The Way of the Mystic will be co-sponsored by the La Casa de Maria and the Spiritual Paths Foundation.

This weekend program offers an extremely rare and important opportunity to deepen and expand your spiritual knowledge and practice through the shared inter-spiritual teachings of internationally renowned teachers. The weekend will provide experiential sessions, presentations, group discussions, a panel discussion and a multi-faith service. The seminar moderator will be Dr. Ed Bastian, President of Spiritual Paths Foundation.

The mystical experience is a non-dual or unitive awareness of the absolute or the unmistakable presence of the divine or sacred. It brings us into the direct presence of ultimate reality. This weekend provides a unique view into the nature of this awareness, the role of the mystic, and the value of direct spiritual experience in our modern lives from five of the world's wisdom traditions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism.

What is the mystical experience? Is it the same for men and women? How is it achieved? How do we even begin to speak about our encounters with ultimate reality? How do we weave these into our lives? What are the roles of community, tradition, and service in relation to the mystical experience? Through talks, discussion, and practice, we explore the insights that each tradition has to offer and find support for continuing in our own path.

This program will help participants to:

* Deepen and expand spiritual knowledge and practice
* Experience the shared spiritual affinities of the world's religions
* Gain new insights into the world's major spiritual traditions