FOUNDATIONS OF THE SCIENCE OF MIND
This is a revision and widely updated new version of the Foundational Course. It presents a new spiritual principle each week and a spiritual practice to support that principle. The Creative Process is introduced at the beginning of the class and then flows through each week, so that the student has the opportunity to see and use the Creative Process at work in each spiritual principle. Each week also features the writing of one of our elders as well as one of our contemporaries on the subject at hand. These include Dr. William Hornaday, Dr. Frank Richelieu, Terry Cole Whittaker, Dr. Jesse Jennings, Dr. Kathy Hearn, Dr. Linda McNamar, and many more.
Length of Course: 10 weeks
ESSENTIAL ERNEST HOLMES
This course is a loving tribute to Dr. Ernest Holmes and all the wisdom he brought to our world. The course is based upon "What We Believe." Each week students have the opportunity to examine each of the ideas introduced and uncover ways to make the power of this teaching come alive in their lives. Each class includes a meditation on Light that takes the student progressively deeper and deeper into the Light to find Inner Truth.
Length of Course: 10 Weeks
Text: The Essential Ernest Holmes by Dr. Jesse Jennings
ROOTS
This course provides the student with an understanding of the historical roots in America of Ernest Holmes’ philosophy. Specific emphasis is given to the works of Thomas Troward, Emma Curtis Hopkins, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Length of Course: 10 weeks
Text: The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes, Emerson’s Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science by Thomas Troward, Scientific Christian Mental Practice by Emma Curtis Hopkins
THE EDINBURGH LECTURES
Based on the classic lecture series, The Edinburgh Lectures have inspired nearly every other early New Thought writer. Judge Thomas Troward delivered these lectures in Scotland in 1904, and they have served as the touchstone for metaphysical thinking to this day. Troward’s mind is logical, brilliant, and extremely precise. This class is excellent for the serious student of New Thought.
Length of Course: 10 weeks
Text: The Edinburgh Lectures by Thomas Troward
MEDITATION IS MORE THAN YOU THINK
This is an introductory meditation course that begins with the beginner and moves step by step through the powerful tool of meditation in many different modalities. Topics include meditation with light, mantras, sound, movement, breathing, and more. Each week is very experiential with various forms of meditation that the student can then take with them for a richer practice at home. Released in 2007.
Length of course: 8 Weeks
Text: An Easy Guide to Meditation by Roy Eugene Davis – CSA Press, 1978, How to Meditate by Lawrence LeShan – Bantam, 1975 OR Journey of Awakening by Ram Dass
PRACTICAL MYSTICISM
This course is an exploration of mysticism, what it is and what it is not. It provides the framework for the student to live a more mystical life in present time. Each student sets a personal intention for his or her life. Emphasis is given to the practice of meditation and the practice of witnessing consciousness. This course is ideal for anyone seeking to deepen his or her own awareness of the Divine reality in daily living.
Length of course: 10 Weeks
Text: The Foundations of Mysticism by Joel Goldsmith, Entering the Castle: Finding the Inner Path to God and Your Soul’s Purpose by Caroline Myss
POWER OF YOUR WORD
This is an amazing course on the power of Spiritual Mind Treatment. Each week offers a thoughtful approach to the deeper understandings of prayer: how God and humans create through prayer, the impact of creative law and beliefs, what to pray for, affirmative treatment, and the state of continuous prayer. Each week has experiential exercises to give these ideas a reality for the student.
Length of course: 8 Weeks
Text: How To Use The Science of Mind and Can We Talk To God by Ernest Holmes
SELF-MASTERY: THE EMERGENCE OF TRUE SELF
The Self Mastery Course focuses on healing the perceived separation between personality and Spirit. Through an active exploration of the creative nature of thoughts and feelings, beliefs and emotions, the students have an opportunity to gain mastery in the art of living as conscious, intentional beings.
Length of Course: 8 weeks
Text: Living the Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes
IGNITE YOUR LIFE WITH BIBLE WISDOM
Jesus used short tales called parables to convey profound spiritual truths. The parables charge our spiritual journey with energy and our soul with light. During this course, students are introduced to ways to interpret stories from the Hebrew Bible, as a foundation for understanding the teachings of Jesus. Students become familiar with the power of the parables as inspiration for transforming the soul. Students bring the ancient parables to life, and relate them to the challenges of today’s world as they engage in discussions, role-playing, and problem-solving exercises, as well as creative arts expressions. Students may be beginners in exploring the arts as tools for contemplation and meditation.
Length of Course: 12 weeks
Text: Learn to Live: The Meaning of the Parables, by Ervin Seale and The Holy Bible, translated by George Lamsa.
Optional: Metaphysical Dictionary, by Charles Fillmore
PROSPERITY PLUS
Prosperity Plus is a dynamic, easy-to-instruct, video based 10-week program that teaches a new way of living centered on the spiritual practices of an abundant life! In this program, Mary Morrissey teaches you how to positively impact your congregants in a way that allows them to move from fear, scarcity, and limited thinking to a life full of possibility, prosperity, and promise. Through the study and application of these prosperity teachings, you have the opportunity to create the quantum shift necessary to open doors to new levels of abundance in all areas of your life!
Length of course: 10 Weeks