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
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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
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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
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
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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
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JULIA CLEAVE
The Secret of the Scarlet Thread |
26 MAY 2006
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JOHN MARTINEAU
The Harmony of the Spheres |
9 JUNE 2006
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GORDON STRACHAN
Chartres: Sacred Geometry, Sacred Space
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Spring 2006 Series:
The Transformation of Consciousness
January-April 2006
20 JAN 2006
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ANNE BARING
The Loss and Regaining of Relationship to the Cosmos |
3 FEB 2006
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ANDREW BURNISTON
To Dwell in the Space of the Heart |
17 FEB 2006
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MICHAEL BAIGENT
Initiation: Returning to Our Roots
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17 MAR 2006
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JULES CASHFORD
Widening the Circle of Compassion |
31 MAR 2006
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WILLIAM BLAKE'S 'MILTON'
Seminar - with Barbara Vellacott
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7 APRIL 2006
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WILLIAM BLAKE'S 'MILTON'
Performance - by Richard Ramsbotham |
Autumn 2005 (10th Anniversary) Series:
The State of the World
October - December 2005
7 OCT 2005
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SATISH KUMAR
Personal and Planetary Sustainability
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4 NOV 2005
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DAVID LORIMER
Wise as Serpents and Gentle as Doves
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18 NOV 2005
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EDWARD GOLDSMITH
The Way Ahead
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2 DEC 2005
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SARIDA BROWN
Shadow, Dream and Destiny
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9 DEC 2005
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FILM
Tolstoy: From Riches to Rags (Dir. J. Stedall)
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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 GoodrickClarke: 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
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