The Art of Dying IV Schedule
   
  THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
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3--8pm
Guest Check In  
 
6--7pm
Dinner  
  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
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8:30--9:30am
Breakfast  
 
12-1pm
Lunch  
10am-5pm
PRE-CONFERENCE INSTITUTES  
 
INSTITUTE
When Death Comes: The Refuge of Compassionate Presence  
       
 
3--8pm
Guest Check In for the rest of the participants  
 
6--7pm
Dinner  
         
 
7:30pm
  Conference Intro -- Ralph White and Robert Thurman  
         
  CONFERENCE - PLENARY ADDRESSES  
         
      Opening Remarks  
      Robert Thurman, PhD  
         
 
7:30pm
The Art of Dying as Intensified Living: A Blessed Death in the Modern World  
  SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2
 
8-9am
Breakfast  
 
 
PLENARY ADDRESS  
 
9:30-11:00am
The Heart of the Great Mother of Life and Death  
       
 
11:30am-1:00pm
  WORKSHOPS  
      The Book of Liberation in the Between
Afterlife and the Renewal of Jewish Death Rituals
Compassionate, Mindful Treatment of Dying Patients
 
       
 
1:15-2:15pm
  Lunch  
 
AFTERNOON PLENARY ADDRESS  
 
2:30-3:30pm
To Die, Perchance to Dream -- Aye, There's the Rub  
       
 
4:00-5:30pm
  WORKSHOPS  
      With Eyes Open: Being Real at the Bedside of the Dying
The Nature of a Good Death
Indigenous Teachings on the Art of Dying
Past Life and Life Between Regressions
 
       
 
6:150-7:15pm
Dinner  
       
 
8pm
  An Evening of Contemplative Musicianship  
  SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3
 
8:15-9:15am
Breakfast  
   
 
9:30-10:30am
PLENARY ADDRESS  
 
There Is No Death  
       
 
11am-12:30pm
  WORKSHOPS  
      The Role and Mystery of Liminality: Betwixt and Between in the Art of Dying
The Wisdom of the Day of the Dead Celebration
Embracing That Which Does Not Die
End-of-Life Doulas: A New Model for Guiding Patients Through the End Process of Dying
The Death Moment, Near Death Experiences, and the Afterlife Journey: Wisdom from Kabbalistic Tradition
 
       
 
1-2pm
Lunch  
       
 
2:30-3:45Pm
  PANELS  
 
PANEL 1
  How Visions of the After-Death or “Between” Affect Dying, Assisting the Dying, and Bereavement  
       
 
PANEL 2
  Spiritual, Scientific and Practical Approaches to Living and Dying  
       
 
4pm
CLOSING RITUAL  
       
 
6-7pm
Dinner (for those staying for Post_Conference)  
  MONDAY, OCTOBER 4 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6
 
Monday&Tuesday
  POST-CONFERENCE RETREAT  
9am-6pm
Maintaining Spiritual Health While Working with the Dying  
Wednesday
   
9am-1pm
  Retreat schedule to be determined  
 
 
 
 
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