CONSULTANT MAXINE FREED

Consulting areas:

 SACRED SCIENCE

Systems views, theories, philosophy, applications

The chakras

WORLD MYTHS, SYMBOLS AND ORACLES

·       Spiritual/religious arts (visual, performance, literature/myth), particularly Eastern, African, and shamanic traditions

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGES OF COLOR, SOUND, MOVEMENT AND FORM

·       Movement/dance

·       Masks and maskmaking

·       Cross-cultural aesthetics

·       Creativity, especially fostering personal creativity (including but not limited to artistic creativity)

Maxine Freed is a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary educator and lifelong learner. She has an M.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University and recently completed a Certificate in Creativity Studies at Saybrook Graduate School, where she is pursuing a Ph.D. in Consciousness and Spirituality. Her dissertation will be a systems inquiry into creativity and transformative learning. In addition to her formal education, Maxine has independently studied and practiced widely in the arts and mind-body disciplines.

 For the past 15 years Maxine has taught at a number of colleges and universities on both coasts. Current course offerings include Creative Minds, Art and Spirituality, Aesthetics, and Eastern Philosophy. In 1995 she founded Freed Energy though which she consults, mentors, and conducts playshops, short courses, and individual sessions to enhance creativity and “flow.”

 Maxine is deeply committed to facilitating holistic, integrated learning within the emergent paradigm.

 EDUCATION

Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center:

·       Ph.D. candidate, Human Science: Consciousness & Spirituality concentration. Expected conferral 2007.

·       Creativity Studies Certificate, May 2005.

Columbia University: M.A.,

Philosophy, 1992. Qualifying areas: Metaphysics, Aesthetics, Epistemology.

SUNY, Empire State College: B.S., Cultural Studies/Humanities, 1979.

American Academy of Dramatic Arts: Diploma, 1973.

Decades-long study and training in: Visual arts, Dance, Theatre, Music, Mind-Body disciplines, Eastern wisdom traditions.

ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2001–present            De Anza College           

Creative Minds,

The Arts and the Human Spirit,

Aesthetics: Engaging With the Arts, Discussion on the Arts,

Arts, Ideas, and Values,

World Religions,

Moral and Political Philosophy,

Introduction to Eastern Philosophy: China Introduction to Eastern Philosophy: Japan Introduction to Women’s Studies

 2000–present  Monterey Peninsula College           

Introduction to Eastern Philosophy

Exploration of Values in Living

Moral Issues

Philosophies of Love

 2000–2004            University of California           

Cultivating Peace and Compassion

Santa Cruz Extension            

Buddhism: Wisdom and Compassion, Introduction to Eastern Wisdom

Fall 2001      Cabrillo College           

Introduction to Ethics

 2001–2002            Hartnell College           

World Religions

 Sum.–Fall 2000              Gavilan College      

Religions of the World

Introduction to Philosophy, Logic

 1998–1999     West Chester University     

Introduction to Philosophy

1995–1999  Philadelphia University  

World Philosophies, Personality and Culture, American Lives: Diversity and  Commonality

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