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Transformation occurs as a result of intent. Rituals serve to focus the intent. The more focused the intent, the more powerful the potential transformation. - Caryn Anderson

The Odyssey is an epic poem attributed to Homer, which describes the ten years' wandering and adventures of Odysseus (Latin: Ulysses) in returning home to Ithaca after Trojan War. This Odyssey is also a long wandering or series of travels, and also a return home after a mighty battle.

• Part urban walking tour, part spiritual retreat, the Odyssey is a systematic ritual I've developed based on a creative integration of ancient mystical and mythological traditions.
• Part scavenger hunt, part holy pilgrimage, the Odyssey course is an adventure-based program designed to generate personal transformation using mental, emotional, spiritual and physical methods.
• Part dress-up, part mindfulness, the Odyssey journey is a playful exploration and mining of our deepest values and qualities.

If the ideas of Psychological Sudoku, Mystical Scrabble, Linguistic Labyrinths or Mathematical Meditation seem more curious than crazy, and you are looking for some new creative problem-solving methods in your personal or professional life, this may be the adventure for you. Based on Creative Planning and Pragmatic Serendipity, the Odyssey experience can be described as a Methodological Pilgrimage or a kind of Spiritual Outward Bound. You need to be willing to do a little math, a little reading, a little mind-opening, and a substantial amount of walking through the city.

Over the course of ten weeks, we will explore a new way of thinking about the world and our lives. We will plan a spiritual journey based on ancient mathematic and mystical methods, and we will make that journey physically, through the city. We will record our observations and insights, share them with each other, and make recommendations for future travelers. Ultimately, as with any arduous journey, we will have many opportunities to grow: through suffering and through triumph; by our own hand, with assistance from the hands of others, and through unseen hands. Upon our return, we will have new methods for creative problem solving and probably a new vision for our respective futures and the inspiration to pursue it.

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