Spirit Methods

The Spirit Methods courses were taught in the first Academies and International Training Institutes in the late 1960s. They were first called the Religious Methods courses and were organized into four areas with four talks in each area. The 1969 Religious Methods lecture titles; an Academy 1971 version here and the Seattle House 1971 version.

•  RMA Historical Style talks(for printing) included Being, the New Social Vehicle, the New Religious Mode and Religious Discipline.
• 1.  Being
  • Being Being talk (for print)

• 2.  New Social Vehicle talk (for print)

• 3. New Religious Mode (NRM) (for printing) included the Solitaries (see RMB), Journeys and Corporates.
  • The Journeys of Knowing, Doing and Being
    • Transparent Doing, Brian Stanfield, Spring, 1972
    • Transparent Being, Joseph Mathews
    • The Corporates of Povery, Chastity and Obedience
      • On Obedience, Ken Barley, July 13, 1970
    • Religious Methods

•  4.  Religious Disciplines
  • The Form of Discipline, Order Council, 1968
  • The Common Disciplines

• RMB Religious Exercises talks (for printing) focused on the Solitary Office of Meditation, Contemplation and Prayer.
  • Meditation, Joseph Mathews, Summer 1970
  • Prayer, David Scott, Summer 1970

• RMC Corporate Prowess talks (for printing) were the Mission, Corporate Life, Priorship and Style.
  • Vocation, Order Council, 1968
  • Philosophical Context

• RMD  Religious Mode talks (for printing) were the Contentless Christ, Formulation, Interior Qualities and theSpirit Journey.