MAGNT Meeting

Saturday Feb. 11, 2012
10 AM to noon

 Unity South Church
7950 First Ave. So.
Bloomington, 55420

Mystery Schools
Facilitators: Ira Gordon and Rev. Ron Moor

You have been telling people that this is the eleventh hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. ...
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
--Hopi Elder Speaks

Have you ever been exposed to information you weren't ready for? In the Jewish religion, there is a tradition that one ought not to undertake, the study of the mystical teachings known as Kabbalah until one is at least 35 years of age and married (ie: sexually active). In many wisdom traditions, there is a recognition that to journey into rarified areas of understanding without the protection of strong containership and strong grounding is to court ethical dissolution, mental illness, or death.

Mystery schools, from the gnostic enclaves of Egypt to the Pythagorean academy of southern Italy to the Essene compounds in the Judaean desert to Zen study centers in Japan and elsewhere to Scientology organizations in many parts of the world, were and are attempts to provide containership -- containership that provides for the safe acquisition of paranormal abilities. Typically, in a mystery school, only a select few are accepted as acolytes; those admitted must submit to a rigorous preparatory process, an initiation; and the contents of the instruction are jealously guarded: the wisdom remains secret.

In this program, we will have a look at such schools, considering both their gifts and the traps to which they are prone. We will share our own exposures to "hidden" information, our own searches for containership. And we will reflect on whether, as teachings about the mysteries increasingly move from private enclaves of shelter and secrecy to the public light of day, there is still a role -- albeit a new role -- for mystery schools.

Rev. Ron Moor is a hands-on healer and ordained minister. Rev. Moor studied for eight years with noted healer, Rosalyn L. Bruyere, and for three years was lead pastor at her Healing Light Center Church and Seminary. Ron founded the Center for Wholeness, where he offers classes on healing, spiritual growth, and private healing sessions. He served for four years as associate pastor of Lake Harriet Community Church and was twice Healer in Residence at the annual International Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship Conference. Rev. Moor has been a provider at Pathways since 1989 and he has served as an associate minister at Spirit United Interfaith Church since 2001.

Ira L. Gordon has been interested in mysteries since, as an eleven year old, he solved Arthur Conan Doyle's "Case of the Specled Band" by the second page. Now, longer in the tooth and a wee bit wiser, his fascination with the gap between appearances and realities continues -- informed by his explorations in western philosophy, Kabbalah, Scientology, Jungian psychology, astrology, and dance.

Join us as, through a power point presentation, a film clip, conversation, and exercises, we explore our potential -- individual and collective -- to become the ones we've waited for.

MAGNT, the Minnesota chapter of the Association for Global New Thought, offers activities to expand consciousness. Its purpose is to inspire, inform and empower people to create an awakened world. MAGNT is supported by local Unity and Religious Science churches.

There is no admission fee for this or other MAGNT programs unless specified. Donations are welcome. No need to pre-register. Just come and be warmly included. Come to learn, to ask questions, and to engage in spirited conversation with the group.

We look forward to seeing you.

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2011

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Unity South Church

7950 First Ave. So., Bloomington, MN 55420

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