Saturday, April 11, 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CANCELED
By popular demand, Mitch returns for a serious, hands-on, and all-new workshop to explore methods in mind power and mental causation. Based on Mitch’s popular book—and in homage to the original group of pre-Theosophical experimenters called the Miracle Club—this powerful day explores topics including:
- Why and how your thoughts shape reality
- Metaphysical steps that can help with depression and anxiety
- The “10-Day Miracle Challenge”
- Using mantras to strengthen your psyche
- Exploring the energies of historical deities in prayer and petition
- Guided meditations to visualize and attain your fullest potential
- Karma, reciprocity, and ethics on the path of spiritual attainment
Please bring your own vegetarian lunch.
Mitch Horowitz is the PEN Award-winning author of books including Occult America, One Simple Idea, Mind as Builder, and The Miracle Club. Mitch has discussed alternative spirituality on Dateline NBC, CBS Sunday Morning, and NPR’s All Things Considered, and written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and many other national publications. The Washington Post says Mitch “treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness that is too often lost in today’s raised-voice discussions.”
At the core of all healing, meditative, and spiritual pursuits is the goal to expand an individual’s awareness. Experience a uniquely layered, multi-dimensional tapestry of sounds designed to relax and invigorate you simultaneously. Permeate your mind and body in a colorful environment of ambient and ancestral sounds of five large gongs and other sound tools. This guided meditative and transformational musical journey will help you identify your limiting beliefs and transform them into limitless possibilities.
True humility, an integral part of all authentic spiritual paths, is the awareness of the finite in the presence of the infinite. By putting teachings into practice, we cultivate an insight that enables us to see beyond forms. The eye of the heart sees things as they truly are. As we go further along the path, we find that ultimately the Doer is none other than the One Divine Source. We learn about true surrender and alignment and find our deepest calling – the most important thing in this life.
On this All Hallows’ Eve, the veils between the worlds are thin and the spiritual realm beckons. Together, we will explore the origins and purpose of “Halloween,” honor our beloved dead, and experience a ritual performance where we will journey to meet Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth, and her sister Ereshkigal, Goddess of the Underworld.
These weekly lectures are offered at our National Center, 1926 N. Main St., Wheaton, IL. 
Guru Know it All completed all her spiritual training in a past life, so she did not have to do anything in this lifetime. She is a true source of inspiration for all of us imperfect beings.
Internationally-acclaimed spiritual teacher Andrew Harvey will present his newest book Return to Joy, a compelling invitation to consider that joy is the ultimate nature of reality and that its absence lies at the root of our current, unprecedented global crisis. Learn about the mystical wisdom of the ages that places joy at the core of our existence, and consider the myriad enemies of joy in our time. As we tend the fires of joy, we celebrate its flames and nurture its ubiquitous presence.
The practice of ritual grounds us. Community connects us. Come gather from wherever you are in the world in the practice of shamanic ritual. Christina Pateros will lead you first in an energetic cleansing exercise, followed by a shamanic journey space with guided teachings and tools to help you hear Spirit speak. The workshop will conclude with creative movement. All are welcome, including those who are brand new to shamanic practices as well as experienced practitioners looking to deepen their practice and join in community.
Christina Pateros is an artist, spiritual guide, healer, teacher, and steward of spiritual journeys to sacred lands. She owns a healing practice and also creates fine collectible paintings available directly through social media and her website and by commission. Her shamanic practice offers cleansing and clearing of beings and spaces. For more information visit christinapateros.com and whispering-stones.com and follow her on Facebook and Instagram.
Participate in an adventure of self-discovery, contemplative practice, and spiritual art-making for artists and non-artists alike. Learn about the Jungian approach to engaging in this Zen process as well as approaches from different cultures around the world that have been creating mandalas throughout history. Embrace the experience as you are guided to a place where images from your unconscious arise and you create meaningful artwork full of symbols that can teach you more about yourself and your place in the world.
Spiritual growth and the development of intuition go hand in hand. To interpret properly what we pick up intuitively, we must engage in practical spiritual work at an inner level. It helps us translate and verify symbols, sounds, and connections to our higher Self, following our inner journey. The use of natal astrological charts and the tarot helps us verify our intuitive understanding. This course will focus on the inner and outer forces in our daily experiences, through the 12 astrological houses. Personal charts will be done to explain each participant’s inner experiences within these 12 houses. Reading a natal chart accurately demands an understanding of how we utilize each house on an inner and outer level. All sessions will be recorded and confidentially shared only with the online group.