About the document archive: The bulk of the documents are class transcripts, but they also include papers written by Damiani or students and presented in class, student notes of classes, drafts of chapters for Damiani’s book Astronoesis, and annotated abridgments of books and articles. Search the documents below, or click here to learn more about the document archive.
Wednesday, December 1st, 1971
Wednesday, December 8th, 1971
Friday, December 15th, 1972
Friday, December 22nd, 1972
Friday, December 29th, 1972
Friday, January 5th, 1973
Friday, January 12th, 1973
Friday, January 19th, 1973
Friday, January 26th, 1973
Friday, February 2nd, 1973
Friday, February 16th, 1973
Friday, February 23rd, 1973
Friday, March 2nd, 1973
Friday, July 20th, 1973
Friday, September 7th, 1973
Tuesday, November 20th, 1973
Tuesday, January 22nd, 1974
Wednesday, April 12th, 1978
Saturday, April 10th, 1982
Saturday, April 17th, 1982
Saturday, April 17th, 1982
Saturday, April 17th, 1982
Monday, July 5th, 1982
Saturday, July 17th, 1982
Class

Dec 1st
1971
Wednesday

American Brahman Bookstore, Ithaca, NY

Hinduism

Antahkarana

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio

Keyword(s): Metaphysics, Essence and Substance, Samkhya, Vedanta, Witness, Psychology, Vasanas, Anandamaya/Vijnanamaya Koshas, Vedantic Epistemology

Class

Dec 8th
1971
Wednesday

American Brahman Bookstore, Ithaca, NY

Psychology & Mysticism

Levels of Consciousness

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 1

Keyword(s): Ego, Sri Aurobindo, Vedanta, Vasanas

Class

Dec 15th
1972
Friday

Buddhism

Epistemology

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 4

Keyword(s): Buddhist Logicians (Sautrantika), Point-Instants, Psychology, Astrology, Jung (Transcendent Function)

Class

Dec 22nd
1972
Friday

Jung

Transcendent Function

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 6

Keyword(s): Psychology, Epistemology

Class

Dec 29th
1972
Friday

Jung

Epistemology

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 4

Keyword(s): Three Circles Diagram(s), Psychology, Zen/Hinduism vs. Psychoanalysis, Categories of Thought vs. Categories of Imagination, Sensation vs. Perception, Wakeful vs. Dream Consciousness

Class

Jan 5th
1973
Friday

Jung

Alchemy

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 5

Keyword(s): Psychology, Astrology

Class

Jan 12th
1973
Friday

Jung

Alchemy

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio

Keyword(s): Psychology, Transference

Class

Jan 19th
1973
Friday

Jung

Alchemy

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 2

Keyword(s): Astrology, Psychology, "The Personification Of The Opposites" (Mysterium Coniunctionis), "The Spirit Mercurius" (Alchemical Studies)

Class

Jan 26th
1973
Friday

Jung

Alchemy

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 5

Keyword(s): Fohat, “The Spirit Mercurius,” “The Psychology of the Transference” (Rosarium)

Class

Feb 2nd
1973
Friday

Jung

Alchemy

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 1

Keyword(s): “The Psychology of the Transference,” Rosarium, Kinship Libido, Shadow

Class

Feb 16th
1973
Friday

Jung

Alchemy

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 1

Keyword(s): “The Psychology of the Transference,” Rosarium, Anima/Animus, Shadow, Soul

Class

Feb 23rd
1973
Friday

Jung

Alchemy

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 1

Keyword(s): “The Psychology of the Transference,” Rosarium, Astrology

Class

Mar 2nd
1973
Friday

Jung

Archetype

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 2

Keyword(s): Astrology, Sabian Symbols, Psychology

Class

Jul 20th
1973
Friday

Jung

Epistemology

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 1

Keyword(s): “Spirit and Life,” Psychology, Psyche, Ego, Senses, Self, Sensation, Free Will and Determinism

Class

Sep 7th
1973
Friday

Psychology

Imagination

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 6

Keyword(s): Whitmont, Four stages of ego development, Prana (cosmic and individual), Pranamaya kosha, Sheaths, Dreams, Magical Dimension, Life Field, Objective Psyche

Class

Nov 20th
1973
Tuesday

Archetypal Psychology

Hillman

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 4

Keyword(s): Witness-I, Four Psychological Functions, Emotion, Feeling Function, Advaita Vedanta, Jung

Class

Jan 22nd
1974
Tuesday

Epistemology

Levels and Types of Thinking

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 5

Keyword(s): Jung, Psychology, Witness-I, Antahkarana, Anima

Paper presented on multiple days

Apr 12th
1978
Wednesday

Buddhism

Emotion

The Four Aspects of Emotion: An Essay Based on James Hillman’s Emotion

Anthony J. Damiani

Summary of a published work with commentary by Anthony Daminani
Diagrams: 6

Keyword(s): Hillman, Psychology, Symbolific Activity, Manas, Alaya-Vijnana, Vasanas, Energy, Logos Spermaticos, Skandhas, Dhyani Buddhas, Buddhist Stupa, Aristotle’s Four Causes

Paper

Apr 10th
1982
Saturday

Archetypal Psychology

Imagination

Precis of Edward S. Casey's "Toward an Archetypal Imagination"

Anthony J. Damiani

Summary of a published work

Keyword(s): Fantasy, Active Imagination, Archetypal Imagination

Class

Apr 17th
1982
Saturday

Alchemy

Archetype of Self

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 1

Keyword(s): Imagination, Jung vs. Hillman, “Psychology: Monotheistic or Polytheistic?”, Avens, Imagination is Reality, Bodhicitta, Mercurius, Fourfold, Symbolism, Epistemology, Kant

Paper

Apr 17th
1982
Saturday

Archetypal Psychology

Hillman

Precis of James Hillman's “Psychology: Monotheistic or Polytheistic?”

Anthony J. Damiani

Summary of a published work

Keyword(s): Monotheism vs. Polytheism, Jung

Paper

Apr 17th
1982
Saturday

Archetypal Psychology

Imagination

Precis of Roberts Avens's Imagination is Reality: Western Nirvana in Jung, Hillman, Barfield, and Cassirer

Anthony J. Damiani

Summary of a published work

Keyword(s): Fantasy, Mundus Imaginalis, Jung, Hillman, Cassirer, Coleridge, Barfield

Paper

Jul 5th
1982
Monday

Archetypal Psychology

Hillman

Insighting into an Image: An Annotated Abridgment of James Hillman's “Image-Sense”

Anthony J. Damiani

Summary of a published work

Keyword(s): Primal Image, Images, Prepositions, Sabian Symbols, Dreams, Imagination, Astrology

Seminar

Jul 17th
1982
Saturday

Astrology

Theory

Verbatim, unedited transcript
Audio
Diagrams: 5

Keyword(s): “Reading a Chart,” Monotheism vs. Polytheism, Substance and Function, Psychology vs. Philosophy, Dreams, Living a Symbolic Life vs. Living a Real Life, Witness-I, Three Subjects, Bodhicitta, Santayana, Dignities and Non-Dignities, Jung Natal Chart and Transits, North Node as Image of God, Jung’s North and South Nodes, General vs. Specific Interpretations