Friends of Borges

Praxis : Poet in the World

The photo in the upper screen shows the memorial celebrating Borges inaugurated in Can Mossenya the 24th August 2001 at the opening gala of the 1st gathering of The Friends of Jorge Luis Borges Worldwide Society. The memorial contains the following verses as a tribute to Spain [a nationalist tribal clan had tried before this public homage to cut from the memorial these verses]:

"...estas España silenciosa en nosotros...
España donde Ulises descendió a la Casa de Hades.
España del íbero, del celta, del cartaginés y de Roma.
España de duros visigodos,
de estirpe escandinava...
España del Islam, de la cábala
y de la Noche Oscura del Alma...
España de la hombría de bien y de la caudalosa amistad..."

'España' by J L Borges, in 'The other, the self', 1964

Poet in the World is a program of The Friends of Jorge Luis Borges Worldwide Society aiming to promote reading of significant works of mankind and human understanding.

In this page you will find a highlight of the events of the year and previous one could be found in the page History or in the Archives using the engine search.

Short plays for Virtuoso
by the Asterion Players, follow by
Literary Salon
This year study: "Eros at work in Borges"
Coordinator: Dr Miguel-Ángel Meizoso
booking@FriendsofBorges.net

from London,
booking now for the next second Monday of the month at 7 pm

ONLY FOR MEMBERS Literary Cafe every month - in English, French and Spanish - from London, Paris, Madrid, Copenhagen and other cities on the world directly to your Salon through video conference via OrbisTertius.net

Programa: Seminario internacional

With Borges: the question of the soul
from Socrates to Lacan and beyond
coordinator: Dr. M A Meizoso-González
Permanent - Información - Booking

photo by Pepe Fernández


"Guided by the Word, as Freud indicates,
strictly speaking psychoanalysis is
a cure through love."

This is a seminar in the authentic sense of the word. A group partaking in study and open to every person professing a deep interest in the real thing psychology. Understanding, for such is our goal, with a good commitment to work out the mind, set as it is in quest of truth from the beginning. Meaning thus we resource tracing all idea in context, from the wisdom of the Golden Age of humanity to its ultimate formulations in the teaching of Lacan, guided by the immortal poet Jorge Luis Borges.

NB.: This is a permanent seminar running by groups of 4 to 8 participants, starting each time a group is constituted.

Extraordinary Events :

The world celebrates three genius:

Celebrate Mozart enjoying Dame Kiri Te Kanawa with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, singing "Ach, ich fühl's", Die Zauberflöte (The magic Flute).

Sigmund Freud 150th Birth Year

Listen the tribute to Freud and Borges by Bernardo Bertolucci in Orbis Tertius

Austrian official site for the Celebrations (in German)

Next 6th May 2006 is celebrated the 150th anniversary of Sigmund Freud's birthday. The Institute of Cinema, the Jewish Museum of Berlin, the Friends of the German Film Archives in the Arsenal Cinema and the Psychoanalytical associations will remember with Exhibitions, series of Films and Lectures the genius of the father of Psychoanalysis, who also worked in Berlin.

Etching of Sigmund Freud at his Desk by
Max Pollak 1914, from the Freud Museum, London.
On the eve of the 150th anniversary of Sigmund Freud’s birth, the Henry Moore Institute in association with the Freud Museum presents a unique opportunity to explore Freud’s relationship with sculpture. Until now, the sculptures and statuettes that he displayed on his desk have rarely been examined, but this exhibition highlights their meaning both individually and as an ensemble. ... read more clicking here.

Homage to Freud at The Jewish Museum of Praga
You can read a selection of articles in Orbis Tertius

Site of the Rembrandt Museum