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Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Have you hungered for a complete approach to spiritual awakening – one that fuses Heaven and Earth, masculine and feminine, stillness and action into one alchemical path?
Are you done with consoling platitudes – yearning for the straight truth – and willing to go through whatever changes are necessary to stand as the sacred, powerful being that you are?
Then you are ready for mystical scholar Andrew Harvey, who is offering you nothing less than a synthesis of the spiritual gold from the highest teachings of the East and West, North and South.
They all point to a profound destination: the birth of the “Divine Human,” a new stage of our evolution. In this phase, we experience a unification of our highest and lowest natures – alchemized together in our hearts and expressed in sacred action.
This is not an abstract idea, but rather a higher calling for all of us who are awakening and committed to being positive change agents.
To avert planetary calamities, Andrew believes it will take many, many “Divine Humans” to create a new template for sacred action and enlightened service, sourced from a deep divinization of our bodies, minds and souls.
That template is not finalized as we are ALL its co-creators. Together we are forging a path beyond what we’ve known, guided by our great spiritual ancestors and inspired by our pioneering colleagues.
While it is a shared exploration, Andrew Harvey gives voice and vision to this path as perhaps no one else ever has.
That is because he is no armchair teacher – he has steeped himself in the world’s wisdom traditions, writing more than 40 books that harvest and synthesize the gems from Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sufism, Shamanism and divine feminine traditions. And, he has passionately undertaken his own profound, shattering, liberating initiation into birthing the Divine Human within himself.
And now, for the first time, he is ready to share the full expression of this new synthesis.
In The Divine Human training, he builds upon the realizations of the great mystics of the past and shows how they all point toward the unification of multiple wisdom streams, which together illuminate our path to a truly divinized life.
In this unprecedented offering, Andrew will show you how to remove the “glass ceiling” on your spiritual growth and walk a path that is at once sublime and humble, transcendently wise and embodied, passionate and engaged in life.
This pathway leads into the heart of divinized sexual relationships, a transformed relationship with the Earth and with animals, a new relationship with God/Goddess, and a new kind of sacred evolutionary movement for change.
It is both fiery and tender at the same time. It includes the traditional “cool” practices of transcendence, while blending them with the “hot” fires of erotic initiation and “warm” reverence for the Earth.
Andrew is an electrifying, heart-opening teacher who understands the transformation into our divine humanity in a unique and liberating way. He draws us into a mature and rigorous relationship with the Divine.
His words can sometimes be bracing or confrontative before they then melt into the tender, ecstatic tones of one who is deeply, passionately in love with God. He does not merely whisper sweet nothings in your ear, but actually shakes you awake into the unconditional love that is your birthright and our destiny.
If you are sincere in your hunger for divine truth, and committed to both your spiritual growth and your divine service, this course was designed for YOU.
It builds on four decades of Andrew’s profound mystical scholarship, as well as his most sublimely shattering spiritual openings, to give you a clear-eyed map and a powerful set of practices that can – if you truly harness them – propel you through the birth canal into a new way of life.
That new way of life will not be all sweetness and light. It will have its rigors, intensities and challenges. But you will be given practices to meet those challenges with strength and tenderness, fully rooted in the awe and wonder of the universe, riding ever-widening waves of grace.
During the seven modules, Andrew will cut through surface truths to liberate the magma at your core and, in its liberation, allow you to birth new ground on which you can stand for the next stage of your spiritual journey.
The Importance of Embodying Your Divine Human
We are blessed to be alive at one of the most amazing moments in history, when all that was once hidden is now being revealed, including the esoteric truths of mystics from around the world.
Humanity is awakening to who we truly are; at once finite and infinite, matter and spirit, human and divine.
And yet, as the veils are slowly lifted, the chasm also widens between those of us who are “waking up” and those of us that choose to continue to remain unconscious. The symptoms of that “sleep” are horrifying: consumerism, waste and war creating carnage in human society and our natural ecosystems.
We are fast approaching the crossroads of our destiny. Many believe that this decade is our crucial, turning-point time before we hit systemic breakdown.
If we continue down the path we are on, the path of unconscious materialism, we will face the potential destruction of ourselves and our planet.
However, if we can find the courage to wake up and walk a new path as Divine Humans, we will have a precious, rare opportunity to create this world in a wholly new way.
The Divine Human offers a foundational, even essential, set of teachings and practices for seeing THIS world as divine – given to us to steward in a way that leads to peace, communal prosperity, health and justice.
It is a path based on Oneness and seeing ourselves as a sacred family. It is a path of blessing, wholeness, and embodiment.
It is a love-filled antidote to the soul-deadening, planet-destroying greed, which holds enormous sway over our culture, our businesses, our politics and our minds.
Our collective crises are now leading us into an intensely personal and collective rite of passage to face and heal our shadow in order to reclaim our full divinity and open to this higher octave of possibility.
If you can consciously embrace this transformative journey, you not only transmute your suffering but fulfill the ultimate purpose of evolution, which is to bring Heaven to Earth and birth God in humankind.
That is what awaits you on the other side of your rite of passage of becoming a Divine Human.
The Importance of a Sacred Guide
The good news is that Andrew Harvey has dedicated his life to navigating this passage and making the most powerful teachings and practices available to those of you who are ready to receive it.
He is the prolific author of over 40 books and spiritual classics, including The Essential Mystics, The Son of Man and The Heart of Yoga. He has a remarkable gift for opening our eyes and peeling away the falsehoods to reveal the wild, liberating truth at our core.
On a personal level, he’s been through the fires of the inner “Dark Night,” the heart-opening illuminations – and the intense disillusionments that have cracked him open, bringing him to his knees again and again.
Andrew knows the terrain of the birthing of the Divine Human in a way that few others do. Because of his scholarly depth and personal experience, there is perhaps no more articulate, passionate and perceptive teacher to lead others on this journey.
And that is why we are so excited to offer – exclusive to The Shift Network – the groundbreaking course, The Divine Human, with him.
It promises to be one of the most exciting, no-holds-barred trainings that Andrew has ever shared in a virtual setting. This sacred offering from his heart to yours is a chance to harvest the bounty of a lifetime of mystical practice and rigorous scholarship to accelerate your path of incarnating more and more divinity.
The Divine Human has been created for heart-centered, open-minded, globally-concerned seekers, like you, to begin on a profound, life-changing odyssey together.
The journey will help you clear away lingering falsehoods that have distorted so many religious (and New Age) traditions. It will lead you instead into profound openings, mind-expanding recognitions, and the next steps on your path to transformation of body, mind and soul.
You’ll have the chance to unlock the innermost, esoteric secrets of divinization and receive the hidden truths, liberating practices and profound blessings of not only Andrew, but of many extraordinary mystics.
The goal is to pioneer and practice a 21st century embodiment of the Divine: grounded in sacred action, suffused with wisdom and illuminated by a sacred fire.
The only requirement to enter this journey is a commitment in your heart to walk the path with real dedication, as the course is for those with a powerful love for this world and a sincere desire to become an emissary of the Divine.
How to Embody the Divine Human in Your Daily Life
So, if you are one of those rare individuals who has heard your soul’s calling and yearns to make living as a Divine Human a priority in your life, then this is a truly special opportunity for you.
This life-changing journey is being offered with the sincere intention of fueling the sacred fire in your heart and empowering you to make permanent shifts in your awareness, while expanding the collective field of transformation to saturate your life, your community, and eventually our planet.
When you complete the course, you will not only have forged friendships and connections with a community of awakening souls, but you will have also more fully integrated the path of divinization into your daily life.
What You’ll Learn in These 7 Modules
Course sessions are on Tuesdays at 5:00pm Pacific.
In this 7-part transformational course, Andrew will guide you through the fundamental spiritual skills and competencies that you’ll need to successfully embody the Divine Human, with tools that will make this sacred integration real to you and active in the depths of your life.
Each contemplation and training session will build harmoniously upon the next, so that you’ll develop a complete, holistic understanding of the practices, tools and principles you’ll need to sustain your path as a Divine Human in everyday life.
Module 1: The Birth of the Divine Human
Drawn from his own experience with major mystical traditions as well as the work of evolutionary mystics such as Sri Aurobindo and Bede Griffiths, Andrew Harvey will present his vision of our world crisis as the birthing ground of a new kind of human being – the Divine Human. He will show that this birth springs from both an unflinching look at the extremes of the crisis and a celebration of our essential divine identity.
He will lay out an overview of the four essential streams of divine wisdom that now have to be fused to make this birth possible – the shamanic, the transcendent, the tantric and sacred activism.
In this module, you will receive:
- A deeper understanding of the Divine Evolutionary plan.
- A vision of the dance of opposites, through which this plan works.
- An overview of the evolutionary worldview of the major mystical traditions.
- The essence of the living experience of divine transformation of Sri Aurobindo and Bede Griffiths, and what you can learn from them.
- An initiatory understanding of the 4 essential streams of evolutionary wisdom, and how they work together in your transfiguration.
Featured Practice: The “I Am” practice of divine identity from Ramana Maharshi that leads to realization of Self.
Module 2: The Shamanic Ground
Drawing on his own experiences of shamanic initiation – in Ecuador with an Amazonian shaman, with the white Lions of Timbatati in South Africa, and with aboriginal elders in Australia – Andrew will unfold his vision of the necessity of honoring the shamanic vision and its wisdom as the grounds of divine evolution. Special stress will be placed on four laws of this wisdom; the law of interdependence with the creation; the law honoring the rhythms of creation; the law of celebration of creation and of life as sacred, and the law of taking responsibility for honoring these laws. He will go into detail about the Aboriginal vision of Kanyini, and he will also show the shadow of shamanic wisdom – it’s overly strong fusion with nature and lack of complete knowledge of transient origin.
In this module, you will:
- Experience a deep awareness of the necessity of shamanic wisdom for our survival.
- Develop a clear understanding of the 4 laws that this shamanic wisdom reveals.
- Receive insights into the sacred equality of the creation of life.
- Gain an expansive vision of the splendor and sanity of aboriginal knowledge.
- Receive a profound understanding of the shadow of shamanic wisdom.
Featured Practice: An Australian aboriginal practice to experience directly the sacred life in all things, realizing that all the world is “looking back” at you with eyes of divine compassion.
Module 3:The Celebration of the Transcendent Revelation
Andrew Harvey will celebrate the revolution of the Axial Age; its breakthrough to living knowledge of divine origin. Drawing on the great Axial pioneers – the sages of the Upanishads, the Buddha and Lao Tzu – he will show how this knowledge of transcendent origin gives human beings a radical new level of divine truth and power. He will also explore the shadow of transcendental revelation – a dedication to transience, a devaluation of the creation, body, sexuality and relationship, and an over emphasis on human uniqueness.
In this module, you will:
- Receive a deep understanding of the radical breakthrough of the Axial Age.
- Open to a vision of how this breakthrough enlightens the shadow of shamanic wisdom.
- Deepen your awareness of how the vision of transcendental identity opens up new powers for humanity.
- Gain deeper knowledge of the interconnection of Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism, and its evolutionary meaning.
- Become aware of the cost of the shadow of the Axial Age.
Featured Practice: A sacred practice from the Hindu saint Rabia, involving the practice of saying the name of GOD to enter into ecstatic, divine union.
Module 4: Tantric Revelation
In this module, Andrew will transmit his vision of how the Tantric Revelation of later Hinduism, Mahayana Buddhism and Christianity corrected the addiction to transcendence inherent in the Axial Age. Special emphasis will be given to Jesus and the revolutionary fusion in his work and life of the shamanic, transient and tantric knowledge of the Divine, and how this fusion opens up a path of transfiguration for all human beings.
In this module, you will:
- Learn how the Tantric Revelation depends on a dynamic vision of the motherhood of GOD and reveals the five great passions that must be combined to integrate this completely:
- The passion of GOD as mother
- The passion of creation as the embodied mother
- The passion of compassion for all sentient beings
- The passion of tantric relationships
- The passion for radical action to honor the mother’s laws
- Gain clarity about the true main shadow of Tantra – license in the name liberation.
- Receive a deeper understanding about the temptation to use the powers that Tantra gives for personal glory, and not the service of humanity.
Featured Practice: The Gazing Practice of Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, which you can practice with your beloved, your companions, or even a cherished pet.
Module 5: The Transfiguration of the Body and the Birth of the Divine Androgyne
In this module, we really bring together the streams and plunge deep into the transformation of the body by unifying the masculine and feminine sides of our nature. Many of the great spiritual teachers embodied both masculine and feminine characteristics, and it is in the full embrace that we are born into a new kind of wholeness and open the pathway to a divinized body and divinized sexual relationships.
In this module, you’ll:
- Develop an expanded range of understanding of the sacred masculine from Sufism, Mahayana Buddhism, the Cult of Dionysus in Greek Mysticism, and the complex vision of Shiva and Shaivism.
- Experience deeper mystical practices to connect with the Divine Mother.
- Wake up your divine centers, the chakras in the depths of your body, to open to an archetypal transfiguration and experience the blessing of that transfiguration process.
- Develop an expanded capacity for forgiveness of oneself and others for the damage of the past.
- Create an alchemical container internally to work with the wounds that need to be resolved.
- Develop practices to heal the imbalance in the individual and collective psyche.
- See how the 5 crucial shadows of our global crisis (disbelief, denial, dread, disillusion and death wish) and 5 personal shadows (narcissism, love of comfort, woundology, fear of witnessing the truth and the golden shadow) align, dovetail and collude to keep our world crisis going.
Featured Sacred Practice: The Golden Light Embodiment Practice in which you visualize golden light pouring from the Mother’s outstretched hands to wake up the energy centers known as the chakras, helping the body go through an archetypal transfiguration and blessing. Andrew says this is the most powerful practice he knows!
Module 6: Sacred Activism
As you fuse the four sacred streams into one and begin to birth the Divine Human in you, it becomes more apparent and imperative to engage in right actions to help our world evolve, heal, and manifest its glory. The Sacred Activist marries the mystic’s passion for God with the activist’s passion for justice and out of the two, a holy “third fire” is born in which you become a living flame of love in action.
In this module, you will:
- Learn the art and discipline of sacred activism – awakened love and service in action.
- Experience the power of tonglen meditation in which you transmute the darkness of the world in the alchemical vessel of your heart.
- Learn to build a Buddha heart filled with deathless love so that you are not afraid to take on the pain and chaos of reality.
- Know this innate Buddha heart in all its holy power as an inner form of sacred activism that you can access when dealing with difficult people and explosive energies.
- Understand the evolutionary re-engagement necessary to complete the birth of your divine humanity.
- Learn how Heaven and Earth reunite through us and our bodies.
- Go beyond the pursuit of personal enlightenment to discover how you can co-create an awakened culture and society.
- Experience powerful practices to awaken and embody more of your innate divinity through focused prayer and action that flows from your heart.
Featured Sacred Practice: Tonglen Practice for you to face and transform pain, suffering, horror, chaos and even madness by visualizing all the dark pain of a situation as a black smoke that dissolves and transforms in your Christ/Buddha heart, expressing again as love.
Module 7: The Way Forward
In the seventh module, Andrew will offer the way forward by integrating the four streams of tantric, transcendent, shamanic and sacred activist transmission. He will address the way forward through whatever may now unfold as the potential birth of the Divine Human in you.
In this module, you will:
- Understand more deeply how you can walk a pragmatic path of love in action.
- Learn how to effectively organize networks of grace and circles of support for those doing this birthing work.
- Discover ways to more fully integrate your core practices into your daily life, and embody the Divine Human moment-to-moment.
- Recognize and avoid the pitfalls, perils and temptations on the path of illumination.
- Experience union by passing through the Dark Night into the New Dawn.
- Become a midwife for the birth of divine consciousness into the world.
Featured Sacred Practice : A profound shadow practice that includes a Taoist Laughing Dance – exploding you with laughter and playfulness even as you work with deep shadows.
The Divine Human Bonus Collection
In addition to Andrew’s transformative 7-week virtual course, you’ll also receive these powerful training sessions with the world’s leading visionaries and teachers. These bonus sessions are being offered to further complement what you’ll learn in the course – and take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.
Birthing the New Human
Audio Dialogue with Andrew and Marianne Williamson
As a bestselling author and practitioner of spiritual development, Marianne has a deep interest in what it means to birth the new human on our planet. In this inspired audio dialogue, Andrew and Marianne will look at what it means to undergo the process of birthing yourself anew and how we can ground higher consciousness in our daily lives.
Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher. Among her nine published books, four of them – including A Return to Love – were #1 New York Times Bestsellers. She has been a popular guest on television programs such as Oprah, Larry King Live, Good Morning America andCharlie Rose. In 1989, she founded Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area. Today, Project Angel Food serves over 1,000 people daily. Marianne also co-founded The Peace Alliance, a grass roots campaign supporting legislation to establish a U. S. Department of Peace.
The Sacred Practice of Tonglen Meditation
Guided Video with Andrew Harvey
Tibetan Buddhism has a huge array of sacred practices for embodying the values and virtues of the bodhisattva, a great being whose purpose for living is to relieve the suffering of all sentient beings. In this beautiful video, Andrew Harvey guides you in Tonglen, a central practice for those on the bodhisattva path, where one receives and transmutes the suffering of the world, a group or an individual – placing oneself in the feet of the other and selflessly eradicating their suffering.
Wisdom Teachings with Bob Randall
2 Video Dialogues with Andrew Harvey ($40 value)
Kanyini: Vision of the Original World
In this intimate conversation, Elder Bob Randall shares ancient answers for our troubled times with Andrew Harvey. Kanyini, or unconditional love with responsibility, is a system of connection with everything, anchored in the timeless wisdom of the Anangu of the Central Desert area of Australia. The teachings of Kanyini have the potential to transform our planet and bring a return to your true oneness with nature and others.
Songman
In this powerful video, Bob Randall shares his amazing and poignant life journey. “Uncle Bob” is one of the “Stolen” generation, a powerful teacher, Indigenous leader who has dedicated his life to helping his people. His life journey and beautiful transformation through music and spirituality in the face of enormous challenges in his life as an Indigenous Australian is a powerful example to us all of the possibility for healing and service to a higher calling.
Bob Randall is a Yankunytjatjara Elder and a traditional owner of Uluru (Ayers Rock). Bob is one of the Stolen Generation of the aboriginal people, taken from his family at the age of seven. Throughout his life, Bob has worked as a teacher and leader for Aboriginal land rights, education, community development and cultural awareness. In the early ’70s, Bob’s song, "Brown Skin Baby (They Took Me Away)," became an anthem for the aboriginal people. He is the author of two books: his autobiography, Songman, and a children’s book, Tracker Tjginji.
What People Are Saying About Andrew Harvey...
Every age has its teachers, who keep the eternal truths alive for all of us. And when a generation is very, very lucky, it encounters a teacher so illumined that the words he delivers must be illumined as well. In the case of Andrew Harvey, the light he sheds is like a meteor burst across the inner sky.
– Marianne Williamson, Author of Everyday Grace
Andrew is a genius and an inspired visionary who has the ability to interpret the meaning and significance of the chaos and patterns of change that are redirecting the compass of our contemporary culture. Andrew is a spiritual, intellectual, and cultural mystic whose passion is to awaken people to a new and essential empowerment in this world: sacred activism. He has defined and grounded the route, the means, and the way individuals can and should respond to the chaos and rapid changes that now characterize our contemporary spiritual and cultural life. Andrew’s research reflects his superb academic background as a professor at Oxford and his passion clearly reveals that his soul is on fire with a grace that comes from the Divine.
– Caroline Myss, Author of Anatomy of the Spirit andSacred Contracts
Amid the myriad challenges we face on Earth – the population explosion, environmental degradation, nuclear proliferation, religious fundamentalism, terrorism, war, apocalypse-think, and more – it is easy to be overwhelmed by a sense of futility and hopelessness. Now comes a singularly courageous, charismatic individual – Andrew Harvey – with an answer to all of these challenges: personal transformation and empowerment through an encounter with the divine feminine. This process is not esoteric, but is entirely natural and as near as our own shadow. Harvey’s sacred activism is a corrective to the doomsayers and do-nothings who are part of our problems. He is a modern version of a fiery, Old-Testament prophet, whose words were ignored at great peril. We must attend to Andrew Harvey’s message. Not only will it help us humans regain our sanity, it just might save our skins.
– Larry Dossey, M.D., Author of The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things
Using humor, passion and analysis, Andrew Harvey challenges us to wake up and get up off of our couches to become the spiritual activists we all can be. A powerful, provocative, prophetic appeal to sanity and activism for our apocalyptic times, this film is recommended for anyone who cares about the survival of their grandchildren or planet or both. Is anyone listening?
– Reverend Matthew Fox, Author of Creation Spirituality, and Founder of Wisdom University
Andrew Harvey is one of the world’s irreplaceable resources.
– Lance Morrow, Writer, Time Magazine
Harvey is probably the greatest living scholar and practitioner of mysticism. There are others more deeply steeped in individual traditions, but few, if any, have so extensively explored such a variety of mystic paths, not just an academic observer but also as a participant.
– Worcester Magazine
Here’s What You’ll Receive
Seven 90-Minute Recorded Class Sessions with Andrew Harvey
Experience a rare opportunity to mentor and learn with one of the world’s leading mystics and scholars from the comfort of your own home. Each class session helps you create the specific skills and abilities to enter the new stage of human evolution
Seven PDF Transcripts of Each Class Session
In addition to the high quality MP3 audios, you’ll also receive the entire class transcription in PDF format. This way you can review, print and highlight the most important insights and practices that you’ll learn.
Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson
After each lesson, you will then have the option to do related exercises and answer questions in order to accelerate your learning and integrate the material.
The Divine Human Bonus Collection
- Birthing the New Human
Audio Dialogue with Andrew and Marianne Williamson
The Sacred Practice of Tonglen MeditationGuided Video
Wisdom Teachings with Bob Randall2 Video Dialogues with Andrew Harvey ($40 value)
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join The Divine Human Virtual Course
We, at The Shift Network, feel deeply honored and humbled that Andrew has chosen to partner with us on this online Intensive. As you may know, this is a rare opportunity to learn directly from a renowned mystic and connect with a global community of like minds and hearts who are doing this important and transformative inner and outer work.
Through this powerful online format, you’ll not only save time and money on workshop costs (plus travel, accommodations and meals – which would cost thousands of dollars), you’ll also be able to benefit from Andrew and his guests’ incredible teachings and exercises from the comfort of your home – at your own pace!
If you are serious about embracing a complete approach to spiritual awakening and are ready to stand fully as the sacred, powerful being that you are, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones – and our world – to take this one-of-a-kind training.
If you’re ready to take the next step in evolving yourself, click the register button below to reserve your space now.
More Praise for Andrew Harvey...
Andrew Harvey is an enlightened spirit – a messenger from the Divine.
– Gloria Vanderbilt
Our world is awash with activism, is drowning in activism, but it is the wrong kind. Andrew Harvey’s sacred activism is the only form that is likely to save us from the narrow, destructive preoccupations that seem to mesmerize us humans. Only an attention to the heart – for "sacred" and "heart" reflect a common meaning – can generate the hope, courage, and vision required for our troubled times. It is important to realize that Andrew Harvey’s message is not a matter of philosophy, but of survival.
– Barbara Dossey, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN
Amid the gloom-and-doom predictions and total denial so prevalent today, Andrew Harvey’s is a singular voice speaking truth about our current situation. In impassioned yet pragmatic terms, he lays out the grave problems humanity faces, from WMDs and environmental desecration to epidemic levels of attention disorder, outlining the grim fate that awaits us if we fail to mend our ways. But unlike the chorus of modern-day Cassandras, Andrew doesn’t leave us there, mired in despair. Setting out a course of radical and reasoned action, he empowers us to become spiritual activists and reclaim our planet from the suicidal trajectory we’re traveling. We could have no more compelling guide to today’s challenges and their solutions. It’s breathtaking to hear so unsettling a subject articulated with such intelligence and grace.
– Joan Duncan Oliver, Journalist and Author of Happiness: How to Get It and Keep It
At this critical juncture in history, Andrew Harvey’s teachings on sacred activism are sounding a clarion call to all who care deeply about the future of humanity and of the planet. We cannot open to creative solutions to the enormous challenges that confront us without looking truthfully and fearlessly at the horrific things that are taking place in our world and at the same time holding to a powerful vision of what is possible through a radical transformation of our consciousness. The Chinese character for the word crisis contains the characters for danger and opportunity, and in this powerful film, Andrew Harvey clearly outlines both these elements of our current world crisis as he makes the case that the darkness of our time is also the birth canal for the emergence of a divine humanity. He passionately calls us to dedicate ourselves to being midwives of this birth, and describes in very practical terms the five dimensions of service that comprise a commitment to live as Sacred Activists. I cannot imagine a more important teaching for our time.
– Rev. Diane Berke, Spiritual Director, One Spirit Learning Alliance
About Andrew Harvey. . .
Andrew Harvey is an author, speaker and founder/director of the Institute of Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability.
Andrew Harvey has taught at Oxford University, Cornell University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, The California Institute of Integral Studies, and the University of Creation Spirituality as well as at various spiritual centers throughout the U.S. He was the subject of the 1993 BBC film documentary The Making of a Modern Mystic and appears also in Rumi Turning Ecstatic and The Consciousness of the Christ: Reclaiming Jesus for A New Humanity. He has also worked with the great Iranian Sufi dancer, Banafsheh Sayyad, in producing a film, In the Fire of Grace, which marries Sufi inspired dances to the stages of Rumi’s understanding of the path of Divine love.
He has written and edited over 30 books and received many awards, including the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Mind Body Spirit Award.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is a virtual course?
A: It’s a great way to engage live teachings and each other from the comfort of your home! All you need is a phone line (or an equivalent voice service). If there is more than one person in your household taking the course, you will each need your own line. We use MaestroConference to make it just like an in-person event, where you can ask questions, participate in groups, and deepen your exploration of the course themes.
Please note that dialing MaestroConference from your phone is a regular toll call to California, and your telephone service provider will charge you according to your existing long-distance calling plan. You can also use Skype credit/subscription or Google Voice to dial in to MaestroConference, and you’ll need to use your virtual keypad to enter your PIN and to indicate that you want to ask a question. Other options include calling cards and discount long-distance carriers, and we also have a webcast which is free to use from anywhere in the world.
Q: Can I get benefit from the course if I miss the live classes?
A: Absolutely! You can download the recordings and transcripts of all course sessions from our online media archive, so you never need to worry about missing live calls. You can also engage the full community and leaders on our private community website.
Q: Can you tell me about the Private Course Group?
A: We will have a private community group for all course participants on Facebook that will support you in making connections with others, sharing insights, engaging in discussions, completing homework assignments and exchanging information about events and other activities that can supplement your transformational journey. You’ll have the ability to share your experiences, projects, and growth throughout the Course.
Q: Are there scholarships available for this Training?
A: Yes, we always make a certain percentage of spaces available for partial scholarships, giving preference to those in developing countries or doing important but underpaid work to which they can apply the training material immediately. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please review our guidelines, which include a link to our online application form.
Q: What is your refund policy?
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