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Last Conference’s Schedule: May 2017
Last Conference’s Schedule: May 2017
The 22nd International Humanities Conference: Wednesday 3rd May to Sunday 7th May, 2017 at the Krokstad Herrgård Hotel, Säffle, Sweden
| Wednesday, 3 May 2017 | ||
| 2:30 pm | Informal Session: Getting to know one another | |
| 3:45 pm | Coffee break | |
| 4:15 pm | Seminar | Dragan Micic & Debbie Elliott: Gurdjieff’s Study House Aphorisms Art Project |
| 4:45 pm | Short break | |
| 5:00 pm | Prep. reading | Reading from Gurdjieff’s writings corresponding to current papers, in preparation for Thursday’s first paper |
| 5:30 pm | Public Planning Committee meeting. Anyone who wishes to attend is invited. | |
| 7:00 pm | Dinner | |
| 8:30 pm | Evening program | Kenneth E. Shear: What John G. Bennett did to publicise G. I. Gurdjieff’s All and Everything. How he became one of Gurdjieff’s most influential pupils. Why Bennett’s last teachings are a legominism. |
| Thursday, 4 May 2017 | ||
| 7:00 am | Voluntary Sitting / Meditation | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:15 am | Opening Remarks | |
| 9:30 am | Paper | Peter Apps: A Field of Hope, Turning the Teskooano towards ourselves |
| 10:45 am | Coffee break | |
| 11:15 am | Paper | Terje Tonne: Preparatory reading, followed by presentation The Four Lower Centers and Consequences Of Waking Up |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:30 pm | Seminar | Ch. 39 of Beelzebub’s Tales To His Grandson – “The Holy Planet ‘Purgatory’”, resuming at page 784, in the 1950 edition! |
| 3:45 pm | Coffee break | |
| 4:15 pm | Seminar | Jason Stern and Greg Loy: Presentation on behalf of Gurdjieff Heritage Society |
| 7:00 pm | Dinner | |
| 8:30 pm | Evening program | Tyrone Douglas: Short play Ieva & Robert McKenty: Education in Tales: An analysis of the topic throughout Gurdjieff’s First Series |
| Friday, 5 May 2017 | ||
| 7:00 am | Voluntary Sitting / Meditation | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 am | Prep. reading | Reading from Gurdjieff’s writings corresponding to the following presentation |
| 10:00 am | Paper | Anthony Blake: Active Mentation (see paper preview video) |
| 11:15 am | Coffee break | |
| 11:45 pm | Seminar | Ch. 10 of Meetings with Remarkable Men – “Bogachevsky” (from p. 73) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:30 pm | Paper | Jan Jarvis: Preparatory reading, followed by presentation Directional Indications in the Obligolnian Strivings |
| 3:45 pm | Coffee break | |
| 4:15 pm | Seminar | Ch. 39 of Beelzebub’s Tales To His Grandson – “The Holy Planet ‘Purgatory’” |
| 7:00 pm | Dinner | |
| 8:30 pm | Evening program | Peter Apps & Anita Skorgan: Oboe and piano concert |
| Saturday, 6 May 2017 | ||
| 7:00 am | Voluntary Sitting / Meditation | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 am | Paper | Paul Beekman Taylor, read by David Eidsvoll: Preparatory reading, followed by presentation Translating I Am into Real Life |
| 10:45 am | Coffee break | |
| 11:15 am | Seminar | Group Reading of the Prologue to Life is Real Only Then, When I Am, resuming at p. 29 |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:30 pm | Paper | Greg Loy: Presentation about the Gurdjieff International Review |
| 3:00 pm | Prep. reading | Reading from Gurdjieff’s writings corresponding to the following presentation |
| 3:30 pm | Coffee break | |
| 4:00 pm | Paper | John Amaral: Are Gurdjieff’s Personality Gravities (Man 1, 2 etc.) Consistent with the World of Ideals? Did G (and/or O) Make a Mistake? |
| 7:30 pm | Banquet evening | |
| Sunday, 7 May 2017 | ||
| 7:00 am | Voluntary Sitting / Meditation | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 am | Seminar | Where Do We Go From Here? |
| 11:30 am | Conference closes | |
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