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	(SOM 100 and 200 Classes may be studied in any order) The Spiritual Path introduces students to the background, history, and beginnings of Science of Mind™ as well as to a new concept of God. Classes explore how God relates to the individual and how thought creates our personal reality. This course covers the first 60 pages of The Science of Mind®, and introduces the steps of affirmative prayer, also known as spiritual mind treatment.
	Affirmative Prayer (also known as Spiritual Mind Treatment): The Nature of Effective Prayer is designed to give the student a thorough understanding of the nature and practice of affirmative prayer. SOM 102 incorporates exercises that develop the student's understanding of how to pray effectively for themselves. Participants practice by writing spiritual mind treatments
	In Building a Healing Consciousness, students deepen their understanding of effective affirmative prayer, and develop a greater understanding of the nature of the creative process in the individual. The student will begin building a healing consciousness through their affirmative prayer work.
	In the Principles of Successful Living, students explore the role of consciousness in co-creating his or her own life. Developing a positive, life-affirming consciousness is one of the goals of this class. Upon successful completion, participants will have a greater understanding of our place in this spiritual universe and our relation to the One Creative Source.
	The Mind-Body Connection explores the connection between the mind and the body, using the Science of Mind™ textbook and other more current materials. Special attention is paid to the recent interest in alternative medicine and holistic healing. top
	The Power of Decision is designed to empower students to reach independent decisions which enhance the quality of their lives. Based on the powerful metaphysical classic “The Power of Decision,” by Raymond Charles Barker, this course is valuable for both the new and experienced student. top
	This class was created to deepen the student's understanding that he or she is an individualized expression of God. Topics of exploration include; co-creation, the power of your belief, your inner authority, and how to increase your faith. This is excellent for new students and as a refresher course for more experienced students. top
	This is a practical class which empowers the student to develop positive thinking skills. The classic text provides lucid explanations of exactly how the spiritual laws operate in our lives. These laws are utterly reliable; this class shows the student how to use this knowledge to benefit every area of living. top
	Focusing on prosperity issuyes, the student of Spiritual Economics will gain a greater understanding of the basic metaphysical principle which govern our financial well-being. Participants will learn how to use these principles effectively in everyday life. This is a sensible, solution-oriented class, and is appropriate for the new or advanced student. top
	The primary focus of this class is on deepening the student's actual experience of the timeless and eternal nature of Spirit. top
	Based on the classic series, the Edinburgh Lectures have inspired nearly every other early New Thought writer. Judge Thomas Troward delivered them in Scotland in 1908 and they have served as the touchstone for metaphysical thinking to this day. Troward's mind is logical, brilliant, and extremely precise. This class is excellent for the serious student of New Thought. top
	Ralph Waldo Emerson was the most quoted, most inspirational writer in America for over a hundred years. His concept of American Voice, of Self-Reliance, and of the Oversoul have influenced the New Thought movement profoundly. He is quoted by all the great metaphysical writers and he was the first to break through traditional Christianity in such a way as to inspire multitudes to higher thought. Background infomation on Emerson's times and his fellow members of the Transcendentalist circle is covered. They include Bronson Alcott, Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman. top
	This class examines the history and the many misconceptions of the most published book of all time, with special attention to the fallacies of fundamentalist interpretation. The course looks at the most recent advances in Bible scholarship, including the discovery of the Nag Hammadi texts (gnostic in origin) and the Dead Sea Scrolls. The class is an excellent background course forthe New Thought student who wants to know more about the Bible. top
	This is a look at the Bible as story, Bible as myth. Drawing from sources as diverse as Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Aesop, Joseph Campbell, and Jelaluddin Rumi, this course looks at the many Life Stories in the Bible, where we play every character. Students will learn powerful and effective tools for translation and interpretation. top
	Many students of New Thought are familiar with Rocco Errico and his translations of the Bible. This course looks at the metaphysical meanings of the parables and familiar stories you remember from childhood. top
	Joseph Campbell was perhaps the greatest thinker of the 20th Century. His writings cover a vast range of spirituality, culture, and human mythology. His presence, which most people only experience through the wonderful Power of Myth video series, was transcendent. This course takes an overview of Campbell's work, helping the novice and scholar alike make sense of their own personal myth. top
	This class is based on the book of the same name which explains the nature of creative action, beginning with the formation of the universe and ending with a vista of inifinite possibilities attainable by the individual. Troward argues from basic principles we all understand, and showing how these principles may be carried into the future. He relies on the maxim that “Principle is not bound by precedent,” and by the premise that we are not only able, but also required, by law of our own being, to take a more active part in our personal evolution than has ever occurred in the past. top
	This course is designed to present the key concepts of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success written by Deepak Chopra, M. D. and to provide tools to assist in understanding our true nature in relationship to these laws. Each class in hte course curriculum begins with viewing a section of The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success video showing Dr. Chopra presenting these laws to a live audience. top
	Spiritual Fitness is a lifestyle and an attitude that can help you rediscover the real meaning and sacredness of your life. Like physical fitness, it's not a one of a kind deal—it needs your ongoing commitment. To stay spiritually fit means living in truth and trust i.e., being yourself at the deepest level in everything you do, bringing all of you to your life experiences. It also means trusting that there is a greater power constrantly guiding you and inviting you, through your life experiences, to live more openly and lovingly. When we trust, we start to make our choices and decisions from a place of love and courage instead of from fear. This in turn gives us clarity and strength. top
	In his book, “It's All God,” Walter Starke has managed to take one of metaphysics' greatest truths and put them into a form and flow of words which are easy to grasp. Starcke has done a masterful job of clarifying the necessity of finding a realistic balance between living in the Absolute and the Relative world: It's not a matter of “one or the other,” but rather, discovering the key to doing both at the same time. His concept of the Double Thread is the key element. This class is designed to be presented over an eight week period. One class should be presented per week, with each class lasting for a minimum of two hours. Please bring a personal journal to the first class. top
	Combining the integrative principles and techniques from spiritual psychology with the power of Science of Mind, Magic of the Soul offers a dynamic training opportunity for students. It answers questions like, “Why haven't I completely healed, even though I have been using spiritual mind treatment for years? How do we deal with fear that comes up before and after treatments? How ca we embrace our shadow while affirming our divinity?” The Magic of the Soul asks students to affirm and experience their inner divinity and, at the same time, honor their humanness and appreciate the beauty of who they are in the here and now, on their path to higher and higher expressions of divine nature. The most common themes throughout the text is to look for the magic, the opportunity for growth, and the sacredness in every situation in life; especially the challenging ones. top
	This popular class contains in-depth material that allows the student to examine his or her belief systems, and to gain a new perspective of how this system of beliefs is at work in their lives. Interplay of thought, emotions, desire, action, spirit, and all facets of being work together to create a new level of well-being and abundance in the individual's life. A comprehensive workbook and creative exercises are included. top
	Emma Curtis Hopkins' course is designed to move the committed student from “zero to healer” in twelve lessons. Unveiling Your Hidden Power: THE CLASS includes a “translated” text of her 12 lessons into modern language, along with daily practices and guidelines for setting up and facilitating a series of classes. top