Events
stay up to date with our upcoming events!
Wednesday 30 April
Free! Online Course Taster Sessions
An opportunity to see what our courses are all about, hear students and tutors speak, and ask questions!
Saturday 07 June 2025
Annual Language Lecture 2025
Warwick Jessup, one of the translators, will launch a new translation of a Sanskrit text, the Sarasvatī Upanisad. All are welcome.
Saturday 28 June
Poetry of the Mystics
You are invited to an enchanted evening of soul-stirring poetry from traditions of East & West including Sankara, Kabir, Mirabai, Sri Brahmajna, Khalil Gibran, and many more.
The evening will include live traditional music, contemplation & silence. In the interval there will be provided a delicious vegetarian Indian meal.
Spaces very limited
Wednesdays at 7pm
Wisdom Works: free presentations on Stoic Mindfulness
A free series describing simple principles and practices to meet the demands of modern life. Conducted by William Wray, founder of Wisdom Works and Stoic Philosophy as a Way of Life, with the aid of those who have applied these principles in their own lives.
Waterperry, 02-04 May 2025
Enjoying Wisdom in Practice Retreat
The theme of the weekend is the practise of quietening the mind to consciously enjoy life more fully.
Open to all students, from those studying Philosophy 1 onwards!
Nanpantan Hall, 06-10 Sept 2025
Aspects of Light open retreat
All are welcome to enjoy this retreat, in which we will practice living together reducing the concerns and demands of the egoic self, by being fully present, and using mindfulness practices.
There will be music, yoga, creative activities, meditation, and plenty of time and space just to be still and relish this most glorious of natural environments.
2024/25
Waterperry Retreat Programme
This programme is designed for those who are attending a retreat with the School for the first time, as well as those who have enjoyed these events before. A packed programme of subjects, running from October 2024 to June 2025.
This Sacred Land
This Sacred Land is an imaginative, multiyear initiative by the School of Philosophy and Economic Science and its branches across Great Britain.
Free sessions
Philosophy Café
Every Friday during term-time. Register to take part.