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2008 to 2009

 

 


OCTOBER 2008 - APRIL 2009

The University of Philosophical Research and the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles Presents:

MEETING THE SACRED: A Depth Psychological Approach - (Continuing Education Seminar Series)

Lionel Corbett, M.D.

October 3-5, 2008
November 14-16, 2008
January 2-4, 2009

January 30-February 1, 2009
March 6-8, 2009
April 10-12, 2009

Traditional concepts of God are no longer tenable for many people who nevertheless experience a personal sense of the sacred in their lives. This seminar, extending over six weekends, will describe an approach to spirituality that is emerging from within the tradition of depth psychology.

For Further Details visit UPR Events page

 

Continuing Education: 99 hours CE, CN available; MCEP: see this link.
Fee:
$3000 for a total of 18 days of instruction (includes refreshments and lunch each day)
Location:
UPR Campus, 3910 Los Feliz Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027, Map (
with MapQuest)
Registration: for registration, call Pat Gentry at UPR (323-663-2167) or e-mail
pat.gentry@uprs.edu

 


 

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FEBRUARY 2008 to NOVEMBER 2008

SHAMANISM:

Consciousness and Evolution

Maja D'Aoust

First Sunday of the Month

2:00pm to 3:00pm

February 2008 to November 2008

Admission: $5 per lecture

 

 

 

Maja D'Aoust, lecturer, PRS Librarian and Masters Degree Candidate at UPR, will examine the purposes, practices and implications of the world's oldest spiritual practices. The original purveyors of consciousness studies and transformational psychology were the Shamans. As the world's oldest spiritual pursuit, Shamanism contains within its disciplines the mysteries of accessing and coming into dialogue with the hidden parts of our individual and collective consciousness. In this lecture series we will uncover the history, practices and pertinence of the Shamans over time, bringing these concepts into the 21st century. In order to truly understand consciousness, psychology, healing and spiritual studies, we must examine the practices of their earliest students that we may grow and evolve from their teaching into the future.

SCHEDULE IN 2008

Sunday, February 3 - 2:00pm-3:00pm. $5

What is Shamanism?

Who are the Shamans?; History of Shamanism: Global Phenomenon.

 

Sunday, March 2 - 2:00pm-3:00pm. $5

The Initiatory Death & Shamanic Superpowers

How does one become a Shaman and what are they capable of?

 

Sunday, April 6 - 2:00pm-3:00pm. $5

Techniques of Conscious Energy

Practices of the Shamans and methods of accessing spirit.

 

Sunday, May 4 - 2:00pm-3:00pm. $5

DNA, Memory and Transformation

Storing and communicating with consciousness.

 

Sunday, June 1 - 2:00pm-3:00pm. $5

Ancestors and Consciousness

Behavioral genetics; Getting past the past.

 

Sunday, July 6 - 2:00pm-3:00pm. $5

Psychology and Shamanism

The roots of present practice.

 

Sunday, August 3 - 2:00pm-3:00pm. $5

Healing the Mind, the Body and the Soul

Traditions of the witch doctor; The origins of medicine.

 

Sunday, September 7 - 2:00pm-3:00pm. $5

Shamanism and Alchemy

The process of the transformation and evolution of the soul.

 

Sunday, October 5 - 2:00pm-3:00pm. $5

The Shaman and the Devil

Demons and Spirit; Voodoo and mischievous magic.

 

Sunday, November 2 - 2:00pm-3:00pm. $5

The Shaman Today

Dangers of undisciplined teachings; Entheogen abuse.

 

 


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UNIVERSITY OF PHILOSOPHICAL RESEARCH DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM

JANUARY 2008 to OCTOBER 2008

CONCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE AFTERLIFE

James A. Santucci, Ph.D.

Sundays Once Monthly

11:00am to 12:00noon

January 2008 to October 2008

Admission: $10 $5 per lecture*

*or free to those who cannot contribute. This is important knowledge and insight that everyone should have. Be our guest. Everyone welcome.

 

"...tell me--when a man dies, and his speech disappears into fire, his breath into the wind, his sight into the sun, his mind into the moon...--what then happens to that person?" - Brhadarankyaka Upanishad 3.2.13

What happens when you die? Scholars and theologians throughout history have sought to answer this question. This lecture series will explore the afterlife as described by the major religious traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism), the Greek philosophers and religionists, the Eleusinian and Orphic Mystery schools, and the teachings of spiritualism and Theosophy.

Questions about heaven, hell, and purgatory will be explored; as will some of the phenomena associated with the afterlife, such as reincarnation, resurrection, the survival of the disembodied soul, and intermediate post-mortem states as described by the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and the folklore surrounding vampires and zombies.

The possible communication with the dead as detailed in spiritualism will be contrasted with the more scientific method of "cross-correspondence," an important advance in establishing the possibility of life after death.

This lecture series will be recorded live for UPR's distance learning program. It is open to the public, as well as students of UPR.

SCHEDULE IN 2008

Sunday, January 27 - 11:00am-12noon. $10

Personal Immortality and Post-Mortem Survival

Introduction to beliefs, trends, and evidence of life after death.

 

Sunday, February 24 - 12:30pm-1:30pm. $10

Concepts and Definitions

From REBIRTH to XENOGLOSSY to NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES and RESURRECTION.

 

Sunday, March 23 - 11:00am-12noon. $10

The Soul

According to Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, William of Auvergne, and the Upanishads.

 

Sunday, April 27 - 11:00am-12noon. $10

Conceptions of the Afterlife in the Jewish Tradition

Book of Daniel; the Pharisees.

 

Sunday, May 25 - 11:00am-12noon. $10

Conceptions of the Afterlife in the Christian Tradition

Heaven, Hell, Purgatory, resurrection, martyrdom.

 

Sunday, June 22 - 11:00am-12noon. $10

Conceptions of the Afterlife in the Islamic Tradition

The Martyr (shahid); Fana' ("annihilation"); Islamism.

 

Sunday, July 27 - 11:00am-12noon. $10

Conceptions of the Afterlife in the Hindu Tradition

Karma and reincarnation.

 

Sunday, August 24 - 11:00am-12noon. $10 $5*

Conceptions of the Afterlife in the Buddhist Tradition

Karma, rebirth, and afterdeath states.

 

*or free to those who cannot contribute. This is important knowledge and insight that everyone should have. Be our guest. Everyone welcome.

 

Sunday, September 28 - 11:00am-12noon. $10 $5

Emanuel Swedenborg's Heaven and Hell

 

Sunday, October 26 - 11:00am-12noon. $10 $5

Spiritualism & Theosophy

Spirits, the Spirit World, the Ministry of Spirits; the Septenary Person, the Monad, Devachan, Karma.

 

 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: James A. Santucci, Ph.D. (Asian Civilizations, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia). Chair and Professor of Comparative Religion at California State University, Fullerton. Author of over 45 articles and five books, including: An Outline of Vedic Literature; La societa teosofica; and An Educator's Classroom Guide to America's Religious Beliefs and Practices.


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