Phil at Moon News in Half Moon Bay, Dec. 2008.

Pilgrimage to Greece, Summer 2008.

Phil Cousineau Stoking the Creative Fires at Readers Books in Sonoma, August 2008.

Your Creative Journey weekend with Phil Cousineau and Gregg Chadwick, Esalen Institute, December 2006.

Huston Smith and Phil Cousineau at Zen Hospice event in 2006.

Phil Cousineau at a Warner Bros. taping, Los Angeles, March 2006.

The Painted Word workshop at Esalen with Phil Cousineau and Gregg Chadwick, December 2005.

Gary Rhine, Huston Smith and Phil Cousineau at Book Passage celebrating A Seat at the Table, November 2005.

Phil Cousineau on the Olympic Odyssey at Black Oak Books, Berkeley, November 2003.

EVENTS with PHIL COUSINEAU

2010 Public Events with Phil Cousineau

ACTIVE EVENT INFORMATION AND LINKS APPEAR TO THE RIGHT


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Past Public Events with Phil Cousineau
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March 6, 2010
Sacramento Library Foundation,
"Authors on the Move,"
Sacramento, CA

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2009 Public Events with Phil Cousineau
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April 18, 2009
"Opening Day: The Poetics of Baseball, the Baseball of Poetry" with Phil Cousineau and Dan Liberthson
Bird & Beckett Books
San Francisco, CA
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February 18, 2009
Phil Cousineau hosts a conversation with Karen Armstrong and Robert Thurman
on "The Spiritual Quest" for Link TV's Global Spirit
Sponsored by The Open Center
@​ CUNY Graduate Center
New York, NY
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March 14-16, 2009
Walk in Spirit
American Pilgrims on the Camino
2009 Annual Gathering
Albuquerque, NM
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March 5, 2009
Huston Smith & Phil Cousineau on "Enduring Happiness"
Pleasure is transitory. How can we maximize happiness in our lives?
California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, CA
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August 14, 2009
Phil Cousineau on THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
18th Annual Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference
Corte Madera, CA

August 15, 2009
Shaping Your Travels into a Book
Tim Cahill, Henry Shukman & Phil Cousineau (moderator)
18th Annual Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference
Corte Madera, CA
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September 4, 2009
THE MEANING OF TEA celebration
East West Bookstore with Phil Cousineau, Scott Hoyt and James Norwood Pratt
Mountain View, CA
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September 8, 2009
THE MEANING OF TEA book launch party
Book Passage Bookstore with Phil Cousineau, Scott Hoyt and James Norwood Pratt
Corte Madera, CA
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September 9, 2009
THE MEANING OF TEA Tea Salon
Samovar Tea Lounge Yerba Buena Gardens
with Phil Cousineau, Scott Hoyt and James Norwood Pratt
San Francisco, CA
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September 18-20, 2009
The Creative Journey & The Long Conversation:
A Weekend with Phil Cousineau
Cosponsored by Chicago IONS and Hektoen Institute
@​ Unity in Chicago, IL

September 18, 2009
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES

September 19, 2009
Workshop on Creativity and STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES with Phil Cousineau

September 20, 2009
The Long Conversation: Exploring the Global Spirit with Phil Cousineau
Film screenings and discussion
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September 21, 2009
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
Boswell Book Company
Milwaukee, WI
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September 24
Day workshop on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
First Church Oberlin UCC
Oberlin, OH
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September 24, 2009
Evening with Phil Cousineau on THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
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September 26, 2009
Phil Cousineau on THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
sponsored by The Cleveland Ecumenical Institute for Religious Studies
Trinity Cathedral
Cleveland, OH
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October 29, 2009
Phil Cousineau speaking to journalism and film students
University of Detroit
Detroit, MI
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October 6, 2009
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
The Commonwealth Club
San Francisco, CA
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October 17, 2009
Phil Cousineau and Scott Hoyt on THE MEANING OF TEA
East West Living
New York, NY
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November 7, 2009
Phil Cousineau on "Transforming Travel into Pilgrimage"
Gathering of American Pilgrims
Walnut Creek, CA
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December 7, 2009
Phil Cousineau speaks at Left Coast Writers
Book Passage Bookstore
51 Tamal Vista Drive,
Corte Madera, CA
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December 11-13, 2009
Phil Cousineau and Jeff "The Dude" Dowd
"Myth, Magic and Movies"
Esalen Institute
Big Sur, CA


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2008 Public Events with Phil Cousineau
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March 4, 2008
Phil Cousineau reading from NIGHT TRAIN
San Jose Poetry Center
San Jose, CA
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March 7, 2008
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
C.G. Jung Society of Sarasota
The Unitarian Universalist Church
Sarasota, FL
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March 8, 2008
Phil Cousineau on "The Creative Journey:
From Inspiration to Realization" workshop
C.G. Jung Society of Sarasota
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April 3, 2008
Phil Cousineau on THE ART Of PILGRIMAGE
Pierce Institute for Leadership and Community Engagement
Oxford College of Emory University
Oxford, GA
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April 10, 2008
Phil Cousineau on "The Soul of Place"
California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS)
San Francisco, CA
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April 26, 2008
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
East West Living
New York, NY
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May 28, 2008
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
Bird & Beckett Books
San Francisco, CA
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June 5, 2008
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
Fields Books Store
San Francisco, CA
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July 31, 2008
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
Readers' Books
Sonoma, CA
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August 14-17, 2008
Book Passage 2008 Travel Writers & Photographers Conference
Corte Madera, CA
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August 22-24, 2008
Phil Cousineau, R.B. Morris & Gregg Chadwick
"On the Bus: A Multimedia Performance Workshop: Mythmaking in the Movies, Music, Art, and Poetry"
Esalen Institute
Big Sur, CA
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August 27, 2008
Phil Cousineau on "9 Ways to Rekindle Passion and Imagination"
The Inside Edge
@​ The Faculty University Club
University of California, Irvine
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Sept. 12-13, 2008
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
Jung Society of Seattle
Seattle, WA
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Oct. 3-4, 2008
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
Jung Society of Maine
Brunswick, ME
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Oct. 11, 2008 Litquake > Litcrawl
"At One With the World: Travel Writers Share Stories of Place, People, and Culture"
Carol J. Arnold, Diana Cohen, Phil Cousineau, Larry Habegger, Barbara Robertson, Christine Sarkis, Tanya Shaffer
Gestalt Haus
San Francisco, CA
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Oct. 12, 2008
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
Book Passage
Corte Madera, CA
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Oct. 16, 2008
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
East West Books
Mountain View, CA
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Nov. 3, 2008
Phil Cousineau presents to Left Coast Writers
Book Passage
Corte Madera, CA
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December 6, 2008
Phil Cousineau on STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES
Moon News Bookstore
Half Moon Bay, CA

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2007 Public Events with Phil Cousineau
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February 9-10, 2007
7:00pm Friday night lecture on THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
10:00-3:00pm Saturday workshop
All Saints' Episcopal Church
Atlanta, GA
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March 1-2, 2007
Phil Cousineau on THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
Interfaith Paths to Peace
Louisville, KY
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March 28-April 2, 2007
Northeastern Illinois University
Phil Cousineau on "Stoking the Creative Fires"
Chicago, IL
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April 16, 2007
Phil Cousineau on THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID
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July 13-15, 2007
Friday night with Phil Cousineau on "Stoking the Creative Fires" and Saturday workshop on "Five Excellent Creativity Practices"
Catherine Spalding Center
Louisville, KY
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September 21-22, 2007
Phil Cousineau "Who Stole the Arms of the Venus de Milo?"
Sophia Center, Holy Names College
Oakland, CA
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December 21-23, 2007
Phil Cousineau & Jeff Dowd on "Myth, Magic, and Movies"
Esalen Institute
Big Sur, CA
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In addition to giving talks and workshops on "Stoking the Creative Fires," Phil Cousineau appeared with Huston Smith at bookstores throughout Fall 2005 in celebration of the publication of A SEAT AT THE TABLE, a book (and companion to the film of the same name) on the continuing struggle for Native American religious freedom.

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2006 Public Events with Phil Cousineau
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January 20, 2006
"The Soul of Mentorship"
Friends of Youth /​ Oracle
Redwood City, CA
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February 22, 2006
"Religion and Sports"
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
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March 19, 2006
"BEST TRAVEL WRITING 2006"
Book Passage
Travelers Tales event w/​ Cousineau, Habegger, Cousineau, Hale, Rogoff, Fink
Corte Madera, CA
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March 19, 2006
Edinburgh Castle
MUSICAL AND POETIC CONCERT
w/​ Cousineau, Doubiago, Morris, Nicosia
San Francisco, CA
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July 6-9, 2006
Phil Cousineau, THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
Catherine Spalding Center
Nazareth, KY
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July 16-17, 2006
Phil Cousineau, THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
Unity Church
Tustin, CA
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September 7-11, 2006
Gandhi/​Merton pilgrimage
Interfaith Paths to Peace
Louisville, KY
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Oct. 14, 2006
Phil Cousineau on "Stoking the Creative Fires"
UCLA Extension
Los Angeles, CA
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Nov. 3-5, 2006
Huston Smith tribute
Esalen Institute
Big Sur, CA
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Nov. 18, 2006
10:00-4:00 p.m.
"Spiritual Values and Practice for the Second Half of Life: A Day with Huston Smith and Phil Cousineau"
Los Angeles, CA
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Dec. 8-9, 2006
Joseph Campbell Celebration:
"Cousineau on Campbell on Pilgrimage, on Movies"
Seattle Jung Society
Seattle, WA
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Dec. 22-24, 2006
Esalen Institute
"Your Creative Journey"
Phil Cousineau and Gregg Chadwick
Big Sur, CA
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2005 Public Events with Phil Cousineau
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January 20, 2005
"Gifts, Generosity, Creativity"
Fetzer Institute
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January 24, 2005
"Stoking the Creative Fires"
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
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January 25, 2005
THE BLUE MUSEUM
Marketsquare Bookstore
with R.B. Morris
Knoxville, TN
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February 11, 2005
“Stoking the Creative Fires”
Friends of Jung
San Diego, CA
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Friday, February 25, 2005
Huston Smith Celebration
Screening and Panel Discussion of “A Seat At the Table: Struggling for American Indian Religious Freedom”
Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building,
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
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April 28, 2005
“The Olympic Spirit"
Light Conference
Pasadena, CA
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“THE HERO’S JOURNEY Revisited”
Campbell Circle
Pasadena, CA
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May 21, 2005
Phil Cousineau, THE HERO’S JOURNEY
UCLA Extension
Los Angeles, CA
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June 3-5, 2005
A Seat at the Table/​THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE”
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
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September 23-24, 2005
“Stoking the Creative Fires”
Sophia Center
Holy Names College
Oakland, CA
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October 3-7, 2005
Phil Cousineau, THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
Global New Thought conference
Palm Springs, CA
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October 28-30, 2005
Phil Cousineau, THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
Theosophical Society
Krotona Institute
Ojai, CA
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November 2, 2005
Phil Cousineau, A SEAT AT THE TABLE
The Inside Edge
Costa Mesa, CA
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November 5-6, 2005
Phil Cousineau on "The Power of Mythic Places: Sacred Lands, the Soul of the City, and the Search for Paradise"
UCLA Extension
Los Angeles, CA
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November 7, 2005
Book Passage
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Phil Cousineau, Huston Smith, and Gary Rhine
Corte Madera, CA
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November 13, 2005
Cody's
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Phil Cousineau and Huston Smith
Berkeley, CA
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November 17, 2005
"Living the Mythopoetic Life"
Phil Cousineau and Rebecca Armstrong
International Women’s Association
Chicago, IL
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November 18, 2005
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Transitions Bookplace
Chicago, IL
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November 20, 2005
THE BLUE MUSEUM poetry workshop
St. John’s
Chicago, IL
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November 20, 2005
Stoking the Creative Fires
Institute of Noetic Science, Chicago Chapter
Chicago, IL
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November 29, 2005
A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Phil Cousineau, Huston Smith, and Gary Rhine
San Francisco, CA
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December 2-4, 2005
"The Painted Word"
Phil Cousineau and Gregg Chadwick
Esalen Institute
Big Sur, CA
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December 5, 2005
Book Passage
Phil Cousineau and Richard Beban
celebrating THE BLUE MUSEUM
and GIRL EATING A BIRD
Corte Madera, CA
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2004 Public Events with Phil Cousineau
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January 24, 2004
THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
UCLA Extension
Los Angeles, CA
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January 26, 2004
Phil Cousineau & Huston Smith
Earle Lecture, First Congregational Church
Berkeley, CA
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Feb 13, 2004
Phil Cousineau & Huston Smith on THE WAY THINGS ARE
East West Bookshop
Mountain View, CA
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March 21-26, 2004
"Myth and Soul"
Phil Cousineau & Brother David Steindl-Rast
Joseph Campbell Centenary Celebration
@​ Esalen Institute
Big Sur, CA 93920
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April 15, 2004
7:00 p.m. Moon News
Phil Cousineau & Huston Smith
THE WAY THINGS ARE talk and booksigning
Half Moon Bay, CA
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April 16-18, 2004
Phil Cousineau on"Joseph Campbell and The Myth of Sports" at the Joseph Campbell Conference
Santa Barbara, CA
Pacifica Graduate Institute
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June 3-6, 2004
Mythic Journeys 2004: Conference and performance festival inspired by the Legacy of Joseph Campbell
The Hyatt Regency Hotel
Atlanta, GA
The Mythic Imagination Institute
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Dec. 4, 2004
9:00-4:40 p.m., Seminar, reception follows from 4:30-5:30pm
THE WAY THINGS ARE with Huston Smith & Phil Cousineau
UCLA Extension
Los Angeles, CA
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Nov. 19-21, 2004
Weekend seminiar "Stoking the Creative Fires"
Phil Cousineau & R.B. Morris
Esalen Institute
Big Sur, CA
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Nov. 17, 2004
The Inside Edge
"Stoking the Creative Fires"
Phil Cousineau & R.B. Morris
University Club on University of California campus
Irvine, CA
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Nov. 17, 2004
"Stoking the Creative Fires" Phil Cousineau & R.B. Morris
Unity Church of Tustin
Tustin, CA
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Nov 16, 2004
"Stoking the Creative Fires" Phil Cousineau & R.B. Morris
Center for UT
San Juan Capistrano, CA
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Nov 13, 2004
7:00-9:30 p.m.
"Stoking the Creative Fires" Phil Cousineau & R.B. Morris
Institute for Imaginal Studies /​Angela Center
Santa Rosa, CA
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October 22-24, 2004 Weekend seminiar
Phil Cousineau, THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
Shadybrook Retreat Center
Cleveland, OH
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2003 Public Events with Phil Cousineau
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September 10, 2003
Book Passage Bookstore
Phil Cousineau & Huston Smith
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Corte Madera, CA
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September 17, 2003
Black Oak Books
Phil Cousineau & Huston Smith
THE WAY THINGS ARE
1491 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94709
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September 18-19, 2003
Phil Cousineau on "Pilgrimage and Myths"
Sophia Center,
Holy Names College
Oakland, CA 94619

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October 13, 2003
Phil Cousineau & Huston Smith
"THE WAY THINGS ARE: Conversations with Phil Cousineau and Huston Smith on the Spiritual Life"
Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA
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November 5, 2003
Phil Cousineau on THE OLYMPIC ODYSSEY
Black Oak Books
Berkeley, CA
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October 30, 2003
Phil Cousineau, THE OLYMPIC ODYSSEY
A Clean Well Lighted Place for Books
San Francisco, CA
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November 14-15, 2003
Weekend with Phil Cousineau
"The Sacred Art of Pilgrimage, its Relationship to Turmoil & the Supple Nature of the Human Psyche" sponsored by the C. G. Jung Society of Sarasota

November 14
Evening lecture
The Unitarian Universalist Church
Sarasota, FL

November 15
Workshop
Bayside Behavioral Center
Sarasota, FL
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November 21, 2003
Phil Cousineau, THE OLYMPIC ODYSSEY
Transitions Bookplace
Chicago, IL
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November 23, 2003
Phil Cousineau, THE OLYMPIC ODYSSEY
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Skokie, IL
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November 24, 2003
Phil Cousineau on THE OLYMPIC ODYSSEY
East West Bookshop
Mountain View, CA
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December 2, 2003
Phil Cousineau on THE OLYMPIC ODYSSEY
Book Passage Bookstore
51 Tamal Vista Blvd.
Corte Madera, CA
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December 12-14, 2003
with Phil Cousineau & Huston Smith
Esalen Institute
"THE WAY THINGS ARE: Searching for the Deeply Real through Religion, Science, and Art"
Big Sur, CA
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Links

Books by Phil Cousineau

Nonfiction
WORDCATCHER: An Odyssey Into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words
Phil Cousineau grew up in a family where they took the dictionary with them on vacations. In WORDCATCHER, Cousineau writes about these family origins of his love of words, and describes 250 of his favorite words and the fascinating stories behind them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE OLDEST STORY IN THE WORLD
This book is a brooding, daring, exploration of the secret strength of storytelling, in which Phil Cousineau addresses the central theme which runs through all of his work, the transportive power of words. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
STOKING THE CREATIVE FIRES: 9 Ways to Rekindle Passion and Imagination
Cousineau writes, "Creativity is as natural as breathing. To create is to grow, which in turn makes us feel vitally alive." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE
The Seeker's Guide to Making Travel Sacred ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Huston Smith In Conversation with Native Americans on Religious Freedom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE OLYMPIC ODYSSEY
Rekindling the True Spirit of the Great Games ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE WAY THINGS ARE
Conversations with Huston Smith on the Spiritual Life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE HERO'S JOURNEY
Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ONCE AND FUTURE MYTHS
The Power of Ancient Stories in Modern Times ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SOUL: An Archaeology
Readings from Socrates to Ray Charles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE BOOK OF ROADS
Travel Stories ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COINCIDENCE OR DESTINY?
Stories of Synchronicity That Illuminate Our Lives ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE SOUL OF THE WORLD
A Modern Book of Hours ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Poetry
NIGHT TRAIN
Poems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE BLUE MUSEUM
Poems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DEADLINES
A Rhapsody on a Theme of Famous and Infamous Last Words ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FUNGOES AND FASTBALLS
Basball Haiku ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~