First term

Synoptic Gospels - Laurence Freeman OSB
Mysticism of St Paul & St John – Laurence Freeman OSB
Origen/Clement of Alexandria – Revd Prof Andrew Louth
Gregory of Nissa /Cappadocians Dr Marcus Plested
The Hidden Gospels – Gospel of Thomas- Kim Nataraja
St Augustine – Margaret Lane

Half term

Desert Tradition - Kim Nataraja
Evagrius/Cassian – Kim Nataraja
St Benedict – Esther de Waal
Hildegard von Bingen – Dr June Boyce-Tillman
Dominican Spirituality/St Catherine of Siena Rev Roly Riem
St Francis – Brother Nicholas Alan SSF
Retreat Day – Peter Tyler

Second Term

Cloud of Unknowing – Br Patrick Moore FSC
The English Mystics Richard Rolle/Marjorie Kempe/Walter Hilton – Stefan Reynolds
Julian of Norwich - Margaret Lane
Meister Eckhart - Kim Nataraja
Reflection/Seminar Evening:

Half Term

St Ignatius of Loyola – Sr Winifred Morley
Dante - Prof Dennis McAuliffe
St John of the Cross – Peter Tyler
St Teresa of Avila – Julienne McLean
Retreat Day – Sr Winifred Morley

Third Term

Renaissance Spirituality - Br Patrick Moore FSC
Theology of the later Byzantine Fathers 7-14 Century : Fr Maximos Lavriotes
Brother Lawrence - Graeme Watson
George Herbert - Br. Patrick Moore FSC
Thomas Traherne - Br Patrick Moore FSC
Thomas Merton – Peter Tyler

Half term

Simone Weil – Laurence Freeman OSB
Professor Andrew Louth – The Jesus Prayer
John Main – Stefan Reynolds
Abishiktanada/Bede Griffiths – Shirley du Boulay
Retreat Day - Laurence Freeman OSB

Certification

The Course was accepted in religious circles as a valid ongoing training, hence some students required a certificate of attendance, when employers had paid for the Course.

Comment: Kim produced a list of twelve of the most important mystics with regard to Christian Meditation for shorter modules (with great difficulty!):

1. Jesus, the Teacher of Contemplation
2. Clement of Alexandria/Origen
3. Gregory of Nyssa
4. Gospel of Thomas
5. Evagrius/Cassian
6. Meister Eckhart
7. Teresa of Avila
8. John of the Cross
9. Julian of Norwich
10. Cloud of Unknowing
11. Thomas Merton
12. Bede Griffiths/John Main

The book on the London Roots Course edited by Kim will be published Sept/Oct 2008 by SMC-Canterbury Press under the name ‘Holy Wonder – Christian Mysticism throughout the ages’.

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