Soul Purpose
Illustration of Aristotelian cosmology, 16th-century German woodcut
Metaphysics Courses Australia
The Sufi mystic Rumi said, “We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.”
Through exploring the Big Bang theory we’ve attempted to capture the numinous within formulas and theory to no avail. Hyperrationality hasn’t done a whole lot to solve the struggles most people wrestle with.
Albert Einstein demonstrated how one can be both rationally minded and open to greater wonder declaring “The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the germ of all art and all true science.”
Decades after his pronouncement, quantum physics is causing rationalists to rethink everything.
Raised in an Irish Catholic family James Kavanaugh entered the seminary at age 15. After working as a priest he called for reform in the church, which never arrived. Upon renouncing religion he continued his search for truth which he began to express through poetry.
Capturing his lifelong search for meaning he wrote:
“Some people do not have to search, they find their niche early in life and rest there, seemingly contented and resigned. They do not seem to ask much of life, sometimes they do not seem to take it seriously. At times I envy them, but usually, I do not understand them. Seldom do they understand me.
I am one of the searchers. There are millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand.
We, searchers, are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide. Most of all we love and want to be loved. We want to live in a relationship that will not impede our wandering, nor prevent our search, nor lock us in prison walls; that will take us for what little we have to give.”
This week-long program is designed for the pilgrims, searchers and questers who are drawn to gaining a deeper understanding of themselves and the cosmos.
Through a Glass Darkly
The Flammarion Woodcut image at the top of the page represents the medieval worldview with a flat Earth bounded by the sky. The man, laying down the pilgrim’s stick (purely rational mind), peers through the boundary and sees the hidden workings of the universe.
The prominent element of the cosmic machinery in the top left corner looks can be thought of as the archetypal understanding of life. When Joseph Campbell had an epiphany about the universality of the hero’s journey motif it pierced the veil held by the conscious mind. Carl Jung experienced a similar thing discovering archetypes first within his patients, then in tarot and astrology as well as through Mandelas he drew.
For many people, the conscious mind is only circumvented through one’s dream state. But should we open to a larger view of life we begin to recognise archetypal patterns and behaviours at work in people’s lives, watching a film or reading a story.
Aldous Huxley once said, “The more you know, the more you see.”
Through this deep dive into the metaphysical modalities of astrology, numerology, tarot and sacred geometry you’ll gain a vastly deeper understanding of yourself and your loved ones as well as a sense of greater connectedness with life itself.
While this program utilises the mental facet of gaining wisdom, it is a journey that incorporates the heart and soul. As our mind understands our souls purpose the heart becomes integral part in feeling into why we are here and how we can express our entirety.
