Course Details

9802: Spiritisms, Magicks, and the Interior Life

February 11-14
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Online

Each person possesses a unique metaphysical connection that is deeply experiential and often private, shaped by individual life circumstances, psychological makeup, and encounters with the inexplicable—what some may call (and dismiss as) magic. Openness to these connections and their public acceptance is crucial for cultivating a well-rounded spiritual or inner life. This study group takes the everyday word "spirituality" and broadens it to include the range of experiences, intuitions, insights, and déjà vu moments that constitute a daily life's consciousness. Attending to these moments, rather than ignoring them, is necessary to a well-furnished spiritual life, whatever our existing practice.

Class Type: Discussion

Class Format: Online

Hours of Reading: Less than 1 hour/session

Study Group Leader(s):

Edward Ingebretsen

Revd Ed Ingebretsen, PhD holds graduate degrees in Theology and philosophies, and has taught at Georgetown University in a variety of capacities since 1986. His areas of expertise: ethics, culture and religious folk expressions, American social cultures of enslavement, ethics and justice for non-human animals. His books and publications explore how American popular and political culture builds upon a range of occult spiritualities and practices, and how these in turn create what Chesterton called "a country with the soul of a church."