The Esoteric Experience
AHS Chesterfield Group Report
AHS member Christopher Gilmore visited us in June to give a talk on ‘(L)earning from Past-Lives’. Group member Oriel commented: ‘I have not been able to attend the Alister Hardy Society monthly lecture meetings for a while so it was a nice reintroduction meeting Christopher Gilmore. I enjoyed the whole evening. I had not met Christopher Gilmore before and found him to be a warm, caring and friendly person. He is very talented having been an actor, teacher, writer and author. A man of many talents he has the ability to communicate with people on all levels. He is a spiritual person and this understanding and awareness comes through. His talk entailed a lot of interaction with audience participation. We meditated and answered his probing questions on reincarnation, life after death and the whole experience of why we are here and the lessons to be learnt. I found that a lot of his knowledge and understanding on spiritual matters pertaining to the subject mirrored my own. I enjoyed the evening.’ Christopher’s website can be found at: http://souleducator.blogspot.com
In July David Croft gave a presentation on the new Oracle-X card deck designed by himself. Oriel kindly provided a summary of this talk too: ‘David Croft, speaker at the July meeting, is not unknown to me. It is, however, the first time that I have attended one of his lectures. It was an unusual subject to talk about – Oracle-X, but David made the evening very interesting and entertaining and the time passed quickly, soon going into extended time. Oracle-X is a card system, not unlike the Tarot Cards, but with a different flare – a modern approach. It is a card system that David has designed and implemented himself. A lot of time, thought and effort has been spent on how to design and present this card system. It has self explanatory leaflets and can be used with greater or less understanding of esoteric matters, prediction, etc. I enjoyed the talk and admired his reasons for designing the system. I have even purchased one for myself! David came across as a dedicated and caring person – a good evening!’ David's website is at: http://www.oracle-x.com
In August group member Vicky Wade led us on a trip around some sites of religious and historical interest around Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire. The trip included the Priory Church of St. Mary & St. Hardulph at Breedon-on-the-Hill, home to the Breedon angel, and St. Wystan's Church at Repton, containing an Anglo-Saxon crypt and pilgrimage site. A selection of photos from the day can be found on the Breedon Trip page.
We also watched and discussed a few DVDs, including 'Spirituality and the Arts' by Edward Robinson, 'The Spirit of the Child' by David Hay, and 'Glimpses of God' featuring Professor Paul Badham amongst many other familiar faces. All of these DVDs are available for loan to memners from the AHS library.
The new programme will include a movie night with a showing of ‘The Crucible’ (Arthur Miller's play about the Salem witch trials); a DVD biography of Joseph Campbell, a spiritual poetry evening, and a talk by Joe Revill entitled '"Christianity's Illegitimate Child": A Witch looks at Christianity’.
The AHS Chesterfield Group programme is available online. For any further info please contact me at mike@esoteric-experience.org.uk or on 07790 757955. To receive a monthly newsletter containing updates about the AHS Chesterfield Group programme and new items on The Esoteric Experience website, please subscribe to my newsletter.
Mike Rush & Oriel Blissett
AHS Chesterfield Group
September 2011
In July David Croft gave a presentation on the new Oracle-X card deck designed by himself. Oriel kindly provided a summary of this talk too: ‘David Croft, speaker at the July meeting, is not unknown to me. It is, however, the first time that I have attended one of his lectures. It was an unusual subject to talk about – Oracle-X, but David made the evening very interesting and entertaining and the time passed quickly, soon going into extended time. Oracle-X is a card system, not unlike the Tarot Cards, but with a different flare – a modern approach. It is a card system that David has designed and implemented himself. A lot of time, thought and effort has been spent on how to design and present this card system. It has self explanatory leaflets and can be used with greater or less understanding of esoteric matters, prediction, etc. I enjoyed the talk and admired his reasons for designing the system. I have even purchased one for myself! David came across as a dedicated and caring person – a good evening!’ David's website is at: http://www.oracle-x.com
In August group member Vicky Wade led us on a trip around some sites of religious and historical interest around Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire. The trip included the Priory Church of St. Mary & St. Hardulph at Breedon-on-the-Hill, home to the Breedon angel, and St. Wystan's Church at Repton, containing an Anglo-Saxon crypt and pilgrimage site. A selection of photos from the day can be found on the Breedon Trip page.
We also watched and discussed a few DVDs, including 'Spirituality and the Arts' by Edward Robinson, 'The Spirit of the Child' by David Hay, and 'Glimpses of God' featuring Professor Paul Badham amongst many other familiar faces. All of these DVDs are available for loan to memners from the AHS library.
The new programme will include a movie night with a showing of ‘The Crucible’ (Arthur Miller's play about the Salem witch trials); a DVD biography of Joseph Campbell, a spiritual poetry evening, and a talk by Joe Revill entitled '"Christianity's Illegitimate Child": A Witch looks at Christianity’.
The AHS Chesterfield Group programme is available online. For any further info please contact me at mike@esoteric-experience.org.uk or on 07790 757955. To receive a monthly newsletter containing updates about the AHS Chesterfield Group programme and new items on The Esoteric Experience website, please subscribe to my newsletter.
Mike Rush & Oriel Blissett
AHS Chesterfield Group
September 2011
