Michael Conforti, PhD, is a Jungian analyst and Founder and Director of the Assisi Institute, maintains a private practice in Mystic, Connecticut and consults with individuals and corporations around the world. A faculty member at the C.G. Jung Institutes of Boston and New York, he served for many years as a senior associate faculty member in the Doctoral and Master’s Programs in Clinical Psychology at Antioch New England. A pioneer in the field of matter-psyche studies, he has presented his work to a wide range of national and international audiences. Among his many publications, he is the author of Threshold Experiences: The Archetype of Beginnings; and Field, Form and Fate: Patterns in Mind, Nature and Psyche, books that have been translated into Italian, Russian, and Spanish.