GEMS II: The Wisdom Keepers - Fall Semester Starts Sept 13, 2022

Using texts and discussion, the class explores imagination, intuition, love, detachment, and healing. Students will come away with a greater understanding of the western spiritual traditions to enhance their spiritual practice. Each class includes a group imagery that relates to the readings.

Readings this year include selections from:

• Dr. Epstein’s unpublished Life Plan;
• Valentin Tomberg's Covenant of the Heart (e.g. on intuition & the 10 commandments)
• Valentin Tomberg's Meditations on the Tarot  (e.g.The Hangman)
• Edward Slingerland's Trying Not to Try 
• Thorwarld Dethlefsen's The Healing Power of Illness
• Selected writings of Hazrat Inayat Khan;
• The Gospel of Mary Magdalene (Yves Le Loup trans) or The Gospel of Thomas (Yves Le Loup Trans)
• Biblical Readings 
• Other texts TBD. 

Tuition: $550 per semester ($1100/year)