YEAR THREE:
2006 - 2007
Being
At Home in the Scientific Cosmos:
Transforming Symbols and Worlds
Weekly discussion of Joel Primack & Nancy Abrams
& The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our
Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos (2006)
To understand and get a feel for the scientific pictures of the cosmos,
to discover a meaningful context for work on sustainable progress &
global justice,
to play imaginatively with the cosmos.
Facilitated by Mel & Beth Keiser
12 Sundays 3-5 pm
Distant participants will get weekly reports and can send comments for
discussion.
Oct 22 Getting a feel for Primack & Abrams
Does the Cosmos matter to us, and how?
Preface (1-2) read aloud.
Oct 29 Intro (3-12) What is our
picture of the world? How imagine our place in it?
Nov 5 Ch 1 Positive uses of metaphor
& myth in scientific truth.
Nov 12 Ch 2 History of scientific pictures: flat
earth to heavenly spheres.
Nov 19 Ch 3 History from medieval centrality to
Newtonian homelessness.
Nov 26 Ch 4 What is the universe made of?
Dec 3 Ch 5 What is the universe's center?
Dec 10 Ch 6 What is the universe's size?
Jan 7 Ch 7 Where do we come from?
Jan 14 Ch 8 Are we alone?
Jan 21 Ch 9 Think cosmically, act globally.
Jan 28 Ch 10 Concluding book: Taking our
extradordinary place in the cosmos.
Council of All Beings: Extinctions Ritual
Dr. Robert McGahey
Director: Celo Center for Earthkeeping
We will meet in council for a requiem for species extinctions caused by
climate change, creating masks through which to speak for these
species. Closing council representing homo sapiens will resolve
to work at repairing the Web of Creation.
December 1-2
Fri 7:30-9pm deep ecology/systems theory
Sat 9am-9pm $95 (lunch & dinner included)
Symbolizing Self and Nature:
The Art of Creating our Connection to Earth Energy
Yvonne Fuchs
Artist, Business Consultant, NLP Teacher
Drs. Mel and Beth Keiser
November 10-11
Friday: simple supper, sharing poetry that connects
us deeply with nature.
Saturday: making earth art and writing workshop, closing ritual by
streams.
Friday 5:30-9pm – Saturday 9am-5pm
$30 for materials and food
additional donations welcomed
Transforming Patterns of Experience: Neurolinguistic
Programming Workshop
Yvonne Fuchs (see above and below)
November 4 Saturday 9 am&5 pm
$60 (lunch included)
The Art of Knowing Yourself:
Neurolinguistic Programming
lecture and demonstration
Yvonne Fuchs
London, England
NLP Master Practitioner
Certified by Robert Dilts, NLPU
November 3
Friday 7-9 pm
$10
YEAR TWO: DIALOGUES ON COURAGE - 2005-2006
Fall/Winter 2005
Flow Yoga, All levels
Debra Kiliru
Certified Yoga Instructor, Black Mountain
beginning September 19
Mondays 6:00-7:30 pm, $10 drop-in,
or $50 for series of six classes
Poem & Story Sharing
Facilitated by Margaret Jones
Black Mountain, NC
Writer, Artist, and Massage Therapist
Monthly, generally on final Fridays
7-8:30 pm, all welcome, donations accepted
Meditative Circle Dancing
Barbara Nerenz-Kelley
Teacher and Choreographer of Meditative Dance, and Artist
Munich, Germany & Asheville, NC
Lord it is time; the summer was immense”
September 17
Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, $50
Deep Dancing for Fall
September 29
Thursday, 6:00-8:00 pm, $12
The Harvest of Life
October 20-December 1
Six Thursdays 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
$l0 a session (for those who attend
the series of six, last one free) |
Deep
Dancing for Winter Solstice
December 22
Thursday, 6:00-8:00 pm, $12
Intuitive Painting:
Exploring the Artist Within
Dr. Gaetana Friedman
Artist, Teacher, Gestalt Psychologist
Asheville, NC
October 26 – November 30
Five Wednesdays 12:30-3:00 pm
(first and last session are longer)
$120 (includes materials)
Reading by MariJo Moore
Poet, Essayist, Novelist
Candler, NC
How Madwomen Survive &
November 4 Friday 7:00-9:00 pm (prior to Workshop) Open to public;
$5-10 suggested donation
Women Claiming Courage:
Native Journeys, Ancestral Pathways
MariJo Moore, Poet, Essayist, Novelist, Candler, NC
Dr. Laura Donaldson, Professor of Native American Studies, Cornell
University
November 4-5, 2005
Friday 7:00 pm – Saturday 5:30 pm
$60 for workshop (lunch included)
Day of Mindfulness
Larry Ward & Peggy Rowe, Dharma Teachers with Thich Nhat Hanh
Lotus Institute, Asheville, NC
(recently teaching at Pendle Hill,
Quaker Study Center, Wallingford, PA)
December 3
Saturday 9:00 am -5:00 pm
$25 suggested donation
WINTER/SPRING 2006
Book Discussion: Albert Camus' The Plague
Led by Drs. Tony Bing and Mel Keiser
January 8 3:30-5:30 pm & January 15 3:00-5:00 pm
January 20 Friday 5:30-8:00 pm (potluck supper & discussion)
No fee; donations appreciated
Meditative Circle Dancing
Barbara Nerenz-Kelley
January 26
Thursday 6:00-8:00 pm
$10
Film: Appointment with a Wise Old Dog: Dream Images in
a Time of Crisis about conductor/cellist David Blum,
introduced by Yo-Yo Ma
Discussion led by Gaetana Friedman, artist and retired therapist
January 27
Friday 7:00-8:30 pm
No fee; donations appreciated
The Enneagram and Spirituality
Sandra Smith, Director of Holy Ground & certified Enneagram teacher
February 3-4
Friday 6:45-8:45 pm and Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
($100 for workshop; $40 for interview)
Meditative Circle Dancing
Barbara Nerenz-Kelley
February 16
Thursday 6:00-8:00 pm
$10
Veterans of Hope Project: Interviews with Gwendolyn
Zoharah Simmons
& Bernice Johnson Reagon
DVDs by historian Vincent Harding & film-maker
Rachel Harding
February 19
Sunday 3:00-5:00 pm
No fee; donations appreciated
Civil Rights Veterans of Hope:
Courage to Work for Justice
Rev. Nelson Johnson, Pastor
Faith Community Church, Greensboro, NC
Dr. Zohara Simmons, Asst. Prof.
Dept of Religion, U of FL Gainesville
February 25
Saturday 10:00 – 5:00 pm
$50 (lunch included)
Courage To Be At Home In The Body
Barbara Nerenz-Kelley
Meditative Dance Teacher and Artist
March 10-11
Fri 6:00-9:00 pm Sat 10:00am- 5:00 pm $60
($10 reduction for early registration)
Meditative Dances for Spring
Barbara Nerenz-Kelley
March 16-April 20
Thursdays11:00 am - 1:00 pm
$10 for each session, with one class free for those who attend all six
Compassionate Communication:
Two-Day Intensive Workshop on
Skills To Resolve Conflicts with
Self and Others
Catherine Clement, Organizational Development Consultant
Boulder, CO
March 24-25
Friday 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Saturday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
$120 (two lunches included)
Non-Violence, Prayer,
& Peacemaking:
Deepening the Journey
Dr. Daniel O. Snyder
Psychologist & Peace Studies Teacher
Springe, Germany & Black Mt., NC
8 Wednesdays: April 12 – May 31
6:00-8:00 pm, $75
Courage to Be at Work:
The Power of Self
Dr. Martha Summerville
Executive Consultant in Leadership and Organization Development
New Haven, CT
Apri1 21-22
Fri. 5:00 pm – Sat. 5:00 pm
$75 (dinner and lunch included) |
Intuitive
Painting: Exploring the Artist Within
Gaetana Friedman, artist and retired therapist
April 28-29
Friday & Saturday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
$130, including all materials and refreshments; bring lunches
Poetry Engendering Courage
Drs. Beth & Mel Keiser, Guilford College Alumni
May 19-20
Friday 5:00-9:00pm, Sat 9:00am-5:00pm
No registration fee, two meals $16
Year One: SEEDS OF PEACE/ SEEDS OF WAR
November 2004 & May 2005 WEEKEND SEMINARS
Between Two Streams: How Can We Become 'Native' To
This Place?
November 5-6, 2004
Cherokee Leaders: Freeman Owle & Cherokee Historian and
Storyteller, Laura Donaldson – Associate Professor of English and
American Indian Studies, Cornell University
Friday 4:00 pm & Saturday 5:00 pm
Cost: $80.00
Peacemaking and the Life of the Spirit
I. November 12-14
II. February 25-27
III. March 18-20
Co-Sponsors: Pendle Hill and Swannanoa Valley Friends Meeting
Leader: Dan Snyder Teacher of Peace Studies, Pendle Hill (National
Quaker Study and Retreat Center near Philadelphia, PA)
I. Nonviolence in Personal and Political Life
II. Prayer and Peacemaking
III. Forgiveness & Reconciliation
Friday, 5:00 pm - Sunday, noon
Cost: $125 weekend, $300 for all three
When the Rain Returns: Toward Justice and
Reconciliation in Palestine & Israel
April 15-16
Leaders: Zohara Simmons, Ass't. Professor, Religion, University of
Florida Service Committee, Tony Bing, Professor Emeritus of English
Literature & Peace Studies, Earlham College
Friday, 5:00 pm & Saturday, 9:00 pm
Cost: $100
Merleau-Ponty’s Peaceable Kingdom of Perception &
Our Bodily Ways in the World
May 21-22
Leaders: Mel Keiser & Guilford Alumni
Friday, 5:00 pm & Saturday, 5:00 pm
Cost: meals, love offering
OTHER PROGRAMS
Film Series with Discussion: Interrogating
War/Nonviolence
No fee, love offering received
I. The Mission
Tony Bing, Discussion Leader, Professor Emeritus of English Literature
& Peace Studies, Earlham College
November 17, Wed., 6:30-9:30 pm
II.Saving Private Ryan
Elizabeth Kirk, Discussion Leader, Professor Emerita of Medieval
English Literature, Brown University
December 15, Wed., 6:30-9:30 pm
III.Paths of Glory
Tony Bing, Discussion Leader
January 12, Wed., 6:30-9:30 pm
IV.Weapons of the Spirit
Elizabeth Kirk, Discussion Leader
February 16, Wed., 6:30-9:30 pm
V. The Deer Hunter - David Connor Jones, Discussion
Leader
March 15 Wed. 6:30-10:30pm
Experiment with Light: Quaker Guided Meditation
Every Tuesday, 6:45 - 8:15 pm
No fee
Darkness into Light: Meditative Circle Dances for
Winter
January 13 - February 17
Barbara Nerenz-Kelley, Teacher of Meditative Dance
Six Thursdays 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Cost: $50.00 for six sessions
Lecture: Nonviolence and the Dynamics of Transformation
February 24 Dan Snyder Thursday, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
No fee, love offering received
On the Wine Dark Sea: Archetypal Exploration of The
Internal Odyssey of Homer
April 4-May 23
Lee Johnson, Discussion Leader, Professor Emeritus of English
Literature, Guilford College
Eight Mondays, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
No fee, love offering received
Mandala Intensive Workshop July 11 & 15
Call 404-290-8773or visit www.creatingmandalas.com
Yoga classes, and more events to be announced!
RENTALS:
Meeting place available to those sympathetic with spiritual nurture in
inclusive community.
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