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2012 Year At A Glance
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Have you seen the 2012 Year At A Glance? See what classes Sancta Sophia Seminary is offering next year and make plans for a visit.
Contact our Outreach Dept. for any questions about the seminary, classes, and study programs at:
information@sanctasophia.org or by calling 800-386-7161.
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New Master of Divinity Degree Now Offered
It was with great excitement on May 5, 2011, that the Board of Governors and Dean Susan C. Hamilton introduced the new Master of Divinity degree now offered at Sancta Sophia Seminary. The degree encompasses 88 credit units, including the esoteric and transformational courses of our current ministerial training program, plus advanced courses in sacred texts, pastoral care, ethics, theology, and interfaith dialogue. A supervised practicum is also required but no thesis is necessary. This new degree program will more closely parallel Master of Divinity degrees offered in other ecumenical seminaries and will equip our students in comprehensive, yet unique ways.
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Sophia Schools
of Wisdom
Inner Light
Spiritual Center
Maryland
Rev. Nancy Kelly,
Director
410.841.6609
www.innerlightsc.org
nharpkelly1@gmail.com
Sophia's Well of Wisdom
Sutter Creek, CA
Rev. Patsy Walker Fine, Director
209-418-9003
www.sophiaswell.org
sophiaswell@volcano.net
Upcoming Classes and Events
Community Center for Self-Unfoldment
North Carolina
Rev. Margaret Stephens,
Director
sophiawisdomctr@aol.com
Join our Wisdom Circle Last Tuesday each month 5:30-8:30pm March 29, 2011 through November 29, 2011 Click here for details
Sophia Schools of Wisdom offer several classes which are honored for credit at Sancta Sophia Seminary.
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Upcoming Classes
On Campus
Here are some of our upcoming classes and events, so that you can start to plan your visit with us.
For more information about classes, workshops and events at Sancta Sophia, call 918-456-3421 or toll free: 800-386-7161, or email information@sanctasophia.org.
To register for classes, please contact the Registrar at 918-456-1109 or toll free: 800-386-7161, or email registrar@sanctasophia.org.
October 18 - 22
Figueira Retreat at Sancta Sophia
David Cutrell and Resource group
November 7 - 13
LCCC 30th ANNUAL HOMECOMING AND CONFERENCE
November 12
ORDINATON SERVICE
Starts November 13
Astrology 1B
Continuing Discovery of a Divine ScienceDennis Acrea teaches this 5-week web-based teleconference class. Register on Sophia Online. November 14 - December 19 Seeking Sophia Rev. Dr. Susan Hamilton teaches this 6-week web-based teleconference class. Register on Sophia Online. |
Sancta Sophia Seminary
11 Summit Ridge Dr.
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Rev. Dr. Susan C. Hamilton,
Dean
shamilton@sanctasophia.org 800.386.7161
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Greetings from the Dean~
We are looking forward to Annual Conference in November for several reasons. Not only do we have a dynamic speaker to enjoy, but we will have a reunion with so many of our longtime ministers and friends. Additionally, the Board of Governors has much to share with conference attendees regarding the program changes and new adventures planned for 2012.
The highlight of Conference for the seminary is Graduation, which takes place on Friday night. This year we will congratulate and award certificates and degrees to the following:
Certificate in Spiritual Studies: Roseanne Hutchinson, Andy LeVoir, Jay Allen Semmler and Linda Elaine Smith
Certificate as Spiritual Mentor: Patsy Walker Fine and M. Katherine Zakutansky
Certificate in Ministerial Studies: Bridget Bernadette and Loretta Evans West
Master of Divinity: Elizabeth Lerch
If you have not registered for Conference, we encourage you to do so -- you won't want to miss it.
See you soon,
Susan
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Ways To Stay Up-To-Date
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October 18 - 22
Tuesday - Saturday, AM & PM
Figueira Retreat at Sancta Sophia
David Cutrell and Resource group
 The purpose of this retreat is to explore the principles of Jos� Trigueirinho Netto's work and how we may apply them to our daily lives. The group will delve into the material and formulate questions for the resource people: Alan (Micha-El) Berkowitz, David Cutrell, Linda Summer, Brenda Cutrell, and Beatrice (Gran) Berkowitz. Time will be spent learning the mantras and listening to selected recent lectures about the current times. Participants will be asked to help with the food preparation. There will also be time for personal reflection and connecting with the natural beauty of SHV. Expenses for the retreat will be covered by spontaneous donations. Learn more Register for this retreat |
November 5
Special Pre-conference Workshop
Sacred Wisdom In Healing & Ceremony
with Morning Sky/Star (Gary Bibb)
 This workshop focuses on Native American Healing methods and how they relate to other techniques around the world, as well as to modern medicine. Included in the presentation are: - Healing Circles
- Medicine Wheel
- Pipe Ceremonies
- Sweat Lodge
- Sacred plants
Learn how we diagnose certain illness by smells, energy sense and body temperature. Workshop will conclude with a "glass walking" demonstration. WHEN: Saturday, November 5th, 2011, 1:00-5:00 p.m. WHERE: Wellness Center, Sparrow Hawk Village COST: $35.00 Cost includes handouts, water, a traditional gift, and a drawing ticket (Native American Art Item). Morning Sky/Star (Gary Bibb) lived in Sparrow Hawk Village during its founding years. He has led multiple work-shops across the country and worked with many Tribes for over 40 years as a consultant and as an employee. To register contact: 918.456.1109Share this flyer with friends. |
 Our Fall Conference keynote speaker is Rev. Dr. Eric Elnes, author of The Phoenix Affirmations: A New Vision for the Future of Christianity, and a book on experiential worship called Igniting Worship: The Seven Deadly Sins (Abingdon, 2004). Dr. Elnes is the pastor of Countryside Community Church (United Church of Christ), and the cofounder of CrossWalk America -- a nonprofit organization which conducted a coast-to-coast walk in 2006 to unite progressive Christians and encourage meaningful discussion. Dr. Elnes has also authored a soon-to-be-released book entitled, Lightning in a Dark Wood: Unexpected Guidance from Beyond You, and Within You, to Be More Fully You. Save the date, tell your friends, and plan to be there! 2011 Annual Conference Monday to Sunday, November 7 - 13, 2011 |
ARTICLE: The Birth Chart as a Celestial Message
By Dane Rudhyar
An Address to the 1976 Convention of the American Federation of Astrologers.
Source: khaldea.com
 To exist as an individual is to undergo a process of actualization of what, at birth, was mere potentiality. Your chart is the acorn of the oak you can become, within the limits imposed by the conditions prevailing in the biosphere and in your society at that time and during your lifetime. It informs you of the manner in which you can best answer the need of the universe at the time and place you became linked to it -- associated with it -- by your first breath, your first response to an open environment. (The mother's womb is a closed environment; you can only struggle against it.) But once the rhythm of your breathing and the complete circulation of the blood -- through the lungs as well as through the whole body -- is set, you have become an actor on the world stage. You have a role to play in the universe.
Your birth chart is the set of information which is given to you so that you can best perform your role. It is your script. There is nothing to change in it, nothing to "rule." The only thing needed is to understand the language in which it is written. . . .
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Online Class: November 13 - December 18Astrology 1B,
Continuing Discovery of a Divine ScienceDennis Acrea
Astrology IB is preparatory to EP 201, Intermediate Astrology (coming in July, 2012 on campus), and is a continuation of EP 101, Basic Astrology I, which was offered in the summer of 2011.Class material introduces the outer planets which tend to bring in new information and an evolution of awareness through events and interrelationships. The Divine Science, which directs the movement of the inner planets, makes one aware that over the course of 20, 30, 40, 50 and more years, our character, attitudes, behaviors and skills also change, grow, diminish, rejuvenate, etc. This class will also introduce the North and South Nodes and Chiron. We will deepen our understanding of aspect patterns as three or more planets align in geometric pictures in the chart. This class meets on five Sundays from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Central Time using the GoToMeeting web-based teleconferencing service. You will need a computer and preferably a headset to watch and listen to the presentation. After registration, you will be given access instructions for the classes. November 13, 2011 November 20, 2011 December 4, 2011 December 11, 2011 December 18, 2011 $100 Register for this class at Sophia OnlineIf it's your first time taking a class on Sophia Online, you will need to create a free account to register for the course.
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ARTICLE: Introduction to Seeking Sophia
By Rev. Dr. Susan Hamilton
 It was while I was attending seminary, in preparation for becoming an ordained minister, that I first was introduced to Sophia. Rev. Carol Parrish had founded a community, church and the seminary which I was attending, all dedicated to the Holy Feminine. The name given to the seminary is Sancta Sophia meaning Holy Wisdom. Little did I know that twenty years later I would become the Dean of the seminary, but then, none of us ever know how and where Spirit will lead us twenty years into the future.
Sophia was illusive and mysterious to me in the early 1990's and she's not much more tangible now. How can we ever fully comprehend the Divine Mystery? Having been raised in a Protestant faith tradition, anything resembling a Holy Feminine figure was foreign to me. People who venerated the Virgin Mary were only found in Roman Catholic parishes. Likewise, when I was called to serve as pastor of a mainline Protestant congregation - inclusive as they were - praying to or honoring God the Mother, was not part of our doctrine nor worship style. Yet, . . .
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Sophia Nest Bookstore & Gifts or 800-386-7161.
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Online Class: November 14 - December 19
Seeking Sophia
Rev. Dr. Susan Hamilton
 This 6-week course is designed around the concept of Sophia being expressed in four forms. Thirty three lessons focus on the following spheres of Sophia's domain: the Characteristic of wisdom, the Creator of our universe, the reflection of her body in Creation, and as a muse of Creativity. The lessons studied daily or in some other time frame, will expand these spherical definitions all the while leading us inward to a heightened awareness of and connection with our own Source of Wisdom. My hope is that you will have your own experience of Her presence in your life and continue to recognize "Sophianic" moments when they occur. Class meets Mondays, November 14, 21, 28, December 5, 12 and 19 at 7:00 p.m. Central Time. This class is being held via a web-based teleconference service and study materials are posted on Sophia Online, Sancta Sophia's online learning site. You will need a computer to take this class, and a headset is recommended. $50.00 (Includes online text that you can print.) Register for this course at Sophia Online
If it's your first time taking a class on Sophia Online, you will need to create a free account to register for the course.
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 We hope to see you on campus for one or more of our inspiring classes or events. We think you will not only enjoy the valuable enrichment that they provide, but also the wonderful fellowship that is created by like-minded individuals. Please feel free to forward this email, via the link below, to anyone who you think may be interested in receiving a transformational spiritual education. And as always, thank you for your generous support of our programs. |
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Peace,
Rev. Dr. Susan C. Hamilton |
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