Films with Andrew Harvey - "A HUMAN SEARCH: THE LIFE OF FATHER BEDE GRIFFITHS"

Films with Andrew Harvey

Join world-renowned mystical scholar, teacher and author Andrew Harvey for a special evening for a screening of a film of significant importance.

Saturday evening, January 15, 2011, 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

 "A Human Search: The Life of Father Bede Griffiths"

Fr. Bede is one of the original pioneers of Interspirituality and a mentor to Wayne Teasdale, Andrew Harvey, among many others. This one hour documentary film offers a vivid experience of Fr. Bede himself, of the luminosity and joy that were the fruits of a lifetime of mystical practice. After the film, Andrew will share about his friendship with Fr. Bede that birthed his vision of sacred activism.

Suggested offering: $20

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Also available via webinar

Andrew Harvey is a world-renowned mystical scholar and teacher. Born in South India in 1952, he studied at Oxford University and became the youngest person ever awarded a fellowship to the prestigious All Souls College. He has devoted the past thirty years of his life to studying the world's various mystical traditions, and has taught at Oxford, Cornell, the California Institute of Integral Studies, and Wisdom University.

Andrew is the author of over thirty books, including Son of Man: The Mystical Path to Christ; The Return of the Mother; The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi; The Direct Path: Creating a Personal Journey to the Divine Using the World’s Spiritual Traditions; Heart Yoga: The Sacred Marriage of Yoga and Mysticism. He is also co-author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.

Andrew’s extraordinary lifetime of exploration, study, practice, and teaching has culminated in his vision of sacred activism: the marriage of deep mystical awareness and practice with direct, clear-eyed, compassionate action in the world in the service of justice and peace for all humanity, all living creatures, and the earth itself. He is the Founder of The Institute for Sacred Activism, and in 2009 he published The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism.

If you have questions about registering for this course, please contact One Spirit Learning Alliance by email to info@onespiritinterfaith.org or call 212-931-6840 x 0.