Fintry Trust

A beautiful centre set in the Surrey Hills, offering retreats, online learning and study days on all subjects related to philosophy, mysticism, art and science.

[Ciara Jean Roberts @WhollyAligned]

Last Saturday's Nourish + Restore day retreat at the magical @FintryTrust went so well. Beautiful lunch, wondrous gardens and a modern crafted yoga studio flooded with sunlight. Their whole ethos is genuine and lived. For heartfelt facilitators, I highly recommend

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@WhollyAligned Thank you so much! It's wonderful to read this 😀

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Join us on Zoom this Friday for what should be a fascinating talk on 'Plato and the Quran' https://t.co/n3vM8ODpAH

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Starting tomorrow, we have a 2-session Zoom course exploring the myth, found in both eastern and western traditions, of a past 'Age of Gold' - a time of peace and plenty, followed by progressively declining and degenerate ages. https://t.co/2D2wJuVzqD

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Our newsletter for May is out now, with details on upcoming events at Fintry and on Zoom, as well as a calendar note on the German mystic Karl von Eckartshausen (whose words are quoted here). https://t.co/AOB7MTOrOc

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This evening, Carole Taylor will be giving a Zoom talk on 'Dreaming the World: Astrology as Integrative Vision'. What can the ancient art of astrology offer to today's disenchanted world? https://t.co/tLCgtztP1y

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'The golden age was first; when Man yet new,
No rule but uncorrupted reason knew...'

In a 2-session Zoom course this May, Julie Parker will explore the tradition of a past 'Age of Gold', as found in the myth and poetry of traditions both East and West. https://t.co/2D2wJuVzqD

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See this Instagram photo by @fintrytrust https://t.co/6tzbMPUutM

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Carole Taylor is a practising astrologer, with an MA in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred from Canterbury Christ Church University. She is founder of the Centre for Astrology, Myth and Symbol, and was Director of Studies at the Faculty of Astrological Studies for almost two decades.

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On 24 April Carole Taylor will be giving a Zoom talk exploring what astrology - an integrative art centred around the natural rhythms of cyclical time and the perceptions of mythic and symbolic imagination - can offer to our disenchanted contemporary world https://t.co/tLCgtztP1y

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The grounds at Fintry have many different spots to enjoy, offering views of our beautiful retreat house and panoramas far across the Surrey Hills. Come and find your own favourite view to sketch or paint at our 'En Plein Air Painting Day' this Sunday! https://t.co/PguL2alZfh

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On Sunday 19th April, we're celebrating World Art Day by holding an En Plein Air Painting Day at Fintry. Come and paint or sketch at our beautiful Arts and Crafts-style retreat house and garden, set in the Surrey Hills https://t.co/gz06PZYypj

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On Zoom, we welcome astrologer Carole Taylor to speak on astrology as integrative vision. We also have a new Reading Group led by Julie Parker, looking at mystical and philosophical texts from a range of traditions under the title ‘Seeds of Wisdom’. https://t.co/tLCgtztP1y

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The Fintry Trust newsletter for April is now up on our website: https://t.co/jvhmb4rTMb

In this edition you'll find a Calendar Note on Proclus, as well as the latest online Library exhibition about the books we hold by the Cambridge Platonist John Norris.

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There's also information on upcoming events at Fintry, including the Fintry Trust Summer School Retreat 'The Art of Awakening’ (23rd - 26th July), and our first En-Plein Air Painting Day (19th April), led by Karen Smith. https://t.co/gz06PZYypj

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'I am amazed at this spring, this conflagration
Of green fires lit on the soil of the earth, this blaze
Of growing.'
(D. H. Lawrence)

Today is the spring equinox, when we enter the bright half of the year. Join us to mark it together on Zoom: https://t.co/4PpeQzSx0b

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This Friday is the spring equinox - a time of renewal and new beginnings, when the light gains ascendancy over the darkness. Join us on Zoom for a free session to mark the moment of the equinox together with seasonal readings and silent meditation: https://t.co/4PpeQzT4PJ

[Ciara Jean Roberts @WhollyAligned]

Nourish + Restore retreat at serene and nature soaked @FintryTrust is now a one day retreat. Now filling quickly, so if you fancy a day of nourishment, movement, breathing and wondering in nature, drop me a note

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Tomorrow we're delighted to welcome back Dr Michael Griffin, Professor of Greek Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, to give a Zoom talk on 'A World in a Grain of Sand: the metaphysics and psychology of the Greek gods in ancient Platonism' https://t.co/2zYALYKNHU

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The latest Fintry Trust newsletter is out now! Why not join us on Zoom or in person for some of our upcoming talks and retreats? https://t.co/Am3nzX5oB4