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School of Holistic StudiesSchool ofHolistic StudiesCNS 5282 Dreams: Initiation andIndigenous _____________________________________________________________________Ways of Knowing 2Everyone carries ancestral knowledge memory deep within.Through myths and dreams, individuals are able to recover innatewisdom present and potential in the environment. With the worldof dreams and myth, all beings hold equal potency and potential.This state of awareness or animated knowing is “native mind.”This course offers students an opportunity to begin a journey ofrecovery in ancestral ways of knowing. Through dreams andmyths, students explore initiation into native mind.CNS 5284 Consciousness and Sustainability:Solutions _____________________________________________________________________for the 21st Century 2This course explores the issues, theories, research, and practicesin order to understand/take action on healing and “greening” theplanet. Students will examine the current practices and approachesin ecology and sustainability that are making a difference andimproving the planet. Students will select a topic of interest in thearea of sustainability to research, focusing on innovative practicescurrently being explored or developed.CNS _____________________________________________________________________5300 Sacred Intention, Sacred Manifestation 1Examines the sacred dimension and importance of clarifyingintentions and values. Course also addresses the existentialmeaning of will and intentionality and their role in directingconsciousness, dispelling confusion, empowering vision, andcreating a new reality.CNS _____________________________________________________________________5344 Dream Groups: Facilitation and Ethics 2This course explores the ethical implications of working withdreams in a group setting. Students also examine issues of cultural,gender, and class bias in regard to dream work. Students have theopportunity to gain hands-on experience leading a dream group.Holistic Health Education [HHE] CoursesCNS _____________________________________________________________________5345 Shamanism and Dreams 1This course explores the role of dreams in shamanic traditions.Major topics include receiving the “calls” in dreams, healing,dream interpretation, the role of shamans, shamanic misconceptions,and the rise of urban shamanism and ethics. Shamanicstates of consciousness and the practice of drumming as a tool forentering the dream state will be introduced. This class will be heldon the Berkeley campus.CNS _____________________________________________________________________5620 Issues in Consciousness Studies 1–3Issues will vary according to student interests. May be repeated forcredit with a change of topic.CNS _____________________________________________________________________5800 Issues in Philosophy 1–3In-depth research and analysis of specific topics in philosophy andconsciousness. Focus varies with instructor and student interest.CNS 5995 Independent Studyin _____________________________________________________________________Consciousness Studies 1–3To be arranged with consent of instructor and approval of thedepartment chair and dean.Non-Credit FieldworkCNS _____________________________________________________________________9210 Dream Studies Fieldwork 0In this course, students will complete a field project related todream studies. The specific nature of the project will vary basedon student’s interests and available mentors and often includesattendance at a dream conference; however, all work must beapproved prior to its onset.HHE 5001 Introduction toHolistic _____________________________________________________________________Health Education Program 0A required, no-cost, no-credit course for all students entering theprogram. It prepares students to get the most out of the programand lets them know what they need to do in order to complete it.HHE _____________________________________________________________________5120 Integrative Health 2This course examines issues and challenges of integratingallopathic and holistic, East and West, science and spirit. Studentsreview the foundations of modern scientific medicine as well ashealing in ancient traditions, and explore integrative approachesto healing in a postmodern world. Prerequisite: HHE 5001.HHE _____________________________________________________________________5125 Energy Models of Healing 2This course presents a brief history of theories of energy andvibrational modes of healing from the earliest “scientific” andvitalist philosophers through Mesmer and more recently Burr,Becker, Hunt, and Brennan. “Energetic anatomy” and prominentmodalities are covered. The course explores the role of technologyin energy healing and also how to define and explain theories andpractices to laypeople and medical professionals. Prerequisites:HHE 5225 and PHR 3405.HHE _____________________________________________________________________5126 Asian Approaches to Healing 2Two of the oldest holistic systems of medicine—Chinese andAyurvedic medicine—are presented in this introductory course.Their basic philosophy, principles, and standards of treatment willbe explored both didactically and experientially. The course willnot focus on comparing the two systems, but the diversities of eachwill be outlined with emphasis on their spiritual roots, cultural andsocial perspectives, and their growing appeal as global alternativesin health care. Prerequisites: HHE 5001 and PHR 3405.HHE _____________________________________________________________________5130 Concepts of the Body 3Theoretical and philosophical conceptualizations of the bodyinfluence health and healing. This course will provide anopportunity to read, discuss, and analyze classical and contemp-134 School of Holistic Studies John F. Kennedy University