About Charles
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Charles Eisenstein is a teacher, speaker, and writer focusing on themes of civilization, consciousness, money, and human cultural evolution. His books include The Ascent of Humanity, The Yoga of Eating and Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Community in an Age of Transition.
Eisenstein graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, and spent the next ten years as a Chinese-English translator.
His on-line writings have generated a vast following; he speaks frequently at conferences and other events, and gives numerous interviews on radio and podcasts.
Writing in Ode magazine's "25 Intelligent Optimists" issue, David Korten
(author of When Corporations Rule
the World)
called Eisenstein
"one of the
up-and-coming
great minds
of our time."
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Coming
Autumn Equinox
Sacred Celebration
Sunday
September 22
Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church
4936 Brownsboro Road
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Cultivating Connections affirms and explores the connections between environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment, and the role we each are called to play in bringing forth a vibrant Earth Community, by offering workshops, study groups, retreats, conferences, sacred celebrations and other programs around the themes of environmental spirituality, personal empowerment, and the new cosmology.
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The Space Between Stories
a workshop with Charles Eisenstein
Saturday, October 5 * 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Participation is strictly limited to
30 local community members
working for positive change.
It is by invitation only. Please do not forward.
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Email us back to hold your spot.
 Many people sense that the multiple crises of today share a common root. All of them come from an invisible mythology: a Story of the Self and a Story of the People that holds us separate from each other and the world. In this gathering, we will see clearly how this mythology generates the dominant institutions of our civilization, as well as the structures of our own lives. We will touch upon our innate knowledge that a more beautiful world is possible. We will see how to draw power from that knowledge. We will tap into a larger framework of cause and effect than the old story recognizes, so that we can envision and accomplish what once seemed impossible. We will begin to clear the invisible habits of Separation that limit our power as healers and change agents. And we will experience the convergence of the worlds of spirituality and activism -- a necessity when we understand that the roots of the present crisis go all the way to the bottom. Utilizing multiple modalities, this workshop will crystallize the "next step" in the transition into a New Story.  It is Cultivating Connections wish to offer this workshop's extremely limited seating exclusively to local change agents, folks engaged in worked designed to enrich not just their lives, but the wider community. The fee for this workshop is set on a
sliding scale from $50 to $150. Some work study and scholarship support is available. No one who is invited will be turned away due to a lack of funds.
Read Charles' essay "The Space Between Stories". |
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And on Friday, October 4 this Public Event!
An Evening with Charles Eisenstein
author of Sacred Economics:
Money, Gift, and Community in an Age of Transition
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The More Beautiful World
Our Hearts Know is Possible
Friday, October 4, 7:00 pmFirst Unitarian Church 809 S Fourth St We live at a special historical moment, touse Joanna Macy's words, a Great Turning. But exactly what is this turning of the age whose imminence we feel? How does it practically translate intopolitical, technological, and social change?How can we participate in it considering the grave situation our planet faces? Join Charles Eisenstein for a challenging and inspiring exploration of the dynamics of the present transition. | Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein -
A Short Film |
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Tickets available at BrownPaperTickets 
Ticket prices are set on a sliding scale from $10 to $50
Work study and scholarship support is available.
Click here to purchase tickets.
Sponsored by Cultivating Connections
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