Publications

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Tarnas, Becca, ed. Historical Roots and Current Flowerings. Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology 7 (2020).

Tarnas, Becca. Journey to the Imaginal Realm: A Reader’s Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. Seattle, WA: Revelore Press, 2019.

Tarnas, Becca. The Back of Beyond: The Red Books of C.G. Jung and J.R.R. Tolkien. PhD diss., California Institute of Integral Studies, 2018.

Maxwell, Grant and Becca Tarnas, eds. Saturn and the Theoretical Foundations of an Emerging Discipline. Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology 5 (2016).

Articles & Chapters

Tarnas, Becca. “Astrology As Participatory Spirituality.” Studio Magicae: A Journal of Theoretical and Practical Magic 1 (2022).

Tarnas, Becca. “Celestial Integration: Psychedelics and Archetypal Astrology.” In Psychedelics and Psychotherapy: The Healing Potential of Expanded States, edited by Maria Papaspyrou and Tim Read. Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2021.

Tarnas, Becca. “The Participatory Imagination.” In Vol. 4 of Jung’s Red Book for Our Time, edited by Murray Stein and Thomas Arzt. Asheville, NC: Chiron Publications, 2020.

Tarnas, Becca. “Eyes That Can See in the Dark: An Astrological Analysis of Toni Wolff & C.G. Jung: A Collaboration by Nan Savage Healy.” Historical Roots and Current Flowerings. Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology 7 (2019): 153–72.

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Tarnas, Becca. “Mary Wollstonecraft: Voice of Women’s Liberation.” Immanence: The Journal of Applied Myth, Story, and Folklore Vol. 3, No. 1 (Fall/Winter 2018): 22-31.

Tarnas, Becca. “Astrology As A Spiritual Practice.” Astrology News Service (June 30, 2018).

Tarnas, Becca. “Everlasting Concrescence: A Process-Relational Cosmology.” Cultural Awakenings. Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology 6 (2017): 7-15.

Tarnas, Becca. “The Fantastic Imagination: Sub-Creating Tolkien’s Middle-Earth.” In Re-Enchanting the Academy, edited by Simon Wilson and Angela Voss. Seattle, WA: Rubedo Press, 2017.

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Tarnas, Becca. “Iridescent Infinity: Participatory Theory and Archetypal Cosmology.” Saturn and the Theoretical Foundations of an Emerging Discipline. Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology 5 (2016): 87-104.

Tarnas, Becca. “The Phenomenology of Astrology.”Immanence: The Journal of Applied Myth, Story, and Folklore Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall 2016): 61-71.

Tarnas, Becca. “Towards An Imaginal Ecology.” Re-Imagining Magazine 1 (Spring 2016).

Tarnas, Becca. “From Waldorf to CIIS: Knowing Imagination.” Being Human: Personal and Cultural Renewal in the 21st Century (Fall 2015): 32-37.

Tarnas, Becca. “Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Unveiling the Modern Shadow.” Kepler College (Summer 2013).

Tarnas, Becca. “An Archetypal Glimpse Into Teilhard’s Evolutionary Vision.” Death, Rebirth, and Revolution: Archetypal Dynamics and Personal Experience. Archai: The Journal of Archetypal Cosmology 4 (2012): 97-110.

Audiobook Narration

Grof, Stanislav. The Way of the Psychonaut: Encyclopedia for Inner Journeys, Vols. 1 & 2. Santa Cruz, CA: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), 2019. Audiobook narrator: Becca Tarnas.

Forthcoming Publications

Tarnas, Becca. “Soul of the Cosmos.” In How I Found God in Everyone and Everywhere, Vol 2, edited by Andrew M. Davis, 2025.

Biography of Stanislav Grof, estimated completion in 2025.