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Academic Courses on Paganism, Magic, Mythology, and Witchcraft - Session 2006-2007 tutored by Kenneth Rees
(For further info. /full course outlines: kenrees@telco4u.net or ph. 020 8671 6372 please note that one class may be taken free for any course, without commitment)
Autumn term
1. Mythology, Folklore and Witchcraft
An introduction to the Wheel of the Year and the pagan festival cycle. Alternative archaeology and earth mysteries research - the Neolithic legacy, ancient sites and their puzzles, ley-lines, geomancy, etc; the Celts, - their culture, religion and priesthood - the ancient Druids. Samhain - the Celtic day of the dead, its levels of meaning; Yule, the Winter Solstice - the pagan roots of Christmas.
10 weeks course starting - Thursday 21 Sept 06 7.00 ? 9.00 pm
at Kensington Chelsea College, Holland Park School, Airlie Gdns, London W8
Fees: £90.00 Concessions £30.00 Enrolment ? 020 7573 5333
2. Ritual: its Relevance and Resonances
We explore the role of ritual across different cultures using anthropology, shamanism and psychology including its magical, mythic, celebratory and cathartic expressions. Many perspectives on ritual point to the value of ritual action both for society as a whole and for the individual. We will discuss the consequences for modern society of a progressive loss of ritual experience and consider the case for its urgent reclamation.
11 week course, starting - Monday 18th Sept 06 12.30 - 14.30
at The City Literary Institute, Keeley Street, London WC2
Fees: £83.00 Snr. £50.00 Concs. £12 .00 Enrolment ? 020 7831 7831
3. The Magical Consciousness
There is a long and honourable tradition across cultures of alternative ways of thinking to the dominant Western paradigm of rationality. This has often been expressed through various philosophies of magic and Neo-Platonism. We explore some of these esoteric perspectives including Renaissance Hermeticism and the Rosicrucian enlightenment. .
6-week course starting - Monday 25th Sept 06 8.00 -10 pm
at The Mary Ward Centre, 42 Queen Square, London WC1
Fees: £36.00 Concs. £12.00 Enrolment ? 020 7269 6000/6005
4. Magicians of the West
We look at representatives of the magical consciousness ? the founding fathers, Marsilio Ficino, Giordano Bruno, Paracelsus, John Dee; the founding mothers, Lady Anne Conway, Anna Kingsford, H.P. Blavatsky, Dion Fortune. Plus the Order of the Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley.
6-week course starting ? Monday - 6th November 2006 8.00-10.00 pm
at The Mary Ward Centre, 42 Queen Square, London WC1
Fees: £36.00 Concs. £12.00 Enrolment ? 020 7269 6000/6005
5. Myth, Magic and the Hermetic Imagination
We look at Hermeticism and the Renaissance magi ? Bruno, Pico, Ficino et al; learn about the hermetic arts of alchemy, kabbalah and so on; meet magicians of the Elizabethan age e.g. John Dee, Robert Fludd and trace the shift from magic to science. .
Saturday School, 25th Nov 2006, 10.30- 16.30
at The City Literary Institute, Keeley Street, London WC2
Fees: £26.00 Snr £15.00 Concs. £8.00 Enrolment ? 020 7831 7831
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