On the first Wednesday of every month, the members of all 15 Centers of Light pray for peace, creating a surge of positive energy for people all over the world. We would love for you to join us in creating peace on earth. Open to all faiths, it is a chance for hearts and minds to make a real difference in the world. People pray for healing, spiritual awakening, love, solutions to hunger crises, war – anything that the world needs in order to become a place of peace. Join us!

Share ideas, perspectives and inspiration from all the world's spiritual traditions. The Baha'i Faith believes that all religions come from the same God, that science and religion are in harmony, and that the equality of women and men and the elimination of all forms of prejudice are prerequisites to peace. It's a faith with no priests or clergy that empowers everyone to participate in building a better world. See www.bahai.us and www.evanstonbahai.org for more info. “Whensoever a compa …

… The signifiers, signifieds, and referents that make up your world, your working models and metaphors, are non-normative. You aspire to eradicate harm that results from ignorance. You like to say and hear new, accurate things that have never been said before. You gaze into the face of death (annihilation) and ultimate meaninglessness, and find meaning and solace in empathy, personal aspiration, and mutual regard. Maybe you'll die mutually profoundly known, understood, and entangled with others. Y …

Modern Shamanism™ is an educational foundation founded by Hamilton Souther and Malcolm Rossiter that was designed to explore the principles of shamanism in modern society. We offer an online course in Modern Shamanism, as well as workshops and events around the world for the same purposes. Modern Shamanism is for people interested in answering their own questions— about the meaning of life, God, Spirit, purpose, self, identity, death, direction, and so on—in a shamanic context while employing an …

Art Appreciation is the understanding of the timeless qualities that characterise all great art. So too is philosophy concerned with universality and truth. What is your relationship to art? Why is art meaningful to you? This group explores the great world of art, aesthetic experience, and its relation to philosophy.  We will be looking at all types of media from painting to music, poetry and film.   Also see these other philosophy groups in Chicago: Greek Philosophy: http://www.meetup.com/ …

… **) November: Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann December: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach January 2013!!: LOLITA

… We find different words for this fundamental force in all the different cultures and religions of the world. To the Japanese it is Ki, to the Chinese Chi, Christians call it Light, Hindus say Prana, Muslims call it Baraka, and in our modern western language, we use the words bioenergy, or cosmic energy. Reiki amplifies one's own innate ability to heal, as well as balancing the mind, body and spirit, thus activating a feeling of well-being.   Please contact me directly with your questions about c …