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This Year-Course explores the Symbols, Artistic Artefacts and Spiritual techniques of Four Esoteric Mystery Streams in Western Culture. Through the medium of art illustrated Lectures, and related monthly workshops, combining Active Imaginations, Meditations and Artistic exercises, participants will be led to a deepened understanding of how these symbols and practices remains relevant in the contemporary context of self-development.<\/p>\n

This is not a course\u00a0for knowledge alone, but in participation\u00a0and\u00a0awakening the imagination as a living organ of perception. Through the alchemy of image and practice, participants often find their inner life quickening: dreams deepen, intuition sharpens, old stories soften into meaning. Each session offers not just insight but nourishment for those who feel something in them still longs for mystery, for beauty, for an authentic path of self-discovery in a disenchanted world.<\/p>\n

Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Lecture 1: Introduction: Foundational concepts of the Course<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    What is Individuation and what is Initiation? What is a Mystery Stream? What is the \u2018WorldCross\u2019 of Plato?<\/p>\n

    An overview will be given of the historical development of Western Initiation traditions,tracing their roots to ancient Mystery Centres throughout the world and highlighting theirevolution into the modern era. Participants will be introduced to the themes that underpinthese traditions, setting the stage for deeper exploration in the months ahead.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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      Lecture 2: The Hibernian Mysteries. The Western stream<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      The Pupil encounters Two Great Statues in the Temple: Transformation of the \u2018Life Body\u2019.The Mystery of the Logos. Druids, Stone Circles and the Books of Kells and Lindisfarne.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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        Lecture 3: The Arthurian Mysteries<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        An exploration of the key elements of the Arthurian Mystery. Merlin, the \u2018Knights of theSword\u2019, the Faery Realm, the Lady of the Lake, and the Round Table of the Stars.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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          Lecture 4: The Grail Mysteries. The Eastern stream<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          The Grail legends in various forms. Joseph of Arimathea . The Cauldron of Rebirth, TheGrail Chalice, the \u2018Knights of the Word\u2019 and the\u2019 Stone that fell from the Crown of Lucifer\u2019.What is \u2018Manas\u2019.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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            Lecture 5:\u00a0\u2018What Ails thee?\u2019 The Eastern Stream continued<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
            The links of this stream to Buddha, to Persia and to Manichaeism. Parzifal as a \u2018Modern\u2019Initiate. The Symbols of the\u2019 Wasteland\u2019 and of the \u2018Dolorous Wound\u2019. The \u2018Meal along theway\u2019. The union of the Eastern and Western Streams in the 9 th Century and in again in the!3th Century School of Chartres.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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              Lecture 6:\u00a0Odin and Yggdrasil ( the World Tree). The Northern Stream<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
              Baldur and Vidar, Michael and the Dragon. The 13 the Century Sagas: The Edda. The primacy of the Ego, the Quest for Freedom and the Mystery of Courage . Fiery Bridges and the \u2018Externsteine\u2019 in Paderborn.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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                Lecture 7:\u00a0The Three Norns at the Well. The Northern Stream continued<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                \u00a0Who are three Norns named Urd, Verdandi and Skuld? The web of Destiny. An Instructiveexamination of a Norse related Painting by Anna May.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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                  Lecture 8: The Temple of Hatshepsut\u2019. The Southern Stream<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                  The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut as a meeting point of Streams. Mummification, the\u2018Transformation of Substance\u2019. Mani and the origin of Icon Painting in Egypt.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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                    Lecture 9: Solomon, Hiram and the Queen of Sheba. TheSouthern Stream continued<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                    Cain and Abel, the \u2018Temple Legend of Seth and the three seeds from the tree in Paradise\u2019.The Hiramic roots of the Templar Order and of Rosicrucian Alchemy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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                      Lecture 10\u00a0: Ephesus and Eleusis<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                      Eleusis combines the Chthonic (Earth) Mysteries with the Cosmic Mysteries. The Drama ofPersephone and Demeter and Dionysus. Artemus at Ephesus and the creative power ofSpeech.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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                        Lecture 11\u00a0: The Gnostics and the Manicheans<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                        Jung\u2019s \u2018Basilides of Alexandria\u2019 and the \u2018Sermons to the Dead\u2019. The union of Jewish,Hellenistic and Persian (Zoroastrian) traditions. Alexandria in the First Century BCE . Thewidespread dissemination of Gnostic Symbolism. The Journey of Mani to China and theMani Scroll paintings.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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                          Lecture 12\u00a0: Conclusion: \u201cThe Still Centre of The Turning World\u201d<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                          The Four Stages of Individuation and the Four Mystery Streams? Why do the Four Mysterystreams meet historically in modern times? A summary of the Individuation JourneyUndergone in this course and its implication for the Future Self Development Work.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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