Past Events
Here are some recent events. if you looking for upcoming events please look here.
ECKHART SOCIETY CONFERENCE
33rd Annual Conference is now postponed to 16th - 18th September 2022. Venue, speakers and title are unchanged.
Eckhart on Suffering and Consolation
Online half day event Saturday 27 November, 3.00 – 6.00 pm UK time
The Wisdom of the Saints in Spiritual Direction
A course for spiritual directors and/or those interested in deepening their understanding of the practice of spiritual direction. Course tutors also run the spiritual direction course for the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Spiritual Direction Network.
The course, practical more than academic, will be held online from OCTOBER 2021 to JUNE 2022. The application deadline is 31 August.
For further details, and to apply visit www.ancientpathways-newperspectives.org
How to Read Meister Eckhart
A Workshop on “How to Read Meister Eckhart”
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
July 17th, 2021 10:00 a.m. - noon Mountain USA*
Mysticism and Monasticism in Context
Mysticism and Monasticism in Context: Love, Longing, and Belonging
Global Summer Garden Party Saturday 26 June
Global Summer Garden Party Saturday 26 June
Following on from our enjoyable Advent Open House we’ll be hosting an online Summer Event (winter for our friends in the southern hemisphere). There will be two separate sessions, for the Pacific and Atlantic regions.
New Perspectives on the Parisian Questions
New Perspectives on the Parisian Questions
Eckhart on the Noble Soul
Saturday 14 August, 3.00 – 6.00 pm (UK time)
Online half day event
A SPECIAL GLOBAL EVENT
27th March 2021
A Quasi-Colloquium: Reflections on Eckhart and the Question of Human Nature from John Orme Mills, O.P.
ECKHART - COMING HOME TO GOD
Online Half-Day Event 27th February 2021
Eckhart's Grounding - At Home to Self and God
Online Half-Day Event - 28th November 2020
9am-12noon (New York) / 2pm-5pm (London) / 3pm-6pm (Paris)
MEISTER ECKHART ON ETERNAL BIRTH
MEISTER ECKHART ON ETERNAL BIRTH: PRAYER, MEDITATION AND REFLECTIONS Sat, October 10, 2020 11:00am – 1:00 pm EDT (4:00pm – 6:00pm BST)
Truth in Spirituality
Meister Eckhart: Truth in Spirituality
Online Half-Day Event - 25th July 2020 9am-12noon (New York) / 2pm-5pm (London) / 3pm-6pm (Paris)
MEISTER ECKHART AND THE BREEZES...
MEISTER ECKHART AND THE BREEZES FROM THE EAST with Fr Brian Pierce
July 31st, 6:00 – 7:30pm and August 1st, 9:00 – 11:00am & 1:00 – 3:00pm US Eastern Time Zone (New York Time)
LOVE, JUSTICE & ECKHARTIAN SPIRITUALITY
December – 7th 2019 - 9.30 am – 5 pm
LOVE, JUSTICE & ECKHARTIAN SPIRITUALITY, at Robinson College Chapel, Cambridge.
A DAY OF DETACHMENT
November – 23rd 2019
WCCM will run A DAY OF DETACHMENT.
CAMBRIDGE ONE DAY EVENT
7th December 2019
LOVE, JUSTICE and ECKHARTIAN SPIRITUALITY
32nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ECKHART SOCIETY
September 13th -15th 2019 The 32nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ECKHART SOCIETY, at Hinsley Hall in Leeds. The theme of the conference is Meister Eckhart and the Radical Reformation.
MEISTER ECKHART: LOVE AND JUSTICE IN SPIRITUALITY
July – 6th 2019 The speakers will be Ronald S Haynes, Marvin Lee Anderson Ph D, and Rebecca Stephens Ph D. One day event at the Duquesne University Department of Theology, Pittsburgh, USA
ECKHART@ERFURT
June – Sunday
LOVE, JUSTICE and ECKHARTIAN SPIRITUALITY.
May – Saturday 18th
Reasons of the Heart: Exploring the Spiritual Wisdom of Meister Eckhart.
May – Saturday 4th
ECKHART'S WAYLESS WAY
March – Friday 29th
CONTEMPLATING THE MYSTERY
January – Monday 28th
Mystical Darkness - CANCELLED
April – Saturday 6th at Canterbury Lodge. A day to explore the writings of Denys the Areopagite and the influence they might have had on the thought and preaching of Meister Eckhart.
Eckhart and the Flowering of Love
December 8th
Day Event, Robinson College, Cambridge 10.30 - 5.00
Eckhart and the Flowering of Love (repeat of the day offered in York in June)
31st ANNUAL CONFERENCE
September 14th – 16th 2018
CONTEMPLATIVE REFLECTIONS
Saturday 14th July - CANCELLED
Festival of Prayer
Saturday 7th July
Meister Eckhart’s Book of the Heart
Saturday 30 June 10.30 am – 4.00 pm
SEEING THROUGH THE GREAT DELUSION Led by George Wilson
Saturday 2 June 10.30 am – 4.00 pm
The Flowering of Love and Eckhartian Spirituality.
Saturday 2nd June in York
Conference in Germany entitled Meister Eckhart in Koln
15th-18th March 2018
Meister Eckhart and the contemplation of scripture
Saturday 24th February 2018 at 10.15 - 15.30 Speaker: Dr Joseph Milne
Mind Full Or Mindful?
Wednesday 8th November. Led by Dr Stefan G Reynolds.
Hidden Wisdom - Mystical Insights From Meister Eckhart
Saturday 21st October. Led by Anthony Finnerty
John Main Seminar
Friday, 11th August to 13th . Speakers: Dr. Bernard McGinn and Fr. Laurence Freeman
The Cloud of Unknowing
Saturday 1st July 10.30 am – 4.00 pm. Led by Graeme Watson
Living from the ground of being
Friday 16th to 18th/19th June. Speakers: Fr Brian Pierce OP, Br Martin of Shantivanam.
Love & Eckhartian Spirituality
Saturday 13th May 10:30 am. Speakers: Rebecca Stephens, Ronald Haynes, Roswitha Jarman, Minlib Dahl O.P.
30th Eckhart Society Conference
The 30th Eckhart Conference will take place from September 15th - 17th 2017 at Hinsley Hall in Leeds LS6 2BX. On the theme Dante and Meister Eckhart
29th Eckhart Society Conference
The 29th Eckhart Conference will take place from 9-11 September 2016 at High Leigh Conference Centre, Lord Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire EN11 8SG tel: 01992 463016, on the theme Eckhart and Dominican Preaching
Eckhart Society One Day Events 9 May 2015
The 17th One Day Event on the theme Prayer and Eckhartian Spirituality. Will take place on Saturday 9 May 2015 from 10.00 a.m. – 16.35 p.m.
Mystical Theology Network
January 2016 - Fri 9th - Sat 10th Mystical Theology Network,
St Hilda’s College, Oxford
The Word and the Mystic: Scriptural insights from Meister Eckhart
February 2016 - 11th 10.30 -3.30. St Bede’s Pastoral Centre, York.
Meister Eckhart: Mystic and Theologian
February 2016 - 24th – March 16th
Provided by The Theosophical Society in America, with Donna Adler
Meister Eckhart & Freedom
March 2016, 18-20th
On Peace and Eckhartian Spirituality.
Saturday May 21st 2016
Thicket Priory, York.
The Dutch reception of Eckhart
June 2016 9th - 11th
Conference on "The Dutch reception of Eckhart", Leiden.
Special Eckhart events in Erfurt
September 28th - Oct 1st
The Paradox of Meister Eckhart
March 2016 5th Sandymount retreat house, Crosby.
Eckhart lectio/discussion group
58a Teignmouth Rd. London NW2 4DX.
From 2 till 4pm once a month: May 14th, Jul 9th, Sep 17th and Nov 12th. Free of charge.
28th Eckhart Society Conference
The 28th Eckhart Annual Conference will take place from 4-6 September 2015 at Hinsley Hall Conference Centre, 62 Headingley Lane, Leeds LS6 2BX
Contemplative Buddhist-Christian weekend
Entitled Meister Eckhart: Inner Silence and Awakening 21-23 March 2014, Benedictine Turvey Abbey, Bedford.
Sister Lucy Brydon OSB
Informal Lectio Divina
Jim Coakes provides a Lectio/discussion on Meister Eckhart, 58a Teignmouth Road, London NW2 4DX
Living Oneness:
Meister Eckhart & Divine Wisdom. Friday June 20 2014, 5.30 pm - Sunday June 22 2014, 2 pm at Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, Berkshire RG7 5TQ
Eckhart Society Conference - 2014
The 27th Eckhart Society Annual Conference took place 5-7 September 2014 at the HIGH LEIGH CONFERENCE CENTRE, Lord Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire EN11 8SG
Eckhart Society Conference -2013
The 26th Eckhart Society Annual Conference took place 6-8 September 2013 at the HIGH LEIGH CONFERENCE CENTRE, Lord Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire EN11 8SG
16th Eckhart Society one day event
The 16th One Day Event on the theme Pain, Suffering & Eckhartian Spirituality was held at the Carmelite Thicket Priory, York, YO4 6DE. Tel: 01904 448277 on Saturday 10 May 2014.
Mystical Theology Network
The third annual Mystical Theology Network conference will be held on 11-13 July 2014 at Liverpool Hope University.
Past Eckhart Society One Day Events 1st to 16th
The 16th One Day Event on the theme Pain Suffering and Eckhartian Spirituality will take place on Saturday 10 May 2014 from 10.00 a.m. – 16.35 p.m. at the Carmelite Monastery, Thicket Priory, Thorganby, York YO19 6DE. Tel: 01904-448277
Annual Conference
The Annual Conference is a three day event and in 2012 we reached our twenty fifth conference. A list of previous conference details can be accessed by clicking on the underlined words Annual Conference above.