FCRP History of Topics and Speakers


1943 Nature and Laws of Our Spiritual Life Howard Brinton, Douglas Steere, Panel discussion
1944 Psychiatry and Religion Anton Boisen, Gilbert Kilpack, Panel discussion
1945 Prayer and Modern Man Hornell Hart, Panel discussion led by Robert Clark
1946 The Search for Inner Life and Peace Dryden Phelps, Mary Stein, Elined Kotschnig, Henry Cadbury
1947 Symbols as Tools of Spiritual Growth Martha Jaeger, James Forsythe, Werner Heider
1948 Growth Toward Wholeness Thayer Smith M.D., Gerardina Van Dalfsen, Gilbert Kilpack, J. Calvin Keene, Jesse Holmes
1949 The Child Within: Discovery, Acceptance, and Nurture Dora Willson, Elizabeth Anthony, Joseph Myers, Martha Jaeger, Derek Kitchin
1950 Our Eternal Ground and Estrangement & Reunion Gerald Heard, Paul Tillich, Howard Brinton
1951 Creation from Conflict Riwkah Scharf, J. Calvin Keene, Elined Kotschnig
1952 The Choice Is Ours Clarence Pickett, Izette deForest, Thomas Bighan, Margret Ostrowski, Katherine Paton
1953 Religion, Psychology and Education Fritz Kunkel
1954 Intimations of Immortality Daisetz Suzuki, Calvin Keene, Elined Kotschnig
1955 Living in Relationship, or The Conflict of Cooperation Elizabeth Howes, Sheila Moon, Luella Sibbald
1956 Male and Female Created He Them:
Sexual Difference in Relation to Wholeness
Irene Pickard, Albert T. Mollegen
1957 The Roots and Fruits of Hostility Leon Saul, MD, Robert Clark, MD
1958 The Life of the Spirit Today:
Spiritual Growth Through Group Search
Ira Progoff
1959 The Authority of the Spirit in Quakerism Howard Brinton, Joseph & Teresina Havens
1960 Religious Experience and Its Communication
—In Christian Tradition & Eastern Religion
Arthur W. Hummel, J. Calvin Keene
1961 Paradoxes of Life and Death Harmon Bro
1962 Paradoxes of Rebirth Harmon Bro
1963 The Search Will Make You Free Bernard Phillips
1964 Wholeness and Prayer Thomas Hora M.D.
1965 Psychological Aspects of the Negro-White Revolution James Whitney M.D.
1966 Creative Encounter William Stewart Nelson
1967 Male & Female:
Journey to Self Through Meeting, Myth & Dream
Christine Downing, Richard Underwood
1968 The Essence of Manhood and Womanhood Elined Kotschnig, John Yungblut
1969 Anger and Personal Growth Ira Progoff
1970 Touchstones of Reality:
Beyond Psychologism and “Self-Realization”
Maurice Friedman
1971 Wrestling with the Daimonic Mary Carol Richards, Dorothea Blom
1972 Beyond Autonomy Edith Wallace, Robert Scholz
1973 Survival in a Mad Society Douglas Heath
1974 Separating and Connecting Christine Downing, Jan Clanton, Diedrick & Barbara Snoek,Joseph & Teresina Havens, Helen Bonny, Christopher Beck
1975 Healing June Yungblut, Nancy Kline, Amy Kurkjian, Estelle & Jean Burroughs, Frank Culley, Michael Projenski
1976 Exploring Myths We Live By Joseph Campbell
1977 The Child Within Clare Keller, David Hart, Douglas Hitchings
1978 The Mysteries of Change Edith Sullwold
1979 In Darkness and in Light Taylor Oughton, Herta Joslin, Diedrich Snoek
1980 The Path of the Heart:
Aspects of Love
Louis Savary
1981 In the Service of Divinity Rachel Hillel, Silvio Fittipaldi, Joseph & Teresina Havens
1982 Engaging the Femimine Silvio Fittipaldi, Herta Joslin
1983 Opening the Way of the Spirit in the World Robert Johnson
1984 Walls into Doorways Elise Boulding
1985 Meeting the Stranger Mimesis with Samuel & Evelyn Rothchild Laeuchli
1986 Chrysalis:
No Longer Who We Were,
We Know Not Who We May Become
Marion Woodman
1987 The Wounding and Healing of Men Robert Bly
1988 Befriending Creativity, Befriending Our Divinity Matthew Fox
1989 Witnessing the Fire:
Addiction and Transformation
Linda Leonard
1990 Power and Grace in a World of Shards:
Gathering the Fragments to Heal Earth and Self
James A.Hall M.D.
1991 A Natural Fire:
Patience and Passion on the Spiritual Journey
David Whyte
1992 Meeting the Holy Shadow: Our Role as Incarnators of the Divine Janet Dallett
1993 Leaving My Father’s House:
Finding My Own Voice
Marion Woodman
1994 “Renaming the World:”
Seeking Anew, Afresh, Again
Elizabeth Watson
1995 “Forced into Its Nature:”
Masculine Aggression as a Path to the Soul
Eugene Monick
1996 Deeper into the Heart:
Opening through Meditation
Mary Orr
1997 Embracing the Mystery of Change Carol Pearson
1998 The Truth about Adulthood:
Tales from Around the World
Allan Chinen
1999 Patterns in Mind, Nature and Psyche Michael Conforti
2000 Change, Language and Healing:
Challenging Our Cherished Assumptions
Robert Duggan
2001 Understanding Patterns of Denial Michael Conforti
2002 Taking the Celtic Bull by the Horns Sylvia Brinton Perera
2003 Sparks of the Divine:
Finding God in Unexpected Places
Drew Leder
2004 Trauma and the Soul Donald Kalsched
2005 The Path Outward from the Deepest Place:
Toward Ecological, Cultural, and
Psychological Healing in Community
Mary Watkins
2006 A Deeper Vision of Spirituality and Evil Lionel Corbett
2007 Ego Eco-Centric Development:
Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche
Bill Plotkin
2008 Collective Wisdom:
Group Alchemy for a New Consciousness
Alan Briskin
2009 Healing Through the Dark Emotions Miriam Greenspan
2010 Towards a Radical Democracy of Spirit Jeff Kripal

Last Updated: 08 June 2010