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Andrew Harvey – The Christ Path Advanced Intensive
What You’ll Discover in This 9-Month Intensive
During the 9 months, Andrew will build upon the essential pillars of a ‘Christed’ life while skillfully guiding you through the fundamental spiritual skills and practices that you’ll need to transform your body, mind and spirit while living in the modern world.
Each training session will build harmoniously upon the next, so that you’ll develop a complete, holistic understanding of the practices, tools and principles you’ll need to sustain your Christ Path in everyday life.
The main course sessions will air from 5-7 pm Pacific/ 8-10 pm Eastern time on Wednesdays. However, even if you cannot make the scheduled calls, you can still get the full benefit of this Intensive.
We have also incorporated the invaluable feedback that we have received from Andrew’s students and graduates to create a powerful online format for transformational learning and practice.
If you are truly ready to dive deep into the transformative power of the Christ Path, this 9-Month Advanced Intensive with Andrew Harvey is the perfect training for you.
Regular class sessions are on Wednesdays at 5:00pm Pacific.
Note: If you have not experienced Andrew’s Christ Path teachings before, you are welcome in this advanced training but we ask you to complete the foundational Christ Path 7-module program on your own as a pre-requisite, which will be included in your registration and you can do in parallel with the Advanced.
Module 1 (Six sessions)
Advanced Principles of the Christ Path
Awakening the Divine Human
- Understand the advanced stages of the mystical path to awaken and embody Christ consciousness and the challenges to navigate each stage
- Explore the deeper esoteric meaning behind Jesus’ life and mission, including stories and teachings long misinterpreted
- Dive into the Gnostic gospels of Thomas and Philip, understanding why they were marginalized by the Church and what they reveal about Jesus as a pioneer of transfiguration
- Identify, dissolve and release distorting myths that we’ve inherited from the church, revealing a far more multi-dimensional view
- Receive a more esoteric understanding of the relationship between Jesus and the Christ and how to access that level in yourself.
- Practice inner dialogue with Christ, as taught by Teresa of Avila
- Hone your ability to avoid key pitfalls, detours and distractions on the spiritual path
- Understand the path of Theosis – the divine transfiguration and inner alchemy
- Featured Mystics: St. Thomas, St. Philip, Meister Eckhart, Father Bede Griffith
- Sacred Practices: New Version of the “Our Father” prayer, Practice of Inner Conversation with Christ (derives from Teresa of Avila), Empowerment by the Divine
Module 2 (Four sessions)
Exploring the Light Side of the Sacred Feminine:
Opening to the Esoteric Mysteries of the Divine Mother
- Ground our vision of the evolution of the Mother archetype from Neolithic times and follow its growth through early feminine initiatory schools, Buddhism, Taoism, and the Shekinah of Kabbalah
- Discover the 10 sacred suggestions and the 5 sacred passions of the motherhood of God
- Re-envision Mother Mary as the Divine Mother and the crucial counterpart to Jesus as co-redemptrix, embodying fierceness and human vulnerability
- Enter into the sacred heart of the Mother through the gateway of the Marianne mystics who help open our eyes to the Sacred Feminine
- Understand Sri Aurobindo’s vision of the Mother as the central agency of the divine transformation of humanity
- Explore Jesus’ hidden teachings, found in the gospels of Mary and Thomas, about the divine feminine
- Experience deeper mystical practices to connect with the Divine Mother
- Understand the power of becoming the Bride of Christ on an archetypal level
- View Mary Magdalene’s role in the emergence of Jesus in a new light, revealing more about her relationship with sacred sexuality and initiatory practices
- Practice the healing power of sacred relationship in a way that opens the portals to divine embodiment
- Featured Mystics: Mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, Bernard of Clairvaux, Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Hadewijch of Antwerp, Hildegard von Bingen, Meditations on the Tarot
- Sacred Practices: A radical reinterpretation of The Hail Mary, The Practice of the Presence of the Mother (rooted in de Montfort’s work), Radiant Embodiment (an adaptation of the great Hindu Tantric practice allows to experience embodiment of divinity through agency of mother)
Module 3 (Five sessions)
Embracing the Wisdom of the Dark Feminine
Unveiling the Secret Knowledge of the Black Madonna
- Discover how the Black Madonna is connected to the Dark Feminine traditions in Hinduism, with special attention to Kali and Vajrayogini (Tibetan Buddhist)
- Explore the teachings on the 7 Dark Diamonds in the crown of the black Madonna that represent the different stages of her initiatory process
- As queen of the dark void, the shadow, destruction, of the dark night, of the mysteries of nature, tantra and of divine ferocity
- See how the Black Madonna – the fierce side of the divine feminine and an archetype of the crucifixion and resurrection – became camouflaged, covered up and suppressed in the history of the Christian Church
- Connect with the fierce feminine Goddess traditions worldwide and infuse your Christ Path with her transformational power
- Experience practices of the Dark Feminine, the mystical fire of dissolution that brings about the alchemical rebirth
- Transmute your fear and repression of the Dark feminine into deep reverence and respect
- Featured Mystics: Ramprasad (great mystic of Kali), modern mystics of the Dark Feminine (Marianne Woodman, Anne Baring, Matthew Fox), Hadewijch of Antwerp, Dionysius the Areopagite
- Sacred Practices: Practices of Awe, practice of transmuting anger into fierce Compassion energy, Practice of transforming ferocity into golden Love power
Module 4 (Five sessions)
Honoring the Full Spectrum of the Divine Masculine Archetypes
Invoking the Heart of the Godforce
- Reveal the template of the sacred masculine by using Jesus as a model of the fusion of gentleness and power
- Heal your relationship with the patriarchy by reclaiming the sacred masculine in you (for both men and women)
- Explore the higher octave of the Cosmic Christ, masculine archetypes of King, Warrior, Magician and Lover
- Expand your understanding of these 4 masculine archetypes to include archetypes such as the Shaman, seeing how indigenous wisdom was embodied in Jesus’ life
- Develop an expanded range of understanding of the sacred masculine from Sufism, Mahayana Buddhism, the Cult of Dionysus in Greek Mysticism and the complex vision of Shiva and Shaivism.
- Learn how to merge the strength, majesty, fierceness and power of the king with the tenderness, compassion, commitment to service and humility of the servant
- Learn from the depths of the Cosmic Christ tradition and other mystical systems how to realize the full greatness of the masculine in service to and protection of the divine feminine
- Develop a deeper understanding of how Jesus’ teachings became totally distorted by the victory of patriarchy through history
- Reconnect with the Divine Father as infinite power, wisdom, mercy and justice
- Featured Mystics: Jan van Ruysbroeck, Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Francis
- Sacred Practices: Cosmic Christ practices – developed from Hindu, Tantric and Mahayana practices
Module 5 (Four sessions)
Healing the Shadow of the Masculine and
the Feminine
Illuminating and Transforming the Dark Patriarchy
- Come to terms with the unbalanced psychotic masculine and see through the lens of the healing and illumination now required for the Dark Patriarchy – the unconscious shadow side of the masculine that has dominated the world for the last 2000 years
- Look at the male figures in the Gospels such as Pontius Pilate, the high priest Caiaphas, Judas, doubting Thomas that illustrate the masculine shadow’s resistance to Jesus’s teaching and presence
- Learn how to transmute sadness and rage into the activist’s passion for justice
- Develop an expanded capacity for forgiveness of oneself and others for the damage of the past
- Create an alchemical container internally to work with the wounds that need to be resolved
- Develop practices to heal the imbalance in the individual and collective psyche
- Address the patriarchal shadow of the Churches created in Jesus’ name and how it has played out from fundamentalism to misogyny, to homophobia, and blindness to the sacredness of creation and how it has supported and not challenged the fantasy of infinite growth and the progressive degradation of the environment
- See how the five crucial shadows of our global crisis (disbelief, denial, dread, disillusion and death wish) and five personal shadows (narcissism, love of comfort, woundology, fear of witnessing the truth, and the golden shadow) align, dovetail and collude to keep our world crisis going
- Featured Mystics: Jan van Ruysbroeck, Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Francis
- Sacred Practices: Practice of the Sacred Heart as developed by saint Mary Margaret, Alacoque, Teilhard de Chardin; Journaling practices that address the shadow masculine, self- forgiveness practices, Buddhist Tonglen Practice (transmutes negativity),
Module 6 (Two sessions)
Birthing the Divine Child:
The Path to Transfiguration
The Advanced Alchemical Mysteries of Creation
- Delve deeply into the Gnostic gospels to discover their teachings on the sacred androgyne and the more advanced esoteric teachings on the divine child
- Study the visions of the divine child received by mystics such as Heinrich Suso and Angela of Foligno
- Study archetypes of divine child in hinduism, taoism, alchemy and Jungian psychology
- Deepen your understanding of the tantric play of divine masculine and feminine as partners in creation
- Access and integrate the qualities of the divine child, including its innocence, purity and vulnerability
- Study and apply sacred practices to connect with the divine child within for healing, spiritual awakening and renewal.
- Develop a nuanced, historical understanding of the Orthodox tradition of theosis and the experience of it in modern mystics
- Receive wisdom and insight from later Christian mystics such as Father Bede Griffiths who began the process of transfiguration
- Begin to apply the principles of transfiguration in your own life and spiritual journey
- Awaken a fuller spectrum of spiritual energies through prayer and contemplation, as well as embodiment practices
- Understand the phenomena of preservation of the body in certain Christian saints such as the Curie of Ars
- Featured Mystics: Father Bede Griffiths, Teresa of Avila, John Ruysbroeck, Greek, Russian and Romanian Orthodox mystics such as San Symeon the Theologian and modern evolutionary masters such as Sri Aurobindo and Teilhard de Chardin
- Sacred Practices: Exercises from Heart Yoga that will enable you to radiate your cells with divine light, new version of the Jesus Prayer attuned to the theosis process, Birthing the Divine Child with the Divine Mother (adapted from Hindu Tantric path)
Module 7 (One session)
The Unification of Light and Shadow, Soul & Body
Advanced Shadow Work and the Mystical Union of Opposites
- Advance your practice of the deep Yoga of Christianity – the tantric union of the divine masculine and feminine, light and shadow
- Discover how to heal the 5 shadows of our Global Crisis – Disbelief, Denial, Dread, Dissolution, Deathwish
- Re-integrate the truth of evil in your life in a more multi-dimensional way, going beyond New age conceptions and platitudes
- Activate the power of the light by bringing in the transcendent aspect of the divine – focusing that power on our personal and collective shadows
- Learn how to transform the 5 the global and 5 personal shadows that have been introduce in Module 5, learn how to work with and transform in depth
- Draw from the deep wisdom of the shadow to deepen your embodiment, your service, and your ministry to those who are suffering
- Activate the power of your golden shadow
- Engage the inner alchemy around power, recognizing your lust for power and turning it into a passion to serve
- Learn more advanced practices such as a Christ-centered version of the Tonglen practice of Tibetan Buddhism to unify light and shadow, soul and body, setting you on the path of living as a Christed being
- Experience authentic oneness with the whole of humanity, compassion through heartbreak
- Develop skillful means of dealing with those who are engulfed in the shadow
- Featured Mystics: Carl Jung, Nathan Schwarz Salant, Emmanuel Levinas
- Sacred Practices: Five Strong Heart Practices to endure and transmute what you learn about the shadow derived from Sufism, Christian Mysticism and Hinduism
Module 8 (Two sessions)
Living Christ Consciousness
Co-Creating An Enlightened Culture on Planet Earth
through Sacred Activism
- Draw inspiration from modern sacred activists such as Julia Butterfly Hill, Matthew Fox, Adam Bucko, Jane Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and the Dalai Lama
- Commit to the spiritual disciplines of the sacred activist, putting your love into service
- Practice the reunification of heaven and earth through your body
- Shift your understanding of the spiritual path beyond the pursuit of personal enlightenment to discover how you can co-create an awakened culture and society
- Deepen your experience of practices to awaken and embody more of your innate divinity through focused prayer and action that flows from your heart
- Integrate principles for expressing and embodying Christ consciousness
- Reflect on the journey of the last nine months and enact commitments for moving forward
- Featured Mystics: Chris Saade, Dorothy Solelle, Ignatius of Loyola, Charles Wesley, William Wilberforce, Mother Teresa, Desmond Tutu, Aung Sun Soo Chi, Linda Tucker, Aboriginal Kanyini philosophy
- Sacred Practices: Creating Networks of Grace to enable small cells to be formed of sacred activists, How to build and create a 5-part integrated, sacred practice that will help you become a Christed, sacred activist serving the birth of divine humanity
The Christ Path Introductory Program is included!
The Advanced Intensive builds upon the core teachings from Andrew’s The Christ Path 7-module course. When you purchase the full Advanced Intensive course, you get access to this powerful foundational program as well! You can complete this material at your leisure but it’s better to do so before the teachings in the 9 months begin.
7-Module Audio Training
The Christ Path with Andrew Harvey
Each contemplation and training session builds harmoniously upon the next, so that you’ll develop a complete, holistic understanding of the hidden teachings and meanings of the Christ path and the practices and tools needed to sustain your awakening in everyday life and be prepared to go deeper than ever before in the advanced intensive.
Module 1
Rediscover the Christ Path
Awakening the Divine Human
Module 2
Embrace the Sacred Feminine
Unveiling the Mystery of the Mother
Module 3
Activate the Divine Masculine
Awakening to the Heart of the Godforce
Module 4
Birthing the Divine Child
The Alchemical Mystery of Creation
Module 5
Walking the Christ Path
The Authentic Stages of Spiritual Unfoldment
Module 6
Marrying the Light and Shadow, Soul and Body
The Mystical Union of Opposites
Module 7
Sacred Activism & the Divine Human
Bringing Heaven Back to Earth
PLUS you get The Christ Path Bonus Collection
Bonus #1 The Dark Force and Transformation
Audio training with Caroline Myss and Andrew Harvey
Bonus #2 Humanity’s Journey of Transformation and Your Exceptional Role
Audio Training with Jean Houston and Duane Elgin
The Christ Path original price was $297
and is included in your registration in the 9-month program.
The Christ Path Advanced Intensive Bonus Collection
In addition to Andrew Harvey’s transformative 9-month Advanced Intensive, you’ll also receive these powerful bonus sessions with the world’s leading mystics and teachers. These bonus sessions will complement the Advanced Intensive, deepening your understanding and practices.
Father Bede Griffiths
Mystical Transmission Series
(Video and Audio)
Andrew Harvey considers Father Bede Griffiths the most advanced, illuminated, and profound modern Christian mystic – the true embodiment of the Christ Path. After a lifetime of deep devotion and study, including living in India, Father Bede underwent a transfiguration process as he moved towards death.
Listen to Andrew introduce his mentor,
the Mystic Father Bede Griffiths
In this exclusive bonus package, Andrew shares with the Christ Path Advanced Intensive community a series of fresh, raw, unscripted audios and videos from and about his dear friend and mentor. They contain precise and powerful transmissions of wisdom and direct revelation of the Christing process as it was underway in him.
You’ll receive these special sessions:
- Prayer Audio Session
- “A Human Search” Video
- “Discovering the Feminine” Video
- Indian Spirituality and the Passion Audio Sessions
- “The World Church” Audio Session
- “Jesus, King of the Jews” Audio Session
- “The Way of Meditation with a Mantra” Video
- Documentary on Father Bede Video
The Divine Feminine Series
With Caroline Myss, Matthew Fox, and Cynthia Bourgeault
Session 1: Teresa of Avila and the Interior Castle
Audio Dialogue with Andrew and Caroline Myss
In this groundbreaking dialogue, one of the most innovative spiritual teachers of our day, Caroline Myss shares about the significance of the well-known Christian Mystic, Teresa of Avila. Caroline writes, “You’ll journey to the 16th century to discover the fiery passion of one of Christianity’s most inspiring saints. A tireless reformer and the mentor of Saint John of the Cross, Teresa’s greatest legacy is her revelation of ecstatic love for God – a love so powerful that it pierces the heart like a burning sword. Through illness, hardship, and persecution by the Inquisition, this courageous mystic lit the way with her unquenchable spirit to an ‘interior castle,’ a place of unimaginable beauty and light where no darkness can touch us.”
Caroline Myss is a five-time New York Times bestselling author and internationally renowned speaker in the fields of human consciousness, spirituality and mysticism, health, energy medicine, and the science of medical intuition.
Session 2: Hildegard von Bingen and the Divine Feminine
Audio Dialogue with Andrew and Matthew Fox
One of the most original and sometimes provocative Christian thinkers, Matthew Fox, looks with Andrew at the pioneering mysticism of Hildegard von Bingen in relationship to the divine feminine lineage within Christianity. This powerful session with these two renowned teachers, authors and mystics, who are also great friends, will be sure to shed light on your notion of the role of the divine feminine within Christianity and your own life.
Matthew Fox is author of more than 30 books including Hildegard of Bingen’s Book of Divine Works, Songs & Letters; Hildegard Bingen: A Saint for Our Times: Unleashing Her Power in the 21st Century; Illuminations of Hildegard Bingen; Original Blessing:The Reinvention of Work; Creativity: Where the Divine and the Human Meet; One River, Many Wells: Wisdom Springing from Global Faiths; A Spirituality Named Compassion; A New Reformation!; and The A.W.E. Project: Reinventing Education, Reinventing the Human.
Session 3: The Meaning of
Mary Magdalene
Audio Dialogue with Andrew and Cynthia Bourgeault
No Biblical figure has been so misunderstood as Mary Magdalene, and yet, it is clear that she was near and dear to Jesus’ heart and his ministry. In this session, Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault, one of the most profound Christian scholars of our time, will dialogue with Andrew about the deeper meaning and mysteries that Mary Magdalene represented.
Cynthia Bourgeault is a modern day mystic, Episcopal priest, writer, and internationally known retreat leader, as well as the founding Director of both The Contemplative Society and the Aspen Wisdom School. She is also the author of seven books: The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, The Wisdom Jesus, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, Mystical Hope, The Wisdom Way of Knowing, Chanting the Psalms, and Love is Stronger Than Death.
Christ Path Advanced Video Package
Teachings from Andrew, Matthew Fox and Marion Woodman
This video package will deepen your journey on the Christ Path as you’ll learn up close and personal from Andrew Harvey, Matthew Fox and Marion Woodman. You’ll receive many hours of powerful teachings through the following video sessions:
- The Practice of the Sacred Heart (Andrew Harvey)
- Dancing in the Flames (Marion Woodman)
- The Jesus Prayer and Merkabah Practices (Andrew and Matthew)
- Cosmic Christ Training (Andrew and Matthew)
- The Gospel of Thomas (Andrew Harvey)
- The Pope’s War (Andrew and Matthew)
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