The Festival of Christmas as the Renewal of the Faculty of Memory 

and

 The Inner Structure of the Cycle of the Year Reflected in the Twelve Days of Christmas

Presenter: Martin Samson

This online event will be presented as a contemplation with conversational deepening. 

In each session there will be a half-hour consideration of the two themes, which complement each other and set a mood of soul for participants to work with over the ensuing night and day. The final minutes of the session will be for any further considerations and nuances that will help grow the work over the Christmas season in preparation for the coming year. The hope is that each day will have the nurturing aspect of a retreat for resetting our soul for the work in the coming year.

Registration details

Register here

Recommended donation $50

Once registered, you will be sent the Zoom link two (2) days beforehand. Be sure to enter the event via this Zoom link, not via Eventbrite.

The session will start exactly five (5) minutes past 7pm (7.05pm)AEDT and it is recommended that you join the link a few minutes early. The link will be open 5 minutes before 7.00pm.

If there is enough interest there will also be an event at Epiphany on 6^th January, to bring the process to completion.

Recommended reading

 The section on Christmas in Sergei O Prokofieff’s book The Cycle of the Year. 

For those who cannot attend 

The contemplations will be recorded for people who have registered but can’t participate in person. They can be accessed and watched later.

For more information

See the flyer or contact Martin Samson 

^{Image credit: William Blake, Illustration 1 to Milton’s “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity”: The Descent of Peace, 1814-1816., pen and watercolour. (courtesy of The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens)}