Welcome to the Sacred Groves

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The banyan tree with a mother trunk that spreads horizontally and roots to the earth to form more trunks is the image of the Sophianic School with its diverse branches of learning.

The Seven Groves of Nemeta

A nemeton (plural: nemeta) was a sacred grove in ancient Celtic societies, situated in secluded areas and reserved for the transmission of initiated wisdom and the performance of rites.

OPEN GROVE for Visitors

This is where you are now, reading these words. The campus of Nemeta is open for exploration to all those who happen to find it. Once you enter the sacred groves, you can wander to any of the landing pages on the menu panel. The content on these landing pages is free to access for all visitors. They include an introductory text and, in some cases, a talk by the Maine Professor.

The campus of Nemeta is open for exploration to all those who happen to find it. Anyone who comes to the School can access the landing pages of all Courses, the Vocations, and the current events page (the Menhir). Some landing pages carry audio which is free for listening. The material in the panels at the bottom of each landing page is only accessible to contributing members. In other words, anyone who finds Nemeta can take a tour around the campus, but not take courses and attend classes.

Visitors have the option to register with a user name  and password. The LOG IN function is at the upper right of all pages. With the option to enroll (subscribe), visitors can access the talks and texts in the curriculum panel below and receive the Nemeta Newsletter (Call to Beauty) sent out at ten-day intervals. It previews new material, updates the ongoing activities of the School, considers current topics and events in the world in the Sophianic perspective, and carries links to YOU Tube content, including exclusive talks by the Maine Professor.

The FLOWERED GROVE of the Twelve Courses

Here you find the spectrum of diverse topics that distinguish Nemeta as a modern Mystery School based on the Maitreya Process. Nemeta is an “educational cult” designed to restore and revive the Humanities but reframed as the Sophianic Arts and Sciences.  It does not seek to revive Gnosticism. Rather, it fosters participation in the unique living truth of Gnosis in the world today. The subject matter of the Courses is not mere content to be consumed. The Gnostic spirit that informs all these Courses is catalytic to a many-branched process of higher education. The motto of the School is “Teach as you learn.”

The DENSE GROVE of the Five Vocations

Here you find the equivalent of post-graduate courses in a university curriculum. The Vocations differ from the Courses in the time commitment they require.

The HALLOWED GROVE of Sophia

The Fallen Goddess Scenario is the center-piece of all studies on Nemeta.  Four years after its introduction on metahistory.org in 2002, it was introduced in Not in His Image.

The FGS is a myth in progress. The nine-episode legacy version 1.0 in NIHI has evolved into the consummate eighteen-episode rendering (still in progress!), and onging iterations of the sacred narrative now run to FGC 7.7.  The material in this Vocation complements what you find in Course 2 on Sophianic Cosmology.

The HIDDEN GROVE of Dog Zen

Here you find an idiosyncratic take on Buddhism, as well as a humorous takedown of it. Dog Zen features the “Jewel Ornament of Liberation,” the Dragonfly Sutra, a mantric composition of 11 lines and 55 words. The Sutra is a tool for sharpening rigpa, the power of attention inherent to human intelligence. Dog Zen is an exercise in comic relief framed as a metacritique of Buddhist dogma and discourse. It proposes the master trope of “booth side/theatre side” for clarification of mystical experiences including satori, samadhi, and pretences of enlightenment.

The ENTRANCE GROVE Where The Menhir Stands

Here is where both visitors and members come to find out what’s current in the School. Usually upon entering the School you will pass the Menhir to find recent uploads. In addition to updates, The Menhir features comments and links relevant to current events, such as astronomical phenomena, notable information, or madness in the world drama. The uploads to the Menhir are archived so that you can look back in time and review the activity of the School as it unfolded in previous months.

The SHELTERED GROVE Where Members Gather

Here is where the Maine Professor confers with the staff of student-teachers who support the School materially, morally, and creatively. This grove also includes the Members Forum (Treehouse). Contributing members can also use the forums dedicated to each of the 12 Courses.