The Barbara Blackman Temenos Foundation

The Barbara Blackman Temenos Foundation was established in 1997 by Barbara Blackman, in order to bring speakers from the Temenos Academy to Australia . Each visiting lecturer makes a number of presentations at different venues such as the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Gallery of Victoria, and so on. Past lecturers comprise John Lane (1997), Satish Kumar (1998), Keith Critchlow (1999), Clement Salaman (2000), Kapila Vatsyayan and Grevel Lindop (2001), Jack Herbert (2002), Ihab Hassan (2003, Diana Cilento (2004), Jeremy Naydler (2006) and Andrew Wolpert (2007).

The 2008 Barbara Blackman-Temenos Foundation Lectures in Australia

The lecturer this year will be PAUL STILES, who spoke at the Temenos Academy in London in 2007.

Saturday 15th November 2008 at 2pm
The Art Gallery of New South Wales
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
‘The Market as God’

Sunday S16th November 2008 at 5pm
The Theosophical Society in Sydney
http://www.austheos.org.au
‘The Invisible Head: the Nature of the Market’

Thursday 20th November 2008 at 6pm
The National Gallery of Australia
http://www.nga.gov.au
‘The Market as God’

Friday 21st November 2008, 6-8pm (‘wine and cheese’)
Manning Clark House, Canberra
http://www.manningclark.org.au

Sunday 23rd November 2008 at 11am
The National Gallery of Victoria
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au
‘The Market as God’

The Market as God

The market-driven world we live in is one of many forms of society that we could choose to create. So where did this one come from? This lecture presents a revolutionary answer. Our Market Age is not primarily the product of social, economic, or political ideology; or the triumph of science over religion; or the confluence of guns, germs, and steel; but something much more fundamental - a catastrophic error in how we view the nature of reality. This error has collapsed our interior lives and transformed the market into our modern deity, with tragic consequences for our social and environmental systems. Can we fix it?

The Invisible Head

The market has emerged as the most powerful force in human society today. Yet amazingly, the nature of the market itself remains a profound enigma. We have yet to recognize what the market is, its profound connection to all aspects of society, and its relationship to being. While most people would agree that they live in a market-driven world, few can explain what is doing the driving, or why. Based on 14 years of original work, this lecture will explore the inner nature of the market from a fresh perspective.

PAUL STILES has been investigating the nature of the market since 1994. His first book, Riding the Bull: My Year in the Madness at Merrill Lynch, was a memoir about a year spent inside Wall Street's largest investment bank. His second, Is the American Dream Killing You? How 'the Market' Rules Our Lives, detailed the damage that unbridled market forces have done to American society over the past half-century. He is married, has two sons, and lives in Spain.

Further information from Susan Alexander email susan@susanalexander.com.au

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