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Way of the Wolf Ranch
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458 Wolf Way
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
(830) 997-0711 or toll free
(888) WAY-WOLF
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Retreat Options
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Summary of Recent Seminars:
Fall Seminars 2002
1. Wisdom: Source and
Praxis Sept.-Oct.-Nov.
Completed
2.
2. Pathways to Healing
October 27-28, 2002
Presenter: Elizabeth Hodgkinson
Canadian Trained and Certified
Practitioner and Trainer
Completed
3. Gospel of Thomas
January, March, April 2003
Completed
4. Seeing Rightly with the Heart--What is Invisible to the Eye
Making Poems April 25-27, 2003
Completed
5. Christian Spirituality: The Mystical
Tradition
Fall, 2003 Completed
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6. Christian
Spirituality: The Mystical Tradition II
Fall, 2003
Summary
of the Seminar:
Completed
“The
Roots of Christian Mysticism” has
been used as a text and it would be essential for new
participants
to be familiar with Chapters 1-7 to be reasonably current with these sessions.
While
recommended, it is not necessary to attend all 3 sessions to benefit from the training.
Each
session will start Friday 7:30PM –9:00 PM And continue Saturday.
9:00AM-4:00 PM
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7. Poetry — The Healing Language of Community
Second Annual poem making workshop by
Lianne Mercer, RN, MSN, CPT
Stanley Kunitz has said, “Poetry is language surprised in the act of changing
into meaning.” Language resonates in our lives and connects us to each other.”
In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to experience how making poems can help
you reclaim your feelings and your truth in community with others. No prior writing
experience is necessary.
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8.
The
Sacred Feminine
Including the Gospel of Mary Magdelene
Fall
2004
September 17-18 October 22-23 December 3-4
Offered at Way of the Wolf
Fall
2004 Complete
Summary of the Seminar:
At the heart of the cosmos is a double
manifestation which expresses itself as divine feminine
and divine masculine. Traditions have tended to high-light one over the
other, but always both are in play. Abrahamic traditions have had a preference (some would
say, prejudice) for the divine masculine forms and metaphors, while the divine feminine
has played a quieter role. Over the period of this seminar in three sessions, we will
explore and seek to raise our awareness of the divine feminine. Consciousness of this
often forgotten aspect of divine Reality has left us in trouble and sometimes in chaos.
Forces at play in nature, society, history and spiritual consciousness are raising this
aspect to the fore. We want to be at the center of this awareness.
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9.
Art
and the Sacred
“A
Spiritual Path of the Heart”
March 14-19, 2005
Way of the Wolf
B&B/Retreat
The
Workshop is for Advanced as well as New Artists.
Because
work is intuitive no previous painting experience is necessary.
Only
a beginners mind is required.
Completed
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10.
Third
annual Poetry Workshop at
Way
of the Wolf Retreats May
20-22, 2005
By Leanne Mercer RN, MSN, CPT
Poet as Witness
And so I
appeal to a voice, to something shadowy,
A remote
important region in all who talk:
Though we
could fool each other, we should consider-
Lest the
parade of our mutual life get lost in the dark.
William Stafford from A
Ritual to Read to Each Other
In the fast pace of our daily lives, we sometimes
misplace what we want most to keep – fragile moments of
noticing and compassion. In this workshop, we
will use poetry, our own and others, to explore and honor what we witness in our life. No prior writing
experience necessary.
Completed
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11. Sufi
Tradition And Wisdom
An Introduction to the
Mystical Tradition of Islam
Summary of the Seminar:
World attention has put the religion of Islam at the center of our attention. We have looked at the Islamic faith
necessarily through western and Christian eyes, but this is not the only perspective, nor
should it be.
Faithful
women and men upon the spiritual path of Islam have perspectives
and sensitivities which can bring great light to our western and Christian ways of
seeing. This seminar will explore the
tradition of Islam and its spirituality through the lens of the spirituality of Sufism:
the mystical experience of Islam.
The seminar will include a careful exploration of Sufism and the Islamic tradition as well as give participants an
opportunity to practice dzikr: the invocation of the divine Name.
Pre reading from a
selected bibliography will prepare participants with an initial perspective to enable a
more rapid understanding of the seminar materiel.
Contact Way of the Wolf for this
bibliography
Sufi
Tradition And Wisdom
COMPLETED
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Fourth Annual Poetry Workshop at
Way
of the Wolf Retreats
July
21-22, 2006
By Leanne Mercer RN, MSN, CPT
Stanley Kunitz has said, “Poetry is language surprised in
the act of changing into meaning.” Language resonates in our lives and connects us to
each other.” In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to experience how making
poems can help you reclaim your feelings and your truth in community with others. No prior
writing experience is necessary.
COMPLETED
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An Encounter With Meister Eckhart
Fall 2006 Sept 8-9, Oct 6-7, Nov 3-4, 2006
An Introduction to the
Mystical Teachings of the13th Century Spiritual
Master
Summary of the Seminar:
Meister Eckhart is often considered one of history's greatest spiritual
masters Born in Germany
in 1260 (1260-1328) he became a Dominican Monk at an early age. His writings
provided new insights into the wonders of the human heart but sparked considerable concern
in the existing church leadership. His writings were clear and concise and offered
hope to his countrymen that they had not experienced before. While his writings are
more accepted today, much of his work was considered heretical during his
lifetime.
To See As God Sees
It is your destiny
to see as God sees.
to know as God
knows , to feel as God feels.
How is this
possible? How? Because Divine love cannot defy itself.
Divine love will be
eternally true to its own being and its being is giving all it can at the perfect moment.
And the greatest
gift God can give is his own experience.
Every object, every
creature, every man, woman and child has a soul and it is the destiny of all,
to see as God
sees, to know as God knows,
to feel as
God feels,
to Be as God Is.
Meister Eckhart as
translated by Daniel Ladinsky, Love Poems from God
During this
seminar/ retreat will will study a few of the major concepts of this remarkable theology
and participate in practices that express the wonder and delight of a living
relationship with the creator the confirms that we are all sons and daughters of the
Source and all shall be gathered into his love.
COMPLETED
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Fifth Annual Poetry Workshop at
Way
of the Wolf Retreats
May
4-6, 2007
Fifth Annual poem-making workshop by Lianne Mercer, RN,
MSN, CPT
Poetry – Traveling Light
Completed
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Fall 2007 The Book of Ephesians:
A
Study of Paul and his Visionary Letter to the Ephesians
Sept
7-8,
2007
Oct.
12-13, 2007 Nov. 9-10, 2007
Completed
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Related
Seminar in San Marcos
Spring Seminar 2008
Dreams Dreaming and the Inner Life
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Kenosis: the Prayer of
Self-Emptying
Summary
of the Seminar: June 8-14, 2008
Complete
Continuing
an early Christian tradition of students gathering to study and practice the wisdom given
to us by the teachings and life of Yeshua (Jesus), Way of the Wolf Retreat Center is offering a one week Wisdom School
centering on the practice of the prayer of self emptying.
Contemplative Intensive Retreat
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SIXTH ANNUAL POETRY RETREAT JULY 18-20, 2008
WORDS WITH WINGS
Completed
Workshop
leader, Lianne Mercer
Where do the
words of your own poetry take you? Come spend an intensive weekend writing poems at
Way of the Wolf B&B Retreat Center and find out. No previous writing experience
necessary. Bring a willingness to be present to the muse and let your heart and mind
soar.
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"The Garden of
Truth" and the influence of
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
on the path of Spiritual Wisdom
Sept 12-13 --Oct
10-11 --Nov 7-8
Completed
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Songs from the Axial Age
Sept
18-19 Oct 16-17 Nov 20-21, 2009
Summary
of the Seminar:
The ancient
text of Hebrew hymns called the Psalms is a treasury of ancient wisdom and spiritual
consciousness that sprang into being in the critical age of humanity’s history. Inside this text is everything that both ancient
and modern human beings experience on their pilgrimage through life when the world turns
on its axis away from conventional religion toward the process of enlightenment and the
truth of oneness and non-duality.
Together, in this study,
we will explore the metaphoric vocabulary of prayer and its application to contemplative
living in the modern world as it relates to this paradigmatic shift inside of us, as well
as in human history. A part of our work will be
a spiritual practices that balance these messages
within our life and being.
Texts for these sessions:
Ancient Songs Sung Anew
(available at the Seminar)
Seeing the Psalms by
William Brown
Completed
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Spend June
11-13, 2010 in the Texas Hill Country
Way of the
Wolf B&B Retreat Center
Eighth
Annual poem making workshop by Lianne Mercer, RN, MSN, CPT
Voices of
My Heritage
The enticing
rhythm and language of poetry invites you to write about places of origin you carry in
your heart - both the land that placed its mark on you and your ancestors, and family
members you remember or know now. Using the rich, sensual and mysterious language of
poetry, we will honor our stories and discover unexpected ways to connect to them, to
ourselves, and to each other.
No prior
writing experience is necessary.
Lianne
Mercer, RN, MSN, CPT, is a certified poetry therapist, writer, and nurse. Her book about
caring for her mother in her 90s, Compassionate Witness: Before We Say Good-bye, was
published in 2005. She has work in Plains, Deserts, Canyons, Mountains: Women Write About
the Southwest (UT Press, 2007) and in The Poetry of Nursing: Poems and Commentaries of
Leading Nurse-Poets (Kent State University Press, 2006). She does poem-making workshops
with nurses as well as with other community groups interested in therapeutic uses of
poetry. Website: www.wayofthepoem
Registration Information
Way of the
Wolf B&B Retreat
458 Wolf Way
Fredericksburg,
Texas 78624
Contact
Karen Poidevin at 830-997-0711
Or
email: waywolf@ctesc.net
Conference begins Friday evening at 7 P. M. and ends Sunday at 11:30 A. M.
$180
two nights at B& B [double occupancy] includes workshop and four meals beginning
Saturday at
breakfast and ending with Sunday breakfast.
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$155
Saturday night only at B&B [double occupancy] includes workshop and above meals
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$110
for day attendance only.
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All
fees include meals and taxes.
Please
call or email to make a reservation by May 20th, 2010.
We
want to be prepared for your stay.
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A Way of the Wolf Ranch L invites you to use our beautiful
facility for individual or small group retreats. You may provide your own material or we
will work with you to specifically design a program around your interests. This setting
lends itself to meditation, contemplation, reflection and re-creation while meandering
across the sixty-one acres, sitting next to a trickling stream (somewhat more assertive
during wet weather) or just sitting on the screened porches.
Your hosts, Ron & Karen, have formal training in spiritual direction from the Shalem
Institute of Spiritual Formation in Bethesda, Maryland, and have led several groups
introducing contemplative prayer forms. They both have attended a number of workshops in
spiritual formation and attended classes at the Anglican School of Theology in Dallas.
They have also been active in the renewal movement within the Episcopal Church for over 22
years.
In 1995, they attended a Celtic Exploration
workshop in Oxford, England, with Esther deWaal, Internationally known author and follower
of the Benedictine Way. This experience resulted in their affiliation with the
International Quiet Garden Trust in Stoke Poges, England. Instructed quiet days are
offered periodically using the Quiet Garden format.
Ron and Karen participated in and continue as active
members of the Oriental Orthodox Order in the West to teach and practice a contemplative
life of awareness and compassion.
 The Garden Pond is a special spot for meditation or any
reflective activity.
"This was an ideal place for our silent
retreat --lots of comfortable, peaceful spaces to read, write, contemplate, walk etc.
It seemed that everything we needed was here......your breakfasts were delicious
and your cooperation and understanding in keeping with our silence was great." ---Bizy
The next time you are looking for a special setting for a
conference or retreat for individuals or up to 12 -18 people, call Ron & Karen to
discuss options at
Way of the
Wolf Ranch.
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Center here on the Web ( see the index)
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retreats & contemplative living:
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