Theosophical Society in America

10/23/2026

The Neuroscience of Spiritual Awakening with Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS

10/16/2026

Foundations of Therapeutic Touch: The Foundational Course

*A Two-Day, In-Person Retreat with Marilyn Johnston-Svoboda starts Saturday, October 31!* Register and learn more at https://www.theosophical.org/workshops/foundations-of-therapeutic-touch-the-foundational-course

Therapeutic Touch (TT) is a gentle, healing practice using the hands, heart, and mind in a compassionate and intentional way. It brings a sense of balance, peacefulness, and wellbeing to those who are ill, dying, or those with simple everyday stressors. It decreases pain and anxiety.

TT is a healing therapy based on the scientific understanding that matter and energy are both vibrations and are essentially the same. An additional benefit of this practice is the deep sense of peacefulness and wellbeing it brings to the practitioner. TT is well-researched and has a significant presence in health care settings in the U.S. and around the world.

During this training retreat, you will learn about the human energy field, or biofield, and TT. You will have many opportunities to practice and discover new things about yourself and about healing. Each session will be filled with discussion, meditation, centering, and experiential exercises. For those who seek the credential of “Qualified Therapeutic Touch Practitioner,” this is the first of two required courses and you must attend both sessions of this course.

10/16/2026

ANOMALOUS: Encounters That Redraw the Boundaries of Reality with Keith Thompson

10/15/2026

What if the same powers that shape the universe also exist within you?

Drawing on Blavatsky's esoteric teachings, Pablo Sender explores the profound connection between humanity and the cosmos. He explains that we share the same divine essence and creative potential found throughout the universe. Though many of these extraordinary powers remain dormant, awakening to our true spiritual nature can reveal our fundamental unity with all life.

Join Pablo Sender on Saturday, October 24, for *Transmuting Emotions: A Theosophical Path to Self-Mastery*, and discover how spiritual wisdom can help transform your inner life.

This clip is from his lecture *The Occult Human Anatomy: Insights from Blavatsky’s Esoteric Instructions*, available on our YouTube channel.

10/14/2026

Field of Synthesis: The Fusion of Mind and Intuition

*A four-part class with William Meader starts Wednesday, November 4th!* Learn more and register at https://www.theosophical.org/program/webinars/field-of-synthesis-the-fusion-of-mind-and-intuition

The destiny of the human mind is to be the interpreter of the intuitions arising from the soul. Mind and intuition are evolving to support each other, and eventually they unite as one. This is the true meaning behind the notion of a “marriage in the heavens.” Indeed, where an individual stands upon the path of evolution relates to the degree of union achieved between the soul’s intuitions and the mind’s thoughtform-building processes. As this fusion develops, one gradually becomes aware of the Field of Synthesis hidden deep within.

In this four-part course, we will deeply explore the nature of mind and its creative relationship with intuition, as well as the perceptual changes that occur as we enter the Field of Synthesis. The challenge is to orient the mind correctly so that it becomes receptive to the soul’s intuitive revelations. When inspired in this way, the mind truly becomes the Revealer of the Real.

10/09/2026

The Spiritual Journey Begins When You Decide You No Longer Want to Suffer with Glen Kezwer

10/07/2026

“What appears to be a journey, then, is really an interior movement . . . The paths to be searched for are within us.” ~Joy Mills

What if the path we are searching for has been within us all along?

So often we look outward for answers, guidance, or a sense of direction. Joy Mills reminds us that the deepest spiritual movement may be an inward one, revealing dimensions of ourselves that have been waiting to be discovered.

Ancient wisdom traditions suggest that when we look deeply within, the boundaries that seem to separate us begin to lose their hold.

10/07/2026

Sunday Meditation Group: Fall Session with Juliana Cesano

*Join us in person or online with Juliana Cesano starting Sunday, October 18!*

Attend in person: https://www.theosophical.org/workshops/in-person-sunday-meditation-group-fall-session-10-11
Attend online: https://www.theosophical.org/program/webinars/online-sunday-meditation-group-fall-session-10-11

Join our meditation group every Sunday to nurture your commitment to practice. Each week, a topic related to meditation will be presented and followed by a guided meditation that will transition into 15 minutes of silence. At the end there will be an opportunity for interaction. Both beginners and seasoned practitioners are welcome to join.

Sundays, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CT  October 18 – December 20 (9 classes) No class November 15

10/06/2026

Do you see death as an ending, a transition, or something else?

10/06/2026

An Exploration of the Katha Upanishad

*A four-part class with Ravi Ravindra, Ph.D. starts Saturday, October 17th!* Learn more and register at https://www.theosophical.org/program/webinars/an-exploration-of-the-katha-upanishad

The Katha Upanishad is an ancient text in the Indian tradition and is regarded as one of the primary Upanishads. It is probably the most widely known of all the Upanishads. This Upanishad contains the first mention of yoga as a practice of liberation, defining yoga as the steady control of the senses and mind, leading to a supreme state of stillness.

In this text, the aspiring searcher is Nachiketa, whose name literally means “one who does not know,” implying that he does not already have a conclusion but is interested in learning. He encounters Yama, the Lord of Death and also the Maintainer of Dharma, the cosmological order. The important questions that arise are: Is death the end? What dies and what does not die? Is there anything in a person that survives death?

Yama is not eager to respond to Nachiketa’s search and offers him all sorts of worldly wealth and pleasures instead. But Nachiketa says human life is short, asks Yama to keep the worldly wealth and pleasures to himself, declares that pompous wealth, lust, and pleasures are fleeting and vain, and insists on knowing, “What happens after death?”

Yama asserts that the Ātman (Self) exists, though it is invisible and full of mystery. He also states that it is ancient and recognizable by Yoga (meditation on one’s inner self). This is one of the earliest mentions of Yoga in ancient Sanskrit literature, in the context of Self-development and meditation.

Yama says: “Nachiketa, I offered you every pleasure; fame, fortune, and even a place in heaven; and you rejected them all. Draw near now and hear me. The Ātman that you wish to know, which is subtle and difficult to see, is there—deep within the deepest part of you. Fix all your thinking and all your inquiry on that eternal, radiant Ātman. Through this practice you will rise above both joy and sorrow.”

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