FESTIVAL OF SPIRITUALITY AND PEACE 2007
Power and Freedom: ‘Breaking the Chains’
In 1947, after the devastation of war, the Edinburgh International Festival was conceived to ‘provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit’. The Festival of Spirituality and Peace seeks to reawaken the heart of the festival for people who, after 9/11, want to work together for a peaceful future.
Welcome to the Festival of Spirituality and Peace
Peace is not merely the absence of conflict. For there to be peace, there has to be fullness of life for all and a creative harmony in our relationships with one another and with the planet.
This peace expresses humanity at its most spiritual or, as some would say, at its most ‘fully human’. It is what the Festival of Spirituality and Peace seeks to be – a place that brings the wisdom of the ages together with the creativity of contemporary artists and thinkers, to address the issues of our day. It is place of discourse, for people of all ‘faiths’ and none.
Therefore you are invited and all are welcome. We are one of a number of Festivals in Edinburgh during August and we seek to re-awaken the original spirit of the Edinburgh Festivals as we share the same original hope-full spirit – to work for peace in a troubled world. We hope you will be part of our endeavour and contribute your own passion for peace.
Shalom, Salaam, Pax.
Welcome.
Donald Reid and Victor Spence - FoSP Directors
Our Call for Your Support!
The Festival of Spirituality and Peace is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to supporting those with a practical vision for peace. Each year we will partner with a humanitarian cause and 50p from each ticket sold will go directly to support their work. This year it is Mary’s Meals, a project which feeds 200,000 children at school every day in 10 countries. www.marysmeals.org
“Mary's Meals is more than simply feeding hungry children. It is a movement of individuals worldwide who all feel passionate that no child in the 21st century should be hungry and un-educated.”
