Schedule

The Seven Pillars Inauguration Schedule is coming together as we speak, and will likely change and evolve throughout the weeks leading into the event. A sample schedule, to give you an idea of what may transpire, follows. Many of the attendees, listed here, will help lead and guide the weekend.

Please note that arrival and departure times are set, as well as when registration will open on Friday.

All participants are asked to make a commitment to attend the entire weekend, Friday evening through Monday at noon, so as to help intimacy, depth, and a sense of community grow throughout the three days we will be together.

Thursday and Friday, August 28 & 29

Special Preconference Event

Alchemy & The Physics of Life
with Practicing Alchemist Kevin Townley
& Special Guest Peter Lamborn Wilson

Information on this hands-on alchemy workshop can be found here. The program will be held at the Abode of the Message, and begin at 9 a.m. on Thursday, August 28th, and end at 4 p.m. on Friday, August 29th.

Seven Pillars Inauguration

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29th, 2008

2:00 - 6:00 p.m. Registration Open @ The Darrow School (Dairy Barn Lobby)

6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Dinner (Dining Room)

7:45 - 9:30 p.m. Opening Session (Theatre)

Welcome and Introduction

The Cry of Our Time and Seven Pillars’ Role
Pir Zia Inayat-Khan, Founder, Seven Pillars House of Wisdom

The Four Areas of Seven Pillars
C o s m o l o g y, R e v e l a t i o n, M y s t i c i s m, C h i v a l r y

Musical Presentation

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30th, 2008

7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Dreamwork or Shabbat Service

7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast (Dining Room)

9:00 - 12:15 p.m. Mysticism: Awakening Perception (Gymnasium)

12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch (Dairy Barn Dining Room)

2:15 – 4:15 p.m. Cosmology: Re-Enchanting the Scientific World View (Theatre)

4:45 - 6:00 p.m. Cosmology: Dialogue & Inquiry (Gymnasium)

6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Feast (Theatre)

8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Concert with Yuval Ron, Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Friends (Theatre)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008

7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Dreamwork, Movement, or Sound Attunement

7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast (Dining Room)

9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Chivalry: Enlightened Activism (Gymnasium)

11:30 - 12:30 p.m. Chivalry: Dialogue and Inquiry (Gymnasium)

12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Lunch (Dining Room)

2:15 – 4:15 p.m. Revelation: Gleaning Contemporary Guidance (Gymnasium)

4:45 - 6:00 p.m. Revelation: Dialogue & Inquiry (Gymnasium)

6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Dinner (Dining Room)

8:00 - 10:00 p.m. Poetry, Music & Dance (Gymnasium)

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Dreamwork, Movement, or Sound Attunement

7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast (Dining Room)

9:00 -11:00 a.m. Closing Session (Gymnasium)

*All those staying at the Darrow School must move out of their room by 9 a.m.