mythology, and archetypal energy. The latest is: The Living Labyrinth: Universal Themes in Myths, Dreams and the Symbolism of Waking
Life. His earlier books, Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill, and Dream Work, have been translated into many
languages. Jeremy appears regularly on local, regional, and national radio and TV, pioneered on-line dream work as host of AOL's innovative
dream work show. He has taught in the schools and seminaries of the Gratuate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, USA for 30 years and
teaches at a wide variety of colleges and universities in the Bay Area and in South Korea. He has led workshops (most recently) in Canada,
Mexico, South Korea, England, and Peru as well as all over the United States. Jeremy has a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) from the University of
Creation Spirituality and an honorary Doctor of Sacred Theology (STD) from Starr King School for the Ministry. In citing his accomplishments,
Starr King said:"You have changed the world by your presence here. Your unparalleled scholarship and teaching call us to make peace with ourselves so that we are capable of authentic engagement with issues of peace and justice in the larger world. The importance of understanding the messages brought to us in our dreams; understanding that we are a part of a great, complex family of human and archetypal beings; these and other gifts flow from your speech and writing. In receiving a gift of deep wisdom we, in response, are called to a higher self to serve a larger good.
You are an agent of social change, as radical and dedicated to your work as those who stand tall on the pages
of out Unitarian Universalist history books. You have walked with us while pointing us in the direction of loving our neighbors as we love
ourselves. Your life embodies the Unitarian Universalist first principle, which calls each of us to embrace the inherent worth and dignity of
every person. In recognition of your commitment, scholarship, dedication, and passion for making our lives and out world more humane, just,
and joyous, we award you the S.T.D. degree."
Jeremy is also a published poet, has written a prize-winning screenplay, and had his
collage art featured in Intimate Agenda: Inside the Creative Process. He lives in San Rafael, CA with his wife, with whom he leads Myth and
Dream Tours all over the world.
Poem by Jeremy Taylor
(with a tip of the hat to Coleman Barks)
Oh, God(dess)
Grant me Love!
Please, make it simply
Difficult.
Make it crack and melt the hard places
Where I am so sure of
myself.
Make it stiffen and enliven the weak places
Where I am uncertain, ignorant,
and secretly afraid.
And please
make it horribly "inappropriate"
So I must really know you in myself,
Myself in you,
Forced
To give up everything that is
not love
(Because it is so hard to do it willingly. . .)
I pray this
Knowing it will ruin me.
Let me by ruined by
love,
So that I may come back to you
Without pride, or stupidity,
- Or pretense, or opinions -
or any sense of
separation -
Like a lover,
Hungry and ecstatically full
All at the same time!
-Jeremy Taylor, United
States, twentieth century
Sacred Poems and Prayers of Love, 1998