Please check the following link to view, download or print our March-April 2017 Schedule. Highlights include:
Also note that the Library Night schedule has changed to twice a month.
Robert Randle continues his lecture series as he leads participants on a conceptual journey continuing further “down” the Tree of Life. Come learn some of the basic concepts of magickal theory and practice, and how you can apply those principles to your own life… to begin performing your own magick today! This program is free and open to all.
Topics will cover (and correlate) such concepts as Qabbalah, the Five Elements, the Planets and Zodiac, the Chakras, the Alphabet of Desire, the Holy Guardian Angel (HGA), the Unconscious Mind, the Seven Hermetic Principles, the real difference between Black and White Magick, and much more.
The class will culminate with applying all this knowledge to performing what is often considered the most fundamentally important first ritual for a magician to learn, the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP). Group participation in the ritual portion of this class is encouraged, but not required.
Videos of the first lecture in “Magick 101”, on Jan. 22nd, are available on YouTube.
Our esoteric library will be open for browsing. A member of our lodge will be available to answer questions. We have comfortable chairs in our middle room for those who just want to read, and a large table and chairs in the front room for those who like to engage in impromptu conversation. Theosophical Society members can check out books.
This activity is free and open to all. Parking is free after 6pm on our block of N. Charles Street. We are located at 523 N. Charles, on the 2nd floor above the Grimaldi Gallery – half a block south of the Walters Museum, one block south of the Washington Monument, in the Mt Vernon district.
Both Sunday programs are 1-3 pm. Both are free and open to all!
Feb 19th-View and discuss the Emmy award-winning documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) by Alex Gibney. It “touches on a wide range of aspects of the church from its origin, to an intimate portrait of the Church’s founder L. Ron Hubbard, to its recruiting practices, to present day practices by church officials”, including in-depth interviews with 8 former leaders in Sea Org. (We will explore Scientology’s metaphysical teachings in April, date TBD.)
Feb 26th – Magick 101 – An Introduction to the Fundamentals, Part II by Rob Randle. Rob introduced us to the Qabbalah’s Tree of Life in Part I, linking it to the Hermetic Principles, the planets and zodiacal signs. In Part II he will do a short review of the meanings of the first three Sephiroth in the Tree, then explain the remaining Sephiroth. Videos of Part I are available on YouTube. He also has an online blog.
Robert Randle will be presenting Part II of his lecture series: Magick 102 – Continuing the Fundamentals on Feb. 26th. His talk Magick 201 – Magickal Accoutrements: Crafting Items for Spellwork has been rescheduled for April (date TBA).
In Part I: Magick 101, Rob introduced us to the Tree of Life from the Qabbalah and explained some meanings of the first three Sephiroth (Kether, Chokmah, and Binah), with links to the Hermetic Principles, as well as the planets and zodiacal signs. Part II will begin with a short review and then continue further down the Tree of Life.
Videos of Part I are available at https://www.youtube.com/channe
This Sunday, 1-3 pm, contribute (or just listen) to a round table discussion on topics suggested by those who attend. Bring a book, article, movie review, etc. on subjects ranging from the metaphysical to the physical, from myth to reality. Every Sunday lodge program is free, and all are welcome!
Future topics for our Sunday programs in February are: