The work at International Theosophical Centre Naarden, the Netherlands, (ITC) is performed on a day-to-day basis by a sizeable group of volunteers, living at or near the Centre. In addition to this ITC welcomes volunteers to come and stay at the Centre for a few weeks or months, to experience life at our spiritual centre in this manner, while contributing to various aspects of its ongoing endeavours. Volunteers come...
Continue reading2-6 June: Seminar Cooperative Work with Invisible Worlds
During this immersive workshop with Kurt Leland, we will learn about invisible planes and beings, clairvoyance and the inner senses, and the spiritual paths of mystics, empaths, and seers. We will examine how best to work with invisible humans (teachers, afterlife workers, and the dead) and invisible nonhumans (nature spirits, fairies, devas, and angels). And we will develop guidelines and spiritual practices to support safety and self-care in cooperative...
Continue reading11 maart: TVN voorjaarsdag ‘Wat is Bewustzijn?’
De eerste TVN voorjaarsdag staat in het teken van bewustzijn. Arie Bos zal een presentatie geven getiteld , ‘Bewustzijn en hersenen: kip of ei?’ Wat bewustzijn is weet ieder van ons zelf het beste. Toch kan niemand er een fysieke definitie van geven. Dat is een van de redenen dat nog altijd niemand kan vertellen hoe de hersenen bewustzijn “maken”. Toch gaan de meeste mensen, vooral ook in de...
Continue readingUpcoming Events / Komende evenementen
Zet de datum vast in je agenda! Zaterdag, 11 maart 2023 Besant Hall, Meentweg 9, Naarden TVN themadag: ‘Wat is Bewustzijn?’ Met Arie Bos, Ingmar de Boer, Wim Leys en Arend Heijbroek. Zie evenement TVN voorjaarsdag ‘Wat is Bewustzijn?’ Zaterdag, 29 april 2023 Besant Hall, Meentweg 9, Naarden Themadag met Klaas van Egmond over Wijsheidtradities en praktische spirituele consequenties. Nadere informatie volgt. Save the date! Friday, June 2-Wednesday...
Continue readingSunday 23 October: Friends Day
Dear Friends of the Centre, We have been able to organise an attractive program for the day. 10.30 Welcome in the Besant Hall with coffee 11.00 Exhibition of paintings and sculptures related to the recently published book by Jaap Vos: “Being Is”, a book that does not want to be a book. 12.00 Lunch break. Bring your own sandwiches. Weather permitting: take a walk around the ITC and experience the work...
Continue readingCooperation with Anthroposophists and Rosicrucians: the New Gold
In our former Centre News we mentioned plans to organise a day’s program together with Anthroposophists and Rosicrucians about the role of the esoteric organisations with regards to the challenges we are facing today. The very successful event took place on September 3rd. Close to 300 participants joined, the maximum of the premises rented, with another 150 persons on the waiting list. It is clear that there is a...
Continue readingCentre News Autumn 2022
You can read the new edition of our newsletter by clicking here: Centre News Autumn 2022. In the first item titled “Cooperation with Anthroposophists and Rosicrucians: the New Gold” the link to the note ”Our Common vision” as mentioned in the last sentence of the item, went missing. We therefore decided to make a separate post about the subject which does includes the full text and a link to...
Continue reading7 to 12 of October: THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE: A MANUAL FOR MYSTICS
The Voice of the Silence is one of the most influential books in theosophical literature. H. P. Blavatsky wrote it in 1889 while in London and may have finalised it during her visit to Fontainebleau. The booklet can be considered a manual for mystics, offering guidance during spiritual awakening. William James called The Voice of the Silence a Musical composition. In mystical writings the call to “hear” or “listen”...
Continue reading5 to 7 of October 2022: International Theosophical History Conference
The theosophical movement, innovations in esotericism and spirituality Since 1986 a series of International Theosophical History conferences (ITHCon) have been held, mostly in London, at which scholars within the Theosophical Movement and from the academic world in general, have gathered together to share and discuss Theosophical History. This year, the ITHCon will be hosted in Naarden, The Netherlands, at the International Theosophical Centre, founded in 1925, offering a unique...
Continue reading24 september in de VKK kapel: Uitleg-Mis vergelijking Stem van de Stilte
In de kapel van de Vrij Katholieke kerk op het Internationaal Theosofisch Centrum in Naarden wordt vanaf woensdag avond 21 september tot en met zaterdagochtend 1 oktober de Engelen tiendaags gehouden, ook wel Kingsweek genoemd (het Koninkrijk der Engelen). Elke avond is er om 19.30 uur een Heilig Lof en in de ochtenden om 10.30 uur een Heilige Mis, waarbij Engelenmeditaties gedaan worden. Enkele van deze dagen hebben dit...
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