Assignments

**Assignment Categories**
 * Attendance & Participation (26% of final grade)
 * looking for a clear sense that the student has done the reading and has engaged with the material
 * Personal Responses (24% of final grade)
 * 2 pages double-spaced
 * purpose is to promote reflection, provide opportunity to analyze material and contribute to class discussion
 * must submit a PR for 7 of the 9 assigned readings/chapters
 * Paper (50% of final grade)
 * Choose a topic (in consultation w/ professor) that relates to some facet of the human mind, understood as a spiritual organ receptive of life from God. The assignment is to view this topic in the light of th theology of the New Church, and, if applicable, in the light of other religious and secular sources
 * Expect that students would course notes, //Newsearch// and Potts' //Concordance// to explore subject further
 * Bringing in material from the Old and New Testaments and contrasting or supporting material from other sources is encouraged.
 * Around 2600-3000 words. See Student Handbook / "Guidelines for Written Assignments" for required form of written work.
 * Include the word count
 * Paper must be submitted in e-form (may also be submitted in hard copy)

**Topics & Assigned Readings**
 * CLASS 1 June 6
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduction and General form and nature of the mind
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Readings (covered in ﬁrst class):
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GHO notes, chap 1- The Purpose of the Human Mind
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GHO notes, chap 2 — Various terms used of the mind, pp. 39-50
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CLASS 2 June 7
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">General form and nature of the mind, continued (Natural mind, body, tenns)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Readings:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GHO notes, chap 2 - The Mind’s Basic Structure, pp. 21-39 (through end of section IV. Note: this reading includes a section from Divine Love and part III, which is not in the text itself)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CLASS 3 June 8
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inﬂux and Relationship between levels of Mind
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Readings:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GHO notes, chap 3 - Inﬂux and Relationship between levels of Mind
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CLASS 4 June 9
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inﬂuences in the Mind from birth: heredity and remnants
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Readings:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GHO notes, chap 4 - State of natural mind at birth, potential for redemption
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CLASS 5 June 10
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Natural Degrees of the Mind: Sensory, Middle, and Rational
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Readings:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GHO notes, chap 5 - Degrees of the natural mind
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CLASS 6 June 13
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stages of the Natural Mind’s Growth and Development
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Readings:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GHO notes, chap 6 - Stages of the Natural Mind’s Growth and Development
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Memory and Imagination,” The Human Mind (HLO) pp. 47-57
 * Sermon by Peter Buss
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Optional (cancelled)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Putting Imagination in its Place” (DMT) (9 pp.)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Imagination: Its Place in Mind” (PMB) (4 pp.)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CLASS 7 June14
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The mind and our association with the spiritual world (particular inﬂux)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Readings:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GHO notes, chap 7 - Spirits and Angels Associated With Our Minds
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Spirits and Men// (HLO) (general reference)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CLASS 8 June 15
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Memory and Formation of our Ruling Love
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Readings:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GHO notes, chap 8 — Establishing Our Ruling Love Appropriation and Imputation
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Assignment on Memory” (GHO) (includes reading major treatments of the Writings on Memory and knowledge in the mind)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Formation of the Memory,” The Human Mind (HLO) pp. 36-46 (optional)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CLASS 9 June 16
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The ultimate basis of the mind: brain and correspondence between mind and body
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Readings
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GHO notes, chap 9 — Ultimate Basis of Mind: Brain, Correspondence with Body
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Mind and Brain,” The Human Mind (HLO) pp. l3-24 (optional)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Let’s Apply” articles on fetus (WLDH and ES) (optional)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">CLASS 10 June 20
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mental illness and disease in general
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Readings:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GHO notes, chap 10 — Spiritual Factors in Health and Sickness (10 pp.)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Spirits and Men// (HLO), pp. 171-210
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“A New Church View of Mental Health,” Frank Rose (5 pp.)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Spirits: A Cause of Mental Disturbance”(WLDH) (13 pp.)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“‘Use’ and mental Health,” (GHO) (4 pp.)
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> “Presence of Spirits in Madness,” //The Presence of Other Worlds// (Van Dusen) (optional