David Odorisio
Degrees
- Ph.D., East-West Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
- M.A., Theology (History of Christian Spirituality), Saint John’s University, Collegeville, MN
- B.A., Religious Studies, LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA
David M. Odorisio, PhD, is Program Chair and Core Faculty in Pacifica’s Mythological Studies and Psychology, Religion, and Consciousness graduate degree programs. David is editor of five books, including: Mysticism and the Margins: From the African Diaspora to the Psychedelic Reformation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025); Thomas Merton in California: The Redwoods Conferences and Letters (Liturgical Press, 2024); A New Gnosis: Comic Books, Comparative Mythology, and Depth Psychology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022); Merton and Hinduism: The Yoga of the Heart (Fons Vitae, 2021); and co-editor of Depth Psychology and Mysticism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). He has published in The Merton Annual, The Merton Seasonal, Quadrant, Jung Journal, Philosophy East and West, The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, and The International Journal of Transpersonal Studies. His current research focuses on the inter-religious dimensions of 20th c. Trappist monk and spiritual author, Thomas Merton.
