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The 23rd International Humanities Conference: Wednesday 2nd May to Sunday 6th May, 2018 at the University Place, Portland, Oregon, USA
| Wednesday, 2 May 2018 | ||
| 2:30 pm | Informal Session: Getting to know one another | |
| 3:45 pm | Coffee break | |
| 4:15 pm | Seminar | Ch. 39 of Beelzebub’s Tales To His Grandson – “The Holy Planet ‘Purgatory’ ”, resuming at page 804, in the 1950 edition |
| 5:30 pm | Free time for renewing and building relationships | |
| 7:00 pm | Dinner (on our own) | |
| 8:30 pm | Evening program | Kenneth Shear: Bennett’s Work with Gurdjieff’s Writings |
| Thursday, 3 May 2018 | ||
| 7:00 am | Voluntary Sitting / Meditation | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:15 am | Opening Remarks | |
| 9:30 am | Paper | Irv Givot: The First Page of Beelzebub’s Tales, Chapter II |
| 10:45 am | Coffee break | |
| 11:15 am | Paper | Trevor Stewart: Correlations between the Gurdjieff Movements and Beelzebub’s Tales |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:30 pm | Paper | Richard Hodges: The Bezels of Beelzebub |
| 3:45 pm | Short break | |
| 4:15 pm | Seminar | Ch. 39 of Beelzebub’s Tales To His Grandson – “The Holy Planet ‘Purgatory’ ” (Cont.) |
| 7:00 pm | Dinner (on our own) | |
| 8:30 pm | Evening program | Bill Balkus: The Holy Planet Purgatory |
| Friday, 4 May 2018 | ||
| 7:00 am | Voluntary Sitting / Meditation | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 am | Paper | Steffan Soule: Choot-God |
| 10:45 am | Coffee break | |
| 11:15 am | Paper | Peter Apps: America |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:30 pm | Paper | Martin Zwick: Caravan of Stilts |
| 3:45 pm | Coffee break | |
| 4:15 pm | Seminar | Ch. 5 of Meetings with Remarkable Men – “Mr. X or Captain Pogossian” (from page 78) |
| 7:00 pm | Dinner (on our own) | |
| 8:30 pm | Evening program | Christopher Barlow, Linda Kangas, Judy Parker, Ginny Stevens & Peter Apps: Oboe and piano concert |
| Saturday, 5 May 2018 | ||
| 7:00 am | Voluntary Sitting / Meditation | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 am | Paper | Will Mesa: What Does It Really Mean to Be Awake? |
| 10:45 pm | Coffee break | |
| 11:15 am | Seminar | Group Reading of the Prologue to Life is Real Only Then, When “I Am”, resuming at p. 40 |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 2:30 pm | Paper | Russell Schreiber: Fear Not Kundabuffer |
| 3:45 pm | Coffee break | |
| 4:15 pm | Seminar | Ch. 39 of Beelzebub’s Tales To His Grandson – “The Holy Planet ‘Purgatory’ ” (Cont.) |
| 7:30 pm | Banquet evening | |
| Sunday, 6 May 2018 | ||
| 7:00 am | Voluntary Sitting / Meditation | |
| 8:00 am | Breakfast | |
| 9:30 am | Seminar | Where Do We Go From Here? |
| 11:30 am | BOX LUNCH! Conference closes |
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| 1:00 pm | OPTIONAL Two Rivers Farm Tour Experience |
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