Johannesburg Lodge Program

February 2025

Sunday 09

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Video and Discussion “The Esoteric Aspects of Chakra 6 and 7” with Desmond Chapman.

Saturday 15

14h00         Video by a Brain Surgeon who maintains that most of what he learnt at Medical School about the brain is no longer valid.  This video deals with light antennas in the brain, the red and blue light controversy, the working of the pineal and pituitary glands, water and cytosolic water production, sound, magnetism as well as several other aspects relating to the brain and its functioning.

Sunday 16

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Discussion “What is Theosophy” with Desmond Chapman.

Sunday 23

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Discussion “Introduction to Mysticism” with Desmond Chapman.

March 2025

Sunday 09

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Discussion “The Functioning of the Higher Mind and the Causal Body” with Desmond Chapman.

Saturday 15

14h00         Video and discussion on the work of Nikola Tesla

Sunday 16

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Discussion “Vedic and Upanishadic Mysticism” with Desmond Chapman.

Sunday 23

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Discussion “The Plan and Purpose of Life” with Desmond Chapman.

April 2025

Sunday 13

10h00         Meditation
10h15         The Development of The Higher Mind, The Causal Body, with Desmond Chapman.

Saturday 19 and Sunday 20

No meetings. Lodge is closed for Easter Weekend

Sunday 27

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Hindu Mysticism, with a focus on the Yoga Mystics, with Desmond Chapman.

May 2025

Sunday 11

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Discussion on an article “A Guide for the Contemporary Mystic” and a video on how to integrate working with the 7 Chakras in a practical way, with Desmond Chapman.

Saturday 17

14h00        Saturday afternoon discussion group: Video on Tesla’s work on crystals and a video on his last interview that highlights his ideas on mysticism and how that influenced his research and inventions.

Sunday 18

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Discussion: The Life Teachings of H.P. Blavatsky, with Desmond Chapman.

Sunday 25

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Hindu Mysticism with a focus on the Vedanta Mystics, with Desmond Chapman.

June 2025

Sunday 08

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Video and Discussion on the Pituitary and Pineal Glands and other Brain Structures that play a role in the Awakening Process, with Desmond Chapman.

Sunday 15

10h00         Meditation
10h15         An Introduction to the Written Works of H.P. Blavatsky, with Desmond Chapman.

Saturday 21

14h00         Video and discussion on Hermeticism

Sunday 22

10h00         Meditation
10h15         Discussion: Mysticism – Some Defining Concepts and how a Comparative Study of Spiritual and Religious Traditions can be Understood, with Desmond Chapman.

July 2025

Sunday 13

10h00       Discussion on the Buddhic Plane and Role of the Buddhi Body and Buddhi Consciousness in the life of human beings, with Desmond Chapman.

Sunday 27

10h00       Discussion on what H. P. Blavatsky is referring to as “Soulless Beings” in her writings. Can humans ever be Soulless? What does she mean by this term, with Desmond Chapman.

August 2025

Sunday 10

10h00       Discussion on the Development of the Buddhi Body, with Desmond Chapman.

Sunday 24

10h00     Discussion on the Esoteric Knowledge of the various aspects and processes involved in the Spiritual Awakening Events, with Desmond Chapman.

September 2025

Sunday 14

10h00     The Function of “Intellect and Intuition” operates on varying levels in the Lower Mind, Higher Mind and Buddhi Consciousness. It is important to understand these and how to practice these, in their fullest forms, with Desmond Chapman.

Sunday 28

10h00    The Theosophical Understanding of Death and post Death experiences, with Desmond Chapman.

October 2025

Sunday 26

10h00    Discussion of the Atma principle according to Theosophical teachings, with Desmond Chapman.

November 2025

Sunday 09

10h00    The working of the Atma body in our daily lives, with Desmond Chapman.

Sunday 23

10h00    The Development of Spiritual willpower, with Desmond Chapman.

December 2025

Sunday 14

10h00   Video and discussion on Self-transformation.