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Title	Theosophical Society, London
Venue
Map	Show location
Contribution	£10. £7 (concessions) £5 (members)
Contact
Tel	+44 (0) 207563 9815
Email	info@theosoc.org.uk
Web	www.theosophical-society.org.uk
Schedule	Sundays 16.00

Calendar
	Listed are some of the many events and courses organised by the London Theosophical Society

13-12-08	Healing and Spiritual Guidance from Sacred Texts
Tekels Park	Facilitator: Edi Bilimoria

07-12-08	The Christ: Cosmic, Solar and Planetary
6pm Start	Speaker: Christina Bodhi

30-11-08	Dragons and Initiates
6pm Start	Speaker: Janet Hoult

29-11-08	The Joy of Meditation
2pm Start	Workshop with Alan Perry

29-11-08	Abundance: A Holistic Approach to Prosperity at all Levels of our Being
Tekels Park	Facilitator: John de Moraes

23-11-08	The Keys to the Mystery Within
6pm Start	Speaker: Harold Tarn

16-11-08	The Myth of the Beginning of Time
6pm Start	Speaker: Colin Price

09-11-08	From the Unreal to the Real
6pm Start	Speaker: Cynthia Trasi

02-11-08	The Lion, the Witch and the Wisdom: A taste of Narnia
6pm Start	Speaker: Robert Woolley

02-11-08	Living Magically in the Everyday World
2pm Start	Workshop with Steve Nobel

26-10-08	Biology and Psychology in Prayer and Meditation
6pm Start	Speaker: Allan Armstrong

19-10-08	The Sacred Meaning in Esoteric Art
6pm Start	Speaker: Barrie Eastbourne

19-10-08	Eqypt: Land of the Fallen Star Gods
2pm Start	Workshop with John Gordon

12-10-08	The Reshel Grids: Gateways to Higher Consciousness
6pm Start	Speaker: Jackie Quealy

11-10-08	The Joy of Meditation
2pm Start	Workshop with Alan Perry

05-10-08	Parallel Worlds and Multiple Realities
6pm Start	Speaker: David Harvey

28-09-08	Freedom From Mind: A Radical View of Being
6pm Start	Speaker: Derek Thorne

28-09-08	You and I are One: The Mystery of the Upanishads
2pm Start	Workshop with Derek Thorne

21-09-08	The Golden Gate: Portal to a Golden Age
6pm Start	Speaker: Peter Dawkins

02-08-08	Esoteric Sciences for the Twenty First Century
Bristol	Theosophical Society Summer School (7 days)

July	The Egyptian Path of Love
London	The Egyptian Path of Love is a method of connecting with the Egyptian gods and celebrating their sacred marriages using the chakric system as a model. By following this path we can learn how to obtain, retain and maintain the stability, peace and prosperity of a golden age in an increasingly troubled world from a perspective of love and respect. Participants are recommended to acquire a copy of The Egyptian Path of Love by O-Books. 9 July The Gods, the Myths and the Meaning. A mythological journey with interpretation 16 July The Gods, the Chakras and the Subtle Bodies. How to define and place the inner gods 23 & 30 July Sacred Marriage as a Model for Integration. Learn how to balance the divine energies within the self Leader: A student and teacher of esoteric matters for more than 30 years, Katy Noura Butler comes from the Sacred Egypt Mystery School at Giza Pyramids to offer this training for London students.

06-07-08	Fundamentals of Esoteric Philosophy
6pm Start	Speaker: Barry Thompson
	Newcomers to Theosophy are often daunted by the massive and sometimes musty tomes that are waved under their noses upon entry to the Sanctum. Isis Unveiled and The Secret Doctrine have acquired undeserved reputations as torturous and incomprehensible works, and their author, Madame Blavatsky, has gained a reputation as a person whose writings are best left to the initiated. In tonight's talk the speaker, not an initiate himself, will try to rescue the reputation of a dishonoured woman and demonstrate that a basic understanding of Theosophy, via the scintillating prose of H. P. B. herself, is available to all. An exponent of core theosophical teaching.

29-06-08	Taking up the Reins: The Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita
6pm Start	Speaker: Liz Parker
	In the ultimate spiritual allegory Arjuna is the warrior whose horse drawn chariot is driven by Krishna. Arjuna rises to the challenge of facing the greatest battle a person can ever experience. How does Krishna support and aid Arjuna? Are we, like Arjuna, willing to take up the metaphorical reins, override our senses and receive our spiritual inheritance? Liz Parker is an experienced international lecturer in Theosophy and Yoga. She trains Yoga teachers for the British Wheel of Yoga, the governing body of Yoga in the UK. Liz is also a priest in the Liberal Catholic Church in The British Isles.

22-06-08	Occult Exploration & Mystical Experience of the Inner Worlds
6pm Start	Speaker: Eric McGough
	Eric has over 30 years experience working on the inner planes. President of the Chester theosophical branch, he is author of a very popular audio study course, Astral Awareness, which gives help in achieving out-of-the-body experiences and higher consciousness. His methods for meditating in nature, especially with trees, were adopted by a yoga meditation centre in Northern India. Eric will lead us on an incredible journey with his personal accounts of occult and mystical practices and his amazing experiences.

15-06-08	Evidence of Reincarnation: Catalyst for Transformation & World Peace
6pm Start	Speaker: Walter Semkiw
	It would appear that from lifetime to lifetime, individuals carry forward the same facial features, personality traits, talents and passions and that we can continue our development from where we stopped in the previous incarnation. These are the findings of Dr Semkiw from multiple, independently researched reincarnation cases, including some studied at the University of Virginia. Cases include purported rebirths of Paul Gauguin, Nicholas Roerich and Anne Frank. Dr Semkiw, MD, MPH, practices medicine in San Francisco. He is author of several books, including Born Again.

15-06-08	Energy Medicine: Healing for the 21st Century
2pm Start	Speaker: Mark Abadi
	Discover the science and practice the art behind healing, channelling, colours, sounds, emotions and crystals. Learn how to use your intent to charge and harmonise foods, crystals and effect healing. Experience how to set up zones of quantum time delayed information on healing using magnetism and torsion fields from your hands. Numerous exercises will be utilised to channel information from your sub and unconscious self into your consciousness helping you to let go of the mental, emotional and spiritual issues holding you back from being a fully integrated being. Exercises will include: Scalar Wave Generation; Sending intent through the quantum vacuum over distance and through time. Quantum Imaging; Tune into the Akashic field and retrieve your vision expressed through drawing, painting and sculpting. MeMoFlection; Letting go of the archetypal anchors, which physically store emotion within your body. Learning to read the meaning behind tonal inclinations. Mark Abadi is an integrated psychologist, complementary therapist, quantum scientist and spiritual teacher. He is an expert in the science behind technologies measure the energy systems of the bodies.

08-06-08	Quo Vadis: What Next for the Golden Dawn?
6pm Start	Speaker: Bob Gilbert
	The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was firmly rooted in the Rosicrucian tradition when it was founded one hundred and twenty years ago. Since then the Order has passed through a chequered history of growth and decline, but in recent years it has undergone a remarkable revival, and the Golden Dawn is now perceived as the pre-eminent Magical Order of the West. But is it truly so? Bob Gilbert, a prolific author on the Golden Dawn, and historian of the Order will argue that a Hermetic Order cannot be magical in its essence, and that the true role of the Golden Dawn is very different.

01-06-08	Taoism, String Theory & Goddess Cultures: Attuning to Universal Rhythms
6pm Start	Speaker: Jocelyn Chaplin
	Is the hidden order of the universe an equalising rhythmic one? Does this force always strive to balance opposites in all dimensions, levels and scales of existence? And how can we attune to these rhythms in our everyday lives to develop spiritually and psychologically? Our speaker draws on String theory, Taoism and ancient goddess cultures to argue the importance of this rhythm model. Jocelyn Chaplin is a psychotherapist (soul healer) and spirituality teacher, co-founder of the Serpent Institute.

18-05-08	The Blossom of the Root of Life: Exploring Cosmic Creation
6pm Start	Speaker: Susan Bayliss
	This evening's talk will consider insights into cosmic creation through spiritual texts handed down through the ages and includes extracts from the Secret Book of Dzyan, current atomic science and 20th century poetry. Susan Bayliss has been a Director of the Foundation for Theosophical Studies for over a decade, a member of the Theosophical Society for 25 years and is currently National Secretary for the Society's English Section. She gives talks and workshops at the Foundation's annual Summer Schools and at events around the country.

18-05-08	Remote Viewing: Putting the Paranormal in to Practice
2pm Start	Speaker: Clemens Brenan
	Psychic power belongs to us all: our soul's heritage links us to the infinite and universal. In this hands-on workshop we will explore non-local reality using the techniques of Simplified Remote Viewing. Working on precise, unknown targets, we will develop our ability to access information stored anywhere in the time-space matrix. The workshop will include a short film on remote viewing, deep relaxation to mind-altering music, tuition in paranormal sensing, and three mystery targets to explore. Bring pen, paper and a hard surface on which to lean. Clemens Brenan is a U. S. miltary-trained remote viewer, working as a psychic reader/clairvoyant.

11-05-08	The Essence of Reality: Piercing Illusion to Clearly Discern the Oneness
6pm Start	Speaker: Tom Nehrer
	Most of our beliefs and how we define ourselves are formed during childhood but does this mask our Reality and our interrelated Oneness with Consciousness? Tom's long inner journey, glimpsed earlier during a mystic experience, brought about his perception of that Oneness. Tom clarifies inner causality of real events and relationships, and shows how by transcending negative mindsets, we can see beyond Illusion and discover life's inexorable flow. Thomas D. Nehrer is a former chemical engineer. Since his 'awakening' on the island of Corfu, he has devoted his life to self-inquiry which culminated in his book, The Essence of Reality.

27-04-08	The Next Step in Evolution
6pm Start	Speaker: Geoff Freed
	What is the real truth about Global Warming? Geoff Freed has carried out research with various organisations to find out. He has worked with NASA, The Institute of Navigation, the Human Genome Team, the Weather Sensitivity Bureau, and numerous universities. He has investigated ancient prophesies and consulted with the Elders of many tribal communities. His conclusion is that we are on the brink of an upward spiral of evolution and that the changes in the Schumann Resonance, solar flares etc all will have major consequences for life on Earth and throughout the Cosmos. Geoff Freed has worked as an engineer, a researcher into the paranormal and as a martial arts teacher.

27-04-08	The March to Inner Freedom
2pm Start	Speaker: Geoff Freed
	What is Freedom? Is it just living in peace without war? Certainly this increases material abundance. However there is another peace; Inner Peace. This afternoon we will look at some of the comfort zones we build around ourselves such as brain washing, programming, defence systems, the central psychological core, the self we call ego, this limited existence, the frightened inner child. Exploring these issues through visualisation, imagery, written exercises, meditation and discussion we may find that we are able to march towards the goal of inner freedom. Geoff Freed is a healer, psychotherapist and counsellor and teaches Qi Gong, T'ai-Chi and meditation. He has also spent time with Tibetan Monks at Samye Ling.

20-04-08	Networking with Angels
6pm Start	Speaker: Phillip Martin
	We are still in the middle of the angel wave; lots of people giving workshops about them but to work with the angelic realm is complex and we also need to understand who they are and what is their function as well as being able to distinguish between them and other spiritual beings who may be influencing us. In this lecture we will look at these issues. A banker and a lawyer in the City of London, Philip Martyn is co-General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society of Great Britain. He has had a life-long interest in the esoteric.

19-04-08	Exploring the Great Beyond
Tekels Park	Two Day Study Course

16-03-08	Zohar and the Awakening of Consciousness
6pm Start	Speaker: Mark Wright
	The Zohar is an ancient text which affirms that everything in the universe is linked to everything else; nothing exists in true isolation. The Zohar tells us that we walk through daily life as though asleep to this fact and, with awareness, each of us is capable of perceiving the interconnectedness of existence. This talk will show you where the light switch is located!

16-03-08	Astrology - The Path of Return
2pm Start	Speaker: Wendi Sellar
	Each zodiac sign depicts a stage in the journey of the soul as it passes into incarnation, and then treads the Path of Return, back to its source. Each sign has a purpose which results in individual personality traits, expressed on either a higher or lower level. An evolved soul tends to function on a higher level of consciousness; someone with purely selfish aims functions on a lower level. Yet there are opportunities in each lifetime to move onto a higher level. Such opportunities involve the Form nature or material sphere and include psychological conflicts, relationship difficulties, illness etc. Wanda Sellar is editor of the Astrology & Medicine Newsletter and a former President of the Astrological Lodge of London.

09-03-08	The Philosophers Stone, the Pentram and the Mysteries of Existence
6pm start	Speaker: Sylvia Francke
	Tonight's lecture investigates further new material from the updated edition of Sylvia Francke's book: The Tree of Life and the Holy Grail'. She revisits the mystery of Rennes Le Chateau linking the significance of major clues which have surfaced in recent popular literature in the Rennes Industry with ancient landscape Zodiacs, secrets of the Cathars and Templars and the Rosicrucian motto: As above so below. Sylvia Francke has been writing and lecturing on ancient mysteries for over 25 years.

09-03-08	The Ancient Art of Chinese Medicine
2pm start	Speaker: Diana Kempster
	This workshop explores the philosophy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and its origins. The leader will explain, with full illustrations, the concepts of Qi, meridians, and acupoints and teach the audience how they can practically apply some body-mind techniques to improve physical and psychological well-being. Diana Kempster will demonstrate and teach seven different practices that can enhance immune function and improve emotional and mental well-being. She is a Meridian Psychotherapist who has studied Traditional Chinese Medicine for many years and is qualified in a number of healing modalities. She is currently the president of Camberley theosophical branch.

02-03-08	Gnosis the Mystical Death
6pm start	Speaker: Andy Maybe
	He who has great faith in Truth has found the Real Life; this man dares dying to his own self to be truly alive. (extract from the Gnostic Gospel of Philip). Samaelian Gnosis (contemporary Gnostic Mysticism) is a teaching given to us by Venerable Master Samael Aun Weor based on an ancient form of psychology, that gives practical techniques to permanently awaken the consciousness. Through the tecnique of the dissolution of the ego (dying to oneself), we can start the process of spiritual re-birth, fuse with our internal divinity and achieve Self-realisation.

24-02-08	Energy, Sacred Geometry and World History
6pm start	Speaker: Clemens Brenan
	As above, so below. In the above or esoteric part of this illustrated talk, we will follow the sequential construction of forms and shapes in sacred geometry. In the below or worldly part, we will trace the major events, trends and personalities of world history over the past millenium. In both lines of development we will find the same progression of natural laws and principles. From the Crusades to the fall of Communism, you could have predicted it all. And now the same geometry predicts that we are crossing the threshold into a new Golden Age for humanity.

24-02-08	Dream Your World in to Being
2pm start	Speaker: Steve Nobel
	All ancient cultures knew that the universe is magical and that reality can be bent and shaped. To do so it is important to know about the three levels of reality: level one; physical laws around cause and effect, and action and reaction; level two; energetic laws of attraction and repulsion, vibration and resonance; level three; laws of consciousness which are about the evolution and oneness principle of consciousness and how we dream reality into being. This workshop will be a practical exploration of these three levels and how the tools you need to be a more effective manifestor. Steve Nobel is a director of Alternatives, author of The Prosperity Game and a student of shamanism and magic.

17-02-08	Hypnotic Regression of Past Lives and the Existence Between Incarnations.
6pm start	Speaker: John Holden
	Tonight we examine the writings of Dr Michael Newton and Dr Brian Weiss. Their many case studies on hypnotised subjects reveal astonishing similarities to the theosophical worldview, irrespective of the subjects' cultural or religious backgrounds. Has this ground breaking work been ‘given to us' to assist our evolution now that we are in the Age of Aquarius?

17-02-08	The Spirit of India: Adyar Day 2008.
3pm start	Speaker: Jenny Baker and Colyn Boyce
	The 17th of February is when theosophists throughout the world commemorate the passing of Colonel Olcott, President and Founder in 1907 and also the birth of C. W. Leadbeater in 1847. Colyn Boyce, will give a short talk on the history of the Society and Jenny Baker will be showing her slides taken last year at Adyar and other locations in the Tamil Nadu state.

10-02-08	The Labours of Hercules Practical Work for Every Soul
6pm start	Speaker: Yiannis Pittis
	The Hercules myth is the story of a son of man who is also the son of god and that is the case for every human being. The labours that Hercules accomplished represent fields of opportunity that each of us must face and overcome in the arduous journey of evolution towards the mountain of attainment.As the soul passes through each of the 12 gates it enters the world of duality, conflicts and battles with the forces of limitation and resistance. In this lecture we will interpret the myth and reveal the keys veiled in the narrative which we can use to be more effective in all aspects of our lives.

03-02-08	Esoteric Symbolism in the Epic of Gilgamesh
6pm start	Speaker: Lynda Harris
	The Ancient Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh is the earliest known recorded myth. The earliest surviving fragments, written on clay tablets in the Cuneiform alphabet, date from c.25,000 BCE. A more complete version, part of which is now on display in the British Museum, dates from the 7th century BCE. Though the story can be read as entertainment or seen as history, it also contains many symbols whose esoteric meanings are still relevant today.

27-01-08	The Egyptian Path of Love A Journey to Sacred Marriage (book launch).
6pm start	Speaker: Katy Butler
	The Egyptian Path of Love is a system of spiritual growth and development, based on the seven chakras and the sacred marriages of the inner gods. It proceeds from the ‘root' of the individual, or deepest desires and needs, to the crown of self-rulership and realisation of spiritual purpose. In exploring the dynamics of the gods and their different marriages, the system teaches how to obtain, retain and maintain for oneself the stability, peace and prosperity of a golden age in an increasingly troubled world from a perspective of love and respect. Katy Noura Butler has been a spiritual counsellor and teacher for thirty years. She founded and runs a school at the Pyramids in Cairo for seekers of the mysteries from all over the world.

27-01-08	Yoga, the Mind the Path of Wellbeing .
2pm start	Speaker: Ram Gokal
	What goes wrong when you are not in good health? It is more than just being physically ill. Health and well being is a reflection of the integrity of our total self: body, mind, soul and emotions. Physical, mental and spiritual practices help alignment, harmony and peace of mind. Most illnesses have a deep rooted basis - in the mind. Yog is an ancient Vedic science related to the journey finding out who you really are and incorporates the philosophy of pranayam (breathing techniques) asanas (postures) and meditation, which unravel the basis of good health and treating disorders. The seminar is a practical approach to the yog and pranayam and the ‘control' of the mind. A retired Professor of Medicine, Ram Gokal is now involved in spirituality and healthcare.

20-01-08	Morphic Resonance and the Habits of Nature.
6pm start	Speaker: Dr Rupert Sheldrake
	According to the hypothesis of formative causation, all self-organizing systems, including crystals, organisms and societies contain an inherent memory, given by a process called morphic resonance from previous similar systems. All human beings draw upon a collective human memory, and in turn contribute to it. Even individual memory depends on morphic.resonance rather than on physical memory traces stored within the brain. This hypothesis is testable experimentally.