Weekend for Young Adults

  Purley Chase Spiritual Centre Warwickshire Friday 20 January 2012 – 16:00 to Sunday 22 January 2012 – 14:00 The emphasis on the weekend will be on informal group discussion of the things that interest us as young adults with regard to our spirituality, with plenty of chances to follow up and discuss any issues … Continue reading Weekend for Young Adults

Taize

Taize Style Music Weekend Friday 11 November 2011 – 16:00 to Sunday 13 November 2011 – 14:00 Purley Chase Centre, Warwickshire  What is the Weekend about? •Gathering for Taize style worship morning, noon and evening. •Time and space for bible study with personal and group reflection. •Opportunity for singing practice, walking, resting or circle dancing. … Continue reading Taize

Healing through Symbols and Bodywork

Workshop Purley Chase Centre Tuesday 18 October 2011 – 10:00 and  Wednesday 19 October 2011 – 16:00 Come for one or two days of talks, sharing in groups, one to one sessions of Reiki healing, spiritual counselling, life symbols, space to reflect and enjoy nature in the lovely grounds, walk a labyrinth, dance and movement.  Come for one of … Continue reading Healing through Symbols and Bodywork

Autumn Film Festival

Friday September 16th: Diary of a Country Priest (1951) (dir. Robert Bresson) ‘A film that words fail’ – Los Angeles Times More information Friday September 23rd: A Man Escaped (1956) (dir. Robert Bresson) ‘A heart-stopping, palm-sweating, emotional roller-coaster ride with an ending that makes your heart leap for joy’ Timeout More information Friday September 30th: … Continue reading Autumn Film Festival

Outlook Magazine

This is a twice a year beautifully illustrated publication by the Swedenborg Movement.

Outlook is a free magazine for thinkers everywhere, especially those ordinary people who may be trying to make sense of their daily lives. It is neither a religious newsletter, nor an academic journal. It seeks to promote the distinctive ideas of Emanual Swedenborg in simple everyday language. It aims not to instruct but to entertain and inform.

Issue no 67 is recently published,

Correspondence of Symbols

Distance Learning Tutored Course from SOLCe This course invites you to research a few parallels between the spiritual and physical worlds and then to present your insights and ideas to your tutor and fellow students, when possible. The Creator communicates with us through natural-world images as these are what we readily understand.  We have the … Continue reading Correspondence of Symbols

Spiritual World Course

Distance learning tutored module: Spiritual World Swedenborg Open Learning Centre Have you ever wondered what happens to us after our physical body dies?  Where do we go?  How do we get to heaven, or end up in hell?  What will it be like when we get there? Benjamin Franklin wrote: In this world nothing can … Continue reading Spiritual World Course

The Divine in Marriage

Distance Learning Course (with tutorials) from Swedenborg Open Learning Centre According to the proverb, marriages are made in heaven.  How true this is, according to Swedenborg in his late-published book  Conjugial Love, sometimes translated as Marriage Love.  Conjugial – is it a misprint?  No – Swedenborg used the Latin word conjugialis which is derived from … Continue reading The Divine in Marriage