Holos University Graduate Seminary 810: SPIRITUAL CONTRACTS Faculty: Delphine Rossi Knowlton, ThD Fall Semester August 28, 2017 to December 22, 2017 COURSE DESCRIPTION Spiritual Contracts offers an in-depth exploration of the human energy field and an intuitive approach to whole person healing. The course provides an overview of the human energy field or bio-field, intuitive enhancement and a personal study of the relationship between spiritual, emotional and physical health-related issues. From this bio-energetic information, core insights into personal healing may be derived. Spiritual Contracts also examines the influence of natal archetypes or identities and their related manifestation in various life experiences. Through the integration of archetypal and human energy field information, an existential perspective of life may be created, revealing possible core issues the soul may have chosen to heal. A broader understanding and awareness of the human energy field, archetypal identities, and soul purpose may then be applied to one s personal life and to a healing practice. FACULTY BIOGRAPHY Dr. Delphine Rossi Knowlton has been in the field of holistic wellness and healing for over three decades at the college-university level and in the community. Her degrees include a ThD in Spiritual Healing from Holos University, a M.S. in Community Health from Southern Connecticut State University and a B.S. in Health Education from Western Connecticut State University. Delphine has pioneered courses in holistic health and spiritual healing at the college level that have become foundational courses for bachelor degree programs in health and wellness. She is self-employed in Spiritual Healing, integrating her skills as an ordained minister, spiritual counselor, intuitive wellness consultant, master certified past life therapist and certified grief recovery specialist. Her workshops and teaching also include her background as a certified health education specialist and licensed Avatar Teacher. Delphine has also worked extensively with Unity churches in southwest Missouri and edits various types of publications in Spiritual Healing. She is the Director of the Medical and Counseling Intuition Program at Holos University. FACULTY CONTACT INFORMATION Faculty Name: Delphine Rossi Knowlton, Th.D., Rev. E-mail Address: rossi_delphine@yahoo.com Phone Number: 417-893-8130 mobile COURSE DELIVERY STYLE & PLAN OF ACTION Spiritual Contracts is a distance-learning course offered in both spring and fall semesters. There are several required assignments and conference calls during the semester. LEARNING OUTCOMES Students will: Recognize the history of the scientific discoveries and knowledge of the human energy field or bio-field. Identify predominant intuitive senses and practice techniques to enhance intuitive skills. Evaluate and interpret one s body consciousness/bio-energetic information; identify different styles of perceiving and techniques to assess and interpret information from and differentiate between physical, Identify and interpret the relationship of physical injury/illness to emotional and spiritual life events. 1
List and discuss various healing practices for resolving emotional issues. Create and interpret a personal natal archetypal (identities) chart. Discuss insights into light and shadow identities. Explain how natal/birth archetypal identity patterns have manifest within this lifetime. List intuitive insights, from an existential perspective, into one s spiritual contracts by integrating details from the holistic exploration of life experiences - bio-field information - with archetypal information. Record possible symbolic and spiritual meanings to life events. Discuss The Ethics of Intuition (American Board of Scientific Medical Intuition-ABSMI). Apply assimilated and integrated knowledge of the bio-field and archetypal identities into personal intuitive skills and future intuitive consulting skills. Required Materials and Texts 1. Brennan, Barbara. Light Emerging: The Journey of Personal Healing. New York: Bantam Books, 1994. 2. Myss, Caroline and Norm Shealy. The Science of Medical Intuition. Boulder, Colorado: Sounds True, 2002. 3. Myss, Caroline. Why People Don t Heal and How They Can. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1997. 4. Myss, Caroline. Sacred Contracts. New York: Harmony Books, 2002. 5. Peirce, Penney. Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration. New York, New York: Atria Books, Division of Simon and Schuster, 2009. Suggested Complementary Course Materials 1. Emery, Marcia. The Intuitive Healer: Accessing Your Inner Physician. New York: St. Martin s Press, 1999. 2. Orloff, Judith. Intuitive Healing. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2001. 3. Roman, Sanaya. Personal Power through Awareness: A Guidebook for Sensitive People. California: HJ Kamer, Inc., 1986. 4. Singer, Michael. The Untethered Soul: The Journey beyond Yourself. California; New Harbinger Publications, 2007. 4. The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, Collected Works of C.G. Jung. Ed. Gerhard Alder and R. Hull, Vol. 9 Part 1, 1981. Students are encouraged to read additional books of interest related to these topics. HOLOS FACULTY-STUDENT COMMUNICATIONS POLICY Students and instructor communicate frequently via email while phone conferences create a collegial forum for sharing ideas among course participants. Telephone conferences and calls with instructors are at the student s expense. Faculty will inform students of times when they will not be available by email or phone communication. Students will inform instructors if they will not be available for scheduled phone conferences. Students will allow three days for a response after emailing an instructor. If you have not received a response after three days, re-send the email, call the instructor and leave a voice message. If you have still not received a response after a week, forward your email communications with the instructor to the Dean of Faculty. ASSIGNMENT FORMATS All written assignments must be Microsoft Word documents sent by email as attached files. All papers should be double-spaced. FONT: 12 point Candara, Arial or Times New Roman. 2
FILE NAME and E-MAIL SUBJECT LINE: When you save your document, please use the following format to name your Word file. Always include your name and the assignment number in the subject line of your E-mail and on the title page of your assigned papers. SmithJ_887#1.doc. (Last Name, First Initial_Course #, Assignment#.doc) END NOTES: All referenced material must be cited using endnotes. Include the author's name, the publication name, the publisher, the date of publication, and the page number. Cite all referenced material using Chicago Manual of Style endnotes. OUTLINE OF ASSIGNMENTS & PERCENTAGE OF COURSE 1. Assignment #1 Journal of Intuitive Practice 10% 2. Assignment #2 Personal Insights 20% 3. Assignment #3 Timelines of Life Experiences 10% 4. Assignment #4 Holistic Exploration of Life Experiences 20% 5. Assignment #5 Natal Archetype Chart and Interpretation 20% 6. Assignment #6 Intuitive Insights into Spiritual Contracts 20% ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES All students enrolled in Holos 810 Spiritual Contracts will, at the beginning of the semester, receive a current copy of the course assignment due dates via email. DETAILS OF ASSIGNMENTS ASSIGNMENT #1 Journal of Intuitive Practice Percentage of Grade: 10% Assignment Description #1: Create and maintain a personal journal, in outline form, of daily intuitive practices, experiences and insights into exploring your intuitive nature and listening to/interpreting your biofield (through practices such as meditation, autogenic training, progressive relaxation, guided imagery, etc.). Read Light Emerging and The Science of Medical Intuition. Use your personal experiences and insights in compiling your journal entries and in expanding your knowledge of assessing bio-energetic information. Send a copy of your journal to your instructor once a month on the dates listed in the 810 course assignment due date addendum. Identify predominant intuitive senses and practice techniques to enhance intuitive skills. Evaluate and interpret one s body consciousness/bio-energetic information. Identify techniques to assess and interpret information from and differentiate between physical, Required Texts and/or Materials: Read Light Emerging and The Science of Medical Intuition; Journal/ Notebook. ASSIGNMENT #2 Personal Insights Percentage of Grade: 20% Assignment Description #2: Read Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration and review Light Emerging and the Study Guide/Workbook from The Science of Medical Intuition. Thoughtfully prepare an 8-10 page paper highlighting your personal insights from assignment #2 readings and from your intuitive practices and experiences (assignment #1) on the bio-field and accessing bio-energetic information. Include a list of your predominant intuitive senses and a list of techniques you are using to enhance your intuitive skills; include a 3
section on insights into The Ethics of Intuition (included in your course packet) and how you will apply these ethics to everyday life and working with others; include a bibliography and endnotes. Recognize the history of the scientific discoveries and knowledge of the human energy field. Identify predominant intuitive senses and practice techniques to enhance intuitive skills. Evaluate and interpret one s body consciousness/bio-energetic information. Identify techniques to assess and interpret information from and differentiate between physical, Discuss The Ethics of Intuition (American Board of Scientific Medical Intuition- ABSMI). Required Texts and/or Materials: Read Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration; review Light Emerging and The Science of Medical Intuition; integrate experiences from your Journal of Intuitive Practice (assignment #1) into your paper. ASSIGNMENT #3 Timeline of Life Experiences Percentage of Grade: 10% Assignment Description #3: Read Why People Don t Heal and How They Can. Draw three timelines from birth to your present age. Label the first timeline physical health, label the second timeline emotional health and label the third timeline spiritual health. Fill-in each timeline as a sequence of life events you experienced for each of the timeline categories. For example, a physical health timeline may look like this: Strep Throat Pneumonia Broke right arm Low Blood Sugar Digestive Problems Migraine Headaches Menstrual Problems 0 5 16 22 27 36 45 48 Create a similar second timeline for emotional events in your life and then a third timeline for spiritual events. Examples of spiritual events are: events that brought great joy; events in which you lost your spirit, lost faith in God or a Higher Power, questioned life s meaning; understood the meaning of an event on a soul or spirit level; experienced true forgiveness. Once the three timelines are completed, overlay the three timelines. Identify the inter-relationship between physical, emotional and spiritual life experiences. A detailed account of these interrelationships will be completed in Assignment. Send a copy of the timelines to your instructor either via email. Differentiate between physical, Identify and interpret the relationship between physical injury/illness, emotional life and spiritual events. Required Texts and/or Materials: Read Why People Don t Heal and How They Can. ASSIGNMENT #4 Holistic Explorations of Life Experiences Percentage of Grade: 20% Assignment Description #4: From personal insights in Assignments #3, compile a well-prepared 10-12 page paper that integrates the following themes (include a bibliography and endnotes): Identify and describe your understanding of significant issues interrelated to your physical, emotional and spiritual health. Use and interpret the timelines you created in Assignment #3 as a reference to identify significant mind/body events across this lifetime. Discuss how any unfinished emotional and spiritual issues affect your health and wellbeing. List healing techniques, skills and practices which may be used in releasing emotional issues; healing spiritual issues; dietary and lifestyle changes that may be used in promoting wellness; and healing the biofield or whole person. Interpret one s body consciousness/bio-energetic information. 4
Identify techniques to assess and interpret information from and differentiate between physical, Identify and interpret the relationship of physical injury/illness to emotional and spiritual life events. List and discuss various healing practices for resolving emotional, physical and spiritual issues. Required Texts and/or Materials: Frequency: The Power of Personal Vibration, Light Emerging, The Science of Medical Intuition and Why People Don t Heal and How They Can. ASSIGNMENT #5 Natal Archetype Chart and Interpretation Percentage of Grade: 20 % (Archetype Chart = 5% and Paper = 15%) Assignment Description #5: Read Sacred Contracts and select a second relevant source of literature on archetypes/identities. Cast a natal archetype chart by using Archetype Cards and an Archetype Wheel (Archetype Cards may be purchased on Amazon.com; an Archetype Wheel is included in the course packet). Complete the following: Prepare a thorough assessment of your insights in a well-written paper of 10-14 pages by interpreting your chart by each archetype/identity and the house in which it appeared. Identify how both the light and shadow aspects of each of these archetypes have manifested throughout your life. Include a bibliography and endnotes. Send a copy of your natal archetype chart to the instructor via email. Note: A full natal/birth chart contains the following twelve houses: 1 Ego/Personality; 2 Life Values; 3 Self- Expression and Siblings; 4 Home; 5 Creativity and Good Fortune; 6 Occupation and Health; 7 Marriage and Relationships; 8 Other People s Resources; 9 Spirituality; 10 Highest Potential; 11 Relationship to the World; and 12 The Unconscious or Collective Soul. Create and interpret a personal natal archetypal (identities) chart. Explain how each of the natal archetypal identities (patterns) have manifested within this lifetime. Identify insights into each of the natal archetypes light and shadow identities and discuss how they came into manifestation by life events or how they may be carried over from past lives. Required Texts and/or Materials: Read Sacred Contracts and a book/research of choice; obtain and use Archetype Cards and an Archetype Wheel. ASSIGNMENT #6 Intuitive Insights into Spiritual Contracts Percentage of Grade: 20% Assignment Description #6: Create a thoughtfully prepared discussion of 10-12 pages of the interrelationship between bio-energetic information, archetypes, healing insights, intuitive/existential perspectives and new archetypal identities you choose to embody. Integrate material from each of your assignments into your discussion and include a bibliography and endnotes as necessary and address the following: How do the timelines of your bio-energetic information interrelate with your natal archetype wheel (Assignments #3 and #4)? Identify/intuit insights for personal healing within each archetype/identity as they have manifested in your life. Identify/intuit existential perspectives/insights into your spiritual contracts or soul agreements from Assignment #4 and #5. (Existentialism is a philosophy that individual experience, or a subjective view of experience, is valid. It is one s assignment of meaning to life experiences.) Which archetypal identities would you like to change? Identify archetypes you would prefer to embody. Cast a new wheel with a new set of archetypes, including the four primary archetypes listed by Myss. List several qualities the new archetypes will provide for you. Learning Outcomes for Assignment: 5
Demonstrate relationships between archetypal identity patterns and spiritual contracts/soul agreements. Record possible symbolic and spiritual meanings to life events. List intuitive insights, from an existential perspective, into one s spiritual contracts by integrating knowledge of the lifetime assessment of the bio-field with archetypal information. Apply assimilated and integrated knowledge of the bio-field and archetypal identities into personal intuitive skills and future intuitive consulting skills. Required Texts and/or Materials: Review required course texts and prior assignments. CONFERENCE CALLS on ZOOM and SKYPE Course conference calls are required and are organized by the instructor. Graduate students receive an invitation to the conference call and are asked to reply to the invitation prior to the call. Each student pays for his or her own individual conference call costs. Conference calls are intended to enhance important aspects of the learning environment while creating a greater sense of community among Holos faculty and graduate students. Conference calls will be held on ZOOM or on Skype. Call dates are subject to change for the semester depending on the time zones of enrolled students. Once all students are registered, the call dates, times and formats will be verified. We may decide to arrange additional calls to stay connected and to have plenty of time for discussions. Call #1 September Time: 60 minutes. Conference Calls are required. Description of Conference: Each conference call centers on readings, assignments and personal insights during the course. Graduate students have opportunities to discuss questions, experiences and assess healing techniques with classmates and their instructor. Learning Outcomes of Conference: Create a sense of community among Holos University graduate students and faculty; create a sense of colleagueship and support among course graduate students; discuss ideas and insights from Holos 810 Spiritual Contracts required readings; review and discuss upcoming assignments in 810 Spiritual Contracts. Call #2 October Time: 60 minutes. Conference Calls are required. Description of Conference: Each conference call centers on readings, assignments, and personal insights during the course. Graduate students have opportunities to discuss questions, experiences, and assess healing techniques with classmates and their instructor. Learning Outcomes of Conference: Create a sense of community among Holos University graduate students and faculty; create a sense of colleagueship and support among course graduate students; discuss ideas and insights from Holos 810 Spiritual Contracts readings; review and discuss upcoming assignments. Call #3 November - December Time: 60 minutes. Conference Calls are required. Description of Conference: Each conference call centers on readings, assignments, and personal insights during the course. Graduate students have opportunities to discuss questions, experiences, and assess healing techniques with classmates and their instructor. Learning Outcomes of Conference: Create a sense of community among Holos University graduate students and faculty; create a sense of colleagueship and support among course graduate students; discuss ideas and insights from Holos 810 Spiritual Contracts readings; review and discuss upcoming assignments. 6
FINAL ASSIGNMENT: Students will receive a course evaluation form at the end of the semester. Please complete and return the evaluation form as directed. Notification of your final course grade(s) will be received only after you have submitted an evaluation for all courses you completed this semester. Students who plan to take an Incomplete in a course must wait until finishing a course before returning the evaluation form for the course. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION on SPIRITUAL CONTRACTS One of the most essential aspects of holistic and spiritual healing is an understanding of the human energy system or bio-field from a metaphysical and psycho-physiological viewpoint. Moreover, the resolution of unfinished emotional issues leads to enhanced intuitive skills and greater creativity. Spiritual Contracts offers knowledge and skills for personal insight, personal growth, and existential perspectives on life, thus enhancing a spiritual understanding of life experiences. It explores archetypal patterns as a foundation for each person s personal soul or spiritual contract. These patterns, when recognized, heal and transform perception of life experiences and enhance spiritual growth. As well, this knowledge assists in evaluating the patterns seen in others. Experiential in nature, Spiritual Contracts assists students in learning how to cultivate intuitive senses, assess body consciousness, and interpret the energetic information of the bio-field. This intuitive process fosters a deepening relationship with one s being, providing greater insights and personal experiences into the interconnectedness of body, mind, emotions and spirit. An expanded intuitive awareness of one s chakra system and body consciousness provides a foundation for the healing of emotional issues, thereby restoring a sense of balance and inner harmony. As well, it may open the doors of perception to present moment emotions that may be more efficiently managed due to increased awareness. To provide a deepening knowledge and existential understanding of personal Spiritual Contracts, archetypal patterns/identities are defined and explored. An awareness of a dance of archetypal companions throughout one s life offers an opportunity for conscious, intentional transformation of archetypal identities. Moreover, an existential perspective on life may be intuited and a greater symbolic and spiritual understanding of life events may emerge. On a cognitive level, Spiritual Contracts centers on scientific and intuitive knowledge of the metaphysical human energy system and on the archetypal identities inherent within the collective unconscious. The scholarly focus of this course centers on becoming familiar with The Science of Medical Intuition, Hands of Light, Sacred Contracts, Frequency and related course readings. The readings provide a scientific background into the history of Medical Intuition, an understanding of developing one s intuition, sensing information through the bio-field, and sensing archetypal information. Physical, emotional, and spiritual issues related to the bio-field are identified and healing scenarios are discussed. This course integrates science, research, history, theology, mysticism, personal intuition, and spiritual direction. 7