Angeles Arrien
Angeles Arrien (1940 – April 24, 2014) was a Basque-American
cultural anthropologist
, educator, author, lecturer and consultant, best known for her book The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Healer, Teacher and Visionary.
Early life
Angeles Arrien was born in 1940 in the
University of California Berkeley, and a doctorate from the California Institute of Integral Studies.[4]
Career
Arrien taught at the
Association for Transpersonal Psychology[6]
and as President of the Angeles Arrien Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education and Research.
She received honorary doctorates from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and the East-West Interfaith Ministry, California.[7][8] She lectured, gave keynote speeches to medical, academic and corporate conferences, held workshops and worked as a personal consultant across the US and worldwide.[9][10] She mentored many colleagues, students and individuals.[8][11]Arrien published ten major works that bridged anthropology, psychology, and religion over a period of twenty-four years, and which were translated into many languages. Her book The Signs of Life won the 1993
IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, and The Second Half of Life won the 2007 Nautilus Book Award for Best book on Ageing.[12] Her book Working Together, in which she recognised that cultural diversity is a reality in many fields of employment, and proposed strategies that would enable workforces to build on that diversity and create bridges between people from different cultural backgrounds, was influential in the fields of leadership development and change management.[2][13][14][15] The concepts developed in her book The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Healer, Teacher and Visionary influenced the personal and professional development of many who attended her lectures, keynote speeches or workshops.[16][17]
Arrien died on April 24, 2014, aged 74, due to pneumonia.[5]
Bibliography
- The Tarot handbook : practical applications of ancient visual symbols (1987, 1991, 1997)
- Power and Love in Relationships (1991)[18]
- Signs of life : the five universal shapes and how to use them (1992, 1998)[19][20][21][22]
- The Four-Fold Way: walking the paths of the warrior, teacher, healer, and visionary (1993, 2013)[16][17][20][23][24][25]
- Gathering Medicine: stories, songs, and methods for soul retrieval (1994)
- Working Together: producing synergy by honoring diversity (editor; 1998, 2001)[13][14][15]
- The Nine Muses: a mythological path to creativity (2000)[26]
- The Preferential Shapes Test (2002)
- The Second Half of Life: opening the eight gates of wisdom (2007)[27][28][29]
- Living in Gratitude: a journey that will change your life (2011)
References
- ^ Low, Jacqueline (September 24, 1972). "Euzkadi In The City". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 36. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ a b "Grand Circle Foundation". www.grandcirclefoundation.org. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ^ "Angeles Arrien engaged". The Times-News. Twin Falls, Idaho. August 15, 1963. p. 7. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ "Angeles Arrien". Sounds True. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ^ a b "Metta : Angeles Arrien, In Memoriam". www.mettainstitute.org. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ^ a b Boucouvalas M. 'Editor’s Note.' Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. 2014;46(1):V-Vi.
- ^ "About Interfaith". East-West Interfaith Seminary. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ a b "Angeles Arrien, 1940–2014". The Four Directions. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ISBN 9781523647576.
- ISSN 1541-4620.
- ^ "The Legacy of Angeles Arrien". Charter for Compassion. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- ^ "Honorees: Angeles Arrian". YWCA San Francisco & Marin. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ ISSN 1535-7740
- ^ S2CID 29059334.
- ^ a b Shelton K. 'The Constant of Change.' Executive Excellence. 2001;18(12):2.
- ^ ISSN 1055-9760
- ^ ISSN 1060-8303
- ISSN 0733-3013
- ^ Jowers, Andrew (July 21, 1993). "Circling toward knowledge of mankind". The Press Democrat. p. 60. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ a b Madrigal, Alix (March 28, 1993). "Archetypes, Myths and Symbols". The San Francisco Examiner. p. Review: 9. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ Schnitzer, Lynn (July 6, 1993). "Understanding the signs of life". The Petaluma Argus-Courier. Petaluma, California. p. 2. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ISSN 0010-9541
- ^ Cummins, H.J. (August 10, 2006). "Today's conflicts can be resolved by ancient values". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. pp. D1, D5. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ISSN 0279-5590
- JSTOR 24493004.
- ISSN 0363-0277
- ISSN 0006-7385
- ^ Lankard, Charlotte (February 20, 2006). "Find later half of life promising". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 19. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
- ^ HEERY M. 'Baby Boomers on Conscious Aging.' Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. 2011;43(2):256-259.