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Temenos Retreat Center where the spirit unfolds Main menu Welcome to Temenos Retreat Center Welcome to Temenos Retreat Center Temenos is anoffthegrid nondenominational retreat centerlocated on Mount Mineral in Shutesbury about a half hour northeast of Amherst Massachusetts. The name Temenos is a Greek word meaning the sacred space surrounding an altar temple or shrine. Carl Jung used this same word to refer to ones interior space where soulmaking takes place. Here at Temenos we remember our own sacredness as we immerse ourselves in the quiet of the deep forest and embrace with respect all the woodland inhabitants within this naturally occurringtemenos.