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Join Guild members and others at the Mountain Retreat Center in Highlands, North Carolina, for a three-day, in-person workshop this June on Aging as a Spiritual Practice. Guild member Paulette Robinson will lead the workshop, which is co-sponsored by Wholeness of the Heart, Sage-ing International, and the Guild for Spiritual Guidance. Aging is a time […]

Are you seeking a spiritual community that practices listening deeply to oneself, one another, the Earth, and the Divine? Are you ready to look at yourself honestly, to spend time in contemplation, and to reflect on your experiences through writing and spiritual companioning in order to experience a shift in personal outlook? Do you desire […]

In the Footsteps of Francis & Clare May 2023 Your Invitation IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF FRANCIS & CLARE is an immersion experience in Assisi, Italy — a unique opportunity to contemplate your own spiritual path in companionship with beloved Saints Francis and Clare. The retreat highlights their life events, spirituality, and writings, explored through talks, […]

The Befriending Dreams Seminar will explore the realm of dreams and how we can become better acquainted with them and the messages they offer. The presenter, Dr. Dianne Frost, will introduce us to the lively art of “dream tending” and social dreaming. In dream tending, dreamer and dream tender invite a past dream to become […]

Good News from the Universe for Bad Times: Crisis, Transformation, and Deep Trust from a Cosmic Perspective Join us as we reflect on the universal nature of crisis, change, and transformation as well as the resources available for cultivating resilience and trust during difficult times. Drawing on insights from modern cosmology and the evolutionary perspective, […]

A Look at Hope Through the Lens of Film Artists and spiritual writers through the millennia remind us how the capacity to hope keeps us human. Vaclav Havel encourages us “to work for something because it is good.” We all too easily live in the illusion of self-sufficiency, relying on our own abilities, or, feeling […]

Writing Our Mythic Stories and Spiritual Autobiographies We all have stories. Some stories define us. Some may point to our purpose in this life. Some may describe critical turning points. Some are welcomed as mysterious, challenging, explanatory, and mythic. Others are painful and tend to be repressed. Our stories speak to how we experience life […]

Bernice Marie-Daly will be leading this year’s spring graduate retreat, entitled The Radical Path of the Sacred Feminine. Bernice has been studying the Sacred Feminine for 35 years. In this interview with board chair Holly Moore, she explains who the Sacred Feminine is, how we experience her, and where we see her. The retreat will […]

RECONNECTING TO THE SPIRIT THROUGH THE SENSES Presented by Leslie Valentine Our senses are the first gifts from our creator; endowments with endless opportunities to connect, reconnect and be at one with our source. But how often do we ignore them, take them for granted and fail to see their pathways to inner wisdom and […]

During this time of global crisis, we find ourselves feeling afraid and lost. Our hearts are heavy. We see people all around us suffering from grave illness, job loss, and hunger. We want to help, but we don’t know how. We wonder who will be next to receive bad news. Will it be our loved […]

The Guild is honored to respond to Wisdom House’s need for trained spiritual guides who would be willing to be available to the WH community, especially during this time of considerable stress due to the pandemic.   After a time of discernment, Wisdom House and The Guild created a pilot program, to begin in May, […]