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We have a mix of topics for our December Sunday programs. Join us for one or more. All programs are free, 1-3 pm (our winter hours). All are Welcome.

Dec 4th: a “1916” Party, our last Centennial Sunday for the year. A party with games, set in 1916 – the year our charter was signed.

Dec 11th: “UFOs – Part IV” with Craig Newton, who continues to explore questions about extra-terrestials, with short videos including interviews he’s filmed himself.

Dec 18th: “Spirit and the Flesh-Changing Christian Attitudes” with Ann Ford. A tour of the free exhibit at the Walters Museum half a block away, “A Feast for the Senses: Art and Experience in Medieval Europe”, preceded by a short talk at the lodge about the relationship between the material and spiritual worlds.

We will have no Library Night this Wednesday, Nov 23, and no Sunday program on Nov 27, so that our volunteers can enjoy the Thanksgiving holidays.

Library Night resumes Wednesday, Nov 30th, 6-8 pm. The following Sunday is our “1916 Party”, the last of our Centennial Sundays for the year, Dec 4th from 1-3 pm. Our charter as a lodge of the international Theosophical Society was granted in 1916.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Join us to learn about one of the oldest spiritual practices – interacting directly with helping spirits to address the spiritual aspect of illness, remove spiritual blockages, obtain information. Shamanism is cross-cultural, practiced by many different people around the globe – Siberia, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, Greenland, native North and South America. Charles Myers is a computer support professional, but also has gone through a Shamanic healing apprenticeship. He will share his experiences and show short segments of a DVD about shamanism. In addition he will talk briefly about The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and the local group – also interested in human consciousness.

This lecture is FREE and OPEN to ALL, at 523 N Charles St (2nd floor above the Grimaldi Gallery, a half-block from the Walters Museum). Parking on our block of Charles Street is free on Sundays.

from Shamanka.com

Charles Myers has a Shamanic healing apprenticeship, which entailed 200 hours of group learning, practice and coaching from Rose Khalsa, an experienced Shamanic healer in Massachusetts. He also has had several energy/Shamanic healing sessions for spiritual and physical health and well-being. He will talk about his experiences, show segments of a DVD about Shamanism, and will bring some of the drum, rattles and other tools used in this practice.

He will also show a brief video about The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and discuss the local group where he is the Program Committee Chair.

As always, this Sunday program is FREE and ALL are WELCOME.

“The word ‘shaman’ comes from the Tungus tribe in Siberia and it means spiritual healer or one who sees in the dark. Shamanism has been practiced in Siberia, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, Greenland, and native North and South America…A shaman is a man or woman who uses the ability to see ‘with the strong eye’ or ‘with the heart’ to travel into hidden realms. The shaman interacts  directly with helping spirits to address the spiritual aspect of illness and perform soul retrievals, retrieve lost power, as well as remove spiritual blockages. The shaman also divines information for the community. Shamans have and still act as healers, doctors, priests and priestesses, psychotherapists, mystics, and storytellers.”  [Sandra Ingerman]

Join us Wednesday evening, Nov. 16th, for wide-ranging conversation, or browsing one of the largest esoteric libraries in Maryland. All are welcome! Free.

Hear Charles Myers this Sunday give a first-hand account of training to be a shaman. He will also talk about the history of this, one of the oldest known spiritual practices, practiced by many different people around the globe. He will show some of the drums, rattles, and tools that are used in Shamanic rituals. What does a shaman do? Addresses the spiritual aspect of illness, removes spiritual blockages, divines information – acts as healer, doctor, priest/priestess, psychotherapist, mystic, storyteller.  How does he/she do it? Come this Sunday to find out.

Charles will also show a short video about The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and briefly discuss the local group.

All are welcome to this free program.

Kimberly and her work, from Baltimore City Paper (2015)

All are welcome to the Open House for the art exhibit, Million Guns Victims March, Nov 17th at  Athlon Wealth Advisors, 3201 Elliott St in Canton, 5:30-8 pm. Athlon is in a restored 1923 community bank building at the corner of Elliott and East Streets. Beer, sodas and light refreshments will be served. No cover charge.

Come see 100 portraits of victims of gun violence, all from Maryland, most from Baltimore. The artist, Kimberly Sheridan, will be at the Open House to field your inquiries. The exhibit is now hanging, and will be until November 19th. You can visit during normal business hours if the office is open. Please call Athlon Wealth Advisors at 410-243-8070 before you visit.

Join us tomorrow for “Reflections on the Pyramid”, a talk by Dr. Frankie Hutton about recent research into the pyramid, with live product demonstrations. She is bringing information and products from the Global Pyramid Convention in Chicago. This is at a special time – 2-4 pm. Free and open to all.

Next Sunday, the program is “Healing, Shamanism and Shifts in Consciousness” with Charles Myers, who has completed his Shamanic healing apprenticeship with Rose Khalsa. Mr Myers is also chair of the Program Committee for the Baltimore Friends of IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences). “A shaman is a man or woman who uses the ability to see ‘with the strong eye’ or ‘with the heart’ to travel into hidden realms.” [Sandra Ingerman]  The talk will be at our regular Fall-Winter program time of 1-3 pm. Free and all are welcome.

Following a demonstration of an ancient Egyptian qi gong meditation, Frankie Hutton will highlight the Global Pyramid Conference with summaries of talks from an international bevy of speakers, including Osmanagich, Radmilo Anicic and others. Dr. Hutton will also highlight other past and recent research on pyramids and share her own experience and unusual products from this conference in Chicago.

Please note the time – 2-4 pm. The program is free. All are welcome!

Dr. Hutton is the founder of The Rose Project, and a nationally known speaker.

A double whammy! Daylight Savings Time ends early Sunday morning, so turn your clocks back one hour. And there is a new winter start time for our Sunday programs, unless noted: 1 pm.

Join us for OPEN DISCUSSION, 1-3 pm. As always, it is FREE and OPEN to ALL.

Discussion at our round table

All  are welcome to our free Open Discussion this Sunday. Please note the new times – 1 to 3 pm.

Participants are invited to talk briefly about a book, article, movie, play, etc. that touches on an esoteric or spiritual issue, then we open up the floor for respectful discussion, allowing for different points of view. Come to be part of the discussion even if you have no item to describe.

Past Open Discussions have covered topics like karma, the teachings of Rumi; books such as Autobiography of a Yogi and Journeys Out of the Body; the movie Trumbo and Oprah’s Belief cable series.

We never know in advance what will come up!