Most esoteric traditions teach that a human being is composed of a physical body that is animated by a soul and a spirit. The soul and the spirit are known traditionally as subtle bodies. Misalignments between the subtle bodies require a person to initiate a dialogue process of inner transformation called initiation. Ultimately, initiation is a dialogue between the lower self and the higher self.

This intensive course will address that dialogue process. Through lectures, meditative
exercises, collage work, and seminar sessions we will survey the subtle bodies, their forces, their gifts, and their challenges. Topics will include the seven levels of the will and the evolution of states of consciousness found on the esoteric path.

The first session each day will be lecture format on the subtle bodies with exercises in reading symbols. In the second session we will use cut paper collage formation to find symbolic illustrations of the dialogue between God and Job and his friends from the book of Job. The third session will consist of a seminar conversation format centered on selected readings from the book of Job with a brief look at the dialogue between the Devil and God in the “Prologue in Heaven” from Goethe’s Faust Part 1.

Participants are requested to bring four magazines for collage work.

Eurythmy with Cezary Ciaglo.

Materials fee: $25

DENNIS KLOCEK is Director of the Consciousness Studies Program at Rudolf Steiner College and founder of the Coros Institute, dedicated to dialogues between individuals in the sciences and the arts. Dennis is an international lecturer and author of six books, the latest being Climate: Soul of the Earth. Dennis is known as Doc Weather to those who visit his website Docweather.com for weather predictions and articles on climatology.