Lecture: Lifting the Leaf and Loving the Lovely
By Brad Carrier, M. Div
$3-5 Suggested donation
(Everyone welcome, no one turned away)
Presentation Description:
Our natural interest in sex is susceptible to shame. The Garden of Eden myth shows the results of shame when the natural (created and called "good" by God in Genesis One) gets labeled evil (by confused people in Genesis Two/Three). It wasn't sex that caused that fall. It was and is the shame and blame game, foisted on us still by many religions. By shaming the erotic our culture becomes neurotic.
Snakes aren't deceivers. Whatever alienates us from our bodies, each other, our garden, and our God - is a subtle deceiver. By "lifting the leaf and loving the lovely", we get past the opposites to live in our bodies, with each other, in Earth's life, as a religious way of being freely and fully human. By reinterpreting this crucial cosmogonic creation myth we help heal our personal psyches and cultural character. Both deserve more celebration and fulfillment.
Presenter's Biography:
Brad Carrier earned his BA in Psychology and Philosophy at Oakland University before completing a Master's of Divinity at the University of Chicago. He spent years with Dr. Vasavada (trained by Dr. Carl Jung), traveling with him to meet The Blind Saint of Vrindivan, India. Brad completed graduate training in Humanism in New York before coming to Ashland, where he was the first minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (on 4th St.) from 1986 - 1994. Since then, he switched to hard labor, and builds rock retaining walls.
Now he is promoting God's Goods, a new religious perspective, at the "A" Street Marketplace (corner of Oak) on Sunday mornings at 10:30am
Website:
http://www.earthlyreligion.org
______________________________________
Tuesday evening event format: 90-120 Minute presentation including break and Q&A period. To receive weekly updates about events at RVML, please visit:
http://www.rvml.org/forms/elist.html
______________________________________
RVML's MISSION STATEMENT: "Providing easy access to a comprehensive collection of metaphysical, spiritual, and paranormal information that inspires and transforms."
______________________________________
RENT RVML's LECTURE HALL: The 1,000 square-foot (15'x65') presentation area is air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible with full audio-visual capabilities available. Eighty folding chairs can be arranged in different configurations for meetings, lectures, and gatherings. Cost: $15.00 per hour, 2 hour minimum. Includes free e-mail and web-calendar advertising. Other publicity and production services available. More information:
http://www.rvml.org/contact.shtml