Pacifica Graduate Institute

FEATURED COLLECTIONS:

Opus Archives and Research Center holds the personal papers, private libraries, and collected artifacts of these eminent scholars (partial listing)

Joseph Campbell

This extraordinary collection contains nearly 3,000 volumes in the fields of literature, art, philosophy, religion, and mythology. Many of the books are rare, and most have Campbell’s personal notations in the margins. The Joseph Campbell Collection includes personal artifacts, art, audio and video tapes, manuscripts, research papers, photographs, and memorabilia amassed during Campbell’s 38 years of teaching at Sarah Lawrence College and lecturing throughout the world. Campbell’s lengthy association with Pacifica Graduate Institute included frequent

lectures and conference presentations for the Institute during the last two decades of his life. His scholarship integrated various fields, including literature, anthropology, mythology, and art history.

   Joseph Campbell Chronology
   Joseph Campbell Bibliography
   Joseph Campbell Books
   More on Joseph Campbell

James Hillman

The father of archetypal psychology, Hillman is a leading scholar in Jungian and Post-Jungian thought. He is recognized as one of the most important radical critics and innovators of contemporary culture.

James Hillman Collection

James Hillman Life & Work

James Hillman Checklist

Marija Gimbutas

was a Professor of Archaeology at UCLA and author of the groundbreaking book on Neolithic religion, The Language of the Goddess. Her discoveries have taken on great symbolic importance for feminist thought.

Mariha Gimbutas Collection

Marija Gimbutas Life & Work

Marija Gimbutas Bibliography

Marion Woodman

is a Jungian analyst, lecturer, and author of numerous books exploring the relationship between psyche and soma. A visionary and teacher, she has developed some of Jung’s ideas in original and creative ways.

Jane Hollister wheelwright
and Joseph Wheelwright

These pioneering Jungian analysts trained in London and Zurich, including analysis with Carl Jung and Toni Wolff. They were leading figures at the Jung Institute of San Francisco. Both Wheelwrights contributed to the dissemination and exploration of Analytical Psychology, in the United States and internationally. Their contribution to classical Jungian studies is invaluable.

Christine Downing

is a scholar of religion, mythology, depth psychology and feminist studies. In 1974 she became the first woman president of the American Academy of Religion. She has forged a career in the academy and in the evolution of feminist thought through the unique blending of rigorous scholarly work with the personal voice of biographical writing and self reflection.

“The work of Opus Archives and Research Center began with a generous gift. The Joseph Campbell estate entrusted the rich works of a scholar’s lifetime to this place so that they might be held, tended, treasured, and shared with others. Opus Archives and Research Center, then called the Center for the Study of Depth Psychology, was birthed from that gift. With gifts come obligations, and Opus is poised to meet them. As a not-for-profit corporation, the Center was established to serve as the steward for several precious collections—to keep them safe, and allow for their use by those who wish to access them for expansion of their individual work into the world at large. We look forward to the opportunity to plant and tend, to weed and harvest the future yield resulting from the remarkable work that has been entrusted to us. Through the gathering, we can render fruit in a parched world.

opus director

Elise Collins Shields, Ph.D.
Executive Director of OPUS Archives and Research Center

CURRENT PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES

• Establishing a Reconciliation Fund to support students and scholars who are taking action toward social justice, peace, and reconciliation

• Launching Opus’ “Old Stories” into the world conversation via a global internet

• Offering grants to seekers from extended disciplines and engaging in social entrepreneurial efforts to encourage use of the archives for research and publication in the broader cultural domain

• Digitizing the Archives and Collections for wider research and public availability

As a dynamic center for the appreciation of depth/ archetypal psychology, mythology and the humanities, and their place on the world platform, Opus forms a nucleus for the exploration of psyche and myth in the world. It is a center that, borrowing Joseph Campbell’s words, provides a “secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human cultural manifestation.”We are a repository for rare and significant collections in the fields of mythology, archetypal psychology, and world culture. We extend the availability of these collections to students and scholars who express a keen desire to utilize them in contemporary research. We also facilitate grants to further research in these fields and the dissemination of scholarly work into the culture-at-large.In addition, we sponsor interdisciplinary dialogues, community networks, internet forums, and creative conversation among researchers, scholars, and students on a broad range of topics.

We invite your curiosity

For more information, contact:
OPUS Archives and Research Center
801 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108
tel 805.969.5750 | www.opusarchives.