The Eleusinian Mysteries

Sunday Afternoon Public Programs
January 21, 2:00 PM  •  Presented by Patricia Fulbright

For more than a thousand years (1400 BCE–400 CE) near Athens, the Eleusinian Mysteries, a ritual lasting nine days, offered Greek-speaking people a life-changing spiritual initiation. Of it the playwright Sophocles says, “Thrice-blessed are those mortals who have seen these rites and thus enter into Hades (the Underworld), for them alone there is life, for the others all is misery.” Continue reading

Getting “Current” with Electro-Medicine

Sunday Afternoon Public Programs
January 14, 2:00 PM  •  Presented by Steve Herrington

The electrical qualities of our human bodies are in some ways more significant than the biochemical factors affecting our health — after nearly a century of suppression the powerful technologies of electro-medicine are now reemerging into public awareness! Electrons are constantly flowing throughout our bodies — and not just through the nervous system, but through our veins, arteries, connective tissues and even our bones. Electro-medicine works through this innate bio-electrical system and there’s a considerable variety of well-established but little known technologies that can help to bring about seemingly miraculous healing. Continue reading

The Theosophical View of Man and His Seven Fields

Sunday Afternoon Public Programs
January 7, 2:00 PM  •  Group Study

Fundamentals of Theosophy: Interpenetrating the dense matter of our physical world are other “higher” planes or fields composed of finer grades of matter vibrating at higher frequencies. In the same way, man also has “higher” fields composed of these finer grades of matter interpenetrating his dense, physical body, or “vehicle.” Today’s study group discussion will cover man’s seven fields and their conveyances, or vehicles of expression.

The Third Fundamental Proposition

Sunday Afternoon Public Programs
December 3, 2:00 PM  •  Group Study

Fundamentals of Theosophy: The Cyclic Law of the Universe and Identity with the Oversoul: The Third Proposition states that we each are connected as a spark of the Divine to the Universal Oversoul. As such, every spark, or soul, must travel through its own specifically designated time span or cycle in this world until that spark is “extinguished” and returns to be absorbed into the Oversoul. How does this last Proposition affect our attitude to our own current personal journey and purpose? Continue reading

Séance of Sound: A Brief History of Theosophy in American Music

Sunday Afternoon Public Programs
November 19, 2:00 PM  •  Presented by Matt Marble, Ph.D.

In tracing the esoteric history of American music, Theosophy is a pervasive influence. Its influence on American music began around the turn of the 19th century, almost immediately after The Theosophical Society was founded in 1875. Its influence continued into the 1970s, if not beyond. From the psychic pianism of Francis Grierson to the angelic visions of William Grant Still, Theosophy was embraced and championed by American composers, whose timeless radicalism often lost them to history. Continue reading

Right Relationship Through Harmlessness

Sunday Afternoon Public Programs
November 12, 2:00 PM  •  Presented by Diane McKeag

Living in right relationship to others and the planet through an understanding of harmlessness and goodwill to all is quite relevant for ourselves and the world today. Quotes from Alice Bailey and other Ageless Wisdom teachers will be discussed in an effort to consider our own path of harmlessness and goodwill. Continue reading

Cosmic Songs — The Music of Nature Spirits and Devas (Angels)

Sunday Afternoon Public Programs
November 5, 2:00 PM  •  Presented by Kurt Leland

Theosophical teachings posit the existence of a parallel evolutionary scheme to that of human beings, populated by nonphysical intelligences that are responsible for the creation and maintenance of life on our planet and its associated nonphysical realms — the deva evolution. The term deva is Sanskrit for “shining one,” and is roughly equivalent to what Westerners call angels. This evolution, which includes nature spirits at the lower end and mighty archangelic beings at the upper end, has exerted a fascination for composers for centuries, Continue reading

The Second Fundamental Proposition

Sunday Afternoon Public Programs
October 29, 2:00 PM  •  Group Study

Fundamentals of Theosophy: What do high and low tides, night and day, and life and death, for example, all have in common? They are manifestations of the Second Proposition, or, more specifically, the Universal Law of Periodicity. This Law, which is discernible on all levels of Nature and life on this planet, exemplifies the concept of constant Abstract Space and Abstract Motion, or the Great Breath, in and out. Continue reading