European School 2013
10 - 15 October
at the Weststeirischer Hof
Bad Gams, near Graz in Austria
The Path of the Eternal Pilgrim
This year's European School invites students to explore the broad perspective
of human evolution and spiritual perfectibility.
Starting from the arcane teaching that man is essentially an immortal monad, an individualized centre of Consciousness, we will consider the fundamental principles and operative laws behind our evolutionary pilgrimage.
Using H.P. Blavatsky's writings we will examine, in 10 lectures and 7 study sessions, how the progress of man describes a path of self-regeneration, a spiral passing from spirit into matter and returning to spirit again with a wholly self-conscious mastery of the process.
Each day the focus will be on one specific topic which allows us to have a lucid and coherent exploration of the whole theme.
Topics include the fundamentals of human evolution; the monad: the unity of every being; cycles of involution and evolution; the emergence of self-consciousness; the hymn of the pearl, a gnostic myth on our pilgrimage; planetary evolution and human solidarity, and practising the path of the bodhisattva.
Speakers and study leaders will include David Roef, Pablo Sender, Raphael Langerhorst, Janet Hoult
The European School of Theosophy
The aim of the School is to provide opportunities in Europe to study the original teachings of modern theosophy in order to ensure the continuing preservation and dissemination of the esoteric philosophy as recorded in the writings of H.P.Blavatsky and related source literature. This primary focus upon the original teachings enables students, wherever and however situated, to discover for themselves the value of recognizing the divergence between theosophy and pseudo-theosophy. Furthermore, the School invites students to examine the relevance of theosophical ideas and ideals for current developments within the field of comparitive philosophy, religion and science.
The European School of Theosophy was launched in October 1982 at Tekels Park, Camberley (England), with a one-week programme of intensive study.
Subsequent Schools have offered similar programmes,
the basis of the work being the modern theosophical classics, especially The Secret Doctrine and other writings of H.P.B. and The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett. The School is not part of any organisation, theosophical or otherwise, and is solely organised on the basis of loyalty to the original teachings and objects of the theosophical movement. The School has no by-laws or officers and is being led by an autonomous group of students who only wish to call themselves 'organisers' of the School.
The language of the School is necessarily English but its location may vary from year to year depending on the availability of suitable accommodation. Since its inauguration at Tekels Park in England, the School has met in Germany, Holland (ITC), Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Wales, Sweden, Ireland, Greece, Scotland and Hungary.
