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The Academy

Cultura Animi — from the Latin for "cultivation of the soul/mind", is the ancient idea that, like a garden, the human being grows through care, attention, and learning.

Our Academy is a place for curious people who wish to look more deeply at themselves and the world. Inspired by the humanistic tradition, it was born from a simple conviction: that the cultivation of the mind and the inner life is an end in itself; a lifelong journey that enriches our lives.

By exploring psychology, philosophy, and the arts , we seek not merely to acquire knowledge, but to cultivate curiosity, presence, and beauty — to shape the inner architecture from which a meaningful life can grow.

Curiosity: the impulse to learn. 

Presence: the capacity to fully attentive to onseself and the world.

Beauty: not only aesthetic beauty, but the experience of meaning, harmony, truth, and depth.

Cultura Animi is for anyone who values learning. No academic background is required—only curiosity, openness, and the desire to explore.

The Educators

A collective of scholars dedicated to cultivating the inner life and the life of the mind through psychology, philosophy, and the arts

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Ellen Renneboog

Head of Cultura Animi

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Honorary Fellow at Cultura Animi

Lambert Schlechter
Sophia Reed

Lead of the School of Wisdom

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