"The History of Myths and the Mythic History of the Metaphysical Religions"
Friday and Saturday, October 27 and 28, 2000
At the Embassy Suites, which is on the campus of the University of South Florida, in Tampa
The plenary address will be given by J. Gordon Melton.
The conference will be open to the public. Light refreshments will be available at the site, and the annual Regional Banquet will be held on Saturday evening.
Schedule
Friday
12:00-1:00 Registration and confirmation check-in
1:00-2:00 Deb Whitehouse, Curry College: "The Use of Myths in Metaphysical Religions: Strategies for Proper Deployment"
2:00-3:00 Thomas W. Shepherd, Universal Foundation for Better Living: "Jesus After Carl Sagan: Can Christology Survive the Jump to Hyperspace?"
3:15-4:30 SSMR Round Table: Robert Wintrhalter presiding
4:30-5:30 Temple Richmond, author of Sirius: "Stellar Communication: Alice Bailey's Vision of Stellar Religion and its Antecedents"
5:30-7:00 Dinner Break. Participants are encouraged to enjoy the fine restaurants in the Tampa area.
7:00-8:30 C. Alan Anderson, Curry College, and Gail M. Harley, University of South Florida: "Quimby or Hopkins? and the 'Founder of the New Thought' Myth: A Dialogue About Who Best Qualifies as the Founder of the New Thought Movement"
Saturday
9:00-10:30 SSMR Business Meeting
10:00-11:00 Registration and check-in
11:00-12:00 Dell deChant, University of South Florida: "Mythic Histories and Their Antagonists: Two Cases of Disputed Origin"
12:00-1:30 Lunch break
2:00-3:00 Keynote Address: Jim Lewis, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point: "True Lies: Forging the Jesus-in-India Legend"
3:00-4:00 Dawn Hutchinson, University of South Florida: "Comparative Mythology: Using Myths to Answer Questions About Gnostic Elements in A Course in Miracles and Christian Science"
4:30-5:30 Paul Laughlin, Otterbein College: "The Hidden Parables in the Gospel of John: A Magical,
Mystical, Mythopoetic, and Metaphysical Tour"
6:00-7:30 Annual Banquet (requires registration)
8:00-9:00 Plenary Address: J. Gordon Melton, Institute for the Study of American Religion and University of California, Santa Barbara: "How Divine Science Got to Denver and What This
Tells Us About the Early Expansion of Hopkins' Work in the Far West"
If you plan to stay at the conference hotel, contact EMBASSY SUITES, USF.
The hotel website includes photographs and a map. The rate for the conference will be $99 per day single or double, or $109 per day for triple or quad for Friday and Saturday nights. The hotel includes "a delicious, complimentary, cooked-to-order breakfast" in its rates. To make reservations, call (813) 977-7066, ext. 3030.
The Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center is located on the University of South Florida campus (campus map). In addition to Embassy Suites, there are other chain hotels in the vicinity, including La Quinta Inn and Suites, across the street. If contacting national offices for the nearest location to the site, use the University of South Florida (Tampa Campus) or Busch Gardens as location references. Busch Gardens is about three miles south of the site.
The conference hotel is located at 3705 Spectrum Blvd., at the corner of Spectrum Blvd. and Fowler Ave. It is an unmistakable landmark, just West of the main entrance to the University of South Florida. It is roughly half way between Interstate 275 and Interstate 75 on Fowler--a little more than two miles from either interstate exit. If you are traveling to the site on I-75, exit West on Fowler. f you are traveling to the site on I-275 (which would be from Tampa International Airport), exit East on Fowler.
The banquet menu includes sauted breast of chicken, pecan crusted grouper, and vegetarian. Please express your preference when registering.
IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, REGISTER EARLY. SEATING WILL BE AT A PREMIUM.
CAPACITY MAY WELL BE REACHED BEFORE OCTOBER.
ON-SITE REGISTRATION AVAILABLE ON THE BASIS OF AVAILABLE SEATING.
Registration
Students with valid ID: No charge, except for $25 banquet
SSMR members: One day $25; two days $40, in addition to $25 banquet (two days including banquet $65)
Nonmembers: One day $35; two days $60, in addition to $25 banquet (two days including banquet $85)
Send payment (checks made payable to SSMR/U-PC) with your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address to
SSMR
P.O. Box 37
New Port Richey, FL
For additional information call (727) 849-1626 or e-mail marilynn@sanctum.com.
Those who register sufficiently early will be given updates on conference details.
Created June 28, 2000, by Alan Anderson, alan@neweverymoment.com
Latest update Oct. 15, 2000.
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