Platfofrm Video: Reclaiming Ethical Culture Spirituality

The following ECS/Bergen Platform address was delivered on Sunday, September 27, 2009, by Anne Klaeysen (introduced by Deb Watsky):

Anne Klaeysen: Reclaiming Ethical Culture Spirituality (9/27/2009) from Ethical Culture Society Bergen on Vimeo.

Ethical Culture founder Felix Adler frequently used the language of spirituality: for example, “holy,” “sacred,” “divine” and “soul.” He told us to “conceive of progress spiritually.” Yet over the years, we have become uncomfortable with this language, ceding it too readily to traditional theistic communities, cautious of what supernatural visions we may be conjuring. “What a loss!” says Leader Anne Klaeysen, who will address us on the necessity of developing authentic Ethical Culture spiritual practices.



Introduction by Deb Watsky