Richard TarnasRichard Tarnas is a professor of philosophy and cultural history at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS, )San Francisco, and the founding director of its graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. He also lectres on archetypal studies and depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara. A graduate of Harvard and a former director of programs at Esalen Institute, he is the author of The Passion of the Western Mind, a history of the Western worldview from the ancient Greeks to the postmodern culture, which became both a bestseller and a required text in many universities. His most recent book, Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, received the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network in the UK. Read More Read Less