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MASTER YOUR ENERGY–Master Your Life: Free
Webinar 3/11 at 7pm: www.lydiavandenbroeck.
com.
Thursday, March 14
AWAKENING CODES of the Golden Age:
TeleConference 3/14 at 7pm pre-register www.
lydiavandenbroeck.com.
GUIDED MEDITATION WITH WALTER
PERSCHKE. See 3/7 listing for information.
Friday, March 15
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THE HISTORY OF NEW THOUGHT: FROM
MIND CURE TO POSITIVE THINKING AND
THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL, with John Haller,
emeritus professor of history and medical
humanities at Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, 7-9 pm. NEW THOUGHT is both a
movement and a uniquely American philosophy,
one that emphasizes the power of the mind over
matter and challenges its followers to visualize
their way to health and success. Identifying the
emergence of the movement with mind-cure healer
Phineas Quimby, Haller will discuss how Quimby’s
ideas were spread by students such as Warren
Evans and Christian Scientist Mary Baker Eddy.
Learn about this important but little-studied facet of
American culture. Fee: $5. Refreshments.
Sunday, March 17
GONG MEDITATION, 5-6pm, $25. This hour-long
Sound Bath will be comprised of a few minutes of
Tibetan Singing Bowls at both the beginning and
ending, with a Paiste Earth Gong in between. This
event is called a “Sound bath” because you are
bathed in sound, while remaining fully clothed in
a comfortable position. Bring your own yoga mat
if you prefer to lie on the floor. The vibrations of
the Tibetan Singing Bowls and Earth Gong coax
the brain into Alpha and/or Theta states, resulting
in the autonomic nervous system switching to
parasympathetic dominance. When the brain goes
into Alpha or Theta it then slows our heart rate,
lowers blood pressure, releases stored tension
and toxins, and more. Join Danielle Dvorak for
absorbing the soothing sounds of the gong and
singing bowls. Location: Soderworld.
Mondays through March 18
DISCUSSION GROUP ON THE GOSPEL OF
MARK, with Rev. Dr. George Dole, professor
emeritus of the Swedenborg House of Studies
at the Pacific School of Religion, 6-7pm. Join
this discussion group discussing the Gospel of
Mark, using Paul Vickers’ Person to Person: The
Gospel of Mark as a study guide. Discussion is
led by Rev. Dr. George Dole, participating from
his study in Bath, Maine via Google Talk. Vickers’
insightful discussion of its rich symbolism reveals
the relevance of this gospel has to our lives. Fee:
Free will offering. Copies of Person to Person are
available on loan from the Swedenborg Library.
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