AIT 3 was held at Star Sapphire Lodge in La Crescenta, CA on Dec 5-6, 2009. The third Advanced Initiator Training was sponsored by U.S.G.L. and held at Star Sapphire Lodge in the Valley of La Crescenta, CA. There were eighteen initiates in attendance from all of southern California as well as Sacramento, Las Vegas and New Mexico. There were five presenters. There was a great diversity of ideas shared in many discussions over the weekend and Star Sapphire led a great ritual on Friday night for the attendees. Here's the schedule of events. Schedule | 8:00pm to 9:00pm | Open Reception | 9:00pm | The Secret of the Third Eye
An original ritual | | 8:30am to 9:00am | Doors Open
Continental breakfast provided | 9:00am to 9:15am | Welcome and Introductions | 9:15am to 10:00am | Memorization Technique
Dionysius Rogers | 10:00am to 10:15am | Break | 10:15am to 11:15am | Hats and Chairs: Cooperation and Interdependence between Presiding Ritualists and Body Masters
Richard Kaczynski | 11:15am to 12:30pm | Expecting the Unexpected
Craig Berry | 12:30pm to 1:30pm | Lunch
Lunch provided by the Lodge for a donation of $6 | 1:30pm to 3:00pm | The Psychology of the M∴M∴M∴ Initiations
David Shoemaker | 3:00pm to 3:15pm | Break | 3:15pm to 4:00pm | Ceremonial Elocution
Dionysius Rogers | 4:00pm to 4:30pm | Developing Highly Skilled Officers
Kim Knight | 4:30pm to 4:45pm | Break | 4:45pm to 5:30pm | Forms of Examination
Craig Berry | 5:30pm to 5:45 pm | Wrap-up, Questions and Closing | 5:45pm to 8:00pm | Dinner | 8:00pm | Reception
| | 8:30am to 9:00am | Doors open
Continental breakfast provided | 9:00am to 9:10am | Morning Check-In | 9:00am to 10:00am | Consciousness Alteration in the Oasis Degrees
David Shoemaker | 10:00am to 10:15am | Chains and Commissions
Dionysius Rogers | 10:15am to 10:45am | Orienting Attendees
Richard Kaczynski | 10:45am to 11:00am | Break | 11:00am to 11:30pm | The Use of Recorded Music in M∴M∴M∴ Initiations
David Shoemaker | 11:30am to 12:30pm | Chants and Singing
Dionysius Rogers | 12:30pm to 1:30pm | Lunch
Lunch provided by the Lodge for a donation of $6 | 1:30pm to 2:15pm | Advice for Second Degree
Craig Berry | 2:15pm to 2:30pm | The Magician on All Spheres: The Traveler in the Sultanate of the Oasis
Dionysius Rogers | 2:30pm to 2:45pm | Break | 2:45pm to 3:15pm | Somatic Technique: Working with Non-Verbal Body Language
Kim Knight | 3:15pm to 3:30pm | Knowledge Lecture Basics
Dionysius Rogers | 3:30pm to 4:30pm | Man of Earth Symbolism
Richard Kaczynski | 4:30pm to 7:30pm | Dinner Break | 7:30pm | Liber XV: The Gnostic Mass |
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