James Room, Swartz Hall, 45 Francis Ave.
The Center for the Study of World Religions invites you to join them for a special evening celebrating the ancient poem, “The Thunder, Perfect Mind,” which survives only in a single fourth-century Coptic manuscript, discovered in 1945 as part of the Nag Hammadi library. The poem is written in the first-person voice of a divine female speaker who is person and principle, power and paradox. The speaker’s voice continues to beguile and bewilder us to this day, as we imagine it did when it was first composed.
Event Program
- Performative Reading of “The Thunder, Perfect Mind”, by performer Shadi Ghaheri.
- A Voice of Radical Acceptance for Trouble Times: An Introduction to Thunder Perfect Mind, Prof. Karen King
- Musical Composition, by Julian Bennett Holmes
- What is the sound of silence?: The Thunder: Perfect Mind and ancient philosophy of language, Dr. Tilde Bak Halvgaard
- Musical Composition, by Jane Sheldon
A reception will follow the program. Free and open to all, registration is required. The event will also be livestreamed.