Friday Night Conversations in Theosophy

Every Friday evening at 8:00 pm, we hold “Conversations in Theosophy,” in which the world’s great mystical traditions, including Buddha Dharma, Vedanta, Christianity, Shamanism and Theosophy itself are explored through personal experience, scientific research and the study of sacred texts. We also hold monthly meditations for planetary compassion and healing.

The “SFTS Conversations in Theosophy – Audio and Video” list in the sidebar provides a list of select Friday night meeting posted in digital audio or video format. Clink on the links to download or view the audio or video content on-line.

Friday Evening Program for September 2010

Monday, September 6th, 2010

9-3-2010 NO MEETING. Lodge Closed for Labor Day Weekend. Celebrate American Labor!

9-10-2010 Technology of Falling Awake: User’s Guide to Human Incarnation, Part Two of a Four Part Series — Richard Power

9-17-2010 William James: The Pragmatic Visionary (Quest Magazine) — Jan Black

9-24-2010 The Objects Unveiled — Ed Abdill (TSA Video Presentation)

POETRY: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm. Here are the dates for the rest of the year: 6/11, 7/9, 8/13, 9/10, 10/8, 11/5 and 12/10. Bring your poetry and your voice.

Friday Evening Program for August 2010

Friday, August 6th, 2010

8-6-2010 Conversations in Theosophy: Who am I? What is Consciousness? Death is Not Real … Why is this Important? — J.R. Collier

8-13-2010 Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs, Part One

8-20-2010 Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs, Part Two

8-27-2010 Technology of Falling Awake: User’s Guide to Human Incarnation, Part One of a Four Part Series — Richard Power

POETRY: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm. Here are the dates for the rest of the year: 6/11, 7/9, 8/13, 9/10, 10/8, 11/5 and 12/10. Bring your poetry and your voice.

Friday Evening Program for July 2010

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

7-2-2010 CLOSED for July 4th Weekend! NO MEETING. Happy Independence Day!

7-9-2010 Conversations in Theosophy: Key To Theosophy on the Nature of Prayer

7-16-2010 Sukhavati – Joseph Campbell (video presentation)

7-23-2010 Owen Barfield – Prophet against Positivism (Quest Magazine) — Jan Black

7-30-2010 Our Once & Future Holographic Universe — Jack Sarfatti

POETRY: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm. Here are the dates for the rest of the year: 6/11, 7/9, 8/13, 9/10, 10/8, 11/5 and 12/10. Bring your poetry and your voice.

Friday Evening Program for June 2010

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

6-4-2010 Conversations in Theosophy: 2012 and “The Coming of the Sixth Sun: Mayan Views of a New Cycle” (see Quest, Winter 2010)

6-11-2010 Conversations in Theosophy: Out of the Blue (2002), Awarding-Winning Documentary Narrated by Peter Coyote, (View Part I, & Discuss)

6-18-2010 Conversations in Theosophy: Out of the Blue (2002), Awarding-Winning Documentary Narrated by Peter Coyote, (View Part II, & Discuss)

6-25-2010 More Topics in Consciousness Research w/ Jeff Curtis

POETRY: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm. The May event will be held on 5-14-10. Here are the dates for the rest of the year: 6/11, 7/2, 8/13, 9/10, 10/8, 11/5 and 12/10. Bring your poetry and your voice.

Friday Evening Program for May 2010

Friday, April 30th, 2010

5-7-2010 White Lotus Day
Join us for our celebration of the Life and Work of H.P. Blavatsky

5-14-2010 If You Have No Judgment, There’s Nothing You Need to Fix
Marian Shirin

5-21-2010 Conversations in Theosophy: Current Views on Karma

5-28-2010 NO MEETING — LODGE CLOSED — IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY!

POETRY: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm. The May event will be held on 5-14-10. Here are the dates for the rest of the year: 6/11, 7/2, 8/13, 9/10, 10/8, 11/5 and 12/10. Bring your poetry and your voice.

Friday Evening Program for April 2010

Friday, April 9th, 2010

4-2-10 Ramana Maharshi
(Video Presentation)

4-9-2010 P.G. Bowen’s Sayings of the Ancient One & The Occult Way

4-16-2010 Kabir
Chris Black

4-23-2010 Conversations in Theosophy

4-30-2010 Consciousness News from the Tucson Conference of 2010
Jeff Curtis

POETRY: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm. The April event will be held on 4-9-10. Here are the dates for the rest of the year: 5/14. 6/11, 7/2, 8/13, 9/10, 10/8, 11/5 and 12/10. Bring your poetry and your voice.

Friday Evening Program — March 2010

Friday, March 5th, 2010

3-5-10 Wisdom, Knowledge & Belief
(Richard Brooks, TSA Video Presentation)

3-12-2010 A Rumi With A View
W. Blake Derby in Concert

3-19-2010  No Religion Higher Than Truth
David Thompson

3-26-2010  Robert Bowen’s How to Study Theosophy

POETRY: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm.  There is no Gathering in March, the next one will be held on 4-9-10  Bring your poetry and your  voice .

LENTEN MEDITATION: The Lodge’s ongoing Lenten practice will continue this year, starting Ash Wednesday, 2-17-10 through Good Friday, 4-2-10. We will be reading aloud the Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation on Ash Wednesday at 6:30 am, and then subsequently on Fridays only at 6:30 a.m. up to and through Good Friday. We will be reading aloud the Diamond Sutra on Friday evenings, at 6:30 p.m., up to and through Good Friday, 4-02-10.
We invite you to join us for this deep meditative experience, and encourage you to read these powerful Sutras aloud in your own space during the other days of the week throughout the Lenten season.

Friday Evening Program for January-February 2010

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

1-1-10 NO MEETING (Happy New Year!)

1-8-2010 Conversations in Theosophy

1-15-2010  Joe Miller
(Video Presentation)

1-22-2010  True North on the Pathless Path
Richard Power

1-29-2010  More Developments in Quantum Theory and the Nature of Consciousness
Jeff Curtis

2-05-2010 Hui-Neng & Shen Hsiu: Dust or no dust? That is the question
Jan Black

2-12-2010 The Divine Matrix
J.R. Collier

2-19-2010 The Hidden Word in Poetry
Dan Brady

2-26-2010 Conversations in Theosophy
(Annie Besant’s Introduction to Science of Peace)

POETRY: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm, and will be held on 1/15/10, 2/12/10 and 3/12/10.  Bring your poetry and your  voice.

LENTEN MEDITATION: The Lodge’s ongoing Lenten practice will continue this year, starting Ash Wednesday, 2-17-10 through Good Friday, 4-2-10. We will be reading aloud the Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation on Ash Wednesday at 6:30 am, and then subsequently on Fridays only at 6:30 a.m. up to and through Good Friday. We will be reading aloud the Diamond Sutra on Friday evenings, at 6:30 p.m., up to and through Good Friday, 4-02-10.
We invite you to join us for this deep meditative experience, and encourage you to read these powerful Sutras aloud in your own space during the other days of the week throughout the Lenten season.

Friday Evening Program for November-December 2009

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

11-6-2009 Gems
John Rippe

11-13-2009  “Stop the War!” – A Zen Koan
Jan Black

11-20-2009  A Mind to Embrace the Universe
TSA Video Presentation — Adam Warcup

11-27-2009  CLOSED! No Meeting. Joyous Thanksgiving!

12-04-2009 A Report on the Science & Non-Duality Conference
Jeff Curtis

12-11-2009 On Quest for Universal Truth: Ego, Conditioning &
Transcendent Self
Rina Shelly Orid

12-18-2009 Lodge Solstice Celebration

12-25-2009 NO MEETING – Lodge Closed for Merry Christmas!

SPECIAL EVENT: The SFTS Lodge’s Poetry Gathering is an informal, monthly group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm, and will be held on 11/13 and 12/11. Bring your poetry and your  voice.

Friday Evening Program for September & October 2009

Monday, September 7th, 2009

09-4-2009 CLOSED! NO MEETING! Happy Labor Day Weekend!

09-11-2009  Conversations in Theosophy
Chris Black

09-18-2009 Conversations in Theosophy
Mary Kamadulski

09-25-2009  Conversations in Theosophy
David Thompson

10-02-2009  Fields of Consciousness
Jeff Curtis

10-09-2009  Conversations in Theosophy
Tribute to Annie Besant (Richard Power)

10-16-2009 The curious case of Benjamin Creme and other Theosophical musings, as well as thoughts about coming changes in the new era as inspired by the Three Objects
J.R. Collier

10-23-2009 Conversations in Theosophy
Mary Kamadulski

10-30-2009 NO MEETING – Lodge Closed for Happy Halloween!

SPECIAL EVENT: The SFTS Lodge’s monthly Poetry Gathering is an informal group meeting from 6 pm to 7 pm on the following Fridays: 9/18 and 10/9. Bring your poetry and your  voice.