Recordings Played in 2017

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December 30, 2017 (2 sessions)

Tape 507:  1962-63 Princess Kaiulani Open Class
Tape 1, Side 2:  “1963 New Year’s Message”

This class was the basis for Chapter 1, “A Message for the New Year,” in The Only Freedom. 

December 16 and 23, 2017

Tape 507:  1962-63 Princess Kaiulani Open Class
Tape 1, Side 1:  “1962 Christmas Message”

This class was the basis for Chapter 12, “The Revelation of Spiritual Sonship,” in Living Now. 

December 2 and 9, 2017

Tape 346:  1960 Manchester Closed Class
Tape 1, Side 2:  “Impersonalization of Evil”

This class was used as source material for Chapter 6, “Living the Principle of Impersonalization,” and Chapter 7, “Unconditioned Infinity,” in Realization of Oneness.  

November 18 and 25, 2017

Tape 289:  1959 New York Closed Class
Tape 1, Side 2:  “The Infinite Way Principles of God – The Fabric of Being, Impersonalization, and Nothingization, continued)

This class provided source material for three chapters in Realization of Oneness:  Chapter 6, “Living the Principle of Impersonalization,” Chapter 7, “Unconditioned Infinity,” and Chapter 9, “The Revelation of Spiritual Identity.”

November 4 and 11, 2017

Tape 262:  1959 Hawaiian Village Closed Class
Tape 1, Side 2:  “The Metaphysics and Mysticism of The Infinite Way, continued”

This is one of several classes used to prepare Chapter 7, “Unconditioned Infinity” in Realization of Oneness.

October 21 and 28, 2017

Tape 277:  1959 Manchester Closed Class
Tape 1, Side 2:  “Specific Principles and Application”

This is one of several classes used to prepare Chapter 6, “Living the Principle of Impersonalization” in Realization of Oneness.

October 7 and 14, 2017

Tape 350:  1960 Second London Closed Class
Tape 2, Side 2:  “Treatment – Meditation on “Be Not Afraid”

This is the last of the classes we will hear that were used as source material for Chapter 5, “Resting in Oneness,” in Realization of Oneness.  In this class, Joel references a story about a sage knocking at the door of heaven.  This story appears in Practicing the Presence, Chapter 4, “The Infinite Nature of Individual Being.”  Also, Joel refers to the Infinite Way Letters of 1954 through 1960.  The 1954 Infinite Way Letters  is a separate volume.  The Letters of 1955 through 1959 are now compiled in the book The Heart of Mysticism, and the Letters of 1960 comprise the book Our Spiritual Resources.  All Joel Goldsmith books can be purchased using the links on the Acropolis Books website.

September 30, 2017 (two sessions)

Tape 211:  1958 Second Chicago Closed Class
Tape 1, Side 1: “The World or My Kingdom; Law or Grace” 

This class was used as source material for several chapters in The Art of Spiritual Healing.

September 16 and 23, 2017

Tape 232:  1958 London Advanced Class
Tape 1, Side 1:  “Using the Letter of Truth in Treatment”

This is one of three classes used as source material for Chapter 5, “Resting in Oneness,” in Realization of Oneness. 

September 2 and 9, 2017

Tape 12:  1952 Honolulu Class Series One
Tape 2, Side 1:  “The Thunder of Silence”

This is a beautiful, classic recording that is the source material for Chapter 4, “No And” in Realization of Oneness. 

August 19 and 26, 2017

Tape 275:  1959 London Closed Class
Tape 2, Side 2:  “Treatment and Healing Work of The Infinite Way”

This class is one of many used as source material for Chapter 2, “Release Man,” in Realization of Oneness.

August 5 and 12, 2017

Tape 263:  1959 Hawaiian Village Closed Class
Tape 2, Side 1:  “Three Principles and Their Practice”

This class was used as source material for Chapter 2, “Release Man,” and Chapter 3, “Get Thee Hence, Satan,” in Realization of Oneness.   It is also one of the 20 classes (10 tapes, 2 sides each) given in 1959, in which Joel re-presented the healing principles of The Infinite Way.  He strongly recommended those classes for studying the healing work.  The transcripts for those 20 classes constitute the book The Foundation of Mysticism.  The transcript for this tape, “Three Principles and Their Practice,” is Chapter 11 in that book.

July 29, 2017 (two sessions)

Tape 113: 1955 Kailua Study Group
Tape 4, Side 2: “The Secret of the Healing Principle”

This class was used as source material for the June 1957 Infinite Way Letter, found in The Heart of Mysticism or The 1957 Infinite Way Letters.  

July 15 and 22, 2017

Tape 270:  1959 San Diego Special Class
Tape 3, Side 2:  “The Process of Infinite Way Healing and Its Principle, continued”

This class provided source material for Chapter 2, “Release Man,” and Chapter 3, “Get Thee Hence, Satan,” in Realization of Oneness.

(Note:  at the beginning of this class, Joel mentions the “ten tapes” which embody the healing principles of The Infinite Way and their practice.  The transcripts for these classes have been published by Acropolis Books as the book The Foundation of Mysticism.  To view the numbers and titles of the recordings that comprise the “ten tapes,” simply click “Show Chapter Titles and Tape References” on the book detail page for The Foundation of Mysticism on the Acropolis Books website.)  

July 1 and 8, 2017

Tape 301:  1960 Los Angeles Closed Class
Tape 1, Side 2:  “Infinite Way Principles of Healing”

This class was used as source material for Chapter 2, “Release Man,” and Chapter 3, “Get Thee Hence, Satan,” in Realization of Oneness. 

June 17 and 24, 2017

Tape 389:  1961 Maui Work
Tape 1, Side 1:  “Two Steps to Spiritual Freedom (Habakkuk 3:18 – 20)”

This class is the basis for Chapter 1, “Pure Being,” in Realization of Oneness.  

June 3 and 10, 2017

Tape 466:  1962 Pacific Palisades Special Class
Tape 2, Side 2:  “The Transition to Christhood”

This class is the basis for Chapter 12, “The Transition to Christhood” in Spiritual Discernment.

May 20 and 27, 2017

Tape 466:  1962 Pacific Palisades Special Class
Tape 2, Side 1:  “Discernment of Christ – Dispelling Anti-Christ”

This class was not used as source material for any book.

May 6 and 13, 2017

Tape 465:  1962 Pacific Palisades Special Class
Tape 1, Side 2:  “The Way of Peace and Meditation”

This class was not used as source material for any book.

April 15 and 22, 2017

Tape 465:  1962 Pacific Palisades Special Class
Tape 1, Side 1:  “The Infinite Way of Life”

This class provided source material for Chapter 11, “The Infinite Way of Life,” in the book Spiritual Discernment. 

April 1 and 8, 2017

Tape 537: 1964 Honolulu Infinite Way Study Center
Tape 1, Side 1:  “Preparation for Easter”

This class was used as source material for Chapter 4, “Easter:  An Experience of Consciousness,” in Living by the Word.

March 18 and 25, 2017

Tape 493:  1962 Manchester Closed Class
Tape 3, Side 2:  “Living by Prayer”

This class was used as source material for Chapter 12, “Living by Prayer” in The Altitude of Prayer.  These sessions concluded our study of the book The Altitude of Prayer. 

March 4 and 11, 2017

Tape 464:  1962 Los Angeles Closed Class
Tape 5, Side 1:  “I Reveal Myself”

This class provided source material for Chapter 11, “Individuality Revealed through Prayer,” and Chapter 12, “Living by Prayer,” in The Altitude of Prayer.

February 18 and 25, 2017

Tape 463:  1962 Los Angeles Closed Class
Tape 4, Side 2:  “‘I’ Revealed”

This class was used as source material for Chapter 11, “Individuality Revealed through Prayer,” in The Altitude of Prayer.

February 4 and 11, 2017

Tape 323:  1960 Chicago Open Class
Tape 3, Side 1:  “The Way”

This class provided source material for Chapter 10, “The Widening Circle of Prayer,” in The Altitude of Prayer.

January 21 and 28, 2017

Tape 417:  1961 London Open Class
Tape 4, Side 2:  “The Widening Circle of Prayer”

This class provided source material for Chapter 10, “The Widening Circle of Prayer,” in The Altitude of Prayer.

January 7 and 14, 2017

Tape 423:  1961 Lausanne Closed Class
Tape 2, Side 1:  “Practical Application of Principles”

This class was used to prepare Chapter 8, “Let the Spirit Bear Witness,” in The Altitude of Prayer.  At the end of this class, Joel recommends two chapters on the subject of personal relationships:  “Love Thy Neighbor” in the book Practicing the Presence, and “Relationship of Oneness” in The Art of Spiritual Healing.  Many of you will recognize these as two of the eight chapters that Joel identified as chapters that students should know “as well as their own names.”


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