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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 per lecture
"...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
Conceptions of the Afterlife in the
Buddhist Tradition
Karma, rebirth, and afterdeath
states.
Sunday, September 28 - 11:00am-12noon. $10
Emanuel Swedenborg's Heaven and Hell
Sunday, October 26 - 11:00am-12noon. $10
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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STORIES
THAT TELL US WHO WE ARE: 
Admission: $10 per lecture
THE
YOGA OF INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATION
In
his magnum opus, The Life Divine, the modern Indian seer and
yogi, Sri Aurobindo has diagnosed the human condition as one of
sevenfold Ignorance. In his own life and teaching, he
developed the goals and techniques of experience and power by which
this condition can be overcome. Adapting his own terminology, this
can be called a sevenfold perfection. 
SHAMANISM:
