Shakespeare, Magic, and Religion: An Upcoming Course

I’m so happy to announce that I will be offering on online, in real-time course on Shakespeare, Magic, and Religion starting this January. In the course, we will cover eight plays of Shakespeare and the roles of religion and magic—not as distinguishable as you might think—not only in the plays but in Shakespeare’s world as well (not to mention ours). I promise: it will be fun.

Session will take place on Saturdays, roughly from 1:00 - 3:00 pm (Eastern US Time) beginning January 4th.

The fee for the course in $150.

TENATIVE SCHEDULE

January 4: Twelfth Night (which makes sense, because the next day is Twelfth Night.).

January 11: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (but it won’t actually be Midsummer).

January 18: Romeo and Juliet (just a couple o’ crazy kids with a dream)

January 25: Hamlet (perhaps the most theological play in the canon).

February 1: Pericles, Prince of Tyre (not a lot of people know this one—which is CRIMINAL).

February 8: Macbeth (by the pricking of my thumbs, this play is a banger).

February 15: Measure for Measure (another one not enough people know).

February 22: The Tempest (O brave new world, that has such characters in it!)

Following this course, be on the lookout for one on William Blake’s Jerusalem.

If you wish to take the course, contact me at director@thecenterforsophiologicalstudies.com and I’ll tell you what you need to do.

And here is a song I wrote to the lyrics of Shakespeare from Twelfth Night for your listening pleasure--and check out that fiddler!

A Fall Course on Sophiology

This will be pretty experiential and experimental as well as intellectually engaging. The course will incorporate readings from the great sophiologists, including, but not limited to, Hildegard of Bingen and Francis of Assisi, Boehme, Solovyov, Bulgakov, Teilhard de Chardin, and others. but it will also include dreamwork and experiences in Nature as well as in the arts. The course will be held in real time on Saturdays, starting at 1:00 pm Eastern Time (US) and running 1 1/2 to 2 hours a session for a total of eight weeks. It will start on September 21st. Course fee: $150

Those interested in enrolling can just shoot me an email and I will let you know what to do from there.

A Course on Christian Romanticism

I am happy to announce that I will be offering an online course on Christian Romanticism beginning Saturday, July 13, 2024 and running for the following eight weeks. The course will meet in real time from 1-2:30/3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (US).

The course will cover a variety of topics and writers (tentative schedule below) in order to not only explore the cultural and spiritual history and phenomena of Christian Romanticism (conceived very broadly) but to see how Christian Romanticism (which is deeply related to Sophiology) is relevant to our own cultural moment.

The cost of the course is $150 (US).

If you are interested in enrolling, reach out to me at director@thecenterforsophiologicalstudies.com

Tentative Schedule

Week One: Celtic and Medieval Christianity

Week Two: Jacob Boehme’s The Way to Christ

Week Three: Henry Vaughan and Thomas Traherne

Week Four: William Blake

Week Five: Novalis’s Hymns to the Night

Week Six: Vladimir Solovyov’s The Meaning of Love

Week Seven: Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies

Week Eight: Eleanor Farjeon’s Trees

Week Nine: Novalis’s Christendom or Europe?