Theosis
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Theosis

Institute of Mysticism and Healing

Seminars · Retreats · Training in spiritual healingSeminar house Starnberg

A place to meet yourselfand the deeper connections of life

THEOSIS is a place to meet yourself and the deeper connections of life.

A space for inner stillness, insight and spiritual growth.

In seminars, retreats and a training in spiritual healing, spiritual knowledge, personal experience and lived practice come together.

At the centre is the human being – in body, soul and spirit.

It is not only about understanding something, but about experiencing it for yourself.

And, out of that experience, finding an inner order in which change and healing can unfold.

The heart of Theosis

The training in spiritual healing

Six months. Four stages. Your path to becoming a healer.

Spiritual healing does not begin with effort, but with openness: arriving, perceiving, receiving rather than doing. Step by step, the training leads from this bright foundation to clear, confident healing work for body, soul and spirit – carried by a warm-hearted group and a living tradition that Paul Skorpen came to know through Daskalos.

Six months to becoming a healer: lively in-person blocks at the Home of Healing in Starnberg, plus a monthly online evening to share experiences and ask questions.

Whether you work in a caring profession, want to deepen your own spiritual practice or wish to accompany others, the training gives you a clear form, a steady inner stance and a group in which learning is a joy. No previous knowledge is needed, and no church background either.

6 months · Online + in person · Starnberg · Theosis certificate

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  1. Months 1–2

    Presence and passivity

    Arriving. Perceiving what is, without intervening.

  2. Months 2–3

    Life energy and forms of treatment

    Understanding life energy and learning the basic forms of treatment.

  3. Months 4–5

    Transforming personal and karmic patterns

    Recognising and releasing old patterns, in yourself and when accompanying others.

  4. Month 6

    Spiritual integration and unity

    Everything comes together. Healing work from inner unity.

Upcoming training dates

  • 15–18 Oct 2026 Stage IIICurrent cohort · Starnberg & online €750
  • 3–6 Dec 2026 Stage IVCurrent cohort · Starnberg & online €750
  • 13–21 Feb 2027 New cohort · Retreat I + IIThe way in, no previous knowledge needed · Starnberg & online €1,500
  • 5–13 June 2027 Retreat III + IVNew cohort · Starnberg €1,500
Etching by Rembrandt: Christ stands in the centre, surrounded by the sick, the pleading and the doubting, all seeking healing

Rembrandt: “Christ Healing the Sick” (“The Hundred Guilder Print”)

Spiritual healing · Healing sessions

Healing work

Spiritual healing is an ancient healing art that sees the human being as a whole: body, soul and spirit. The healer creates a calm, warm space in which life energy can flow and you can find your way back to yourself. In the Theosis tradition this happens clearly, mindfully and without any show.

Theosis healers have completed the training at the institute. Find someone near you in the directory – or write to us and we will gladly put you in touch.

Find a healer

“Spiritual healing does not begin with learning a method, but with the willingness to recognise people and life in their deeper reality.”

— Paul Skorpen
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What a healing session can look like

A quiet conversation gives room for your concerns and your questions. You can arrive at your own pace and settle into the session.

Spiritual healing accompanies and complements. It does not replace medical or psychotherapeutic treatment.

Wooden posts in the mirror-smooth Lake Starnberg, a delicate ripple on the water

Lake Starnberg, a few steps from the seminar house

The heavenly footing

With a firm footing in heavenly things, you can walk sure-footed through earthly things.

If you can rest in eternal things, you can wake up in worldly things.

And if you take part in the universal, you can live the finite to the full.

— Paul Skorpen

Home of Healing

An oasis in the heart of Starnberg.

A place for healing, insight, transformation, making peace with yourself and much more.

Moosstraße 14 · 3rd floor · 82319 Starnberg

Healing work in the warm light of the seminar room: people rest on several treatment tables while healers work with them
Healing work in the seminar room
Cosy seating area with a sofa in the seminar house
The seating area
The seminar house garden with a seating group
The garden
Sunny meditation corner with a singing bowl, an orchid and an angel sculpture by the garden window
The meditation corner by the garden window

Rent the room

At weekends, our bright seminar room is also available for your own seminars, workshops and groups.

Enquire about the room

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Seminar journeys

Our journeys bring together the healing arts, teaching and landscape – in a small group, with Paul Skorpen.

Patmos

Every year: a week on the island of the Revelation.

Next journey: 14–21 May 2027

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Taş Tepeler

Nine days at the oldest known temples of humankind.

Next journey: 24 Oct – 1 Nov 2026

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Egypt

From Karnak and Luxor via Abydos to Abu Simbel – temples in the golden light of the Nile.

Next journey: 14–28 Nov 2026

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Dates

Seminar calendar

Training, seminars, retreats and journeys at a glance – all times are German time.

  • 15–18 Oct 2026 TrainingStage III · Transforming patterns Starnberg & online
  • 24 Oct – 1 Nov 2026 Göbekli Tepe · Older than the pyramids Türkiye
  • 14–28 Nov 2026 Egypt & the Symbol of Life Egypt
  • 3–6 Dec 2026 TrainingStage IV · Integration and unity Starnberg & online

View the seminar calendar

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The Quiet Path of Healing

The Quiet Path of Healing

A short introduction to the Theosis healing training – with an exercise for arriving

A few pages on spiritual healing and a small practice. Now and then a letter from us too: a practice, a thought, our dates. Free, and you can unsubscribe any time.

Stay in touch for the lastest gratis talks, mediations and Q & A sessions, along with upcoming trainings, seminars, travels and tours.