42 ILR Registration opens Monday, December 2, 2024 FREE Spring Courses The following programs are made possible with financial support from the FCC Foundation, a nonprofit organization established to receive private gifts from individuals and organizations. Programs supported include complimentary courses, the Curious Traveler's Club programming, honorariums, group meetings, and event sponsorships. The FCC Foundation is a nonprofit, 501 c 3 organization. Tax id no 52-1231768. www.frederick.edu/foundation. Please consider making a donation. LIR261 Understanding Spiritual Experiences: Near Death Experiences, Mysticism, 19th Century Spiritualism 4 sessions, 6 hours | Spiritual experiences are not well understood or discussed. Experiencers often fear being misunderstood or judged. Richard Bucke coined the term cosmic consciousness in the late 1800s. Today, research is more common. Raymond Moody published his study of near-death experiences in his 1970s book Life After Life. In recent years, several organizations have been set up to study and understand these and other spiritual phenomena. This course will examine some of the enclaves of spiritual experiences including mysticism, near death experiences, nineteenth century spiritualism, after death communication, shared death experiences. The emphasis will be on understanding the experiences and finding common characteristics. This is not a class about beliefs or dogma. We will discuss recent research and the various organizations devoted to studying this dimension. And of course, sharing experiences is an important part of the course. This offering will be available in both an in-person and online format. All students will receive a link to the course one day prior to the start date. Students can decide how they would like to attend. Only registered students may attend in-person or online. Note: This course will meet on campus in an in-person format, with an option to attend virtually via Zoom. ILR staff will email the Zoom link directly to the students the day before the class start date. Instructor: Sara Towe 5-Digit Number: 28020 | Mon 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., 2/3 - 2/24 Location: Conference Center/E123 This is a free course.* Structured Remote Courses (SR) | Courses offered in an online format only. See page 3 for details. LIR274 Rebuilding the Capitol After the Fires of 1814: Benjamin Latrobe & Potomac Marble 3 sessions, 6 hours The destruction of Washington in 1814 by the invading British challenged President Monroe and Benjamin Latrobe with the task of rebuilding the edifices which had been destroyed. They understood that the principal buildings of the government were not mere offices but symbols of the aspirations of the Republic. They had to be functional but also classically beautiful. The preferred building material was marble. Potomac marble, which exists in abundance on both sides of the Potomac River, was used as the building material. In this course, we will also learn about the invasion of 1814 and the methods the British used to burn stone buildings. And then, during the last session of the course, we will visit the actual quarry used by Latrobe and lost to history for years until rediscovered by Kreingold. Walk Rain Date - 2/25 Note: This hike totals 4 miles and mostly takes place on a flat C&O Canal trail however there is one steep decline and another incline to enter the quarry site. Students are to provide their own transportation to the meet up location for the hike. Instructor: Paul Kreingold Lecture & Hike: 5-Digit Number: 28016 Tue 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. & Tue 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., 2/4 - 2/18 Location: Conference Center/E138, Off Campus This is a free course.* Lecture Only: 5-Digit Number: 28017 Tue 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., 2/4 - 2/11 Location: Conference Center/E138 This is a free course.* * A $9 one-time-per-year, non-refundable registration fee is due at the time of registration. This fee is only refundable when FCC cancels a class for which the student paid the registration fee and the students has not enrolled in any other classes during the period.
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