| 28 Apr 2012 | QFAS Spring Conference 2012 Rhonda is a Quaker and chairs the Oxford and Cotswold Group of the Alister Hardy Society for Religious and Spiritual Experience (http://www.alisterhardysociety.org). Her interest in the Afterlife began in 2001 with the showing of the BBC Horizon programme on Near-Death Experiences, “The Day I Died” (which featured NDE research by Peter Fenwick, Sam Parnia, Bruce Greyson and Pim van Lommel). She works in adult education in Oxford. Rhonda will explore different perspectives on the Afterlife, reflecting her own journey through some fascinating material over the past decade. Using diagrams and texts from Theosophy, Sufism, Buddhism, mystical writings, channelled communications, out-of-the-body and near-death experiences, and other sources … common themes can be discerned and models built up. Cost: £12.00 waged, £10.00 unwaged Further details and booking forms from Angela Howard. |
| 23-25 Sep 2011 |
"LIFE BEYOND DEATH: A LOST PART OF THE QUAKER TRADITION" Quaker Fellowship for Afterlife Studies Early Quakers were powerfully aware of a spiritual world which inspired and sustained them: how do we interpret this fundamental aspect of our faith today? Speakers: David Britton, Rachel Britton, Angela Cotter For further details and booking contact Angela Howard: 01371-850423 angela1@webbscottage.co.uk. Webb’s Cottage, Woolpits Road, Saling, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5DZ. |
| 30 Apr 2011 | QFAS Spring Conference 2011. This year’s Spring Conference was at Friends’ House in London, on 30th April, 2011. The speaker was Julian Drewett, the General Secretary of the Churches’ Fellowship for Psychical and Spiritual Studies. |
| 29-31 Oct 2010 | Autumn Conference 2010 To order a CD of the talks given by Tricia Robertson at the 2010 Autumn Conference, please download the order form (to do so, please right-click this link, select 'Save As...' and then click the SAVE button) |
| 24 Apr 2010 | Spring Conference 2010 Saturday, April 24th 2010, 10.30 – 4.00 Friends’ House, Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ. "New Light on Survival : The Legacy of Arthur Conan Doyle" QFAS member Roger Straughan spoke about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s pioneering work in proving survival. Roger also talked about his new book A Study in Survival and his own experiences of communication from Sir Arthur. |
| 26 Sep 2009 | Autumn Conference: Saturday, September 26th 2009, 10.30 – 4.00 "The Art of Dying- A Journey to Elsewhere" The sessions were led by Dr Peter Fenwick, honorary senior lecturer in psychiatry and President of the Scientific and Medical Network, and his wife, Elizabeth Fenwick, writer and expert on family issues and childcare. They are joint authors on books on near death experiences and reincarnation. They gave us two very interesting sessions on their research into attitudes to death and the spiritual experiences of the dying and those around them. |
| 25 Jul – 1 Aug 2009 |
THE YEARLY MEETING GATHERING QFAS members ran a workshop on the theme “Community means creating connections through the freedom to share experience” on the Monday morning (at the same time as a clerked business session). On the Tuesday lunchtime we held a special interest group. We also had a space at the Informal Groups Fair. This was a table for inquiries and literature. |
| 17-19 July 2009 | The theme for this first QFAS residential weekend held at Woodbrooke was: “The Afterlife: how good is the evidence?” A booklet of the talks given by the four speakers: Cherry Simpkin, Don Mason, Roger Straughan and David Britton, is now available (see books and literature section.) |
| 7-9 Nov 2008 | The most recent QFAS event was a residential weekend at Claridge House from 7 – 9 November, cost: £170. (Bursary help available, please contact the Treasurer, David Britton). John Poynton, a past President of the Society for Psychical Research, spoke on the life and vision of his friend Michael Whiteman who built a philosophy largely out of his own spiritual and psychic experiences. In a session entitled What Canst Thou Say?, introduced by members of QFAS, we looked at examples of day to day contact with other dimensions and shared our experiences, as a whole group and in small groups. There was also a reading of Angela Howard’s play ‘Encounter with the Psychic Force’ about William Crookes, the well-known psychic researcher. Contact: The Manager, Claridge House, Dormans Road, Lingfield, Surrey RH7 6QH. Phone 01342 832150. Website: www.claridgehouse.quaker.eu.org. |
| 10 May 2008 | The one-day Spring Conference took place on 10 May 2008, at Friends House. In a talk entitled 'A Matter of Communication : the 1939 Report on Spiritualism to the Archbishop of Canterbury', QFAS member Roger Straughan explored the history and contents of the Committee's ill-fated report, which was not published until forty years had elapsed - a story of alleged cover-ups, leaks and shady doings in high places. He also raised wider questions for discussion about the religious and spiritual significance of spiritualism and post-mortem communication. Ros Smith’s talk “Life Between Lives”, looked at some of the research that has been done on the increasingly accepted concept that we find ourselves in another dimension between incarnations on earth, in which we seem to have the opportunity to make conscious choices and decisions for our future progress. |
| 2-4 Nov 2007 | QFAS Residential weekend at Claridge House from 2 – 4 November, cost: £160. (Bursary help is available from Claridge House). This included a workshop run by Paul Lambillion, a spiritual teacher, medium and healer from Bury St Edmonds. The workshop was be on the theme of “Afterlife and Communication” and included demonstration of channelling by Paul. |
| 28 April 2007 | QFAS Spring 2007 Conference was held at St. Pancras Church Hall (near Euston Station), London The main speaker was Jan Arriens. His talk was entitled "This world and the next: the psychic and the sceptical in the Society of Friends". Angela Howard spoke on “Channelling” and there was an opportunity for discussion in small groups. |
| 10 Nov 2006 | QFAS Autumn Conference Residential weekend at Claridge House on “Living Between Two Worlds” from 10-12 November, cost: £140. (Bursary help available from Claridge House, and also from QFAS). This weekend was led by Ros Smith and it looked at the meaning of being ‘in this world but not of it’ and trying to come to a deeper understanding of the spiritual dimensions within which we live. Contact: The Manager, Claridge House, Dormans Road, Lingfield, Surrey RH7 6QH. Phone 01342 832150. |
| 6 May 2006 | QFAS Spring Conference....at St. Pancras Church Hall. Beth Allen, recently retired from Friends’ House, spoke about her views on the afterlife, and David Britton continued his exploration of early Friends’ attitudes to the afterlife by speaking about Margaret Fell. Discussion in small groups. |
| 4 Nov 2005 | Residential weekend at Claridge House on “Living
Well, Dying Well” This weekend focused on how our understanding of our Quaker faith, and what comes after death, influences the way we live, and our preparation for dying. |
| 30 Apr 2005 | Conference on the "Spiritual/Psychic
Dimension" was held at St. Pancras Church Hall on
the 30th April 2005 |
| 22 Oct 2004 | The QFAS Conference on "Reincarnation"
was held at Claridge House from 22-24th October 2004 Speakers included Jim Pym and Nwang Sangye (a Tibetan-Buddhist monk) Report appears in the December 2004 Newsletter |
| 24 Apr 2004 | Conference on "Quakers and Spiritual/Psychic Experience". See the May 2004 Newsletter for Report. |