We are pleased to confirm the upcoming ‘Awakening to Spiritual Life’ presentations.
The series will run for 4 consecutive weekends:
- Introduction to the Awakening series in Heaven and Hell (reading 491-520)
- State of Exteriors (reading 491-498)
- State of Interiors (reading 499-511)
- State of Instruction (reading 512-520)Attendees are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the relevant Heaven and Hell readings in preparation for each presentation.
A link to a recording of each presentation will be available after each weekend.
Choosing Your Session Session
2 will be a repeat of Session 1 to accommodate the multiple time zones of our global community. You do not have to attend the same session option each weekend.
Please check the dates and times specific for your world time zone below.
Session 1
(Friday/Saturday)3.30pm Fri 5, 12, 19, 26th USA EST (12.30pm USA PST)5.30am Sat 6, 13, 20, 27th Australia EST (5am ACT)8.30pm Fri 5, 12, 19, 26th UK BST 9.30pm Fri 5, 12, 19, 26th Fri South Africa 7.30am Sat 6, 13, 20, 27th Fri New Zealand
OR
Session 2
(Sunday)6am Sun 7, 14, 21, 28th USA EST (3am USA PST)8pm Sun 7, 14, 21, 28th Australia EST (7.30pm ACT)11am Sun 7, 14, 21, 28th UK BST 12 noon Sun 7, 14, 21, 28th South Africa 10pm Sun 7, 14, 21, 28th New Zealand
What to Expect
Each session will open with a presentation followed by an opportunity for questions and discussion, and is scheduled for up to 90 minutes, though the actual finish time may be earlier depending on the level of engagement.
About the Series
The series will work through sections 490 to 520 of Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell.These passages deal with what spirits experience on awakening from death and the early stages of life in the spiritual world.
The approach will be thoroughly Logopraxis in orientation. Rather than reading this material as a description of what awaits us at some point in the future, we’ll be treating it as a process map, a description of what those engaged in working with the Texts of divine revelation can expect to encounter experientially in the here and now. This reframe shifts the entire weight of the material. The dying of the natural sense of self, the awakening to new conditions of life, the gradual recognition of one’s real interior state, the quality of the states one is drawn toward, these are not distant events but present dynamics available for observation in anyone seriously engaged in inner work.
This material holds particular significance for those involved in Logopraxis. It was foundational in the development of LP both methodologically and in terms of its understanding of spiritual community, and returning to it with the lens that practice has since developed should prove to be a genuinely worthwhile exercise. The general process Swedenborg describes is universal; the details, as always, are particular to each of us.