Conference: The Healing Power of Ancient Literature

The Parker Institute is sponsoring a symposium on The Healing Power of Ancient Literature June 19-20, 2008 in Reno, NV.  The Announcement reads:

The symposium's premise is that literature, especially ancient literature, possesses a profound power to heal our souls, a power that is especially needed today when the rapidity of change and the force of world events combine to make peace of mind an ever more distant and seemingly unreachable goal.  Featuring nationally-renowned scholars, the symposium will explore the wisdom literature of Egypt, the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, the poetry of Homer, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, and the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes as sources of enlightenment and inspiration.

For further information, contact Dr. Lois Parker (loisp@unr.edu).

Comments

[Patrick S. O'Donnell]

I trust, however, the assumption is not made by those putting on the conference that ancient literature with "healing power" is geographically circumscribed by the texts mentioned in the notice, as that is a fairly small area, globally speaking.