Public
Lectures and Events
Public
Lectures and Events
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
Get directions
Sunday lectures start at 4:00pm - special events
scheduled as noted
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.
Bookshop hours: Mon, Thurs - Sun.
11am - 7pm, Tues and Wed. 11am - 6pm
Lending Library: Mon - Wed 12pm - 5pm, Sat, Sun 1pm -
6pm
Sun, September 7, 2008
4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Exploring and Moving the Five Elements
Kathleen Kenneally
The Five Elements--- Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood---from the Asian
tradition offer us a way of looking at the inter-relationships of the world.
Each of the Five Elements has a Deva or Archetype that rules it and each has an
elemental energy that makes it a building block of our reality. In this
introduction to the Five Elements we will be connecting with a Deva and
Elemental on the imaginative plane and moving the energy through our body
through simple movements done while seated.
Kathleen Kenneally is an acupuncturist and psychotherapist who enjoys working
with the union of the mind, body and spirit. She has a practice at Greenlake.
For more information visit www.acudragon.com.
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Sun, September 14, 2008 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Understanding and Using the Power of Hope to Assist the Dying on their
Life into Death Transition
Cathy Fanslow-Brunjes
Cathy will present the wisdom of the Hope System. The Four Stages of Hope that
the dying have so graciously taught her. This knowledge and approach is helpful
to anyone who wants to realistically accompany the dying on their final journey.
Cathy Fanslow-Brunjes MA, RN has been working with the dying and their loved
ones for over 35+ years in Home Health Care and a variety of Hospice and
Palliative Care settings. She has authored a new book, Using the Power of Hope
to Cope with Dying: The Four Stages of Hope
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Sun, September 21, 2008 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Mysteries of the Great Pyramid, Sphinx & Giza Plateau
Greg Roach
This presentation will offer an in-depth examination of the many facts,
mysteries and anomalies surrounding the Great Pyramid and other structures on
Egypt's Giza plateau. From the startling acoustic properties of the King's
Chamber to the controversies surrounding the age of the Sphinx, this remarkable
site is a welter of mysteries that have fascinated and confounded humanity for
millennia.
A life long student of esoteric spirituality, Greg had a visionary experience of
the transcendent unity behind all creation during a pilgrimage to Egypt in 1997.
Subsequently, he answered Spirit's call to offer initiatory pilgrimages to like
minded souls, building on 10 years of sacred travel in Egypt, the Holy Land,
Greece, France, Scotland, America, Bali, Eastern Europe and England.
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Sun, September 28, 2008 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Teaching Stories From the Sufi Tradition
Jamal Rahman
Join us for an afternoon with our beloved Jamal as he shares Sufi tales
meant to help us along the spiritual path. Jamal is a Sufi teacher and
minister at the Interfaith Community Church in Seattle. He is author of the book
The Fragrance of Faith.
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Sun, October 5, 2008 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
A Swan In Heaven
Terri Daniel
Terri will discuss her book, A SWAN IN HEAVEN: Conversations Between Two Worlds,
which tells the story of her teenage son's death at age 16 and the unexpected
connection they established after his transition to the Other Side. What makes
this account unique is that during his life, this extraordinary child was
severely disabled and unable to speak, yet after death his language was fluent
and his words were eloquent, a unique perspective, not just on the journey of
the soul, but on the subject of intimate relationships and the power of
meditation and forgiveness to transform them.
Terri Daniel is a meditation teacher, channeler, author and hospice worker. She
counsels bereaved parents throughout the U.S.
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Sun, October 12, 2008 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
An Overview of Modern Theosophy
Minor Lile
A survey of the ideas, history and experience of theosophy since the 19th
Century. Since its founding in 1875, the Theosophical Society has attracted many
interesting and influential characters and has had a significant influence on
Western thought and ideas.
Minor has been a member of the Theosophical Society for nearly twenty years, and
has consistently found value in returning to first principles of the
theosophical tradition. The series will include lecture, discussion and
experiential learning.
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Sun, October 19, 2008 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
The Two Near-Death Experiences of Robert Turner
Robert Turner and Greg Wilson
Now in his 80’s, Bob will share with us a life rich in spirituality, beginning
with his memories of being able to leave his body as a child and having
experiences with a being that he now believes was an angel. While in his 40’s,
and competing in his own age division in the Boston Marathon on one of the
hottest days in race history, Bob died of heat exhaustion. Although he is on
record at the hospital he was taken to as being DOA, his own memory is of
reuniting with this being of light he had journeyed with as a child, and then
traveling to another realm which he will describe. Bob’s second NDE happened
years later when a hospital procedure jettisoned him once again from his body.
He will share what it was like, while out of body, to observe the flat line on
his own heart monitor, and then to travel into an experience of universal
oneness he says we are all unconsciously connected with. Is there life after
death? Join us as Bob shares how this has changed him.
Despite his octogenarian status, Robert Turner lives an active life that
includes doing electrical, plumbing and architectural design. He is currently
redesigning a roof for a bank in West Seattle.
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Sat, November 1, 2008 10am - 4pm
Public Workshop
$25 - $40 Requested Donation
Connecting with God and Nature
Dorothy Maclean
Dorothy Maclean will share her experiences of contacting her inner divinity,
which led to daily communications and teaching from within, and share stories of
a lifetime spent in the service of the Sacred. This inner connection opened up
the contact with the inner soul of nature, which she calls the devic kingdom.
The famous Findhorn garden was created through Dorothy’s attunement to the
spiritual forces of Nature. During the workshop we will attune to these realms,
and explore how each of us can cooperate with them for the greater wellbeing of
the planet. She will lead the group in experiential exercises and practices of
inner attunement to the spiritual intelligences of plants, animals and minerals,
and the Beings of cities and countries.
Bring a brown bag vegetarian lunch; coffee & tea will be provided. (There are
several fine restaurants close by, however, if your karma excludes brownbagging.)
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Sun, November 2, 2008 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
“The Philosopher's Stone” of H. T. Laurency
Jim Riddell, Stanton Stevens, Lee Thomas
Henry T. Laurency is the pseudonym for a Swedish esotericist who wrote from 1930
to 1971. Until recently, however, his writings have been almost unknown outside
of Sweden. In the style of an open forum, we will explore Laurency’s most
important work, The Philosopher’s Stone, written between 1931-1936, but not
published until 1949/1950. It outlines the esoteric world-view (hylozoism)
including the three aspects of reality (matter, motion, consciousness), the laws
of life, the development of consciousness and the progressive stages of human
development.
Jim Riddell, Stanton Stevens and Lee Thomas, long time students of Laurency’s
work, will lead the discussion.
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Sun, November 9, 2008 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Cosmos, Earth & Human
Minor Lile
A review of the metaphysics of the universe according to H.P. Blavatsky. In
her great work, The Secret Doctrine, Blavatsky, a co-founder of the Theosophical
Society, offers three fundamental propositions that define the world we live in.
These propositions are contextual rather than prescriptive, yet they also offer
guidance that can help us orient our lives successfully. (See
10/12/2008)
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Sun, November 16, 2008 4-5:30pm
Public Performance: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
World Music from Sacred Traditions
World Meditation Ensemble
Since 1999, Seattle's World Meditation Ensemble has celebrated the commonality
of human spirit with nearly 200 concerts in sacred spaces promoting peace with
an extraordinarily eclectic tour of world sacred sounds. Recordings chart
internationally and are selected for Grammy Award Nomination. An imaginative and
respectful tribute to spirit and culture worldwide. All-volunteer,
not-for-profit. www.worldmeditationensemble.com
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Sun, December 7, 2008 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Meditations for Healing and Preparing for the New Year
Ken Keach
Take a break from the “busy” as Ken discusses and leads meditations of healing
and preparation, appropriate to the end and beginning of the annual cycle.
Ken has had wide training in various esoteric Sufi, Buddhist, Christian &
Anthroposophical traditions. He was ordained as a Gnostic Priest & Bishop. He
also holds various Martinist, Masonic and French Co-Masonic Degrees.
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Sun, December 14, 2008 4-5:30pm
Public Lecture: $5 - $10 Suggested Donation
Lifetime Upon Lifetime
Minor Lile
An exploration of the workings of Karma and Reincarnation. See 10/12/2008
* * * 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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