This monthly study/discussion group is focused on the topic of Applied Metaphysics. The objective is for group members to share their research and experience of practical methods for realizing our mental, physical and spiritual potential. We will be examining works on the subject of metaphysics written by prominent authors from both the past and the present. Examples of authors we will examine include the likes of  Ernest Holmes, Dario Salas Somer, Emma Curtis Hopkins, Franz Bardon, Krishnamurti …

Each month we get together to discuss a noteworthy business book and how we can best apply the book's concepts to advance our businesses and achieve our goals. Our group is for women entrepreneurs, women business owners and women executives to connect with each other and share inspiration, insight and innovative ideas we can put into practice in our own businesses. We are a women-only group. We focus on business books written by women or co-authored by women (but occasionally we do throw in one …

Join Us For Food, Drink, Networking and Joint Ventures! Best-Selling Author, Ken McArthur's Impact Partnering and Networking Events bring together people who want to spread their ideas, products and services to millions of people and who want to joint venture together to grow their impact in the world. Attendees come from all walks of life and include marketers, authors, speakers, experts, coaches, small business people, corporate executives and non-profit visionaries who are working together to …

This group was started in 2007 by Janice Wilson and has continued strong since. Join us for coffee and writing talk on the third Thursday of every month! PLEASE NOTE: This is not a group to "teach" you about writing, nor to give you answers for all of your writing questions. We are low key and laid back, from all backgrounds, all genres, and all levels of experience. Our focus is on the needs of the writers who attend the group--addressing questions or uncertainties, inspiring and motivating, gi …

Looking for other book lovers? A good story is even better when you've got friends to share it with. I. book club structure The purpose of this book club is to provide a venue for people to express their views and opinions on various books that they have read. The club will read different types of books (ex: fiction, philosophy, poetry, contemporary, classic, memoirs, short stories, biographies, etc) each month. Members will meet once a month to have an open discussion on the selected book(s …

The Henry George School of Social Science was founded to acquaint the public with concepts presented in the writings of the great American political economist, Henry George, author of the classic, Progress and Poverty. Henry George reconciled the great paradox facing all civilizations: In spite of all our progress, why are there fewer jobs than there are workers? How is it that so many who are willing and able to work, unable to find gainful employment? At the end of his investigations, Henry Ge …

Join us to read and discuss classic literature. We will read great works that have changed the face of writing, influenced society and endured the test of time. Past authors we have read include, among others, Cervantes, James, Kawabata, Morrison, Flaubert, Austen, Waugh, Dickens, Wilde, Nabokov, Hemingway, Shakespeare and Homer. We meet once a month in the home of one of our members. We are a diverse group who is always looking for new perspectives. If you are curious about what we have read, t …

Interested in joining a group in support of Dr. Ron Paul and his Presidential Campaign for 2008? Our group is open to Ron Paul supporters in all states whose focus is on grassroots activism. Joining this group does not require you to be affiliated or associated with any other group or coalition. To alleviate the burden on our email accounts, we encourage our members to communicate through the forum at http://www.RonPaulForumPA.com/. Please register and communicate with other supporters v …

  Philadelphia’s Erotic Literary Salon, Unique in the English-Speaking World, Two Featured Presenters- Award Winning Published Author Tamara Oakman and Experimental Violinist Gloria Justen with Greg Habiby, Along with Salon Erotic Readings from Attendees. Tuesday, September 21. Monday, August 30 , 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susana Mayer, Ph.D., Salonnière 215-840-5830 email: contact@TheEroticSalon.com - reserve a time slot to read at Salon (5 min max) www.TheEroticLiterarySalon.com …

Write for fun and friendship. Talk about big ideas, and talk about characters like they're real people. Build awe-inspiring universes and/or craft implausibly hot scenarios. Wrestle with how to get your thoughts, feelings, and fantasies on paper. This meetup is for dreamers, planners, and writers of science fiction, fantasy, horror, romance, erotica, fan fiction, tv series and movie scripts, speculative fiction in general, literary fiction, and combinations thereof. The plan is to mostly just ha …

  Hi…I’m Debbie Wallace, Author, Motivational Speaker, and Life Coach of “Golden Thoughts Inc.” and Facilitator of Christian Real Talk for Women. In the recent past, I came to a crossroad and discovered that my life wouldn’t change for the better until I stopped conforming to the things of the world and committed to being transformed by the renewing of my mind and my thoughts.  Accepting this challenge of ‘transformation’ required a lot of soul searching and being honest with self and I found th …

As artists, we spend most of our creative time alone. Creating art is a very singular, solitary task. With "The Artist's Way" as a guide, we can create a community of support and encouragement. The following quote from the author's website sums it up: "When The Artist's Way was first published, I expressed a wish for Artist’s Way groups to spring into being. I envisioned them as peer-run circles—“creative clusters”—where people would serve one another as believing mirrors, uniting with the …

Hi, folks! The other day I head NPR interview Clay Johnson, the author of a new book called The Information Diet. It's about how we can take conscious measures to overcome our natural tendency toward confirmation bias, i.e., only seeking out and taking in information that reinforces what we already believe. This has motivated me to start a study group. Beyond discussing the book itself, we could meet in an ongoing way to assist one another in overcoming bias.

LATEST: Meetups to be scheduled soon (next couple of weeks), probably every 2-4 weeks, probably late afternoon on Saturdays (~2pm), probably a center city coffee shop, possibly university city/west philly ~34th-45th, possibly south philly ~8th and Christian-ish. Please message me through the meetup interface with suggestions and preferences. This group is for deeply analytical people who are simultaneously, actively engaged in some sort of contemplative path (e.g. Vipassana, Zazen, etc.) and som …

When Skinner wrote Walden Two in the summer of 1945, Hitler was dead, the Depression was forgotten, Russia was a trusted ally, Hiroshima hadn't been nuked, and wisps of smog seemed to be the environment's greatest threat.  In that idyllic historical context, Skinner's blueprint defined "an environment in which people [would] just naturally do the things they need to do to maintain themselves (with something to spare for the future) and trust each other well, and then just naturally do a hundred …

Do you want to write "me too" fiction or do you think you can do better? Do you want to be one of the ten percent that succeed? Would a group that provides external expectation help you motivate? This is intended to be a focused group of science fiction and fantasy writers who want to help each other with ongoing projects. We usually hold bi-weekly meetings on weekends or weeknights depending on what members want. This would be a creative group that helps you flex your writing muscles, by using …