Temenos Young Scholars

Welcome to the Temenos Young Scholars website! A meeting place for young adults who have taken part in the study days or conferences; or who would like to come along. Any writing that the young scholars wish to present can be found in the blog section of the site. The essay archive shows work appraised by the academic board that granted membership to active Temenos Young Scholars.

Please email your contributions to kamilsawicki@outlook.com if you would like to post an entry in the blog section of this site.

   The Temenos Young Scholars invite 18–35-year-olds from all backgrounds to attend a conference on the theme of The Symbol in Literature and Philosophy. The day will feature lectures, Q&A sessions, and poetry recitals accompanied by plenty of convivial breaks. The aim of the event is to explore the nature of the symbol, its use in philosophy and the arts, and its integral role in human civilisation.

Inspired by the work of thinkers including Kathleen Raine and Paul Ricoeur, the organisers are welcoming an approach to the symbol as something grounded in a reality that shines through in language and artistic expression, making its truth available to us while evading total grasp through intellectual reasoning.

The programme will feature two keynote presentations by accomplished academics, along with a series of Young Scholar papers lasting 25 minutes each. The organisers are currently collecting proposals for Young Scholar Papers, which can be made through the event registration form.

    To register, please submit the form here.

The organisers look forward to welcoming you on the day

Kamil Sawicki, Jin Choi, & Edmund Bauly

For enquiries, please write to Kamil at kamilsawicki@outlook.com

The Basic Principles that Inspire the Work of Temenos

1. Acknowledgement of Divinity.

2. Love of Wisdom, as the essential basis of civilisation.

3. Spiritual vision, as the life-breathe of a civilisation.

4. Maintenance of the revered traditions of mankind.

5. Understanding of tradition as continual renewal.

6. The provision of teaching by the best teachers available of their disciplines, and of publications which set the highest standard in both content and design.

7. Mindfulness that the purpose of teaching is to enable students to apply in their own lives that which they learn.

8. To make Temenos known to all those who may benefit from its work.

9. Reminding ourselves and those we teach to look up and not down.

10. Governance of the Temenos Academy itself in the light of the above principles.

The Temenos Academy is an educational charity which offers education in
philosophy and the arts in the light of the sacred traditions of East and West.
The Greek word ‘temenos’ means ‘a sacred precinct’.
http://www.temenosacademy.org.uk

Site administrator:

Kamil Sawicki

Email: kamilsawicki@outlook.com