Wednesday, March 2, 2011

London, England

I greatly enjoy traveling to other lands to speak and teach. Over the years I’ve had the good fortune to give talks and workshops in major urban centers like New York City, Berlin, Vienna, London, Tel Aviv, and Toronto (yes, Hogtown is the fifth largest city in North America, smaller only than NYC, LA, Chicago, and Houston, something we Canucks tend to overlook). I’ve also taught in smaller, out of the way places like on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, Whidbey Island in Washington state, and Fort McMurray (the northern Alberta oil town). But I have to admit that my two favorite places to visit are Austria and England, perhaps no surprise, given that these two lands are my genetic roots (my father being Austrian, my mother English). 

In 1961, when I was but a two year old toddler, my parents temporarily separated, and I moved to England. After a few months they reconciled, and we returned to Canada. Yet I always retained blurry, vague memories of that time, my earliest memories of any sort. I did not get to return to England until the late 90s, while on my way to Egypt. I’ve been back since then to give some talks, and am returning again this month, from March 16-19.

I’ll be giving two talks/book signings (for my recently published The Three Dangerous Magi: Osho, Gurdjieff, Crowley) on Wednesday and Thursday March 16/17. I’ll also be giving a third talk, on Friday March 18, that will focus on a different area, that of ‘conscious relating’ and ‘conscious communication’, two key areas that when not handled well lie at the root of relationship breakdown in all forms. In particular, esoteric communities have often floundered in the area of conscious communication -- ironic, given that the point of esotericism (and inner transformational work of any sort) is growth of consciousness. 

My March schedule in London, England, is as follows:

Wednesday, March 16, 8pm: Talk, book signing. Location: The Moot With No Name, address is The Devereux Arms, Devereux Court, London WC2 3JJ. The event is hosted by The Atlantis Bookshop. According to their website, 'The Devereux Arms is in a Tudor building in Devereux Court which is a pedestrianised lane off Essex Street and Fleet Street at the Strand end. Nearest Tube: Temple.' See map at http://tinyurl.com/cp7u2.

Thursday, March 17, 6:30pm: Talk, book signing: Location: Watkins Books, 19-21 Cecil Court, London. The Watkins shop has put up a notice for my talk and signing on their website HERE.

Friday, March 18, 7pm-9pm: Talk. Topic is Conscious Relating/Conscious Communication. 

Saturday, March 19, 10am-6pm: Seminar/Workshop. On Conscious Relating and Conscious Communication. 

Both the Friday talk, and the Saturday seminar, will be held at The Quantum House, 66 Churchway, Euston, London, NW1 1LT. Directions to The Quantum House can be found HERE.

For more information on the Friday talk and/or to register for the Saturday seminar, contact Camille Baker at