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 inan 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.

Themes for the first year 2012-2013

2. Friday night-Sunday 26-28 October 2012
Spirituality and the Body with Cora Slieker

3. Monday night-Wednesday December 10-12 2012
Creating a Personal Mythology with Atum O'kane

4. Monday night-Wednesday February 4-6 2013
Dark night of the Soul with Cora Slieker

5. Friday night-Sunday April 12-14
Practice and Prayer with Atum O'kane

6 Friday night-Sunday May 10-12
God Ideal and God Image with Atum O'kane

7. Thursday-Sunday June 27-30
Retreat, with Cora Slieker in Meeuwenveen, Havelte

Themes for the second year 2013-2014

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 in Meeuwenveen, Havelte

7. Completion with Atum O'Kane and Cora Slieker