NATIONAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE of Events
Holyoke, MA
Friday, October 31 to Sunday, November 2, 2008
Friday, October 31 |
2:00 – 7:00 p.m.
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Conference Registration |
7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
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Welcome and Conference Overview,
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Betty Bland, President |
| The Future of Esoteric Christianity, |
Richard Smoley |
| 8:30 p.m. |
Halloween Gathering with treats, costumes optional. |
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Saturday, November 1 |
| 7:00 a.m – 12:00 noon |
Conference Registration |
| 7:15 - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast Buffet |
| 8:30 – 8:45 a.m. |
Meditation |
| 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
Before Abraham Was, I Am, |
Christopher Bamford |
| 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:45 – 12:15 p.m. |
What Is Mysticism? |
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 |
Roger Woolger, Ph.D. |
| 3:00 – 3:15 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:15 – 4:45 p.m. |
The Return of the Absent Mother, |
Rev. Carol Parrish, Ph.D. |
| 4:45 – 5:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. |
Focus Group Disscussion |
| 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. |
Dinner (on your own) |
| 7:15 - 8:15 p.m. |
ES meeting |
| 8:00 – 9:30 p.m. |
Ice Cream Social |
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Sunday, November 2 |
| 7:15 - 8:30 a.m. |
Breakast Buffet |
| 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, |
Robert Ellwood, Ph.D. |
| 12:30 – 12:45 p.m. |
Closing Comments and Meditation |
Richard Smoley |
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