The Unconscious Realm

Call it what you like—the unconscious, subconcious, preconscious, precognitive or even nonconscious—there exists in the human person deep caverns that remain inaccessible, or at the best only partially accessible, to the conscious-level mind. Termed the “vast dark universe of the unconscious”, it contains not only the array of our own day-today, moment-to-moment experiences, but those of our parents and ancestors that came before us.

And what is more, these personal and collective experiences, embedded in the caverns of our heart and sown into the DNA of our psyche, exert deep influences on us, shaping the way we think, feel and act (φρονέω). In the Post-Enlightenment Landscape, it is assumed that mere education can reform and reshape these influences. In reality, however, behavioral change—the holy grail of medicine, politics and ministry—requires not merely an intellectual assent but, moreover, metanoia (μετάνοια) on the deepest levels of our being.

Far from understanding these realities, but realizing that its dimensions profoundly influence human behavior, we provide lectures and resources explore these topics further: