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MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Route 1, Box 175
Faber, VA 22938
NAME (S)
ADDRESS
PLEASE REGISTER ME FOR THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM(S) :
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GATEWAY: VOYAGE.
. Date :
GATEWAY: DISCOVERY
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FOCUS 12 CLUB
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WORKSHOP: MICHAEL BROWN
Date:
DREAM WORKSHOP: ROBERT VAN DE CASTLE.
. Date :
I AM ENCLOSING A DEPOSIT OF $75.00 FOR THE WEEKEND PROGRAM AND/OR $200.00 FOR THE
WEEK-LONG PROGRAM. I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION. PLEASE BILL
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MONROE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Route 1, Box 175
Faber, Virginia
22938
(804) 361-1252
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(804) 361.1252
Faber, VA 22938
Route1, Box 175
1981
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LOCATION
The Institute is located twenty
five miles south of Charlottesville
and ten miles north of Lovingston
in Nelson County, Virginia. It is
situated in the foothills of the
Blue Ridge Mountains on 730 acres
called the New Land. Woods, ridges,
pastures, streams and awe-inspiring
views of the mountains are a daily
diet for participants.
Sessions take place in the Cen-
ter, which is a building designed
and constructed not only for ulti-
mate comfort and relaxation, but
with
unique
learning
facilities
which include large and small meet-
ing
rooms
and
twenty-four CHEC
(Controlled Holistic Environmental
Chamber) units.
The CHEC units
have a dual function, in that they
are the sleeping quarters for the
participant, as well as a very spe-
cialized learning center, supplied
with headphones and environmental
equipment. There is no other known
facility in the world like this.
The setting for the Center is
also a key element in the learn-
ing experience. The pastoral beauty
of the Blue Ridge Mountains, away
from the tensions and noises of the
city, gives immediate impetus to
mental
and
physical
relaxation.
Charlottesville is the arrival
point for those coming by plane,
train or bus. Directions are avail-
able for those arriving by autome
bile.
1981 SCHEDULE
MARCH
20-22.
Focus 12 Club
27-29
Image & Symbol
APRIL
3-5.
Focus 12 Club
12-17.
Management Training
24-26
Intro to Psychosynthesis
MAY
2-10
Gateway: Voyage
15-17
. Fascinations: Reflections
of the Self in Nature
21-24
.Dream Workshop
29-31
.Focus 12 Club
JUNE
14-19.
. Management Training
19-26
. Wilderness Vision Quest
JULY
3-5
Focus 12 Club
6-12
. Dream Workshop
18-26.
. Gateway: Voyage
JULY-AUG
31-6
Wilderness Vision Quest
AUGUST
15-23
Gateway: Voyage
27-30.
. Dream Workshop
SEPTEMBER
4-6.
Focus 12 Club
6-12.
Wilderness Vision Quest
13-18.
Management Training
24-27
. Gateway: Discovery
OCTOBER
2-4.
.Focus 12 Club
10-18.
Gateway: Voyage
21-24.
. Dream Workshop
25-30
Management Training
NOVEMBER
6-8
.Focus 12 Club
15-20
Management Training
NOV-DEC
28-6
Gateway: Voyage
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ABOUT THE INSTITUTE
The Institute was founded by
Robert A. Monroe, engineer, execu-
tive and author of JOURNEYS OUT OF
THE BODY. His book, published in
five languages, is distributed on a
world-wide basis by Doubleday.
Upon completion of major fa-
cilities on the New Land, the In-
stitute, which is an educational
and research organization, is ex-
panding by offering an additional
selection of educational training
programs.
The Institute is supported by
tuition, donations, contributions,
consultant
fees and grants from
foundations
and other organiza-
tions.
The activities and policies of
the
Institute are directed by
a
Board of Advisors consisting of the
following:
James Beal, Engineer
Warren Braun, Engineer
Wilson Bullard, Bio-Chemist
Anthony K. Busch, Psychiatrist
Thomas Campbell, Physicist
Gregory Chandler, Publisher
Carole Dean, Executive
David Francis, Executive
Arthur Gladman, Psychiatrist
William E. Herrmann, Educator
Fowler Jones, Psychologist
Mary Jane Ledyard, Psychologist
Todd Mickurea, Psychiatrist
Joseph Pearce, Author
Bill D. Schul, Educator
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MICHAEL H. BROWN, M.A.
Mar. 27-29 -- Image & Symbol
Apr. 24-26 -- Intro to Psychosynthesis
May 15-17 -- Fascinations :
Reflections of the Self in Nature
Wilderness Vision Quest:
June 19-16
July 31-August 6
September 6-12
195
250
Cost includes room and board and
round-trip transportation from area
of arrival in Charlottesville.
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IMAGE & SYMBOL:
This program will
explore the use of two specific
right-brain functions: the ability
to enter the inner world of imagery
and the ability to create symbols.
Participants will learn to utilize
these two functions in ways that
expand their capacity for holistic
living.
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOSYNTHESIS:
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Psychosynthesis is a dynamic con-
ception of psychological life and
human evolution which stresses the
harmonization of ordinary levels
of awareness with higher states of
consciousness.
Beginning
with the unique situation
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of each person, Psychosynthesis is
growth oriented, and directs a per-
son toward the actualization of la-
tent talents and abilities.
FASCINATIONS:
REFLECTIONS OF THE
SELF IN NATURE:
During this pro-
gram, the focus will be on the de-
velopment of transpersonal levels
of awareness. In a process called
"Fascinations" , we will
examine
and explore those aspects of the
land which attract our attention.
Then we will connect to our in-
herent capacities to dialogue with
energy systems within the mineral,
plant and animal kingdoms.
WILDERNESS VISION QUEST: This is a
week-long backpacking
trip which
has, as its purpose, the rediscov-
ery of our essential
wholeness
through an intimate encounter with
nature. Through an intense group
process, and deep contact with the
land, we will harmonize body, feel-
ings and mind, and be open in dyna-
mic ways to the spiritual dimen-
sions of the world within and a-
round us.
ABOUT THE LEADER
Michael H. Brown, with an M.A.
in Psychology, and extensive train-
ing in Psychosynthesis, is deeply
committed, as an educator, to the
areas of inner exploration and self
realization. As an artist, musi-
cian and poet, Michael has been
combining his many talents to con-
duct personal growth training pro-
grams throughout the U.S. and Can-
ada for over seven years.
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led by
ROBERT VAN DE CASTLE, Ph.D.
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
May 21 tq 24
August 27 to 30
October 21 to 24
WEEK-LONG WORKSHOP
July 6 to 12
COST: WEEKENDS -
250 ! !
STER - LON ..-.
600
Cost includes room, board and round-
trip transportation from point of
arrival in Charlottesville.
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How can we learn to tune in to
our dreams?
These dream workshops
are designed to answer that ques-
tion.
Instruction will be provided
on methods to improve dream recall,
and several techniques will be pre-
sented to help explore the rich
meanings contained in the symbols
and metaphors of our dream imagery.
We will carry out these exciting
explorations
in
a group setting
which will allow us to grow in self-
understanding of others as we share
and exchange the insights which
evolve as we develop these tech-
niques of self-discovery.
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The unique facilities of the
Center will be used for pre-sleep
audio programming to enchance var-
ious forms of dreams. Attempts will
be made to experience lucid
"controlled" dreams, and
creative and telepathic
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dreams. The weekend workshop will
provide
an introduction to these
various dream modalities, while the
week-long workshop will enable more
in-depth coverage of these topics.
ABOUT THE LEADER
Dr. Robert Van de Castle is a
clinical psychologist who has had
over
fifteen years of experience
working with dreams. Bob was for-
merly the Associate Director of the
Institute of Dream Research in
Miami, Florida and has been the Di-
rector of the Sleep and Dream Lab-
oratory at the University of Vir-
ginia Medical School for the past
thirteen years, where he is cur-
rently a Professor in the Depart-
ment
of Behavioral Medicine
and
Psychiatry.
Bob
co-authored (with Calvin
Hall)THE CONTENT ANALYSIS OF DREAMS
and also wrote THE PSYCHOLOGY OF
DREAMING. For several years, he led
dream workshops at his farm and at
the A.R.E. (Edgar Cayce) camp in
southern Virginia.
Known as the
"Prince of the Percipients" for his
successful demonstrations of tele-
pathic dreaming in a controlled
laboratory setting, Bob has also a-
chieved recognition as a leading
researcher in parapsychology. He
has been interviewed on national TV
by Barbara Walters, Mike Douglas,
David Letterman and Tom Snyder.
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GATEWAY PROGRAMS
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Gateway is dedicated to the de-
velopment and exploration of human
consciousness.
It is a system of
exercises designed to aid the indi-
vidual in the improvement of their
own higher self, that they may ex-
perience profound areas of expand-
ed awareness, achieve and willfully
control their physical body and the
out-of-body state, communicate with
and visit other energy structures
and realities.
TECHNOLOGY :
The basics of the Gateway
training process are the Frequency
Following Response (FFR) and Hemis-
pheric Synchronization (HEMISYNC),
created in the electrical patterns
of the brain by the induction of
specific sound pulses both singly
and binaurally into the human audi-
tory system. Robert Mouroe
was
granted a generic patent for this
method and technique in 1975. By
blending and sequencing such sound
pulses, it is possible to aid the
individual in developing states of
consciousness not ordinarily avail-
able to them.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION:
The typical Gateway ses-
sion consists of a series
of conducted pre-recorded
exercises utilizing both
FFR, HEMISYNC, and vocal
guidance to achieve pro-
gressive states of con-
sciousness.
These are
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14:
heard through stereo headphones
while in a relaxed position, under
the supervision of Institute train-
ers and technicians. Reinforcement
of feedback learning of such states
is enhanced by lectures, discus-
sions, and single interviews using
standard accelerated learning tech-
niques. Goals are achievement of:
FOCUS 3 (BASIC HEMISYNC), FOCUS 10
(MIND AWAKE -- BODY ASLEEP), FOCUS 12
(EXPANDED AWARENESS), FOCUS 15 (NO
TIME), and FOCUS 21 (OTHER ENERGY
SYSTEMS).
DISCOVERY SESSIONS (Weekend) :
Development of primary Gateway
states with emphasis on learning to
self-direct and control conscious-
ness in entry and return.
VOYAGE SESSIONS (Week-Long) :
Incorporating
all
previous
Gateway training, plus exercises in
use and direct application of such
added consciousness, and individual
exploration of other energy systems
and realities.
An advanced meeting for those
participants who have completed the
Voyage session. Reinforcement of
all Gateway consciousness states,
group penetration of other energy
systems, one-to-one exploration.
DATES:
See attached 1981 Schedule
COST: DIRE VERY
-$350.00
$850.00
$ 75.00
The above includes room, board and
transportation to and from point of
arrival in Charlottesville.
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