Remembering the Amazing Jean HoustonwithMargaret Nash Rubin

Margaret Nash Rubin

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Margaret Nash Rubin is affectionately referred to as Peggy. Since 1987 she has also been the principal teaching associate of Jean Houston. Working with Jean Houston, Peggy Rubin has presented classes, workshops and trainings throughout the United States, and in Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, Sweden, Greece, Egypt, The Netherlands, India, West Africa, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Jamaica, and on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme, in Albania, St. Lucia, Barbados, Kenya, and the Philippines.

Margaret, reflects on her decades as principal teaching associate to the legendary Jean Houston, sharing intimate stories of Houston’s transformative encounters with the goddess Athena in Athens, her rejection of a theatrical career, and the subsequent path into sacred psychology. She recounts their joint mystery schools, guided journeys, social artistry work, and Houston’s gift for evoking human magnificence through myth, archetypes, and the body. Drawing on personal memories, Peggy celebrates Houston’s lifelong devotion to the possible human in a possible world, her relationships with figures like Joseph Campbell and Buckminster Fuller, and the enduring legacy that continues through students and programs worldwide.

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:30 Welcome and Peggy’s background

00:09:09 Jean’s theater offer and Athena’s call

00:16:08 Mystery school and mystical gifts

00:20:16 Influences of Campbell and Fuller

00:25:43 Archetypes and Proclus

00:33:39 Dromenon and the labyrinth

00:42:03 Gratitude and Stanislavski roots

00:53:17 Psychedelic research and Bob Masters

01:01:11 Conclusion

(Recorded on Thursday, August 13, 2026)

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Published on September 11, 2026

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