Mysticisms: Truth and Transgression [Durham, NC]
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Charles Rousseau | 5-weeks | Wednesdays March 26-April 23 | 7:00-9:00 PM | In-Person, 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
Mysticism is concerned with how we experience the limits of thought, of what can be said, known, or desired. Across millennia, mystical traditions have transgressed these limits in pursuit of what the author Evelyn Underhill calls “experience in its most intense form.” In this 5-week class, we will explore how different thinkers, religious traditions, and political ideologies have engaged mysticism, with a focus on the meaning people hope to find in things deemed mystical, and the consequences of those desires for individuals and collectives. Through philosophical, theoretical, and theological readings, we will explore central concepts such as ecstasy, affliction, authenticity, heresy, and fanaticism, as well as the relations between mysticism and discourses on sexuality, mental health, conspiracy, and fascism. Readings may include excerpts from Simon Critchley's Mysticism, Howard Thurman's Meditations of the Heart, Simone Weil's Waiting for God, a variety of classic mystical texts in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions, and selections from philosophers like Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Charles Rousseau | 5-weeks | Wednesdays March 26-April 23 | 7:00-9:00 PM | In-Person, 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
Mysticism is concerned with how we experience the limits of thought, of what can be said, known, or desired. Across millennia, mystical traditions have transgressed these limits in pursuit of what the author Evelyn Underhill calls “experience in its most intense form.” In this 5-week class, we will explore how different thinkers, religious traditions, and political ideologies have engaged mysticism, with a focus on the meaning people hope to find in things deemed mystical, and the consequences of those desires for individuals and collectives. Through philosophical, theoretical, and theological readings, we will explore central concepts such as ecstasy, affliction, authenticity, heresy, and fanaticism, as well as the relations between mysticism and discourses on sexuality, mental health, conspiracy, and fascism. Readings may include excerpts from Simon Critchley's Mysticism, Howard Thurman's Meditations of the Heart, Simone Weil's Waiting for God, a variety of classic mystical texts in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions, and selections from philosophers like Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
**This course is in-person only. There is no virtual component. Participants must be age 21+
Full Tuition: $340 — Sliding-scale tuition options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select. To pay in installments, choose to pay with PayPal at check out.
Instructor: Charles Rousseau | 5-weeks | Wednesdays March 26-April 23 | 7:00-9:00 PM | In-Person, 719 N Mangum St, Durham, NC
Mysticism is concerned with how we experience the limits of thought, of what can be said, known, or desired. Across millennia, mystical traditions have transgressed these limits in pursuit of what the author Evelyn Underhill calls “experience in its most intense form.” In this 5-week class, we will explore how different thinkers, religious traditions, and political ideologies have engaged mysticism, with a focus on the meaning people hope to find in things deemed mystical, and the consequences of those desires for individuals and collectives. Through philosophical, theoretical, and theological readings, we will explore central concepts such as ecstasy, affliction, authenticity, heresy, and fanaticism, as well as the relations between mysticism and discourses on sexuality, mental health, conspiracy, and fascism. Readings may include excerpts from Simon Critchley's Mysticism, Howard Thurman's Meditations of the Heart, Simone Weil's Waiting for God, a variety of classic mystical texts in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions, and selections from philosophers like Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin.
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This class will take place in person at Night School Bar in Durham. Night School requires that students refrain from attending in-person classes when sick. For more on our class policies, see our FAQ. Instructors will also follow this policy. If your instructor is sick, class may be moved to online for a session or rescheduled to the week following the final scheduled session at the instructor’s discretion.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage. We ask that people who make above the living wage threshold for their area strongly consider choosing the full-tuition or mid-level tuition tier in order to support our own living wage program. For Durham, NC, where we are located, the living wage threshold is $49,000 for an individual. All scholarship needs are self-assessed, and we will never request or require proof of need.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month. Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.