The Guild is currently offering sacred travel to Italy in 2025.
Stay tuned for exact dates.
The Blossoming of Consciousness
Jean Gebser, Francis of Assisi and You
Under the Tuscan Sun
Italy Pilgrimage
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Itinerary
Casentino Valley Camaldoli Monastery in Poppi
Romena La Verna Arezzo
National Park of the Casentino Forests
Camaldoli Monastery & Hermitage
Florence: Uffizi Gallery, Accademia Gallery, Museum of the Duomo
The Guild for Spiritual Guidance warmly extends an invitation to you – an invitation to embark on a transformative pilgrimage of exploration, one that weaves together the rich tapestry of evolutionary wisdom from ages past. It is our heartfelt belief that spirituality, psychology, and cosmology are intricately intertwined aspects of our existence, forging profound connections not only with the Divine but also with ourselves and with each other. Our purpose in crafting this pilgrimage is to facilitate the journey of translating this intellectual knowledge into lived experience.
Guided by the visionary insights of Jean Gebser, the pioneer of Integral Consciousness psychology, and drawing inspiration from the legacy of St. Francis of Assisi, as well as the timeless works of artists throughout history, we invite you to join us in cultivating a unique way of perceiving the world. This perspective will attune your senses to the subtle energies that interlace everything and everyone, revealing the divine presence that permeates both within us and among us. Gebser eloquently termed this profound understanding of life’s evolution and interconnectedness as “Integral Consciousness.”
As the Tuscan sun gently caresses and soothes your body, we invite you to contemplate the marvels bestowed upon this land of spirit. Open your heart wide to the richness and diversity of interconnected life that this soil has nurtured for centuries. Allow your curious mind to wander through the ways in which the nature, poetry, art, and music of its people have nurtured and enriched the depths of the soul. In this journey, you will intimately experience Integral Consciousness and come to know the simple yet profound truth that Everything Is Sacred.
Will you join us on this extraordinary pilgrimage of heart and mind?
Total Trip Cost: 2025 cost will be updated soon.
Cost includes: 10 night lodging, all ground transportation, taxes, gratuities, 10 breakfasts, 5 full lunches and 5 full dinners, tickets to Uffizi, Duomo, Academia Museums
Cost Excludes: Airfare to and from Italy, lodging before or after the trip, personal travel insurance (strongly encouraged), snacks, alcohol, bottled water for walks, personal items (batteries, sundries, etc.), all meals not noted above.
Pilgrimage Presenters
Denise Tangney, D.Min., has been a member of the Guild for Spiritual Guidance since 1998 and is the chair of the Guild’s Engaged Wisdom Program. She is a retired school district administrator, has a masters in Transcultural Studies and holds a doctorate in Leadership from Graduate Theological. She is a certified educator for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Denise is passionate about the vision of Teilhard de Chardin, the quantum world, gardening, storytelling and bringing the Guild’s vision to the world. She lives in Long Beach, NY with her husband Chris.
Francesca Maria Banci, MBA, CFP has been a member of the Guild for Spiritual Guidance since 2020. She was born to an Italian mother and father and currently practices both the Catholic and Quaker faiths. Francesca resides in both Santa Fe, New Mexico and Stia, Italy. Still working as a Certified Financial Planner and investment advisor in America, she enjoys bringing the magic, mythic and mystical realities of Italian art and culture, language, and spiritual life to Americans.
Luke Healy is the co-founder of Integral Christian Network, an endeavor to help further the loving evolution of Christianity and the world. He is passionate about pioneering innovation in forms of spiritual community, in gathering like-minded and like-hearted pilgrims on the spiritual journey and making mystical experience of God accessible in individual and collective practice. Luke is an avid writer, podcaster and workshop facilitator. Luke lives in Kansas City with his wife and two boys.
For more information about the pilgrimage please email info@spiritualguidance.org.