It is because Destiny lies at the intersection of our rationality and our spiritual dimension, because it engages all aspects of the human mind, because it is intertwined with our deepest representations and challenges our modernity, that Destiny emerged as a first theme of particular interest to the initiators of La Sphère.
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For its first day open to the public, La Sphère invites Josh Paynter and Tamara Staudt to explore different conceptions of destiny drawn from Chinese traditions. The day will close with Was it all written?, a poetic concert created especially for the occasion by Hélène Gratet and Alain Klingler.

PROGRAMME

15H | Welcome remarks
Nissim Sultan, resident researcher, La Sphère

15H15 | Ming (命) : the Taoist conception of destiny
Josh Paynter, co-abbot of Parting Clouds Daoist Temple

17H | The teachings of the Shan Ren Dao,
« Path of the real person »
Tamara Staudt, Shan Ren Dao practitioner and instructor

18H30 | Was it all written?
Hélène Gratet, resident artist, La Sphère
Alain Klingler, singer and pianist