The Art of Spiritual Guidance

Spiritual Guidance is an art, a gift, and a calling. It has been practiced in contemplative traditions throughout the ages as a means of encouraging and supporting spiritual development and personal transformation. In our society there is a deep yearning to return to the essential self, the innate spiritual nature of each of us. The one-on-one intimacy and sharing which is part of spiritual guidance, fosters and encourages the growth of that same relationship with the Divine. This union is what is longed for at the heart of the human experience. Spiritual Guidance is a process that connects the soul with its longing for expression and authenticity

About the program
The Art of Spiritual Guidance is a 2 year program, where people from different spiritual and religious backgrounds, who have a background in the helping professions and have a longing for deepening their spiritual insights, come together both for their work as for their own development. In the program we study, reflex, experience, share, all in an atmosphere of respect and support.
One of the special gifts of the program is for two years being part of a community of people who are aware of the longings of their soul, and at the same time accept the boundaries of being human.

A New 2-years program will start September 19th 2008

Themes of the first year of the program 2008-2010 1. Friday night-Sunday September 19-21 2008
Call and Vocation with Atum O'Kane

2. Friday night-Sunday October 24-26 2008
Spirituality and the Body with Cora Slieker

3. Friday night-Sunday December 12-14 2008
Creating a Personal Mythology with Atum O'kane

4. Friday night-Sunday January 30- February 1 2009
Dark night of the Soul with Cora Slieker

5. Friday night-Sunday March 13-15 2009
Practice and Prayer with Atum O'kane

6. Thursday afternoon-Sunday afternoon April 16-19 2009
Retreat with Cora Slieker in Centre “De Bron”, Wolvega (Friesland, in the North of Holland)

7. Monday night-Wednesday May 25-27 2009
God Ideal and God Image with Atum O'kane

Themes for the second year of the program 2009-2010

1. Redeeming the Shadow, with Atum O'Kane

2. Typology and Spiritual Guidance (Enneagrams) with Cora Slieker

3. Soul as Sacred Image Maker, with Atum O'Kane

4. The Inner Beloved, with Cora Slieker

5. The Teacher Within, with Atum O'Kane

6. Retreat, with Cora Slieker

7. Completion with Atum O'Kane

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