NATIONAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE of Events

Holyoke, MA

Friday, October 31
2:00 – 7:00 p.m.	Conference Registration.
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.	Introductory address: The Future of Esoteric Christianity, by Richard Smoley.
8:30 p.m.	Please stay for a lively Halloween mixer, costumes optional.

Saturday, November 1
7:00 a.m – 12:00 noon	Conference Registration.
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.	Meditation.
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.	Before Abraham Was, I Am, by Christopher Bamford.
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 – 12:15 p.m.	What Is Mysticism? By Rev. Jon Mundy, Ph.D.
12:15 – 1:30 p.m.	Lunch provided.
1:30 – 3:00 p.m.	Mystical Body, Man of Light: The Lost Secret of the Cosmic Christ, by Roger Woolger, Ph.D.
3:00 – 3:15 p.m.	Break.
3:15 – 4:45 p.m.	The Return of the Absent Mother, by Rev. Carol Parrish, Ph.D..
4:45 – 5:00 p.m.	Break.
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.	Christianity as a Magical Way, by Coleston Brown.
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.	Dinner (on your own).
8:00 – 9:30 p.m.	Small discussion groups with an ice cream treat.

Sunday, November 2
8:30 – 8:45 a.m.	Meditation.
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.	The Red Corner: The Creative Dimension of Folk Christianity in Russia and Beyond, Cherry Gilchrist.
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.	Break.
11:00 – 12:30 p.m.	Myth and Meaning in Christianity, by Robert Ellwood, Ph.D.
12:30 – 12:45 p.m.	Closing Comments and Meditation, by Richard Smoley.