The Jupiter Trust Archive

Here are the programmes of events going back to October 1995. For the more recent talks, details are available (click on the dates).

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Spring 2009 Series:
Defending Essential Values: Life, Liberty and the Human Spirit

January-March 2009

16 January 2009 DR. ROBERT VERKERK
The Unwitting Separation of Humans from the Natural World, and the Consequences for Our Health
30 January 2009 DR. RICHARD HOUSE
An Assault on Childhood?
Illuminating Modernity's Troubled Relationship with Childhood Experience
6 February 2009 FILM
The Future of Food (Dir. Deborah Koons Garcia)
13 February 2009 DR. RICARDA STEINBRECHER
Genetic Engineering — the risks to food, farming and biodiversity
27 February 2009 ANITA COLES
Nothing to hide, nothing to fear? Why we should be worried about the erosion of our civil liberties
13 March 2009 DR. JEREMY NAYDLER
The Struggle for a Human Future

Autumn 2008 Series:
Tibet

October-December 2008

10 October 2008 ALEXANDER NORMAN
Why we love the Dalai Lama
24 October 2008 TERRY BOARDMAN
Of Robots and Centaurs, Liberation and Seduction -
Tibet between China and the West
7 November 2008 DR. CHARLES RAMBLE
Sacred Landscape, Mandalas and Techniques of Spiritual Development in Tibet
21 November 2008 DECHEN PEMBA
The Struggle of the Spirit: being Tibetan in Beijing
5 December 2008 LAMA JABB
Modern Tibet: Music and the Struggle for National Identity and Survival

Summer 2008 Series:
Alchemy: the Living Thread

April-May 2008

11 April 2008 DR. MARIE ANGELO
From Orient to Occident: Lady Alchimia's Royal Progress through Metalical Time
25 April 2008 DR. PETER MARSHALL
The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague
2 May 2008 DR. PETER FORSHAW
In Oratory and Laboratory: Heinrich Khunrath and Hermetic Philsosophy
9 May 2008 CLARE GOODRICK-CLARKE
Alchemy of Creation: an exploration of Sacramental Science

Spring 2008 Series:
The Gift of Islam to the West (continued)

January-February 2008

11 January 2008 PROF. SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
The Significance of Islamic Science Today in an Islamic Critique of Modern Science
1 February 2008 SARIDA BROWN
The Gift of Sufism to the West
15 February 2008 STEPHEN HIRTENSTEIN
Beyond the Stars: Revisiting the Heart of Abraham in the Light of Islam
29 February 2008 DR REZA SHAH-KAZEMI
The Holy Qur'an and the Environmental Crisis

Autumn 2007 Series:
The Gift of Islam to the West

October-December 2007

12 October 2007 DR REZA SHAH-KAZEMI
The Universality of the Qur'anic Message
26 October 2007 PROF TARIQ RAMADAN
A Positive Muslim Contribution to the West
2 November 2007 JANE CLARK
The Concept of 'The Complete, or Perfect, Human Being'
10/11 November 2007 CONFERENCE
Plato, Aristotle and the Challenge of Our Times
23 November 2007 ALAN WILLIAMS
Open Heart Surgery: The Poetic Operation of Love in Rumi's 'Masnavi'
7 December 2007 PROF KEITH CRITCHLOW
The Universal Principles of Islamic Art

Summer 2007 Series:
The Divine Feminine

April-June 2007

20 April 2007 MARGARET ELLIS
Mary of Nazareth to Queen of Heaven - an Exploration of Images of the Virgin Mary
4 May 2007 ANNE BARING
Divine Wisdom, Shekinah, Holy Spirit
18 May 2007 DR. RUPERT SHELDRAKE
The Divine Feminine Spirit in Nature
1 June 2007 JANET LAKE
'Iona of my Heart': Being on Pilgrimage in Iona

Spring 2007 Series:
Five Talks on Christ

January-March 2007

19 January 2007 DR. JEREMY NAYDLER
The Origins of the Image of Christ
2 February 2007 BISHOP KALLISTOS WARE
The Transfiguration of Christ and the Suffering of the World
16 February 2007 REVD. PETER VAN BREDA
From Jesus to Christ
2 March 2007 ANDREW BURNISTON
Incarnation and Theophany
16 March 2007 DR. ROGER WOOLGER
Mystical Body: Cosmic Christ

Autumn 2006 Series:
The Grail Quest

October-December 2006

13 OCT 2006 LINDSAY CLARKE
A Stone from Heaven: The Grail, Alchemy and the Reconciliation of opposites
27 OCT 2006 JULES CASHFORD
Archetypal Patterns in the Parzifal Myth
10 NOV 2006 ANDREW WOLPERT
Round Table, Castle of Wonders and Grail Castle
24 NOV 2006 JOHN MATTHEWS
Looking for the Holy Grail
8 DEC 2006 ANTHONY NEGUS
Holy Grail and Holy Spear in Wagner's Parsifal

Summer 2006 Series:
Sacred Geometry Sacred Space

April-June 2006

28 APRIL 2006 JULIA CLEAVE
The Secret of the Scarlet Thread
26 MAY 2006 JOHN MARTINEAU
The Harmony of the Spheres
9 JUNE 2006 GORDON STRACHAN
Chartres: Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space

Spring 2006 Series:
The Transformation of Consciousness

January-April 2006

20 JAN 2006 ANNE BARING
The Loss and Regaining of Relationship to the Cosmos
3 FEB 2006 ANDREW BURNISTON
To Dwell in the Space of the Heart
17 FEB 2006 MICHAEL BAIGENT
Initiation: Returning to Our Roots
17 MAR 2006 JULES CASHFORD
Widening the Circle of Compassion
31 MAR 2006 WILLIAM BLAKE'S 'MILTON'
Seminar - with Barbara Vellacott
7 APRIL 2006 WILLIAM BLAKE'S 'MILTON'
Performance - by Richard Ramsbotham

Autumn 2005 (10th Anniversary) Series:
The State of the World

October - December 2005

7 OCT 2005 SATISH KUMAR
Personal and Planetary Sustainability

4 NOV 2005 DAVID LORIMER
Wise as Serpents and Gentle as Doves

18 NOV 2005 EDWARD GOLDSMITH
The Way Ahead

2 DEC 2005 SARIDA BROWN
Shadow, Dream and Destiny

9 DEC 2005 FILM
Tolstoy: From Riches to Rags
 (Dir. J. Stedall)

Summer 2005: RENAISSANCE: BEHIND THE IMAGE

15 April: Linda Proud: The Heavens Within: Philosophy and Painting in
Renaissance Florence

29 April: Jeffrey Courtney: 'La Primavera' by Sandro Botticelli

13 May: Valery Rees: Seven Steps in the Ascent of the Soul

27 May- 3 June: Jupiter Trust Study Tour in Italy with Linda Proud

28 Sept – 1 Oct: Jupiter Trust Pilgrimage to Chartres


Spring 2005: DIVINATION: RE-ENCHANTING THE MIND

21 Jan: Dr. Stephen Karcher: Re-enchanting the Mind: Divination and the Language
of Others

4 Feb: David Goddard: Tarot: Oracle and Mandala

18 Feb: FILM: The World Within (dir. Suzanne Wagner)

4 March: Geoffrey Cornelius: 'Katarche': Divination, Daemons and the Creation of
Good and Evil Fortune

18 March: Dr. Stephen Karcher: Yijing: Wisdom Divination and the Classic of
Change



Autumn 2004: SHAKESPEARE AND ESOTERIC TRADITION

15 Oct: FILM: King Lear (dir. Peter Brooke)

16 Oct: Dr. Roger Woolger: Day Seminar on 'King Lear'

29 Oct: Richard Ramsbotham: The Path of Initiation in Shakespeare's Plays

12 Nov: FILM: Much Ado About Nothing (dir. Kenneth Branagh)

13 Nov: Peter Dawkins: Day Seminar on Shakespeare's 'Much Ado'

26 Nov: Jill Line: Shakespeare and the Path of Love

10 Dec: PERFORMANCE: Shakespeare's Love Sonnets with Sacred Performance
Project


Summer 2004

23 April: Ffiona Swabey: Wu Wei, Sich Lassen , and the art of letting things happen

14 May: Dr. Karen Ralls: The Otherworld and the Grail

5 June: Anthea Head: Visionaries and Pragmatists: exploring Jupiter and Saturn

27-31 Aug: Jupiter Trust tour of the North with Dr. Karen Ralls


Spring 2004: THE PRESENCE OF OTHER WORLDS

23 Jan: Philip Pullman in conversation with Jeremy Naydler

6 Feb: Caitlin Matthews: The Celtic Otherworld: The Blessed Realms of Peace

20 Feb: FILM: The Secret of Roan Inish (dir. John Sayles)

5 March: Dr. Angela Voss: Seeing with Different Eyes: The Gods as Spiritual
Realities

13 March: PERFORMANCE: Hugh Lupton and Steve Wood: The Secret
Commonwealth


19 March: Jeremy Naydler: Reconnecting with Other Worlds


Autumn 2003: THE PRESENCE OF OTHER WORLDS

17 Oct: Prof. Keith Critchlow: The Eye of Wisdom in Plato

31 Oct: Warren Kenton (Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi): The Four Worlds
of the Kabbalah

14 Nov: Cecilia Twinch: The Imaginal World in Sufi Thought

28 Nov: Dr. Leon Schlamm: Dreaming with Open Eyes: Jung and the
Transpersonal World

12 Dec: FILM: Yeelen (dir. Souleymane Cisse)


Summer 2003: THE ETERNAL QUEST

3 May: Peter Dawkins: The Landscape Zodiac of France and the Grail Kingdom of
Europe

17 May: Dr. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke: Hermann Hesse's 'The Journey to the East'

14 June: Anthea Head: The Self and the Cosmos

27 June: Dr. Karen Ralls: The Templars and the Grail

26-30 Sept: Jupiter Pilgrimage Journey to Burgundy


Spring 2003: HUMAN ORIGINS, HUMAN DESTINY

24 Jan: Martyn Rawson: Recognising Spirit in Human Evolution

31 Jan: FILM: All of Africa Within Us introduced by director Jonathan Stedall

7 Feb: Anthony Cheke: Science, Evolution and the Spiritual Dimension

21 Feb: Stephen Hirtenstein: From Essence to Knowledge: The Sufi Interpretation of
Human Existence

28 Feb: FILM: The Mahabharata – Part 1 (dir. Peter Brooke)

1 Mar: FILM: The Mahabharata – Part 2

7 Mar: Dr. Roger Woolger: Eternal Return

21 Mar: Dr. Martin Lings: Human Origins and Human Destiny According to
The Great Religious Traditions

23 Mar: PERFORMANCE: Rumi: The Message of Love with 'The Lovers of Rumi'


Autumn 2002: ALCHEMY: SACRED ART OF TRANSMUTATION

18 Oct: Dr. Alison Roberts: The Ancient Egyptian Roots of Alchemy

1 Nov: Dr. Okasha El Daly: Islamic Alchemy

8 Nov: Cherry Gilchrist: Alchemical Visions: Angels and Dragons of Transformation

22 Nov: Dr. Marie Angelo: A 'Prentice at the temple Door: Teachings from the 16th
Century Splendor Solis (Splendour of the Sun)

6 Dec: Jay Ramsay: Crucible of Love: Alchemy for Now

8 Dec: PERFORMANCE: The Gospel of John with Taurus Voice


Summer 2002: HEALING ON THE SOUL'S JOURNEY

26 April: Caitlin Matthews: The Healing Journey of the Shaman

19 May: Dr. Peter Fenwick: The Process of Dying as Revealed by Near Death
Visions and Near Death Experiences

2 June: Dennis Wheatley: A day on Dowsing

7 June: Dr. Andrew Powell: The Psychosocial Implications of the Shadow

21 June: Ffiona Swabey: Healing through Creative Play

7 July: Dennis Wheatley: A day on Dowsing

8 Sept: Helen Raphael Sands: To Be a Pilgrim: Walking the Labyrinth at Chartres
Cathedral

15 Sept: Jupiter Trust Trip to Chartres Cathedral


Spring 2002: HEALING IN THE 21st CENTURY:
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE IMAGE OF THE HUMAN BEING

(organised in association with Caduceus magazine)
13 Jan: PERFORMANCE: Michael Ormiston in concert, featuring music from
Mongolian traditions

18 Jan: Sarida Brown: Towards a Medicine for Human Beings

1 Feb: Dr. James Dyson: How is the Essentially Human at Risk?

15 Feb: Peter Firebrace: Ancient Practice for Modern Medicine – a Taoist
Perspective on Cultivating Health in the Body Landscape

17 Feb: FILM: The Knowledge of Healing (dir. Stephen Reichle)

1 Mar: Dr. Julian Kenyon: Medicine and Culture: Vitalism versus Materialism

15 Mar: Prof. Kim Jobst: The Human Being and the Meaning of Disease

22 Mar: Symposium led by Sarida Brown


Autumn 2001: THE VISIONARY IMAGINATION

12 Oct: Frances Kennett: The Illuminated Visions of Hildegard of Bingen

14 Oct: FILM: The Seventh Seal (dir. Ingmar Bergman)

26 Oct: Jeremy Naydler: Realms of the Soul in Dante's Divine Comedy

9 Nov: Dr. Neil Franklin: William Blake's First Book of Urizen: His Most Hideous
Pilgimage
PERFORMANCE: The Book of Urizen with Taurus Voice

23 Nov: Roger Duncan: Individuation and Initiation: Rudolf Steiner's Model of
Human Development

2 Dec: FILM: Perceval le Gallois (dir. Eric Rohmer) introduced by John Matthews

7 Dec: Dr. Leon Schlamm: Jung as Shaman and Visionary

8 Dec:
PERFORMANCE: Rumi and Bach by 'The Lovers of Rumi'


Summer 2001: COMMUNICATING WITH THE EARTH

27 April: Caitlin Matthews: Sacred Land, Inner Landscape – Mythic Thresholds of
the Soul

11 May: Hamish Miller: The Earth's Response

25 May: Serena Roney-Dougal: Spirit of Land

3 June: Dennis Wheatley: Stonehenge

8 June: Barbara Hepburn: Ley Lines or Life Lines

8 July: Dennis Wheatley: The Rollright Stones


Spring 2001: ART AND THE SACRED

19 Jan: Prof. Michael Tucker: The Shamanic Spirit in Modern Art

21 Jan: Anne Baring: The Significance of C.G. Jung's Seven Sermons to the Dead
PERFORMANCE: C.G. Jung's Seven Sermons to the Dead read by Peter
McGhie with Dowland's Lachrimae Pavans played by the English Fantasy
Consort of Viols

2 Feb: Christopher Day: Architecture in Service of the Spirit

9 Feb: Linda Proud: The Spiritual Source of Creativity

18 Feb: FILM: The Magic Flute (dir. Ingmar Bergman)

2 Mar: Oliver Lowenstein: Re-imagining the Future: Art, Technology and the Re-
enchantment of the World

11 Mar: FILM: Black Orpheus (dir. Marcel Camus) introduced by Louanne Richards

16 Mar: Dr. Felix Padel: Circle of Sound: the north Indian Raga Tradition

17 Mar: Dr. Felix Padel: Raga Singing Day Workshop

21 Jan-31 Mar: Dr. Nicholas and Clare Goodrick–Clarke: Hermetic Vision,
Spirituality and Imagination:
6 seminars on the Corpus Hermeticum


Autumn 2000: ART AND THE SACRED

6 Oct: PERFORMANCE: Rumi: Poetry and Music with the Lovers of Rumi

13 Oct: Dr. Jacques Rangasamy: Indian Temple Sculpture

22 Oct: FILM: Andrei Rublev (dir. Andrei Tarkovsky)

27 Oct: Prof. Peter Abbs: On the Need for New Metaphysical Art

10 Nov: John Lane: Art as a Hymn to Life

19 Nov: FILM: Dance of the Wind (dir. Rajan Khosa) introduced by Robin Mukherjee

24 Nov: Dr. Pamela Tudor Craig: The Beauty of Holiness

8 Dec: PERFORMANCE: Shelley Sacks: A Landing Strip for Souls


Summer 2000: SACRED SITES; EARTH ENERGIES

5 May: Rebecca Hind: Painting Sacred Britain

19 May: Chris Street: Earthstars, Sacred Geometry of a Landscape Temple

2 June: David Furlong: Sacred Energy Patterns of the Marlborough Downs

16 June: Richard Yeo: The Pilgrim Way

2 July: Dennis Wheatley: Experiencing Avebury's Energies


Spring 2000: SOUL AND SPIRIT: EXPLORING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN
THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE TRANSPERSONAL WORLD

9 Feb: Danah Zohar: Spiritual Intelligence

18 Feb: Dr. Leon Schlamm: C.G. Jung as Mystic

25 Feb: FILM: The Story of Carl Gustav Jung (dir. Jonathan Stedall) introduced by
Jonathan Stedall

10 Mar: Sara Sviri: Moment and Meaning: toward states of presence in Sufi tradition

24 Mar: Stephen Batchelor: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

31 Mar: Keith Critchlow: Chartres Cathedral

7 April: Anne Baring: The Dream of Water: a quest for the numinous


Autumn 1999: THE MEANING OF THE MILLENNIUM

15 Oct: Dr. Roger Woolger: Signs of the Times and Time of the Heart

29 Oct: Jeremy Naydler: The Unknown Gods of Our Times

12 Nov: Ruth White: The Spirit of the Millennium

26 Nov: Noel Cobb: A Necessary Myth for the New Millennium: The Wedding of Lady
Soul and Lord Spirit

10 Dec: Donald Reeves: Down to Earth and the Hope for Heaven


Summer 1999: SACRED HARMONY

23 April: Alexander Massey: The Sound of the Soul

14 May: John Martineau: An Introduction to Sacred Geometry and the Golden Section

28 May: Anne Silk: Vibrations, Vortices and Visions


Spring 1999: SCIENCE AT THE THRESHOLD

15 Jan: Dr. Rupert Sheldrake: The Extended Mind

29 Jan: Danah Zohar: New Physics and the New Paradigm

12 Feb: Prof. Brian Goodwin: Holistic Science Comes of Age

26 Feb: Sarina Roney-Dougall: Science and the Psyche

12 Mar: David Lorimer: Elements of and Integrated Worldview


Autumn/Winter 1998-9: HERMETIC PHILOSOPHERS OF THE RENAISSANCE

20 Oct: Dr. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke: Paracelsus

3 Nov: Clement Salaman: Marsilio Ficino and the Living Tradition of Platonism

17 Nov: Linda Proud: Pico della Mirandola: The Hidden Truth

1 Dec: Dr. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke: Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim

15 Dec: Jeremy Naydler: Robert Fludd

16 Feb: Martin Counihan: Giordano Bruno


Autumn 1998: SCIENCE AT THE THRESHOLD

16 Oct: Dr. Mae Wan Ho: Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare?

30 Oct: Edward Goldsmith: Is Scientific Truth Relevant?

20 Nov: Prof. Mary Midgley: Science and Poetry: the place of imaginative vision in
science

27 Nov: Henri Bortoft: Goethe and the Modern Scientific Consciousness

11 Dec: Prof Keith Ward: Revisioning Evolution to Accommodate Spirit


Summer 1998: FIVE MEDIEVAL MYSTICS

8 May: Charity Scott Stokes: Hildegard of Bingen: the mysteries of divine being

5 June: Rebecca Stephens: Meister Eckhart, Margaurite Porete and the Theology of
Transgression

12 June: Dr Katherine Watson: Going Beyond the Mind: The Cloud of Unknowing

19 June: Julienne McLean: St. Teresa of Avila and the Seven Mansions of the Soul

3 July: Revd. Dr. Liz Carmichael: Julian of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love


Spring 1998: THE SPRINGS OF SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

16 Jan: Caitlin Matthews: Singing the Soul Back Home: Shamanism in Everyday Life

30 Jan: Jeremy Naydler: The Hermetic Tradition

13 Feb: Prof. Ron Hutton: The Revival of Paganism

27 Feb: Sarida Brown: The Sufi Way of Spiritual Freedom

13 Mar: Satish Kumar: Sacred Journey to Tibet: a pilgrimage to Mt. Kailash

Christmas Season 1997:

14 Dec: Louanne Richards and Penny Allen: Child of the Stars

16 Dec: Jeremy Naydler: Splendor Solis: “The Splendour of the Sun”

6 Jan: Adrian Gilbert: The Magi: The Nativity in the Light of Ancient Traditions


Autumn 1997: THE SPRINGS OF SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

10 Oct: Jay Ramsay: The Tao of Daily Life

24 Oct: Dr. Martin Lings: Metaphysics and the Perennial Philosophy

7 Nov: Leo Rutherford: Native American Shamanism

21 Nov: Rigdzin Shikpo (Michael Hookham): Awakening the Heart

5 Dec: David Lorimer: Consciousness, Spirituality and the Rebirth of Nature

25 Oct: Special Day Event: Marsilio Ficino and the Renaissance of the Human Spirit
Clement Salaman: Marsilio Ficino and Your True Self
Noel Cobb: “The good man will rule over the stars”
PERFORMANCE: Linda Proud and Matthew Spring: words and music
inspired by Ficino


Spring 1997: THE FORGOTTEN HERITAGE

17 Jan: Ean Begg: The Cult of the Black Virgin

18 Jan: WORKSHOP: Ean and Deike Begg: Rediscovering the Dark Feminine

31 Jan: Dr. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke: John Dee and English Renaissance Magic

1 Feb: WORKSHOP: Dr. Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke: The Angel at the Western
Window

14 Feb: Cherry Gilchrist: Alchemy: Releasing the Creative Forces of the Universe

15 Feb: WORKSHOP: Cherry Gilchrist: Alchemy: the Quicksilver Way

28 Feb: Dr. Kathleen Raine: Thomas Taylor, the Platonist

14 Mar: Penny Allen: The Way Home: the route to wisdom through the eternal
feminine

15 Feb: WORKSHOP: Penny Allen: Taking the Way Home: ancient practices to
release our inner wisdom



Autumn 1996: THE FORGOTTEN HERITAGE

4 Oct: Jules Cashford: Nature's Imagination: the lost tradition of the living earth

5 Oct: WORKSHOP: Jules Cashford: The Lost Tradition of the Living Earth

13 Oct: India Evening: Tinker Mather: Sacred Days in the Village
DANCE PERFORMANCE with Mita Banerjee

18 Oct: Dr. Andrew Welburn: The Gnostic Gospels and Beyond

1 Nov: Dr. Roger Woolger: The Cathars

15 Nov: Warren Kenton (Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi): The Tradition of Kabbalah

16 Nov: WORKSHOP: Warren Kenton (Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi): The Way of
Kabbalah

29 Nov: John Matthews: Healing the Wounded King – the Grail as Transformative
Vision

20 Nov: WORKSHOP: John Matthews: Healing the Wounded King


Spring 1996: SPIRIT IN NATURE

19 Jan: Brian Keeble: “Every man is a special kind of artist” – Eric Gill's philosophy
of art and nature

2 Feb: Caitlin Matthews: Pathways of the Soul in Celtic Tradition

16 Feb: Christopher Titmus: Spirituality in the Consumer Culture

1 Mar: Scilla Elworthy: From Domination Power to the Power of the Spirit

8 Mar: Jeremy Naydler: How Caterpillars Acquire Wings: rhythms of initiation and
spiritual transformation



Autumn 1995: SPIRIT IN NATURE

6 Oct: Satish Kumar: Spiritual Ecology

20 Oct: Anne Baring: Alchemy, Fairy Tales and the Hidden Spirit in Nature

3 Nov: Adam Ford: People: the eyes of the universe

17 Nov: Penny Allen: The Zodiac and the Body

1 Dec: Dr. Rupert Sheldrake: The Rebirth of Nature