Friday to Sunday, 19th – 21st May 2023
The Abbey, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire
These five qualities have been at the core of practice at Beshara and are considered essential attributes to be developed by those wishing to know themselves in order to know God.
This residential weekend will provide an opportunity to contemplate their meaning and practice through meditation, study and conversation in a tranquil setting.
Metaphysical Foundations of the Fusus
Fridays 21st and 28th April 2023
Online 19:00 – 20:15 AEST
An exploration of the metaphysical foundations of the Fusus al-Hikam, as they are presented in the introduction to the commentary rendered into English by Bülent Rauf and Jandi’s commentary on the Wisdom of Singularity.
Saturday April 22nd, 2023
14:00 – 17:00 BST
October Gallery, London, UK
Reading and contemplation of some of Niffari’s “Spiritual Addresses” in English translation, exploring their relevance to us in the present moment.
Saturday March 25th, 2023
14:00-17:00 GMT
The October Gallery, London, UK
“Man is a rope, fastened between animal and superman – a rope over an abyss. A dangerous going-across, a dangerous wayfaring, a dangerous looking-back, a dangerous shuddering and staying-still. What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal; what can be loved in man is that he is a going-across and down-going” (Nietzsche, Friedrich. Thus Spoke Zarathustra)
22nd February – 31st May 2023
4 sessions on the final Wednesday of each month
19:00–20:30 GMT/BST
*NEW COURSE*
An online opportunity to contemplate this essential concept according to four major traditions of human wisdom – the philosophies of ancient Greece and India, Christian wisdom and Islamic mysticism.
16th–19th February 2023
An immersive three days at Chisholme, in conjunction with the Beshara Trust.