Convention 2012

Venue: St John’s College Brisbane

Date: Saturday January 21 to Wednesday January 25, 2012.

Post-convention outing: Thursday 26 January.

Please note the date of the Convention outing.

The Purpose of Convention

In the Rules of The Theosophical Society in Australia, the word Convention means the Convention Business Meeting, the lectures that follow are an optional extra, as it were. Three of the functions and powers of that meeting are as follows:

  • To discuss ways and means of implementing the Objects of the National Society.

  • To further the religio-philosophical purposes of the National Society by providing an opportunity for the exchange of ideas arising from the study and practice of Theosophy and allied subjects and to discuss ways and means of spreading the knowledge of Theosophy.

  • To provide means of close association between the Component Lodges (Branches) of the National Society and to bring the individual Members of the National Society into closer contact and understanding with each other.

I sincerely hope that all those registered for Convention this year will take the opportunity to further each of these aims, so that we can, indeed, find new ways of implementing the Society’s Objects and new ways of showing the world that Theosophy exists. This enterprise depends, to a considerable degree, on our understanding of Theosophy and our living it. It also depends to some extent on creating an atmosphere of welcome and of enquiry in our Lodges/Branches and Groups.

Our first Object is to create a nucleus of the universal Brotherhood of humanity. It is perhaps useful to keep in mind however, that this does not imply that the members of the Society constitute a special or distinct “brotherhood” by virtue of their membership, in which case the members would be regarded as “brothers” and other people, presumably, would not. Instead, the TS is a nucleus (and not the only nucleus), of a Brotherhood that embraces every human being, and arguably every living being. How potent that nucleus is probably depends on how closely the members of the Society are attuned to Theosophy. Events such as the present convention have much to offer in this regard.

Dara Tatray
National President

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Theme: Current Thinking in Evidence of the Third Object
Public Lecture: Dr Dara Tatray

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Saturday 21 January
Arrivals

7.30pm

Official Opening of Convention
  Annual Convention Business Meeting Of The Theosophical Society In Australia
 

Agenda

Roll Call of Voting Delegates and Proxies

Confirmation of Minutes of 2011 Convention Business Meeting

National President’s Report for the Year Ended 31 August 2011

National Treasurer’s Report for the Year Ended 31 August 2011

Financial Statements and Balance Sheet for the Year Ended 31 August 2011, and Auditor’s Report thereon

Budget for the Year Ending 31 August 2012

Appointment of Auditor

Announcement of Newly Appointed Officers

Announcement of Ballot Results: State Representatives

Vote on Notices of Motion

Place and Time of Next Convention

Resolutions of Goodwill

Any Other Business
 

Greetings to the Convention
Introduction — Guest Speaker/s
Introduction — Workshops

Light Reception Tea

Sunday 22 January
6.30am   Yoga
7.30am   Morning Attunement
9.15am   Barry Bowden: Lessons from Nature and from the Teachings of Anthroposophy in Support of Our Objects
11.00am   Short talks: The Ancient Mystery of Healing Energy
 
  • Tina Fiedler
  • Kelvin Fiedler
4.00pm   Public Talk: Dara Tatray, Evidence in Support of Theosophy and the Theosophical Society
7.30pm   Illustrated Talk, Pedro Oliveira: Animals and Their Spiritual Qualities

Monday 23 January
6.30am   Yoga
7.30am   Morning Attunement
9.15am   Linda Oliveira, National President: Probing Our Spiritual Powers
11.00am   Q & A
4.00pm   The View from the Couch—Insights from Psychology:
 
  • Victor Gostin, It’s in the Mind: The Power of the Placebo
  • Judith Jeffrey, Synchronicity and the Collective Subconscious
  • Rosanne De Bats, The Mind-Body Connection
7.30pm   Sarah Hopkins, Sacred Sound Journey

Tuesday 24 January
6.30am   Yoga
7.30am   Morning Attunement
9.15am   Peter Bruza: Subject-Object Duality in Buddhism and in Quantum Theory
11.00am   Short Talks:
 
  • George Wester
  • Denise Frost, The Three Objects As Action
  • Simon O’Rourke
2.00pm   Theosophical Order of Service AGM and Information Meeting
All Welcome
4.00pm   Workshops:
 
  • Mary Masselos, Seven-Tone Healing Workshop
  • Phillipa Rooke, Felting
7.30pm   Illustrated talk, Isolde Sueltemeyer: Beethoven and his Call to Mankind

Wednesday 25 January
6.30am   Yoga
7.30am   Morning Attunement
9.15am   Short Talks:
 
  • Dianne Kynaston, Unveil the Buddha Light Within
  • Noel Bertelle, Know Thyself: The Real Power Latent in the Human Being
11.00am   Short Talks:
   
  • Olga Gostin, Exploring the Influence of Ritual on the Psyche
  • Carolyn Harrod, Is Altruism a Latent Capacity We Can Develop?
4.00pm   Structured Workshop (Full Session): Will the Phoenix Rise from the Ashes If We Don’t Burn up the Old Dross?
7.30pm   Entertainment, followed by a light supper

Thursday 26 January
    Outing And Picnic Lunch

Friday 27 January
Departures
 
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