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In Celebration of 33 Years of Work in Concord Dedicated to
the Spirit of the Concord School of Philosophy & Literature
"The Concord School was an application on a great scale of Alcott's theories of Conversation as a means of culture; it was valued by Alcott as a group of 'Minds' cooperating toward results beyond the reach of any individual the group contained."
Odell Shepard, Pedlar's Progress
MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2010
"The School of Philosophy is to develop the love of truth in the soul."
Dr. Hiram K. Jones, 1880
7:00 pm: Festive Opening Welcoming Words & Opening Prayer: Stuart-Sinclair Weeks & Caring Hands, Chief of the Praying Indians (tbc)
Scenes from the Broadway Musical, Little Women by the Alexander Theater School & Performance by Eurythmist, Claudia Fontana and former violinist with the Boston Symphony, Alexander Romanuel.
Offering by Andrew Cohen, Founder of EnlightenNext
The evening concludes with the verse: "There is a Knighthood of the 21st Century."
Location: Masonic Hall, 58 Monument Square, Concord, MA
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28
"Philosophy is not a cut and dried system but a growth.
. . . Our object is to ascend into regions of creative thought."
Dr. William Torrey Harris, 1880
9:00 10:30: Morning Review I of the work in Concord since its inception in 1977 by Stuart-Sinclair Weeks and colleagues in the work.
Location: Trustee Room, Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St., Concord Center
10:30 11:00: Break
11:00 12:30: Morning Review II of the Concord work.
Location: Trustee Room, Concord Free Public Library
12:30 3:00: Lunch in Concord
2:30 4:30: Historical Offerings I by participants of their work with the talks and faculty of the original Concord School, followed by conversation.
Location: Concord School of Philosophy & Literature & Orchard House. (Note: Dress warmly)
4:30 5:00: Break
5:00 6:00: "There is a Knighthood of the 21st Century" work together in movement/eurythmy
Location: Emerson Umbrella Dance Studio
6:00 8:00: Dinner in Concord
8:00: Margaret Fuller's Spiritual Legacy: Offerings by Reverend Dorothy Emerson, Co-Chair, Margaret Fuller Bicentennial Celebration and John Stirling Walker, Co-Founder, Third Threshold Ministering, followed by a performance by eurythmist, Claudia Fontana and Alexander Romanuel, former violinist with the Boston Symphony.
Location: Masonic Hall, 58 Monument Square, Concord, MA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29
"Something better than Transcendentalism is yet to come."
Rev. William Ellery Channing
9:00 10:30: Historical Offerings II by participants of their work with the talks and faculty of the original Concord School, followed by conversation.
Location: Trustee Room, Concord Free Public Library
10:30 11:00: Break
11:00 12:30: Collegial Offerings by colleagues on their work with the Transcendentalist heritage in and for our time, followed by conversation.
Location: Trustee Room, Concord Free Public Library
12:30 2:30: Lunch in Concord
2:30 4:00: Concluding Session: Review & Look Ahead.
A review of the convocation's presentations, followed by conversation together, taking up William Ellery Channings words about "something better than Transcendentalism is yet to come." Can it be? Where is such a promise emerging within world culture today?
Look ahead to two initiatives being planned for 2011: "In the Interest of Human Liberty" (dates to be determined) & "Toward the Redemption of Our Thinking & Enlivening of Modern Materialistic Science", July 1-6.
Location: Masonic Hall, 58 Monument Square, Concord, MA
4:00 4:30: Artistic Conclusion of our Work Together: "There is a Knighthood of the 21st Century".
Location: Masonic Hall, 58 Monument Square, Concord, MA
 There is a Knighthood of the 21st Century
Whose riders do not ride
through the darkness of physical forests, as of old,
but through the forests of darkened minds.
They are armed with a spiritual armor.
And a spiritual sun makes them radiant.
Out of them shines healing,
healing that flows from the knowledge
that the Human Being is a spiritual being.
They must create inner order, inner justice,
Peace and conviction in the darkness of our time.
They must learn to work side by side with Angels.
Karl Konig, Founder of the Camp Hill Movement
For further information, contact Stuart Weeks at 781-266-8587 or stuartbweeks@gmail.com
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