Scholar-in-Residence Devon Deimler, Ph.D.

Devon Deimler, Ph.D. is an artist, writer, and mythologist. She earned her doctorate in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute with her dissertation, Ultraviolet Concrete: Dionysos and the Ecstatic Play of Aesthetic Experience, which received the institute’s Dissertation of Excellence award. Devon earned her BA in Interdisciplinary Sculpture from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she focused on event-based work and modern through contemporary art and film history. Her professional experience in art and music includes founding an independent record label and collaborative event project, Wildfire Wildfire Productions, and working as Assistant to the Director at the Dennis Hopper Art Trust. She is currently Curator at OPUS Archives and Research Center, home to the collections of James Hillman, Joseph Campbell, and Marion Woodman, among others, and a teacher of modern art history and studio practices at American University Preparatory School in DTLA. Learn more at devondeimler.com.

During her tenure as PRS’ Scholar in Residence, Devon will be re-editing the lectures of Manly P. Hall for newly designed and curated volumes of publication through PRS’ imprint, as well as delivering various lectures and film presentations and moderating panels related to new releases of Manly P. Hall’s work.