This Boreal Session is a Special Offer. This session will be the top tier item as part of the Scriptorium Fundraising (opens end of March). This will be an opportunity for a Founding Patron to come with 15 of your dearest friends to the shores of Abundance and Time – to Orphan Wisdom and receive our Radical Hospitality.

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These are in-person events at Orphan Wisdom in the Ottawa Valley, Ontario and limited to a maximum of 15 participants. 

In these events we follow the example of those ancient monks, who put oral stories down onto vellum. We’ll gather in the Great Hall by candle to listen to recordings of past teaching events. 

In the time we have together we’ll review the mojo and accuracy of the transcripts and share those in our online Library. We have a lot more in store but we share that with those who participate in The Boreal Sessions.

The Scriptorium endeavour “is part dedication, part discipline, part necessity” and the same can be said of The Boreal Sessions. During these days we will listen to recordings of Stephen’s events together and wonder about language and the art of storytelling. 

When people used to ask what they would get from coming to the Orphan Wisdom School, the response was often ‘that we do not know… what you bring to our time together will, in part, influence what happens. Your questions, your being puzzled by a certain something, your apprehension, your wondering, that is what you can bring’. We encourage you to bring these same good wonderings and inquiry to The Boreal Sessions.

Depending on Mr. Jenkinson’s health and availability, he may be able to make an appearance.

 

 

More information here

Registration opens at the end of March.

 

 

Scriptorium Founding Patron Special Offer

Are you a group of 12-15 friends who want to get together to attend our August 13-17 Boreal Session together?

 

What’s the deal? What’s included?

We, the Scriptorium Ensemble, lead you and your dear friends into the scriptorial work of a modern day scribe and alongside us, you’ll fine-tune the transcript of your choosing. The transcript will then be uploaded into our online Library for Members to enjoy.

• You get to attend a multi-day session in the Great Hall, listening to one of Stephen’s talks from the vault
• We offer you shared accommodations in our riverside Guesthouse (camping an option)
• We cook for you and share meals together
• You and your friends will be the only people who you’d be in session with us, the Scriptorium Ensemble.
• On our last day together, you’d have the occasion to present your wondering to Stephen Jenkinson.