By exploring the specific ways such experiences are imagined today and have been imagined in history, ISI seeks to foster a deeper appreciation for the sustaining function of imagination in determining how we feel and think about the world and our place in it. Through offices in Chicago, Baltimore, and Albuquerque, ISI presents conferences, seminars, lectures, and on-going programs in imaginal studies. ISI also has close ties with the London Convivium for Archetypal Studies , and the journal Initiations in Brussels. ISI exists to encourage this diversity and to mirror the many faces of imagination in the world. But ISI's work is not idle, arm-chair flirtation.
History teaches that cultures rise and fall on the crests of their supporting images.
We are forever carried by imagination, and tend to act badly when we ignore its substance and intent. ISI's goal is to help restore and strengthen our imaginative vision.