Theosophical symbol Madame BlavatskyDunedin Theosophical Society
469 Moray Place
Dunedin
Phone 03 471 7132
Regular Events

Meditation Group

Monday Nights 7.00pm


Healing Circle 

First Monday of the month at 6.00pm


Speaker

Wednesday Night

7.00pm


Yoga

Friday Night

5.00pm


Library

Friday 1pm -5pm


Pagan Pot Luck meals

1st Sunday of the month at 5.00pm. 

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The monthly newsletter
March 2009

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Welcome

We have had a number of talks now as we get further into the year. Check out our speaker's schedule. we have some good talks coming up, which are worth checking out.

Farewell for Margaret and  Bill

MargaretOn Saturday 21st May at 3pm we will be holding a farewell afternoon tea for Margaret and Bill van der Vis as they leave their home of the last decade or more. We will miss their presence and joyful attitude as they move on. We hope we will still see them often. Everyone is welcome, bring some food to share.

Speakers last month

 Aelred repeated his talk in the thread of "Pilgrimages through Unseen Sacred Places" talking about the influence of North American Indians on his life. Tracey Crampton Smith presented many photographs of orbs, many of which she took herself.

National President comes to Dunedin again

Warwick KeysWarwick Keys, the National President will speak to us on Thursday March 19th. His talk is enititled "Co-creating with the Divine" about the power of united group consciousness through meditation and how we can use it as a power for good. It promises to be an inspiring talk that will help us move forward.

Library Hours

James comes into our rooms on a Friday, so the library is open from 1.00pm until 5.00pm on Fridays. You will find a committee member at our events, so see them if you want to get a library book while you wait for the event to start.

Healing Circle

We held out first Healing Circle this month with a small group. You are welcome to come and join us on the first Monday of each month.

healing meetingWe decided at our committee meeting that we will have a small space to the side of the room set aside where people can come and reflect. We will have candles placed to light. You are free to come at any time, especially before any of our events to use the space.

Orewa Property owned by the National  Organisation

The Theosophical Society in New Zealand owns a significant amount of land and property around Auckland and especially in Orewa. Because of the financial pressure they are considering what to do with these assets. If you would like more information or have any views on this, contact Victor.

Spiritual Heroes

We have a speaking thread through the year on the theme of  "Spiritual Heroes". If you have a Spiritual Hero (or heroine, of course) you would like to do a 20 minute talk about then contact us.

Speaking Schedule

 All talks will be at our rooms at 469 Moray Place at 7.00pm. 

FEBRUARY

25th      Pilgrimages through Unforseen Places, Aelred Edmunds

    MARCH 

25th     Pilgrimages through Unforseen Places by Jonathon Cweorth

Aelred started off this thread with a talk on his connections to native North Americans. Jonathon continues the threaed with his story. Various speakers during the year will address this same topic in their own way.

APRIL

Wed 1st     Intuition by Victor MacGill  

monty pythonVictor presented this talk to the national convention in Wellington in January andnit was well recieved. He looks at Intuition from a scientific, esoteric, Monty Python approach. He looks at the mainstream view of how our brain creates mind, then looks at Quantum Mechanics for an explanation of how we might explain what we observe of our intuitive abilities and how we can improve our intuition.

    Wed 8th     Unidentified  Phenomena by Robert free

    Wed 15th     Clairvoyance by Chrissie Hollamby

    Wed 22nd     Spiritual Heroes  Rudolf Steiner by Colin Rawle and Carl Jung by Victor MacGill

    Wed 29th     Pilgrimages through Unseen Sacred Places by David Kitchingham

    MAY

    Wed 6th    Colour Therapy by John McGregor

    Wed 13th    Symbols and Beliefs by Aelred Edmunds

    Wed 20th     Spiritual Heroes Geoffrey Hodson, Alice Bailey, Krishnamurti

    Wed 27th    Pilgrimages through Inforseen Sacred Places by Rev Helen Mann