Canberra Group
Meets third Saturday of each month from 2 to 4pm
Coordinator: Gordon Herbert
Mobile: 0466 464 064
Postal Address: 9 Backhouse Street, Latham, ACT 2615
Email: [email protected]
Bulletins: Current and previous Bulletins from the Canberra Group can be viewed at: Canberra Group Bulletins
Meeting place: Friends' Meeting House, 17 Bent Steet, Turner (on the corner of Bent and Condamine Streets)
Meet: 2 - 4 pm 3rd Saturday each month.
2025 Programme
2.00pm Saturday 26 April
Topic: Life After Death
Presenter: Wendy Dixon
About the presenter:
Dr Wendy Dixon is a long term member of the Theosophical Society, joining the youth group in Auckland as a 12 year old and becoming a member at 16. She studied with Geoffrey Hodson and Charles Marresh. She is a devotee of the foundational works of Madame Blavatsky, Besant, Leadbeater, Hodson, Krishnamurti and Taimni in particular. In her earlier life, Wendy had an international career as an operatic soprano soloist and she still performs as a recitalist with David Miller - piano. Now that she has retired from paid work she divides her time between Theosophical, Tibetan Buddhist and musical activities.
About the presentation:
Theosophical literature offers us a broad understanding of what happens to our personality after what we term death. Death, we are told, is merely a transition from one plane of nature to another plane of nature - our consciousness continues even though the physical body ceases to be home for everything we regard as ‘our self’. This is not just book knowledge, it is a blueprint for us to learn more about how we can prepare ourselves for this process and understand our ongoing evolution.
On a practical level we explore the gradual dissolution of the Etheric and Astral bodies after the point of physical death. We then learn how the Higher Self withdraws from physical life and continues its evolution and lessons in the astral and mental planes. Our evolution continues throughout our time in Devachan, as we dwell there until the urge for rebirth occurs.
2.00pm Saturday 17 May
Topic: Using Intuition
Presenter: Marie McArdle
About the Presentation
By weaving esoteric philosophy with quantum physics this talk will look at what is 'true' intuition and how it is connected to our higher consciousness (beyond the rational mind). We will then learn ways to strengthen our intuition while exploring the role the nervous system and brain (especially the right hemisphere) play in interpreting these instructions, or stimuli. The talk will conclude by exploring ways to best use our intuition to help guide and support us on our journey, while being able to provide insights to others (if asked) to help them navigate this strange, yet wonderful world we live in.
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." - Albert Einstein
About the Presenter:
Marie took up meditation and yoga in her late teens – and soon after was drawn to esoteric philosophy in an effort to understand the many psychic experiences she had while growing up. Marie enjoys reading and providing talks based on her research - buoyed by Helena P Blavatsky's view that spirituality and science are not opposing forces, but complementary ways to understand the universe.
