Lorna McNeur is a Retired University Lecturer in Architecture, University of Cambridge, UK

She enjoys urban analysis, exploring symbolic aspects, metaphors, and parallels of Cities and Gardens

This Talk will be given in storytelling format, presenting seven stories, in videos, about the unfolding story of how Central Park heals New York City. 

Through the journey of the alchemy of art & architecture, and active imagination, we see how the journey of this island city, is symbolic of the journey of individuation and the discovery of Self; the nugget of gold at the sacred heart centre.

Manhattan is an island that has Central Park at its geographical centre. Central Park is a green island in the midst of the urban extreme, called New York City.  A green reservoir in the centre of the city, Central Park is a sacred oasis, sitting at the centre of Manhattan. This presentation reveals the process and discovery of the plan of New York City embodied within the plan of Central Park. As a mirror of the city, Central Park holds secrets about ways of bringing vital levels of healing into the urban intensity of New York City. It offers a microcosm of possibilities for much further and beyond.

Lorna is CJC Chair, Body Psychotherapist, Artist, and is active in Cambridge local Community Green Space rejuvination. Hometown was New York City.

See her biography page on our CJC website: https://www.cambridgejungiancircle.com/committee-biogs

And her website: "The Alchemy of Art and Architecture"  -  https://www.lornamcneur.online