Acropolis News

New Acropolis Cordoba presented a two-day seminar on pre-Columbian cultures, including the Inca, Maya, and Aztec.
Students, teachers and participants in general deepened their understanding of Symbology, of the organization of societies and of the human values that native Americans had cultivated.

New Acropolis Alicante had the opportunity to celebrate the uninterrupted reading of the first novel in Spanish, Don Quixote, which annually commemorates Book Day. This tradition celebrated its twelfth anniversary receiving excellent reception on the part of the public given participants’ extensive and enthusiastic participation in the readings. Some of the witty and wise reflections bequeathed by the great Cervantes have been transcribed with fountain pen by the activity’s participants.

New Acropolis Chicago celebrated National Poetry Month with a special cultural event dedicated to the work entitled ‘The Prophet’, a book of poetry written a hundred years ago by Gibran Khalil Gibran, poet, artist, writer and philosopher.

Volunteers recited a selection of Gibran’s beautiful and deeply thoughtful poems and discussed the interesting life story of the poet. The evening included a poetry recital, a tour of the poet’s life as well as an engaging discussion and dinner.

We told one, two and many more stories during a new meeting of the ‘Booksharing’ club at the Girasol Café. The main focus of our discussion were the inspiring stories of the famous writer Jorge Bucay.

On Earth Day, New Acropolis Liberec carried out a campaign to promote its activities and the upcoming ecological clean up that is part of its program.

Lecture on the life and work of Carl Gustav Jung at the lecture hall of New Acropolis Brasilia.

With a language based on empiricism, Jung rescued ideas about the conquest of our true essence and presented important references for the journey toward human fulfillment. Jung revived old and valuable concepts in addition to demolishing many prejudices with the force of one who not only studied but, above all, lived every one of his ideas.

Psychologist Pedro Paiva, presented this event on Jung, highlighting the journey towards the deepest parts of ourselves, a challenge that presents itself to lovers of wisdom.

This type of event format was organized for the first time and became a very creative experiment: excerpts were projected on a large screen, and texts were provided to attendees who read the stories aloud by parts. After that, discussion, questions, comments and debate….

This way of relating to the texts helps to understand the story in a deeper way, to analyze it from different points of view and discover alternative perspectives which others provide.