Archdruid Gordon Cooper's Workshop, Saturday the 20th

Here is a more detailed outline of Archdruid Cooper’s workshop for those who will be attending.

The workshop will begin at 9 am and each session will run approximately forty minutes to one hour in length.

There will be handouts and CD’s for the participants.


SESSION ONE; begins with a classical, actual 19th century séance for those who choose to participate.
Entering The Silence, The Concentration and then, The Meditation (message) will be staged in proper sequence with explanations, a history from Alchemy to Mesmer, to A.J. Davis, et al. (I assume that most of the attendees can already meditate. Should this not be the case, this session might run a bit longer.)

SESSION TWO; continues with the ways that Spiritualism and kindred movements interacted with the rapidly changing Victorian technologies and their paradigms. Victorian Arts, recreations, and Sciences consume the bulk of this time slot. Period directions for a magic mirror will be shared.

SESSION THREE; will be devoted to the flaws found in Spiritualism, and the fixes will be explored. This transitions into "New Thought" by 1880, and a host of other disciplines variously grouped as Magnetic Healing, Mesmeric Healing, Absent Healing, etc. The Framework of the New Thought Universe will be detailed as this is the structure that the US Golden Dawn was built around. You could indeed call this "The Only Course in Magnetic Healing You Will Ever Want".

SESSION FOUR; is devoted entirely to "Tool Set Delsarte". The history, practical metaphysical and esoteric applications and psychology of Delsartism will be explored. Applications and practical demonstrations will be a major focus of the last third or so of this hour. I will share some of the Delsarte work I have developed, always open to change, improvement, further exploration.

FIVE ***LUNCHBREAK***

SESSION SIX;-for lack of a better way to group all of this, #6 is about the "Ecologies of Spirits" paradigm that I have been exploring on the Gnostic Druid list, and elsewhere. It will include a discussion of Kropotkin's Mutualism and its direct descendant, the Mutualism of modern ecological systems.

SESSION SEVEN; (A short session) will close with a dramatic performance reading of my 2.1 redaction of the "Bornless One" Ritual. This will cover some of the possibilities inherent in the writings of Atkinson and others in the US Magical community. This continues from "Ecologies of Spirits". This hour will firmly grab and hold onto the "Third Rail" of 19th Century Esotericism, revealing some surprising ideas that were in common circulation 100+ years ago. Later in this session, I will be talking about the many sorts of beings who traditionally play one or more roles in the religions of many native groups who have retained large bits of their tradition, including the Koreans, some Siberian groups, etc., and relating them to the Western traditions as applied and lived today. "Malkuth-Challenged Relatives" will end this series proper.

SESSION EIGHT; (give or take) will be the “Secret Lecture”, given time and interest.