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Welcome to the Lorian Association web site and thank you for your interest in our work.

Many people see that we are approaching a crisis in our relationship with the world, that there is a breakdown in Humanity’s engagement with the Earth. We at Lorian agree and believe that this is largely caused by the disconnect we have created from this planet’s living systems and our inability to fully incarnate into this sacred domain. The problems we face are as much spiritual and psychological as they are technological and social.

Lorian’s response to these world challenges is to offer training in “Incarnational Spirituality”. This spiritual education does not seek to remove us from the world but rather aims towards partnerships; creating wholeness within ourselves, our communities and our ecology.

We welcome your participation and your contributions to this work of world healing.

For information regarding Lorian Educational Programs including the Path of the Chalice program click here.

The Path of the Chalice
A flexible distance learning and cohort community program

Upcoming Path of Chalice online class offerings:

Sept 8, 2008 - Crafting Relationships
Sept 8, 2008 - Spacecrafting

The goal of this program is to enable people of vision and determination to meet the challenge of contemporary issues by gaining the understanding and skills to heal the energetic “crack” in the chalices of planetary life. The tool for this work that we offer is Incarnational Spirituality, but the spirit and blessing that make it possible come from you.

NOTE: The Path of the Chalice program is essentially the same as the Starshaman Mystery School Training previously advertised. We decided that "Path of the Chalice" more clearly expressed the emphasis within the training on the quality of Holding and the consistent use of the image of the chalice as a metaphor for incarnation.

For a booklet on Incarnational Spirituality which includes exercises and next steps click on this link Incarnational_Spirituality_Booklet.pdf

For information regarding Spiritual Resourcing Retreats click here.

For information regarding "Soul Friending" (Spiritual Direction) from Lorian click here.

For articles from David's Desk click here.

For an article from David Spangler about Pilgrimage click here.

For an interview with David Spangler on the CBC radio program Tapestry by Mary Hynes click here.

Evil and the Making of Wholeness
A Lorian Workshop with David Spangler

Why is there evil in the world? Where does it come from? What can we do about it? In this workshop, David Spangler explores these questions from the unique perspectives of both Incarnational Spirituality and his own inner perceptions. Evil is not a simple phenomenon. As one might expect, it embodies contradictions. We live in a universe filled with creativity from which and beauty and goodness emerge, yet that very creative nature can be a source for evil. It manifests as the breaking of the process of wholeness-making, yet at the same time, it can become a form of predatory wholeness in its own right. It is a destructive experience of pain and disempowerment, but from it can come wisdom and growth.

Yet we are hardly powerless before evil. There are techniques of energy hygiene that can protect and transmute when circumstances require it. Furthermore, the very tendency towards wholeness that makes evil possible also gives us the power to transform it. We hold the solution to the question of evil within ourselves by the nature of who and what we are as well as through the choices that guide our actions.

At a time when evil seems rampant in our world, this workshop is timely and offers insights for the work ahead.

Where: Stonehouse Bookstore, Kirkland, WA
When: October 4 & 5 (Saturday and Sunday)
Cost: $185.00 (Snacks and Tea and Coffee provided - lunch on your own)
Schedule: 9:30 AM -12:30 PM - 2:00 PM -5:00 PM Each day

Election and Initiation

The Presidential and Congressional elections of 2008 may be the most important we have had in a generation; not only is history being made with the nation’s first African-American candidate but both candidates seek to respond to a growing recognition that in the face of global challenges of climate, energy, food, and commerce, change is necessary, though they represent different ideas as to the direction that change should take. However, is this election symptomatic of a much deeper transformation, a spiritual change that constitutes a national initiation? If this is the case, then how might we respond? What is the nature of our participation as citizens of the United States but also as co-creative participants in its inner life?

Drawing on his contact with the spiritual worlds, David Spangler hosts a series of three forums exploring this important topic. The first, now successfully completed, looked the energies invoked by the contest between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and the triangle of change created by these two candidates along with the Republican nominee, John McCain.

The second forum running from August 18 to September 5 will coincide with the two political conventions and will go more deeply into the possibilities of a national initiation and our role in it, using the conventions as a springboard for our discussions and explorations.

The third forum, beginning October 20 and ending November 7, will immediately precede and follow the election itself when one way or another, history will be made and the United States set on a new course.

Cost=$95 for each forum.

Participation in previous forums in this series is not a prerequisite. Information will be provided online for those who have not take earlier forums to enable them to catch up. So each forum is complete in itself but together they build to provide a powerful and in-depth look at one of the great events in our history, an event we are helping to shape even as it unfolds around us.

Incarnational Spirituality

Incarnational Spirituality is the foundation for all of Lorian’s work. It is an affirmation of the spirit innate within our world, our humanity, our physicality, and our personal lives. It sees each person as a source of spiritual power and radiance.

Incarnational Spirituality brings a holistic perspective to spirituality. The spiritual life is often seen as focusing upon the transpersonal and the transcendent, directing our attention beyond the world and beyond the self. Incarnational Spirituality seeks to balance this by restoring an awareness of the spiritual nature of our physical, everyday selves and the sacredness of the world around us.

Incarnational Spirituality is grounded in our sovereignty as individuals. Each of us is a unique incarnation of sacredness able to make contributions that no one else can make to the wellbeing of our world and the positive unfoldment of our future.

Incarnational Spirituality is a calling to discover the nobility and spiritual presence in our everyday selves. It is a calling to unfold capacities of blessing, manifesting, creating, and healing within us.

Incarnational Spirituality is a calling of responsibility to each other and to our world. It is a calling to act and not just reflect, to engage and not just contemplate. How a person answers that calling is up to him or her. We each serve in unique ways. Incarnational Spirituality can offer tools that assist us in doing so, demonstrating the unity of inner alignment with outer activity.

Join us in discovering and unfolding the radiance of your own incarnation as a spiritual presence and force for good in the world.

Click here for Dorothy Maclean's Schedule

Soul Companions Wisdom Keepers Gathering
21st - 23rd November 2008

At the Clarion Hotel in Northampton, Western Massachusetts. For further details, please visit: www.soulcompanions.org and click on the events link on the left.

This workshop is built around the book "Soul Companions" in which David Spangler appears. It is not sponsored by Lorian.

Contact Information

The Lorian Association
PO BOX 1368
Issaquah, WA 98027
Phone: (425) 374-7069
email: info@lorian.org

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