Lecturer: Tom Cheetham
Dates: Tuesdays and Thursdays, March 3 - April 2, 2026
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 Eastern Time
Teaching method: Online

Description:
This class will be a series of lectures centering on my third book. It has been issued in two editions, the first time as After Prophecy: Imagination, Incarnation and the Unity of the Prophetic Tradition - Lectures for the Temenos Academy, an embarrassingly long and portentous title. You can still get it used on amazon - it has a lovely cover. But Spring Journal went out of business several years ago, and Klaus Ottman at Spring Publications adopted both my first and third books when Spring Journal met its untimely end. I’m forever grateful to him for this. I restrained myself for the revised edition, so the title is simply After Prophecy: Opening the Eyes of Fire. It is also available as a kindle book.

From the Reviews

Cheetham’s passion for the material carries the reader into an ever-deepening appreciation of the tremendous importance of Henry Corbin for the re-valuation of vision and imagination… It seems to me a faultless book. - James Hillman

Cheetham’s lucid and profound reading of Corbin, his patient, knowing, sincerely humble voice, wil serve to commend and demystify the timeless yet urgent message of his subject. His labor has produced marvelously accessible and true descriptions touching the essence of Corbin’s work. In the context of this beautifuly written and deeply illumined study, Cheetham’s language never sounds facile, glib, or clever. Anyone who is interested in anything must read this book. - Todd Lawson, Professor of Islamic Thought, University of Toronto

This book is one of my favorites but it has gotten less commentary from my readers than any of the others. It seems to be the lost child of the family and I’m looking forward to checking in with her to see how she’s doing. The chapters are as follows:

I. Mystical Poverty and the Theory of the World
II. The Un-Refused Feast 
III. The Flame of Things
IV. The Cross of Light
V. Touching Grace
VI. Words of the Heart
VII. A Personal Story

We will do a bit more than a chapter a week for 5 weeks, meeting twice a week. I hope you’ll consider joining us. I’ll remind you all again at least once before we begin.

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10 Live Sessions: Tuesdays & Thursdays, March 3 - April 2, 4-5:30 ET

TUITION: $20 PER SESSION - $200 FOR THE SERIES

**OR AS ALWAYS, PAY WHAT YOU CAN**

RECORDINGS INCLUDED - YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND LIVE

TO REGISTER CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL: tcheetham@gmail.com

Thanks for your interest - and tell your friends! See you then.