2009 LENT TERM TEMENOS
KATHLEEN RAINE (1908 – 2003) founder of the Temenos Academy
LENT TERM 2009 PROGRAMME
Reading Essential Texts
Afternoon Seminars
The study of key texts in small seminar groups
Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
Leader Dr Joseph Milne
Text the Arden edition
Wednesdays, 10 sessions
28th January – 1st April
Time 3 – 4.30pm. Please arrive promptly.
Venue The School of Economic Science
Course cost
£60 or £50 Members of the Temenos Academy / Concessions
single seminars pro rata
Booking
Please reserve your place in advance and pay the course fee at the first meeting
Lectures
Icons: Tradition & Symbolism
SIR RICHARD TEMPLE, BT, PhD.
Thursday 5 February
Chair Emma Clark
Venue The Lincoln Centre
Doors open at 6.15pm
Lecture begins promptly at 7pm
Questions 8pm
Concludes 8.15pm promptly
Admission
£5 or £3.50 Members of the Temenos Academy / Concessions
Advance booking recommended
New Leaves on an Old Tree:
Arthurian Tradition and the ‘Arthur’ trilogy
KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND
Thursday 5 March
Chairman Jack Herbert
Venue The Lincoln Centre
Doors open at 6.15pm
Lecture begins promptly at 7pm
Questions 8pm
Concludes 8.15pm promptly
Admission
£5 or £3.50 Members of the Temenos Academy / Concessions
Advance booking recommended
The Great Pavement of Westminster Abbey
and the End of the World
DR RICHARD FOSTER
Wednesday 11 March
Chair Julia Cleave
Venue The Art Workers Guild
Doors open at 6.15pm
Refreshments available / books on sale
Lecture begins promptly at 7pm
Questions 8pm
Concludes 8.30pm
Admission
£5 or £3.50 Members of the Temenos Academy/Concessions
Advance booking recommended
Envelopes of Being: A Comparative Study
PROF. KEITH CRITCHLOW
Wednesday 25 March
Chairman Dr Leonard Lewisohn
Venue The Art Workers Guild
Doors open at 6.15pm (refreshments)
Lecture begins promptly at 7pm
Admission
£10 or £8 Members of the Temenos Academy / Concessions
Advance booking strongly recommended
A Philosophical & Aesthetic Approach to the Laws of Harmony
DR HOSSEIN MOHYEDDIN GHOMSHEI
Thursday 26 March
Chairman Dr Leonard Lewisohn
Venue The Royal Asiatic Society
Doors open at 6.30pm
Lecture begins promptly at 7pm
Admission
£5 or £3.50 Members of the Temenos Academy / Concessions
Advance booking recommended
The True Essence of Islam
DR HOSSEIN MOHYEDDIN GHOMSHEI
Monday 6 April
Chairman Dr Leonard Lewisohn
Venue The Royal Asiatic Society
Doors open at 6.30pm
Lecture begins promptly at 7pm
Admission
£5 or £3.50 Members of the Temenos Academy / Concessions
Advance booking recommended
Four seminars on Ibn ‘Arabi
DR HOSSEIN MOHYEDDIN GHOMSHEI
23, 24, 30 & 31 March
7-8.30pm
Venue in Holland Park, W14; full address on booking
Course cost
£25 or £20 Members of the Temenos Academy / Concessions
Please contact the Administrator to secure your place. Space is limited.
Peter Bruegel the Elder
SIR RICHARD TEMPLE, BT, PhD.
Thursday 2 April
Chairman Dr Stephen Cross
Venue The Lincoln Centre
Doors open at 6.15pm
Lecture begins promptly at 7pm
Questions 8pm
Concludes 8.15pm promptly
Admission
£5 or £3.50 Members of the Temenos Academy / Concessions
Advanced booking recommended
Advance Notice
A lecture by Frithjof Capra
In association with Resurgence magazine
Saturday 30 May 2009, in London
Love in the Bhagavad Gita and St. John’s Gospel
A study day with Dr Ravi Ravindra
In association with EnlightenNext
Saturday 5 September 2009, in London
Full details and notes for this programme see
http://www.temenosacademy.org/temenos_lectures.html
The Temenos AcademyP.O. Box 203AshfordKent TN25 5ZT
Telephone: 01233 813663
