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1 9 9 9 PARLIAMENT OF THE WORLD S RELIGIONS IDENTITY
FRIDAY DECEMBER 3
Identity
Brother Joseph Bell is a professional person aged 68 years who is
practiced these innovative behavioral health techniques to Catholic from birth and committed to spreading the word of God by his
improve immune system functioning and relieve symptoms and profession of teaching as a Christian Brother for fifty years. He has been working full time for two years in the Catholic Biblical Foundation in
side effects of medical treatment. Simple, safe and effective, Cape Town
these yogically based self-care techniques are medically sound. Easily learned, they are available at no cost and can be used at
any time by the person with the illness. This workshop is 10:00 AM–10:45 AM IN SCIENCE 3.47
designed for health care providers, and people with all stages Path, Forest, Mountain: Writing my Spiritual
of HIV disease, cancer or chronic fatigue and their family Journey
members
S.S Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa Ph.D. is the Director of Guru Ram Das Dr. Dorian Haarhof
Center for Medicine and Humanology in Espanola, New Mexcio.
originator of the Immune Fitness Program, and an ordained minister of Participants will write the story of their spiritual journey through
Sikh Dharma reflecting on their evolving beliefs. This workshop deals with creativity, imagination and crafting, and is influenced by creation spirituality and narrative therapy.
10:00 AM-11:00 AM IN THEATER 8 Dorian Haarhof is a published writer and a former Namibian Professor of Rajayoga - Experiencing the Essence of Peace & English Literature with a deep belief in the power of stories. He has
God conducted many workshops in different parts of Africa. His text, The Writer's voice: A workbook for Writers in Africa, was published in 1998.
Sr. Jayanti Kripalani
Raja Yoga is the path to inner peace and union with the 10:00 AM-11:30 AM IN PODIUM HALL
Supreme Being. This presentation explores the basic steps to Pathways of the Sun
experiencing inner peace and union in everyday life.
Sister Jayanti is the Director of the London International Center of the Mr. Dean Liprini
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University. She is an international lecturer
and the University's representative at the UN in Geneva. She has been This lecture will describe the process of unveiling the hidden
practicing Raja Yoga for over 35 years mysteries of Table Mountain and the Cape Peninsula. The presenter will illustrate how Table Mountain is an amazing Archeo Astronomical and Geo-Mystical phenomenon that
10:00 AM-10:45 AM IN SCIENCE 2.73 honours the vital force of the African spirit
Spiritual Journey of a Crow Indian Dean Liprini discovered the Pathways of the Sun and has over 10 years of research and experience of this phenomenon.
Mr. Burton Pretty On Top
Burton Pretty on Top worked closely with the late Thomas 10:00 AM–12:00 PM IN ENGINEERING 3.46
Yellowtail, the Crow medicine man and spiritual leader of the
Crow Nation. Burton is now the Spiritual leader for the Crow Perennial Wisdom and Emanuel Swedenborg
Nation and is also a Catholic. His talk will focus on his life Session 1]
experience and how he is able to integrate his two spiritual Rev. Drake Hunter McMorland Kaiser; Rev. Leonard Fox;
orientations. Dr. Olle Hjern; Dr. Andrei Veshestov; Rev. Paul Booth
Burton is the spiritual leader for the Crow Nation. He is currently the
Cultural Director for his Nation's government. He has been active in In these two sessions, on the mornings of 2 and 3 December,
world peace efforts by working with various organizations since 1979 five scholars will present papers about Emanuel Swedenborg and his contribution to religious thought and life, particularly in
10:00 AM–12:00 PM IN ENGINEERING 1.13 respect to perennial and universal religion. The programs offer an extraordinary opportunity to encounter one of the greatest
Subjugation, Serfdom, Slavery, and Swedenborg sages of the post-Medieval period. (Each session will be self
Thought contained.) Drake Kaiser studied comparative religion, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin at
Dr. Anders Hallengren the Academy of the New Church (Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania) and
For 250 years, the works of the Swedish philosopher and Edinburgh University (Scotland). He serves as Associate Director of the
theosophist Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) have Swedenborg Association.
influenced writers, artists, composers, thinkers, as well as lesserLeonard Fox is the editor of Arcana: Inner Dimensions of Spirituality, a Journal devoted to studies in comparative religion and the theology of
known individuals who contributed to social change within Emanuel Swedenborg.
their communities. His followers, some of whom are forming a Olle Hjern, educated at Uppsala University, is widely regarded as one of
church called the New Church, have had an impact on social the world's leading experts on Emanuel Swedenborg. He has published
issues and human rights movements. Even today, his influence many books, and edits Varlarnas Mote, one of the world's oldest
is still brought to the forefront in many parts of the world. This Swedenborgian Journals.
is focused upon in Hallengren's new book, Gallery of Mirrors: Andrei Vashestov currently serves as Associate Pastor of the Lord's New
Reflections of Swedenborgian Thought (1998). Church in Charleston, South Carolina. He has published and translated books and articles on the history of philosophy, comparative religion, and
Anders Hallengren is a Swedish author and historian. He is the managing
editor of the Swedish literary journal Parnass, President of the Stockholm the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg
Association of Humanities, and the Coordinator of the American-Russian Paul Booth is a Swedenborgian Minister who serves as pastor for both
Transnational Institute. the Asheville (North Carolina) and The Hague (Holland) congregations of the Lord's New Church. He also serves as chairman of the Raad Van Beheer in Holland, and Chairman of the International Council of Priests of
10:00 AM-10:45 AM IN SCIENCE 2.71 the Lord's New Church
Tasawwuf (Spirituality): The Heart of Islam 10:00 AM-12:00 PM IN SCIENCE 2.45
His Eminence Shaykh As-Sayyid Muhammad Nazim Adil Raising the Spirit: Immune System Self-Care for a
Al-Qubrisi Al-Haqqani New Millennium
There is a very famous tradition in the teachings of Islam where
the Archangel Gabriel comes to Earth to teach the religion of Dr. S.S. Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa
peace through the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Since 1986, thousands of people with HIV disease have
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