Saturdays, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. CT
November 16 – 30; December 14 (4 classes, no class December 7)
Sooner or later, every searcher will encounter the Devil within. As the Buddha remarked, "In this very body you can discover all the gods and all the demons." Similarly, Rumi said, “If you have not yet seen the Devil, go look in the mirror.”
In principle the entire universe is manifested within each one of us. If that is true, the Devil is also present within us. In the Bible, Satan is referred to as a tempter, the ruler of demons, and the evil one, but Satan was also a son of God.
No Biblical prophet could get to Heaven, nor could a serious searcher like Siddhartha Gautama become the Buddha – without first being tested by the Devil. The Devil is the chief examiner. If searchers don’t honor the Devil, they will be flunked.
The Hebrew word Satan and the Pali word Mara both mean obstacle. Recognizing our own inner Devil can help us to become aware of obstacles that stand in our way. In this course, we will explore the obstacles along the spiritual path and strive to overcome them.
Registrants will receive on-demand access to recording(s) that can be viewed for two weeks following the conclusion of the program. Late registrants will receive recording links to all missed sessions.
Ravi Ravindra, Ph.D., is an author and professor emeritus at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he served as a professor in comparative religion, philosophy, and physics. A lifetime member of the Theosophical Society, he has taught many courses at the School of the Wisdom in Adyar and the Krotona Institute of Theosophy in Ojai, California. He was a member of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, a fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study in Shimla, and the founding director of the Threshold Award for Integrative Knowledge. For more information visit ravindra.ca.
Program Format
This is a live, interactive online program that will also be recorded. Registrants will receive on-demand access to recording(s) that can be viewed for two weeks following the conclusion of the program.
Join online via a Zoom link that will be emailed upon your registration. Please download Zoom for free at zoom.us/download and test your connection at zoom.us/test. For further information, check out www.theosophical.org/FAQ or email webinars@theosophical.org.
