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Lectures and Events ~ Spring 2009
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Lectures and Events ~ Spring 2009
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Public Lecture Series ~ Sunday Afternoons 4:00–5:30 pm
Suggested Donation:
$5.00–$10.00 (special events vary)
All events are held in the lending library, at:
717 Broadway Avenue East,
Seattle, WA 98103 (206) 323-4281
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Parking may be difficult, so please allow extra time to
arrive.
* * * Unless
otherwise noted, all events are on Sunday afternoons 4:00–5:30 pm *
* *
Our non-profit library is largely funded by donations. If you would like to
support us in keeping our library active, please consider sending a donation to
the Library Manager Fund. For a limited time, all donations we receive will be
matched by a member donor. We appreciate your support.
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Special Program - Third
Mondays: April 20, May 18, June 15, 2009
7-8:30pm
Public Event: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Evenings of Toning, Chanting, and Silent Meditation
Leonie Van Gelder & Tim Hulley
Join us for a once a month chant and meditation group. Toning, chanting, and
silent meditation help to foster health, healing, and connection to the inner
life. During this evening of sound and silence, we will learn toning exercises
and sacred chants. We will end each session with silent meditation.
Beginning and experienced chanters and meditators are welcome.
The group will be lead by Leonie Van Gelder and Tim Hulley; both are
graduates of The Open Ear Institute and certified in Cross Cultural Sound and
Music in Healing.
Sunday, April 5, 2009 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Harp and Guided Meditation for Relaxation and Inspiration
Franca Baroni & Tim Hulley
In this presentation, our goal is to assist you in entering a deep state of
relaxation and healing, using harp music, crystal bowls, and soothing guided
journeys.
Franca Baroni is an intuitive with over 10 years of experience teaching
meditation, and offering healing services including Reiki, and Shamanic
Journeys. Her CD's include “Reconnecting to the Dance of Life” and “Reconnecting
to the Elements”.
Tim Hulley is a Certified Music Practitioner and harp player. In his private
practice, Heartstrings Healing, Tim offers musical massage, harp lessons, and
ceremony accompaniment. His CD's include “Goodnight Moon” and “Heartstrings”.
Sunday, April 26, 2009 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
The NDE from both sides of the Veil
Jim & Elke Macartney
Join husband/wife duo Jim and Elke Macartney as they share two perspectives of
Jim’s NDE's: his own experience, and her observation of the changes to his aura.
Ten years ago, Jim nearly died in front of Elke from a catastrophic seizure that
momentarily stopped his heart. Elke witnessed his death and subsequent return to
life, observing both physical and auric changes. Both will speak on the insights
learned from the event, and how those lessons greatly enhance their lives. Jim's
second NDE, occurring during open heart surgery in 2005, was dramatically
different from the first. They will share how everyone can take the lessons of
the NDE and related Transformational Experiences to integrate higher levels of
Being into our daily life--without having to almost die.
Both Jim and Elke live in LaConner, Washington. Jim Macartney, MA, has over 25
years of experience as a counselor, and is publishing a book entitled Crisis to
Creation, due out Spring 2009. Rev. Elke Macartney is a speaker and spiritual
counselor with an unusual perspective: seeing visual auras surrounding all life
forms. Her futuristic book, Energy Soup, is due out in Summer 2009. Her website
is www.inspirationu.com
Saturday, May 2, 2009 10am - 4pm
Workshop: $25 - $40 Requested Donation
Gnosis and the Creative Imagination
Stephan Hoeller
Ancient teachers of Gnosis envisioned creativity as a way of invoking
transcendental intelligence and inspiring beings from the high Aeons. True
creativity was envisioned as transcendentally altered consciousness. Dr. Hoeller
will explore the esoteric practice of Creative Imagination. Topics will include:
C.G. Jung's rediscovery of Gnostic Active Imagination; Gnostic and Neoplatonic
Theurgy; and others.
Stephan Hoeller is a member of the lecturing faculty of the Philosophical
Research Society and is Director of Studies for the Gnostic Society. Trained for
the Roman Catholic priesthood, Dr. Hoeller is a bishop of the Ecclesia Gnostica.
He has been an international speaker for the Theosophical Society. His numerous
publications include: The Gnostic Jung; The Fool's Pilgrimage; Freedom: Alchemy
for a Voluntary Society; Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner
Knowing.
Coffee and tea will be provided. For lunch, there are
several fine restaurants close by, or bring a vegetarian brown bag.
Sunday, May 3, 2009 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Soul Size: Challenge and Response in an Age of Global Crisis
David Spangler
In 1951, the British playwright Christopher Fry produced a play, A Sleep of
Prisoners, in which one of the characters speaks of a time when wrong comes up
to face us everywhere. At such a time, he says, affairs are soul size. The
enterprise is exploration into God. We live in such a soul-sized time when
events and opportunities call us to extraordinary levels of awareness,
attunement and response to the challenges of life. How do we respond to such
times? How do we find our own soul size to meet the opportunities of this
historic moment in human history? In this lecture, David Spangler explores these
questions and calls us to a vision of our potentialities.
David Spangler is an internationally known spiritual teacher, a former director
of the Findhorn Foundation community, and director of education for the Lorian
Association. He is the author of many books on spirituality and teaches a number
of classes online over the Internet at www.Lorian.org.
Sunday, May 17, 2009 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
The Spiritual Landscape of the Pacific Northwest
Minor Lile
The Pacific NW has always held an evocative and deep and spiritual resonance.
This region, broadly defined as the territory encompassed by the Columbia and
Fraser Rivers and their tributaries, lies along the Pacific Ocean and includes
flowing rivers, restless volcanoes and great mountain ranges, unique vegetation
and animal species, island communities and the major population centers of
Vancouver, BC, Seattle and Portland. This program will offer an exploration of
how the spiritual landscape of the region informs our human experience and how
we, in turn, inform the spiritual energies of the region.
Minor Lile is a NW native. He has lived most of his life in and around the Puget
Sound basin and has been a member of the Theosophical Society for nearly twenty
years.
Sunday, May 31, 2009 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Theosophy, What Is It Good For?
Ed Alden
The ideas of Theosophy encompass the most fundamental questions of our
existence. But are these ideas good for anything? Can our lives be improved by
their study or practice? This presentation will explore the relevance of several
of the core Theosophical teachings.
Ed is a long time Theosophist and member of the Seattle Lodge.
Friday, June 5, 2009 7-9:30pm
Public Lecture: $10 - $15 Suggested Donation
World Predictions 2009
James Kelleher
Besides sharing his insights on our new president, the war on terrorism, and
political situation around the world, Jim will describe the coming changes in
the USA and the world in the wake of the global recession. He always brings a
variety of interesting charts of people and countries in the news, which he
describes in a way that even the non-astrologer can understand. He can also
describe the spiritual dimensions of each horoscope.
James Kelleher was introduced to Vedic astrology in 1975 by M. K. Gandhi, who
predicted that Jim would become an astrologer. After studying in India, Jim
worked for several years as Gandhi’s assistant in London and traveled throughout
India with him. He returned to the United States, consulting, lecturing, and
teaching Vedic Astrology since 1984. He is the cofounder of the American Council
of Vedic Astrology and the American College of Vedic Astrology, and an adjunct
Professor at Hindu University of America. He has been awarded the titles of
Jyotish Kovid and Jyotish Vachaspati, by the Indian Council of Astrological
Sciences. He maintains a busy private practice in Los Gatos, CA.
Sunday, June 7, 2009 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Out of Darkness Into Light
Jamal Rahman
Brother Jamal will offer spiritual guidance from the verses of the Quran as well
as reflections from Jewish and Christian sources.
Jamal, a Muslim Sufi minister in the Interfaith Community Church, has written
two books: Fragrance of Faith and Out of Darkness Into Light (March 2009)
co-authored with Ann Redding and Kathleen Elias. His web page is
www.jamalrahman.com
* * * Unless
otherwise noted, all events are on Sunday afternoons 4:00–5:30 pm *
* *
Our non-profit library is largely funded by donations. If you would like to support us in keeping our library active, please consider sending a donation to the Library Manager Fund. For a limited time, all donations we receive will be matched by a member donor. We appreciate your support.
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