2023 Annual International Jean Gebser Society Conference
The Emergence of Integral Consciousness
Jean Gebser, Sri Aurobindo, Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin
September 27-30, 2023
Wednesday and Thursday, September 27 and 28 (Online, Registration Below)
Friday and Saturday, September 29 and 30, 2023 (In-Person, Registration Below)
California Institute of Integral Studies
Namaste Hall
Co-sponsored by East-West Psychology and Transformative Inquiry Department
San Francisco, CA
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We can say that the world is whole, a unity, an integrum—at the risk of reifying its multitudinous processes. We do not need to make it whole, to integrate it, per se. What then is the function of integrating? Does integrating, as a process, drive the very emergence of wholeness? Is it even possible to speak of integrality? Or to speak from it?
Gebser, Aurobindo, and Jung address such questions in their unique ways, as climbers scaling different faces of the same mountain. What can Gebser see from his vantage point that Aurobindo or Jung cannot, and what can Aurobindo or Jung see that Gebser cannot? Are their perspectives integratable? (That said, it is not necessary to compare, contrast, or attempt to integrate the works of these thinkers.)
To ponder various ways of expressing integrality, in general, consider the following questions:
- Are the terms evolving (Aurobindo), integrating (Gebser), and individuating (Jung) commensurable? How do these processes inform each other to form a unity—within an individual and in collective life?
- The powerful technologies that enable us to connect extrinsically are also designed to divide us. Is a sense of intrinsic mutuality possible or realistic?
- How can harmony be imagined between and among fundamentally different ideologies?
- Aurobindo, Gebser, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, and other thinkers fully recognize the Spiritual in the wholeness of cosmos and human experience. How can we have a substantive conversation on the Spiritual?
Registration & Fees
$95 for Online & In-Person (Wednesday, 9/27 – Saturday, 9/30)
Entire Conference, includes:
- Online: Wednesday, 9/27 & Thursday, 9/28
- Zoom link will be emailed prior to the online portion of the event
- In-Person at CIIS in San Francisco, CA: Friday, 9/29 & Saturday, 9/30 (Note: this is in-person only, there will be no remote attendance for these two days)
Student Price $25 for Online & In-Person (Wednesday, 9/27 – Saturday, 9/30)
Student Price for Entire Conference, includes:
- Online: Wednesday, 9/27 & Thursday, 9/28
- Zoom link will be emailed prior to the online portion of the event
- In-Person at CIIS in San Francisco, CA: Friday, 9/29 & Saturday, 9/30 (Note: this is in-person only, there will be no remote attendance for these two days)
$25 for Online Only (Wednesday, 9/27 – Thursday, 9/28)
- Online Only: Wednesday, 9/27 & Thursday, 9/28
- Zoom link will be emailed prior to the online portion of the event (please include your email address for the Zoom link during registration when prompted)
- Does NOT include in-person attendance for Friday and Saturday
Conference Schedule
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| Time | Presenter | Presentation Title |
| 9:15am | Welcome/Opening Prayer | |
| 9:30 – 10am | Arshitra Mitra | A Comparative Study of Evolution and Individuation |
| 10:00 – 10:30am | Marco Masi | Integral Cosmology of Sri Aurobindo |
| 10:30 – 10:45am | Break | |
| 11:00 – 11:30am | Carl Johan Calleman | Construction of Different States of Consciousness and the Mayan Calendar |
| 11:30am – 12noon | Leslie Alan Combs | Intersubjetivity in Integral Consciousness |
| 12noon – 12:30pm | Panel of Morning Presenters | |
| 12:30 – 6:45pm | Afternoon Break | |
| 6:45pm | Regathering | |
| 7:00 – 7:30pm | Robert Mitchell | Spiritual Democracy |
| 7:30 – 8:00pm | Anshul Aggarwal | What is Education For? |
| 8:00 – 8:15pm | Break | |
| 8:15 – 8:45pm | Julie Geredien | Smooth, Resilient, and Steady Mind |
| 8:45pm – 9:15pm | Panel of Evening Presenters | |
| Time | Presenter | Presentation Title |
| 9:15am | Welcome/Opening Prayer | |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Mike Purdy | The Gebserian Aesthetic |
| 10:00 – 10:30am | Katherine Ziemke | Primoridial Memories as a Conduit to Integral Consciousness |
| 10:30 – 10:45am | Break | |
| 10:45 – 11:15am | Jessie Shaw | Enchantment and the Emerging Spiritual Imaginary |
| 11:15 – 11:45am | Lucien Lazar | Emergence of the Integral Social Encounter |
| 11:45am – 12:15pm | Panel of Morning Presenters | |
| 12:15 – 6:45pm | Afternoon Break | |
| 6:45pm | Regathering/Opening | |
| 7pm-7:30pm | Matt Switzer | Cosmogenesis and Cultural Philosophy |
| 7:30pm-8pm | Renee Eli | The Integral Immune System |
| 8pm – 8:15pm | Break | |
| 8:15pm-8:45pm | Julie Yusopova | On the Topology of the Noosphere |
| 8:45pm-9:15pm | Panel of Evening Presenters | |
| Time | Presenter | Presentation Title |
| 8:30 – 9:00am | Welcome and Opening Ceremony | |
| 9:00 – 9:30am | Devdip Ganguli | The Harmonious Whole |
| 9:30 – 10:00am | Jean Michel Borgeaud | Origin, Consciousness, and Time: Bridging the Future Now |
| 10:00 – 10:15am | Break | |
| 10:15 – 11:00am | Martha Brumbaugh and Debby Flickinger | The Integral Heart of the Drum |
| 11:00- 11:30am | Jonathan Kay | Aesthetic Ontogenesis and the Sonic Arts |
| 11:30am – 12noon | Panel of Morning Presenters | |
| 12noon – 2:00pm | Lunch Break | |
| 2:00 – 2:45pm | John Dotson | Living the Prophecies |
| 2:45 – 3:30pm | Lisa Maroski | A New Language for the Future |
| 3:30 – 4:00pm | Break (Book Sales and Poster Session with Azul Degrasso) | |
| 4:00 – 4:30pm | Glenn Aparicio Parry | Love and the Future Human |
| 4:30 – 5:00pm | Panel of Afternoon Presenters | |
| 5:00 – 7:00pm | Dinner Break | |
| 7:00 – 8:00pm | Keynote Talk: Debashish Banerji | The End of the Curve of Reason and The Emergence of Integral Consciousness |
| 8:00 – 9:00pm | Concert with Jonathan Kay | |
| Time | Presenter | Presentation Title |
| 8am-8:45am | Angela Reed | Morning Experiential Activity: Mandala In Motion |
| 8:45am – 9am | Break | |
| 9am – 9:30am | Daniel Polikoff | Spirituality and Politics in a Fragmented Age |
| 9:30am – 10:15am | Dave Zuckerman | Social Place, False Nostalgia, and Revolutionary Integrality |
| 10:15am – 10:30am | Break | |
| 10:30am – 11am | Bob Pillar | Common Ground Emerging |
| 11am- 11:30am | Sami Chhapra | The Integral Age |
| 11:30am-12noon | Panel of Morning Presenters | |
| 12noon – 2pm | Lunch Break | |
| 2pm – 2:30pm | Ananta Giri | Integral Consciousness and a New Yoga |
| 2:30pm – 3:15pm | Lakshmi Mayya | Ensouled Architecture |
| 3:15-3:45pm | Break (Book Sales) | |
| 3:45-4:15Pm | Lynlee Lyckberg | Human Destiny and Paradigms of Consciousness |
| 4:15pm-4:45pm | Panel of Afternoon Presenters | |
| 4:45-6pm | Dialogue Circle | |
| 6pm | Closing Ceremony | |
2023 Sri Aurobindo Conference (Immediately Prior)
Please note: an additional conference at CIIS (same location as the Gebser conference) is being conducted on September 23 and 24, 2023, additional details can be found here.
Direct link to the Sri Aurobindo conference information and registration can be found here.
Hotel Accommodations in San Francisco
(also check Airbnb.com)
Recommended Hotels in Hayes Valley
Inn at the Opera – a European-style boutique hotel, 333 Fulton Street – a 13 minute walk to CIIS via 10th St., about $225/night
The Grove Inn – 890 Grove St. – 1 mile from CIIS, $266/night and up
Marriott Hotels – Numerous locations and prices, but tending toward more expensive
The Inn San Francisco, an 1800s era Victorian mansion bed and breakfast, 943 S Van Ness Ave – 1.2 miles from CIIS, $360/night
Cheapest and Closest but not recommended unless on a tight budget
Ram’s Hotel – 80 9th Street – a few blocks from CIIS, somewhat sketchy neighborhood , $105/night shared bath
Inn on Folsom – 1188 Folsom Street – 8 minute walk, $169/night shared bathroom (N.B.: next to Cat Club… can be loud until 3am)
