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Stephen Karcher - Available for Yijing (I Ching) Consultations

Stephen is making more time available to do Yijing consultations for others. I have had a number of these done for myself and have also seen him divine over a wide variety of things such as world issues, or those faced by organisations I have been involved with.

He is really quite startling in his clarity and the way he leads the questioner through the issues and forces in which they are situated. If you want to know more then go to ‘Community’ and select ‘Consultations’

Kevin
posted Sunday, February 18, 2007 11:10 PM by Wandering Sages with 0 Comments

Working with Change: Reflections in the Mirror of the Heart

Vallecitos Workshop Retreat
June 2007

The annual week-long Retreat at Vallecitos Mountain Refuge has become the center of Stephen Karcher’s calendar: “In over 30 years of teaching, I have never found a place or group more truly magical and transformative than this one”.

The Retreat aims at creating a deep dialogue with the Classic of Change through intensive study, ritual and meditative work grounded in an on-going group process. Participants are provided with the latest translations and study material, individual attention from a world-famous teacher and scholar and the support of a compassionate and caring community.   

“In the many long hours and intensity of Stephen's teachings at Vallecitos, I discovered that indeed the Yi is a "living" oracle that reveals itself with greater depth and power than I thought possible.  I left the retreat with tools to unfold the deepest layers of the oracular response, giving me greater confidence to benefit myself and others. Incredible.”

“This truly transformative experience in the idyllic setting of an 'enchanted forest' opened the world of the Great Symbols to me. I immersed myself in the beauty that is Vallecitos, became a member of a cherished community of friends and scholars and enriched my dialogue with the shen ming, the ‘clear and loving spirit’ that is the heart and soul of Yijing’s ancient tradition.”

This is a unique and popular course in beautiful surroundings, so if you are interested you need to get your name down soon. More details here.

If you are interested in staging your own Stephen event please click here for more details.

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Kevin

posted Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:10 PM by Wandering Sages with 0 Comments

Seeing with Different Eyes

Kent University, Canterbury, England

The Religious Studies Department has an M.A course in Cosmology and Divination. It doesn't shy away from looking at these fields from a range of perspectives which include Traditional Metaphysics and Magical forms as well as those from the post enlightenment period. The people teaching it have exceptional credentials too. You can find them here.

However what really caught my eye was the list of keynote speakers from both the USA and UK who will be at their Divination Conference, “Seeing with Different Eyes”

“This conference will explore the nature and implications of the visionary knowledge which arises through divinatory practices, the ‘inner sight’ which is evoked through the use of metaphor and symbol in a ritual or therapeutic context, or in everyday life.” Details can be found here.

I will be booking a place for this one and look forward to meeting any GreatVessel folk who make it there.

posted Saturday, February 04, 2006 7:54 PM by Wandering Sages with 0 Comments