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Fall Session 2009 classes

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September 5
Saturday: Graduate Program Orientation for new students
Wellness Guide Students
Spiritual Mentoring Students

September 7 - 11
Monday – Friday, AM

GRADUATE PROGRAM TRIMESTER III:
CONVERGENCE OF SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY
Divine Alchemy: Synthesizing Science and Spirituality
Rev. Robert Willson, Ph.D.

We will explore the problem of reconciling a divided world view which is the goal for the enlightened in religion, with the apparent reality of duality and separatism which is the world view of science. An understanding of spiritual models of the world, both modern and ancient, will help illumine a path that points toward the synthesis of both science and spirituality.

Western science separated its concept of reality from those of religion. What could be investigated by our five senses and our instruments became considered the “real world” and the realm of science. Everything else was relegated to spirituality. With the advent of modern science, this dichotomy is resolving. Experiments using the “psychic” senses of children to perceive "subtle" light, the "phantom" leaf experiment, and many other “fringe” sciences will help us understand a more unitive world view which synthesizes modern science and spirituality.
$500

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September 5, 12
Saturday AM & PM; Saturday AM & PM

WELLNESS GUIDE PROGRAM
Wellness of Mind
Director, Linda Oliver, RN

The Wellness Program offers training and instruction in reaching others through the teaching and learning process, mind sciences, enhancing intuition, counseling and mentoring skills, as well as therapeutic approaches. Guidance and practical suggestions help you—with an emphasis on “you” as the counselor—achieve a goal of private practice and/or establishing and operating a center. This is one of three components required for Wellness Guide certification.
Note: Wellness Guide Program classes begin on the Saturday morning prior to Grad Week and continue on the Sunday prior and the Saturday following Grad Week. Wellness Guide enrollees also participate in Grad Week activities with other seminary students.
$500 Grad Week plus $200 Wellness Guide Week-Ends ($700 total)

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September 5, 8, 11, 12
Saturday, Tuesday evening, Friday afternoon, Saturday

SPIRITUAL MENTOR PROGRAM
Legal and Ethical Values and Issues
Director, Rev. Carol E. Parrish, PhD.

Responsibility is the mark of maturity especially for a mentor. We review concepts of legalities for each area of our work, for healing and counseling, and the ethics of spirituality. A hard look at ethics is required if we are to touch others as souls incarnate.

This is one of three components required for Spiritual Mentor certification. Note: Spiritual Mentor Program classes are scheduled for the weekends immediately preceding and/or following Graduate Week. Spiritual Mentor enrollees also participate in Grad Week activities with other seminary students.
$500 Grad Week plus $200 Spiritual Mentor Week-Ends ($700 total)

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September 14 – 18
Monday - Friday, AM & PM

ESOTERIC UNDERSTANDING OF SEX, LOVE AND RELATIONSHIPS
Rev. Carol E. Parrish

AM class

A new and different understanding of intimate relationships can be found in spirituality. Sexuality, marriages and partnerships have great contributions to make in our daily lives and much of it happens without awareness. We shall explore levels of consciousness and the challenges of sexuality, love and loving, as well as marriage and commitment. All have far more impact than surface understanding.

In our workshop we shall explore how relationships change as we change; levels of consciousness and what they mean to us when healthy bonding occurs; and gain a deeper understanding of masculine and feminine values and how they compliment one another in the quest for wholeness. Each of us need to know the power of mating, sexuality; and its part in healing and renewal; keys to healthy relationships, and the romantic attraction of various evolutions as they interact.

PM class

RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE YOUNGER KINGDOMS
Rev. Connie Swan

This afternoon class is designed to expand your awareness of Life, with a focus on honoring and deepening connections with all our relations. We’ll develop an esoteric understanding of humanity’s role in the web of life and evolution of consciousness; consider a shift from control to cooperation; and experiment with practical approaches to working co-creatively with Nature. Come and join us for an interactive exploration of possibilities.
$250/275, includes lunch

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October 5 - 9
Monday - Friday, AM & PM

SPIRITUAL HEALING I

AM session: The Art and Science of Spiritual Healing
Revs. Carol E. Parrish and Linda Oliver

Open to a more conscious awareness of spiritual life to become a healing power. Each system of spiritual development encourages its devotees to be open to the God force and to serve others with inspiration. We discuss overviews of how healing happens and many types of healing, and we practice healing with each other. We focus on the art of this spiritual service so students can develop their personal approach to healing under the guidance of experienced spiritual healers.

PM session: Choose Your Healing Technique:
Reiki I Training
Rev. Katherine Zakutansky

Reiki is a wonderful energy healing modality that anyone can easily learn to use effectively to reduce stress, calm emotions, relieve pain, promote physical healing, and increase both mental clarity and creativity. The Usui Reiki Method training provides students with both the instruction and practice needed to successfully access the Universal Source of healing energy and transfer that energy from practitioner to client. The focus of Reiki I training is on self healing and includes all the skills necessary to give Reiki treatments to others. The Attunement provides permanent access to Reiki energy. Students receive in depth Reiki I training, a course manual, the Reiki I Attunement, and a certificate of completion.

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PM session: Choose Your Healing Technique:
Flower Essences as a Tool
Rev. Brenda Cutrell, Ph.D.

Learn to use Flower Essences for healing, insight into self, and coming to understand the underlying nature of our reality as a vibrational state.

$250/275, includes lunch

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October 10
Saturday, AM & PM

DEATH AND DYING WORKSHOP:
A Comparison of the Physical and Spiritual Dying Process
Rev. Katherine James, Ph.D.

A workshop titled, “Spiritual Insights to Death: Comparing Clinical and Spiritual Descriptions of the Dying Process,” was developed for hospice clinical and spiritual care staff. The objectives are to provide a comparison of a medical description of the dying process to a spiritual description of dying, and to introduce to clinical care and spiritual care providers a common language for improving assessments of hospice patients’ spiritual care needs. Instruction is included on both the dying process and the ancient spiritual teachings on death. Such a comparison provides an opportunity for both clinical and spiritual care staff members to gain new insights and could prove beneficial to the terminally ill patients and all those profoundly concerned.

$100 includes lunch

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October 11
Sunday, 3 - 5 PM: HEART/MIND BLESSING

During this blessing, the recipient remains fully clothed, lying on a healing table, while one of the ancient biblical healing oils is intuitively chosen for him or her. The ritual, inspired by the desire to be in resonance with the loving compassionate heart of God, establishes a connection and an energy balance between the heart and the mind. The blessing takes about 20 minutes and recipients make donations to support the work of the Wellness Center.

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October 12 - 16
Monday - Friday, AM & PM

SPIRITUAL HEALING II

AM session: Facing Death and Dying with New Awareness
Rev. Carol E. Parrish

Understanding that death is life too, participants are taught how to cope with personal grief and how to failitate a support system. The mysteries of death and dying are re-explored using a plethora of source materials and personal experiences. This valuable orientation aids in facing one’s own mortality, assisting others in making their transition, and supporting survivors.

PM session: Coping with Spiritual Emergencies
Rev. Carol E. Parrish
with assistant Rev. Katherine Zakutansky

Humanity faces change at every juncture; this sometimes creates spiritual emergencies. Poised between the known and the unknown, evolutionary forces push us forward, yet few understand expanded realities. As we encounter experiences hard to fathom, we must rework the old and familiar in order to be made new.

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October 17
Saturday, AM & PM: INTUITIVE SKILLS DAY
— open to all
click here to learn more about Skills Day

This insightful day begins at 10 AM with a lecture and messages by Carol Parrish and assistants ($4 donation). From 11:15 to closing, students and others share their personal intuitive skill—astrology, numerology, psychic and Shustah attunements, Reiki, Healing Touch, and others—in 15-minute private appointments ($8 each).

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28th ANNUAL HOMECOMING AND CONFERENCE
November 2 - 8, 2009—Monday through Sunday

November 4
Wednesday, 5:00 PM: ORDINATION
Light of Christ Community Church
Sparrow Hawk Village – all are welcome!

November 6 - 7: CONFERENCE PRESENTATION
Friday - Saturday, AM & PM

Special Guest Presenter Richard Smoley
Inner Christianity: A Way to Your True Center

In this workshop, Richard Smoley will give a lively and accessible introduction to the teachings of inner or esoteric Christianty. He’ll talk about its history from the days of the Gnostics in antiquity to the Grail tradition, the Kabbalah, and the Rosicrucian brotherhood. He’ll describe some of the tradition’s key teachings; the inner Christ; the tribune structure of body, soul, and spirit in humanity; the nature of gnosis, or inner illumination; and agape or conscious love. Richard will lead guided meditations to enable participants to experience these truths for themselves.

$125, Both Days

Richard Smoley is one of the world’s most distinguished authorities on the mystical and esoteric teachings of Western civilization. Educated at Harvard and Oxford universities, he worked at a wide range of journalistic positions before becoming editor of Gnosis, the awardwinning journal of the Western spiritual traditions, in 1990, a position he held up to 1999. Currently Richard is executive editor of The Quest, the members' journal for the Theosophical Society in America. He is also editor of Quest Books, a publisher of books on spirituality and esotericism, operated by the Theosophical Society.

guest presenter bio

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