Month

Date

Subject, Brief Description and Speaker

March

Friday 26^th

Inner and Outer Worlds.
Neville Jarvis.

Neville will explore the ways in which our lives operate at two levels and show how gaining a greater appreciation of the processes involved, expands our ability to more fully develop our spiritual potential. The session will be interspersed with short periods of audience participation. Neville has been a member of the Swedenborg movement all his life. He lives in Sydney, having recently retired after managing the Swedenborg Centre there for over 27 years. He was also centrally involved in the establishment of the Swedenborg Association of Australia in 1992.

April

Friday 30th

Neo-Darwinian Evolution
Geoff Forster.

A critical evaluation incorporating a Swedenborgian perspective.

May

Friday 28^th

An exploration of the mystical and search for the soul.
Chris Skinner.
The presentation will look at what is mysticism, what is the difference between Prophet, Seer and Mystic and comment on some mystics and mystical traditions. It will also look at what is the mystic experience and its relationship to mind, body and soul. The talk will also explore whether Swedenborg was a true mystic.

June

Friday 25^th

Carl Jung.
Claire French
Her presentation will look at Carl Jung and his contribution to Psychology and how this relates to spirituality. And a brief outline will be given to the influence of Swedenborg in his work.

July

Friday 30^th

August

Friday 27th

Significance of numbers.
Henry Conlan

September

Friday 24th

Swedenborg: signpost to a modern path for inward growth.
Why was Emanuel Swedenborg chosen to report his experiences of the spiritual world?
What characteristics of Swedenborg made him so favourable for this task?
What can we learn from his characteristics as well as from his writings?
How was Swedenborg and his writings different from the huge body of knowledge and practice we already had?
Which are the most important elements of his psycho-spiritual writings, and how can they be used as levers for our inner growth? We will cover some of the most important aspects of Swedenborg's writings in the light of our modern thinking and practice.

Joe Vandermeer is currently president of the Swedenborg Association of Australia and has been studying Swedenborg's teachings for more than two decades. Joe is greatly interested in the subtle and profound influence which Swedenborg's spiritual ideas have had on various streams of thought and movements. With a keen interest in those ideas which have renewed and inspired people through all times, Joe hopes to share those ideas which remain relevant, powerful and suitable for us in our modern life.

October

Friday 29^th

Panel of speakers from different spiritual paths on a Spiritual Principle.

November

Friday 26^th

Heredity and Spirituality.
Dr Elena Nevedova