Upcoming Events

Regular Community Events

  • Monthly Movements Classes
    See the Calendar for details.
  • Work Weekends
    See the Calendar for details.
  • Thursday Night Inner Work – 8:00pm.
    Currenty being held on Zoom.
    Join us to explore the spiritual side of Gurdjieff’s work. We work collaboratively to share our experiences, our personal journeys, and to reflect on the readings and practical exercises. All are welcome, but please, contact us for details. 

  • Morning Meditations & Sittings 6:30am – 7:30pm.
    Mondays – Fridays, Barn Community Room.
    Sit with the community and be a part of our daily practice. Some mornings are guided meditations or sittings, others are on your own. Interested? Contact us!

Full Calendar

Jul
18
Thu
2019
Summer Seminar : Living in Unity @ Claymont Retreat Center
Jul 18 @ 6:30 pm – Jul 21 @ 2:00 pm
Summer Seminar : Living in Unity @ Claymont Retreat Center

Claymont Society for Continuous Education Summer Seminar
July 18-21, 2019

Living in Unity


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The experience of unity resounds at every stage of the spiritual path. With body awareness and sensation, unity comes in the form of wholeness. Various practices engaging our attention unify that core of who we are. Consciousness opens us to the unity of the seamless, boundless, silent awareness that includes everything in our immediate experience. The inclusion of all that we are opens us to presence, unified in our I. Entering the sacred realms, we enter the one, boundless and all-pervasive light. Love springs as the essence of the global unity that embraces all, including us. The ultimate unity of the divine will that creates and sustains this wondrous universe touches our very core, without intermediary. And throughout our way, sharing the path with our spiritual sisters and brothers opens us to the unity in community.

In this seminar, we will engage in spiritual practices that support us in moving toward the experience of unity in all its forms. With the remarkably effective inner exercises, meditations, and Gurdjieff movements of the Fourth Way, in addition to practices adapted from other traditions, we will pursue the deepening of our spiritual life.

Can we live our daily life in unity?

The seminar will be facilitated by Joseph Naft. He is the author of www.innerfrontier.org and of six books, most recently The Way of Presence: Tools and Strategies. He studied with John Bennett at Sherborne, England in 1974.

The seminar will begin with dinner at 6:30 pm on Thursday July 18 and end after lunch on Sunday July 21. All activities will be at the Barn.

You are cordially invited to join us in our work and exploration.

Suggested donation for the weekend is $225 if you are staying overnight at Claymont and $135 if you are not staying overnight. However, do not let the cost prevent you from coming, financial assistance is available.

For more information and to register please contact the registrar, Amy Silver, at Claymontgathering@hotmail.com.

 

Aug
3
Sat
2019
Movements Classes @ Claymont Mansion
Aug 3 @ 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Monthly Movements Classes

We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to practice Movements at Claymont under the guidance of Deborah Rose Longo, as well as hear Gurdjieff’s music played on the piano.

Cost for our Movement teachers and space is $20/person/session.

This month we will be at the Mansion.

Meditation  12:30 – 1:00 pm.
Movements
1:00 – 3:00 pm.
Closure 
3:00 – 3:15 pm.

Sep
7
Sat
2019
Movements Classes @ Claymont Barn
Sep 7 @ 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Monthly Movements Classes

We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to practice Movements at Claymont under the guidance of Deborah Rose Longo, as well as hear Gurdjieff’s music played on the piano.

Cost for our Movement teachers and space is $20/person/session.

This month we will be at the Barn.

Meditation  12:30 – 1:00 pm.
Movements
1:00 – 3:00 pm.
Closure 
3:00 – 3:15 pm.

Sep
8
Sun
2019
A Six-Day Fourth Way and Mevlevi Immersion @ Claymont Court
Sep 8 – Sep 14 all-day

A Six-Day Fourth Way and Mevlevi Immersion

A Confluence of Grace and Effort

In the late 1970’s a beautiful cooperation developed between Suleyman Dede of the Mevlevis and Pierre Elliot of the Gurdjieff/Bennett school at Claymont.  Pierre became a student of Dede’s and Dede sent his son Jelaleddin Efendi to study with Pierre as well as to teach at the school.  A number of us who benefited from the combination hope to share essential practices from both and how each has helped us understand the other.
Rumi said that if we all take our candles into the dark room with the elephant at the same time, then we can see the whole elephant instead of just a part.  We hope to provide at least two candles.  Come and bring yours!
Makam Postneshin Jelaluddin Loras is planning to return from Turkey to attend this event.

Sunday, September 8, 2019 through Saturday the 14th (afternoon to afternoon)
At Claymont Court, Charles Town, WV 25414
$500 camping, $750 per person dormitory, $850 double, $1,050 single
For more information contact Hardy Mason.
Oct
13
Sun
2019
Movements Classes @ Claymont Barn
Oct 13 @ 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Monthly Movements Classes

We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to practice Movements at Claymont under the guidance of Deborah Rose Longo, as well as hear Gurdjieff’s music played on the piano.

Cost for our Movement teachers and space is $20/person/session.

This month we will be at the Barn.

Meditation  12:30 – 1:00 pm.
Movements
1:00 – 3:00 pm.
Closure 
3:00 – 3:15 pm.

Oct
25
Fri
2019
Claymont Work Weekend @ Claymont
Oct 25 – Oct 27 all-day
Claymont Work Weekend @ Claymont

Claymont Society for Continuous Education

 

Work Weekend

 

More information coming soon………..

Nov
16
Sat
2019
Movements Classes @ Claymont Barn
Nov 16 @ 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Monthly Movements Classes

We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to practice Movements at Claymont under the guidance of Deborah Rose Longo, as well as hear Gurdjieff’s music played on the piano.

Cost for our Movement teachers and space is $20/person/session.

This month we will be at the Barn.

Meditation  12:30 – 1:00 pm.
Movements
1:00 – 3:00 pm.
Closure 
3:00 – 3:15 pm.

Nov
17
Sun
2019
Claymont Society Annual Meeting​ @ Claymont Barn
Nov 17 @ 9:30 am

Claymont Society Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled for Sunday November 17, 2019 beginning at 9:30 am. 

The AGM will be held in the new classroom in the Barn.

In addition, there will be a work day including a movements class from 1:00 to 3:00 on Saturday, November 16th (more details to follow).

You are encouraged to come to the AGM to find out what has been happening at Claymont over the past year and provide your input on the focus, direction, activities and endeavors for the future.

Claymont Society Annual Meeting​ @ Claymont Barn
Nov 17 @ 9:30 am

Claymont Society Annual General Meeting (AGM) is scheduled for Sunday November 17, 2019 beginning at 9:30 am. 

The AGM will be held in the new classroom in the Barn.

In addition, there will be a work day including a movements class from 1:00 to 3:00 on Saturday, November 16th (more details to follow).

You are encouraged to come to the AGM to find out what has been happening at Claymont over the past year and provide your input on the focus, direction, activities and endeavors for the future.

Dec
7
Sat
2019
Movements Classes @ Claymont Barn
Dec 7 @ 1:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Monthly Movements Classes

We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to practice Movements at Claymont under the guidance of Deborah Rose Longo, as well as hear Gurdjieff’s music played on the piano.

Cost for our Movement teachers and space is $20/person/session.

This month we will be at the Barn.

Meditation  12:30 – 1:00 pm.
Movements
1:00 – 3:00 pm.
Closure 
3:00 – 3:15 pm.