The saga of King Arthur and his knights and ladies is perhaps the most enduringly popular mythic tradition of Western civilization.

What does this tell us about our culture, our civilization, and ourselves? What is it about this particular story that has so deeply gripped the human imagination for so many centuries, in so many places?

Come join us for this 8 session DVD film course!

WHEN AND WHERE

Thursdays 7 PM – 9 PM starting Sept 1 at

Room 9
First Unitarian Church of Orlando
1901 E. Robinson St
Orlando FL 32803

REGISTRATION AND COST

This class is FREE and is considered “Drop-in” friendly – come for all or just your favorites in this 8 week series! Donations welcome to help support our work.

Full description at
http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/king-arthur-history-and-legend.html

You can register to be put in the email reminder list and to help us plan for classroom space needs.

SYLLABUS

 

Sept 1 King Arthur: Class 1	The Origins of Arthur An Arthur-Like Figure in Cornwall King Arthur in the Latin Chronicles
Sept 8 King Arthur: Class 2	King Arthur in Wales — The Mabinogion Monmouth, Merlin, and Courtly Love The Round Table — Arthur in Wace and Layamon
Sept 15 King Arthur: Class 3	Chretien de Troyes and Sir Lancelot Arthurian Tales and Brittany and Burgundy The Lancelot-Grail Cycle
Sept 22 King Arthur: Class 4	The Early German Arthurian Tradition King Arthur’s Other German Adaptations The Arthurian Saga of Scandinavia
Sept 29 King Arthur: Class 5	Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight The Alliterative Morte Arthure Sir Thomas Mallory’s Le Morte Darthur
Oct 6 King Arthur: Class 6	Enriching the Legend: Tristan and Isolde The Holy Grail from Chretien to Dan Brown Arthuriana in Medieval Art
Oct 13 King Arthur: Class 7	Spenser, Milton and the Rennaisance Arthur Idylls of the King – The Victorian Arthur Wager and Twain – King Arthur in the Late 1800’s
Oct 20 King Arthur: Class 8	Once and Future — The 20th Century Arthur Camelot Comes to Hollywood King Arthur in the 21st Century and Beyond

CONTACT
Email mysticgrove@orlandouu.org for more info or to register to be put on  the reminder list for this class.

Thursday Class Series

7 PM – 9 PM in Room 9

from Jan 7 – Feb 25

Where did the America we know today—so different in its fundamental views about almost every aspect of life as to be unrecognizable to our countrymen of two centuries ago—really come from?

Join us for this “drop-in” friendly class. Come for all or just your favorites! You can download the 2016 Spring_Class_Emerson PDF of dates and topics or read more below.

For more info, email mysticgrove@orlandouu.org

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Thursdays
Oct 22 – Nov 19
7 PM – 9 PM in Room 9

Using modern technology and the latest archaeological findings, world-renowned Egyptologists breathe life into one of history’s most fascinating cultures.

For more info, email mysticgrove@orlandouu.org

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This class is intended for people of all experience levels to enhance their understanding of the elements of creating and leading public Pagan ritual. Sessions will include content presented by class leaders, discussion, exercises, homework.

This 12 week series takes place from July 16-October 1 every Thursday evening from 7 PM – 9 PM.

The class will put their learning into practice by writing, organizing, and leading the Mystic Grove Mabon ritual on Saturday, September 26.

Book will be provided. (Neopagan Rites: A Guide to Creating Public Rituals That Work by Isaac Bonewits.

Cost: $25 for singles, $30 for couples, $10 if you already own the book.

TO RSVP or for further information, contact mysticgrove@orlandouu.org or visit out Facebook event page.