The weekly Wednesday Swedenborg reading sessions are exploring a powerful small work of Swedenborg called De Verbo (“The Word”), which is proving to be very enjoyable and useful. After that we will most likely look at the four key teachings of Swedenborg (on life, on faith, on the scriptures, and on the Lord), and then will look at usefulness (charity), and read Heaven and Hell. Join in and help us decide or contribute your favourite topic.
Last year’s twice monthly Swedenborg Saturday sessions have now shifted to fortnightly Tuesday afternoons at 2pm (alternating with the Tuesday Bible Study sessions with Howard). In this hour of exploration, bring whatever topic you wish to explore. Normally the hour of open discussion would cover relevant spiritual teachings and seeing how they relate to our modern lives. Subjects range across various religious wisdom traditions, such as the Hindu Advaita Vedanta tradition, Shin Buddhism, and the Fourth Way of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, among other practices and traditions, seeing how they all enrich Swedenborg’s way of stating things. Seeing reality expressed from different perspectives is often very benefitial and enriching.
Last year’s weekly Friday Dr Philip Groves reading sessions will this year be held on Thursdays instead (a day earlier). We are currently studying his major book ‘Spiritual Foundations’, which covers all the essential components of a complete way of working on ourselves.
We hope you feel like joining some of these rich conversations. They are mostly a relaxed mixture of reading and spiritual reflection, or topical discussion and exploration of our own lives. We also have a lot of fun along the way.
See you soon.
Enjoy! Joe