. 
Deadline  for Submission: September 15, 2009 
Notification  of Awarded Grants: November 20, 2009 
Granting Process. Proposals will be initially  screened by a committee 
appointed by the OPUS board of directors. Final  selections will be made by 
leaders in diverse fields that focus on the  articulation of a new story. 
Current final review members include Barbara Marx  Hubbard and Jean Houston.  
home of  collections of Joseph Campbell, Marija Gimbutas, James Hillman and 
other  scholars 


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