Starts 16:00 Friday 13 May 2011 Ends Sunday 14:00 15 May 2011
This is the fourth of our series of explorations of the enigmas of Genesis. Genesis, the first book in the Bible, seems to be a much deeper and mysterious book than most book than most of us realise. We think it is at the beginning, because it is the first thing God wants us to read in the Bible.
With a good understanding of it we can put life in perspective and from this, all our actions can become part of a meaningful progression towards growing within as heavenly beings. But we believe that the Book of Genesis has often been misinterpreted over recent centuries. It is not simply a history book but a spiritual guide book full of allergories, parables, sagas and myth as well as some true history.
This year we will be looking at how God created us equally as male and female from is nature. The Patriarchs: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their wives give us clues as to how to identify with our genders at various levels in order to make powerfully connected marriages. We shall also explore how the same concept is reflected in all religions, for example, in Hinduism.
Can you see the similarity between letters used in Abram and his wife Sarai of the Jewish/Christian faiths and Brahma and his wife Saraiswati of Hinduism? These are immensely important concepts hidden in the Bible, which up until recently had been virtually lost to the world.
Event Host: Catherine Lauber
About The Leaders
David Gaffney is the programme Director at Purley Chase Centre and has been making music since he learnt to play the guitar at 17. Having had careers both in construction industry and as a teacher he now takes immense pleasure from sharing his understnading of universal spiritual ideas with others, particularly those gems found in the writings of Swedenborg.
Mark Joell is a true musician with a long history of playing live music. His speciality is piano and he has worked many areas from classical to rock; from Vaughan Williams to Pink Floyd. He has a deep interest in ‘things mystical’ and theatrical and plans to marry them all to create a weekend to remember.
John Gaffney is a research lecturer at Manchester University. He has an interest in deep and meaningful things and plays solo folk and ‘indie’ music in and around Manchester.
