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Below are face-to-face events like conferences, talks, and workshops relating to silence and contemplative living. |
At the top of the page are events on one date, for a few hours or all day.
Lower down are conferences or events happening over more than one date.
Face-to-face events on one date
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Study Day Lecture (also on zoom)
Many Dimensions: The Spiritual Poetry and Fiction of Charles Williams Saturday 28th May, 10:30am-4pm, with Grevel Lindop, The Meditatio Centre, London EC1R 1XX Poet and novelist Charles Williams (1886-1945) was a close friend of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. An influential Anglican theologian, he was also involved in esoteric work. Lindop’s biography, Charles Williams: The Third Inkling, was called ‘comprehensive, judicious, sympathetic, but also properly surprised by its subject’ by Rowan Williams We shall explore Charles Williams’s poetry, fiction, and ideas, and ask what they have to teach us now. |
Cost: £20
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In person Experiential Day Retreat (also on zoom)
Feeding Among the Lilies: The Practice of Lectio Divina with Stefan Reynolds Sat 11th June, 10:30am-4pm, Meditatio Centre, London EC1R 1XX In The Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton uses the image of planting for engaging with Sctipture: “God often talks to us in scripture. That is, he plants the words full of actual graces as we read them and suddenly undiscovered meanings are sown in our hearts, if we attend to them, reading with minds that are at prayer.” This day will be exploring this practice, feeding among the lilies of scriptures and sacred wisdom texts so as to be nourished and inspired for our own spiritual journey. |
Cost: TBC
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In person talk (also on zoom)
Out of the Wreck We Rise: The Practice of Contemplation when our Lives are in Bits with Martin Laird, OSA Wed 15th June, 6.30-9pm, The Meditatio Centre, London EC1R 1XX Martin Laird in an acclaimed academic, specialising in the mystics, and a renowned author of three books about silence, Into the Silent Land, A Sunlit Absence and An Ocean of Light. More detail of the day to follow. The retreat day can also be attended on line, live streamed and/or as a recorded event. |
Cost: £15 (conc. £10)
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In person talk (also on zoom)
A Burning Passion for God: Reflection on Marguerite Porete with Dr Rebecca Stephens Sat 25th June, 10.30-4pm, The Meditatio Centre, London EC1R 1XX Marguerite Porete wrote with rhetorical brilliance and unflinching passion about the path to oneness with God. Porete offers valuable teachings which deserve to be studied within the mystical tradition and have much to teach us still today. Despite receiving praise for her book, this woman who described herself as ‘the phoenix who is alone’ paid the ultimate price for her refusal to be censored, and was executed at the stake in 1310 and dismissed as a heretic. |
Cost: £TBC
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In person study retreat day
Sitting at the Feet of the Carmelite Mystics Sat 3rd September, 10-4pm, House of Prayer, East Molesey KT8 0PB with Audrey Hamilton Teresa of Avila famously described prayer as nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends, taking time to be alone with Him who we know loves us. She, and the other great Carmelite mystics, have much to teach us about how beloved we are and the grandeur of our calling. They also help us to be authentically ourselves in the reality of our daily lives. Join us as we sit at their feet and enter the mystery of God's transformative love. |
Cost: £30
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Face-to-face events on more than one day
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A 3 part series: in person and on line
Homing: Finding Our Way Into the Mystery of Who We Are with Mark Burrows and Hayley Matthews, WCCM 1-7pm on 5th February, 9th April & 14th May Each half-day retreat explores “homing” to support your journey into the deep gift of who you are. We'll explore this as 'anchoring'; through 'flowing'; and in terms of 'belonging'. Each will draw on literature, folklore and history, practicing meditation, engaging poetry, and witnessing dance. We'll listen, reflect, meditate and inspired by poetry and dance, joining to discover the wisdom we carry in our own lives. |
Cost: £30 each; £80 for all
Concessions: £20 each; £50 all |
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Evening, in person meditation teaching
An Introduction to Meditation in the Christian Tradition First Thursday of month, 6-7pm, Meditatio Centre, London EC1R On the first Thursday of each month an introductory evening will be held for those new to meditation. The evenings will be led by members of WCCM. |
Cost: free
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