About the Course
Kything: Communion with the More-Than-Human World
Presenter: Shawn Sanford Beck, M.Div.
Tuesday, November 18, 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CST
8:00 PST / 9:00 MST / 10:00 CST (includes SK) / 11:00 EST / 12:00 AST
Kything is a "psycho-spiritual technology" inspired by the fiction of Madeleine L'Engle and developed by the priest and psychologist team of Louis M. Savary and Patricia H. Berne almost 40 years ago. In this new revision of the technique by GreenSpirit Chaplain Shawn Sanford Beck, you will explore the theory and experience the practice of using your deep imagination to engage with the more-than-human persons of the green world around you. Remember: Creation is always speaking; it is often we who are not listening. Kything will help you rectify that situation.
This workshop will not be recorded, and so welcomes only those who are able to participate on Zoom at the time it is being offered. Registration is limited to 10 participants, and only open to those who have participated in Shawn's first workshop: Three Seed of Ecological Spirituality, which will be offered on October 21.
Your Instructor
Shawn Sanford Beck, M.Div.
Shawn Sanford Beck (MDiv) is the founder of GreenSpirit Chaplaincy nested at Grosvenor Park United Church (Treaty Six, Saskatoon), and is also a spiritual exploration guide in the Lifelong Learning Pathway at St. Andrew's College. He has been involved with eco-spirituality and green thealogy for the past two decades. From urban full moon ceremonies, to off-grid earthen prayer, to extensive work with druidic and other creation-centric traditions, Shawn has sown the seeds of eco-spiritual practice wherever he goes!
You can check out some of Shawn's writing:
https://ecosophian.wordpress.com/about/
https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/christian-alternative-books/our-books/christian-animism https://darcyblahut.ca/prairie_rune.html
Find out more about the GreenSpirit Chaplaincy over here: https://linktr.ee/greenpriest , or here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/579371344690063