Courses
Wisdom Waypoints courses feature the teachings of Cynthia Bourgeault and focus on:
- interweaving the Wisdom path with G.I. Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way material
- accessing Wisdom in the modern world
- creating an understanding of Wisdom Christianity
- exploring Wisdom teachings for Advent and Holy Week
Our on-demand courses are available to begin immediately, at a self-guided pace which works best for your life and learning style. Once purchased, all of our courses have lifetime access and can always be revisited in your Wisdom Waypoints My Account.
Preview Cynthia Bourgeault’s teachings offered through our partner organizations here.
Wisdom and the Fourth Way
G. I. Gurdjieff: Trinitarian Master Par Excellence
“Gurdjieff is bar none the best Trinitarian Theologian I have ever met,” claims Cynthia in the opening talk of this series, and this powerful set of teachings will show you why—and how to engage the creative power of the Trinity in service of your own—and the world’s—transformation.
Gurdjieff for Christians
In this foundational course, Cynthia Bourgeault offers a Gurdjieffian immersion inviting students into a vital body of teaching which still remains largely hidden in our culture. Across 10 sessions, Cynthia shares insights and applications on Gurdjieff’s key topics while weaving the thread into “dialogue with Jesus’ vision in extraordinarily powerful ways.”
Nurturing Second Body: Building the Higher Collectivity
How does one engage “voluntary acceptance of constriction and diminishment?” Exploring Christian mystical perspectives on aging and the Gurdjieffian second body, this course follows seamlessly on Building Second Body and includes a guest lecture by Gurdjieffian scholar Michael Pittman.
Building Second Body
How do we develop the spiritual substances and conscious presence needed in our world today? In building our second, or Kesdjan, body we begin to have a vessel to hold and enact higher and finer dimensions of consciousness. Cynthia considers these our foundational ”technologies for transformation.”
Wisdom and the Modern World
Four Voices of Discernment
Why is decision-making so difficult? Even the most spiritually mature can be easily undone by the inner tug-of-war we often experience when faced with life’s tough decisions. In this practical teaching series, Cynthia Bourgeault shows how to listen deeply to our own inner wisdom and learn the art of discernment.
Holding Our Planet
This Wisdom School is aimed at contemplatives of all spiritual pathways who are deeply concerned about the global, cultural, and ecological crises imperiling our continued human existence on the planet. Join us as we come together to deepen our capacity to bring “skillful means” to the situation.
Becoming a Wisdom Elder: A Teaching on Conscious Aging
What does it mean to age consciously? A three-hour teaching on the deep spiritual possibilities coiled within the aging journey. Expanding on her “10 Guidelines for Conscious Aging,” Cynthia explores how one can become a Wisdom Elder.
Wisdom and Evil
As our world continues to reel in what feels like a thickening pandemic of evil, the need for a Wisdom perspective is urgent. What is a useful understanding of evil? How do we effectively deal with evil and move into enlightened action? This course offers teachings and practices from the Wisdom Christian tradition.
Rebuilding Trust
Collective trust has fallen to a catastrophic low. In this course, Cynthia Bourgeault, with Matthew Wright, provides a deep immersion into another way of approaching and working with trust. Drawing on the experience of revered mystics and martyrs, she offers teachings and practices to access a potent, hidden wellspring of trust.
Wisdom Christianity
The Wisdom Jesus Encounters Our Disordered World
A free course offering presentations, readings and discussions based on Cynthia Bourgeault’s The Wisdom Jesus and Richard Rohr’s The World, The Flesh, and the Devil.
The Mystery of Death: A Holy Isle Wisdom School
Cynthia invites us into an exploration of the moment of death, from both a personal and Christological perspective. In this evocative teaching, Cynthia Bourgeault invites us to consider life and death through the illuminating lens of Hungarian-born Jesuit Ladislaus Boros, drawing from his mystical classic The Mystery of Death.
Advent Teachings
Integral Light Shining in the Dark: An Advent Illumination
In this groundbreaking teaching, Cynthia Bourgeault offers a deep dive into the profoundly Christian and incarnational mysticism at the root of Jean Gebser’s Integral Evolutionary theory.
Holy Week Teachings
Holy Week: A Cosmic Seeing
Recorded at her home during Holy Week, these intimate talks were a “bucket list” teaching opportunity for Cynthia — now available to the entire Wisdom Waypoints community on a donation basis. In the four-part series, Cynthia offers a profound reclaiming of Christ’s death and resurrection as a cosmogonic event.
A Journey Through Holy Week: The Passion Libretto
A free gift to the Wisdom community, the Passion Libretto is an invitation to journey through the heart of Holy Week. Each day in this free six-day series offers a reflection, music from the Libretto, and a video commentary by Cynthia Bourgeault.