Theos-Talk Archives (May 1998 Message tt00536)

Some list members may be interested in the following.

Pam
> From: irwinl@cofc.edu <versluis@pilot.msu.edu>
> Subject: Sophia Seminar
> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 12:42 PM
>
>
>  ANNOUNCING
>
>        *SOPHIA AND THE WESTERN ESOTERIC TRADITIONS*
>
>        A WEEKEND SUMMER COURSE
>        AT NAROPA INSTITUTE, BOULDER, COLORADO
>
>        WITH ARTHUR VERSLUIS
>
>        Course description:
>
>        As Asian spiritual traditions become rooted in the West, it is
important
>        to recognize that these traditions have profound, ancient Western
>        analogues.  In fact, there are long-standing Western esoteric
traditions
>        similar to Buddhism or Sufism, focussing on the figure of Sophia,
or
>        Wisdom, which affirm the mystical power of nature, the body, and
the
>        feminine.  In this course, we discuss the history and significance
of
>        Sophia in the Western esoteric traditions, and by working with
>        evocative, deeply symbolic Sophianic images, show how Wisdom
speaks to
>        many people's need for a profound spirituality rooted in both East
and
>        West.
>
>        Thursday through Saturday, June 25-27, 1998
>        Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado
>        tel.: 303.402.1190
>
>        Dr. Arthur Versluis, a prolific author, lives on a farm in
Michigan.
>        His books include *Theosophia: Hidden Dimensions of Christianity*,
*The
>        Mysteries of Love: Eros and Spirituality*, and the forthcoming
*Wisdom's
>        Children: A Christian Esoteric Tradition* (SUNY: 1999)
>
>        ALSO
>
>        Beginning Sunday, 28 June, as part of their continuing Summer
Writing
>        Program, Naropa will feature Peter Lamborn Wilson's *Hermeticism
and
>        Language* presentations, including a brief survey of alchemical
and
>        Hermetic literature, the theory of hieroglyphics, the power of the
>        image, language, and desire, as well as applying a hermetic
>        critique to the contemporary politics of poetry.
>
>        Peter Lamborn Wilson is author of numerous books including *Sacred
>        Drift,* and *Pirate Utopias,* and with Bill Laswell, Patti Smith,
and
>        William S. Burroughs recorded a forthcoming CD, *Hasheesheen.*
>
>